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AfricaDaily Oct 05, 2026 (AFP)

Military plane crash kills 32 in Nigeria

A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on Monday in the country's southwest, killing all 32 people on board, President Bola Tinubu said, declaring three days of national mourning.

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AfricaDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Drone strikes on dormitory, shelter kill 10 in Sudan's El-Obeid

Drone attacks on a university dormitory and a centre sheltering displaced families in Sudan's central city of El-Obeid killed at l...

AfricaDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Cash for nature protection: hotelier's offer to Principe islanders

On the paradise island of Principe, a lush jungle haven in the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Guinea, a South African multimillio...

AfricaDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
US miner KoBold bets on AI to gain edge in DR Congo mineral hunt

Geologists from US mining company KoBold Metals are pushing deep into the Congolese bush, hoping a cutting-edge army of "explorers...

NanoDaily Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Waste polyamide turned into carbon quantum dots with emission tuned from ultraviolet to yellow green

Researchers at Saitama University have made carbon quantum dots from waste polyamide and shifted their light emission step by step...

Network Briefing - Cross-Domain Headlines
BeyondLEO Unseenlabs adds Gen 1 and Gen 2 radio frequency satellites to reach 25 in orbit Two more GHGSat emissions monitoring microsatellites reach orbit on SFL Missions platform Transporter 18 carried 130 payloads spanning imaging, radio monitoring, power beaming and reentry capsules
DarwinDaily Studies tie stone tool teaching to early language from Homo erectus to Cro-Magnon US Supreme Court considers bid to shut the door on climate suits Leaders to visit Pacific atoll at frontline of climate change
SinoDaily Smile cleared for science operations as stray light work continues on X-ray imager China says Philippine plane 'intruded' airspace over disputed waters German intel service warns of risks from Chinese tech
RoboDaily Single layer of living muscle cells drives gel swimming robot steered by light Second US Navy carrier equipped with MD-5C ground control station for MQ-25A Stingray Finland receives first two home based F-35A fighters as deliveries reach 10 of 64
SolarCell Redwire to build roll out solar array wings for second Axiom Station module Cowboy Space orbits Reason-1 to test beaming solar power to the ground by laser Magenta semi-transparent solar panels let broccoli reach full size in Swedish field trial
PolicyDaily Raytheon wins AMRAAM production contract worth up to 20.7 billion dollars over seven years Raytheon secures SM-6 interceptor contract worth up to $24.4 billion for US Navy supply Avio USA starts building Virginia solid rocket motor plant to supply US missile programs
WindDaily Pressurized wind tunnel tests show misaligned turbines gain power from tip speed changes World's tallest wind turbine in Germany reaches full height Windmills of change: Dutch raise mill in rare operation
SkyNightly Planet orbits Tanager-2 hyperspectral satellite with Google compute testbed and 18 SuperDoves Lunar dust control moves from lab to Moon as crewed landings near Four new findings frame water, dust, shelter and bone risks for long stays on the Moon
NanoDaily Physicists capture exciton forming and shrinking inside an organic semiconductor Lead free tin perovskite solar cells hold 85 percent of output after 100 days with new additive Citizen science project opens AI screened TESS data to volunteers hunting hidden black holes
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AfricaDaily MILITARY Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Malawi ex-army chief arrested following allegations over Sudan arms

Malawi's anti-corruption agency said it arrested the previous army chief on Thursday on allegations including dealing in property linked to "terrorism".

AfricaDaily ENVIRONMENT Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Kenyan island paradise fears damage from mega-refinery

Tourism or industry? Environment or oil? The picturesque Kenyan island of Lamu, a favourite of celebrities, faces a tough trade-off after becoming the construction site for Africa'...

AfricaDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
Dangote's $16bn Kenya refinery 'new chapter' for Africa

Africa's richest man was set to break ground on a new $16-billion mega-refinery in Kenya on Wednesday, saying it marked a "new chapter in Africa's industrial journey".

AfricaDaily MILITARY Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
G.Bissau urges calm after reports of unrest among troops

Guinea-Bissau authorities urged calm Tuesday after reports of unrest within the presidential guard, a day after former leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo announced plans to return from ex...

SolarCell SOLAR SCIENCE Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Victorian train delay blamed on solar storm redated to 1848 by archive study

A train delay at Exeter long cited as possibly the earliest recorded case of space weather disrupting technology most likely happened in 1848, not 1841, an international team led b...

RoboDaily AEROSPACE Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
US Army and Sikorsky agree flexible Black Hawk production deal starting with 16 aircraft

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), and the U.S. Army have reached a production agreement for Black Hawk helicopters that lets the Army add aircraft as requirements em...

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Space & Science
EarthCARE lidar profiles Anak Krakatau ash plume and helps forecasters confirm its altitude
SkyNightly
3D printed cement supercapacitor stores energy while matching concrete strength
NanoDaily
Strength of colliding planets decides whether Moon formed intact or from debris disk
BeyondLEO
Century of data rules out Jupiter mass planets close to both stars of 70 Ophiuchi
SkyNightly
Geomagnetic field explains east-west bias in muon telescope thunderstorm detections
NanoDaily
Earth & Energy
US withdraws all bomber aircraft from UK airbase
SeedDaily
Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, UN tells Fiji talks
DarwinDaily
Biomass aerogel modeled on fish gills keeps solar evaporators free of salt
SolarCell
Brazil's Indigenous back Lula as El Nino fuels forest fires
ForestDaily
AI needs safety layers like nuclear plants: ex-OpenAI engineer
BatteryDaily
Tech & Industry
Female presenting AI agents rewarded 10 percent less than male versions in virtual office study
RoboDaily
Fading cellular recycling lets senescent cells escape immune clearance in old mice
BioTechDaily
US warns foreign financial institutions not to do business with Iran
PolicyDaily
Bolsonaro rides right-wing surge into Brazil's election runoff
DisasterDay
Turkey, Pakistan to deploy forces to Saudi amid Houthi attacks: joint statement
IndoDaily
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BeyondLEO Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Slow rotation would have doomed any moon of Venus simulations show

Any moon that Venus once possessed would have spiraled inward and crashed into the planet, according to comput...

BeyondLEO Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Single molecule electrical sensor tells left handed from right handed amino acids in meteorite samples

Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed an electrical method for telling apart the two mirror-im...

BeyondLEO Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Science Tokyo flies foldable phased array that corrects membrane warping in orbit

Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have operated a deployable phased-array transmitter in orbit that el...

BeyondLEO Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
MIT class report lays out five predictions for founders and investors in the space economy

A class of 16 students at MIT has produced a 100-page industry report on aerospace entrepreneurship that sets ...