World Jellyfish turned into an unexpected threat to France’s Gravelines nuclear plant after a huge swarm clogged its cooling system August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com PC: Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP via Getty A huge swarm of jellyfish has forced France’s Gravelines nuclear power plant to shut three reactors and reduce output from a fourth, after…
World 24-year-old archaeology enthusiast helps uncover a 3,700-year-old stone circle hidden in an English forest August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image of an ancient Bronze Age stone circle hidden within a dense forest (AI-generated image) For years, a lone stone standing in Farley Wood near the town of Matlock…
World The ground beneath 394-foot wind turbines in Poland became unexpected nesting and feeding grounds for wild bees in farmland August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com At a wind farm in western Poland, the ground beneath the turbines has quietly turned into unexpected pollinator territory. A wind turbine standing 394 feet tall rises above sprayed grain…
World In 1958, 58 feral pigs were removed from Clipperton Island, helping a seabird colony grow from 650 to more than 137,000 August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com In 1958, Clipperton Island was a very different place from the huge seabird colony it would later become. The tiny Pacific atoll had once supported thousands of breeding birds, but…
World In 1872, the Lac La Belle sank in a Lake Michigan storm, but its wreck stayed hidden until a 60-year search finally paid off August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image of the Lac La Belle shipwreck resting on the lakebed among aquatic life and quagga mussels (AI-generated image) On the night of October 13, 1872, the steamer Lac…
World China completes installation of 15,927 mirrors concentrating heat at 1,040 °F at world’s highest solar thermal plant; will power 50,000 homes while saving 60,000 tons of coal annually August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com China has completed the construction of the world’s highest solar thermal plant on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, located at the height of 15,258 feet in Amdo County. The 100 megawatt (MW)…
World A small Texas reactor reached criticality in under a year, aiming to produce medical isotopes that US hospitals now import August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image of a modern Texas nuclear reactor supporting advanced isotope production for healthcare (AI-generated image) Every day, more than 40,000 Americans undergo a diagnostic scan that depends on technetium-99m,…
World Minnesota teen Evan Morris built a low-cost system that detected seizure-like activity in worms and triggered ultrasound; recurrence fell 70.1% in his model August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Evan Morris (Image Credit: Society For Science) Eighteen-year-old Evan Morris of Saint Paul, Minnesota, has developed a low-cost experimental system that could offer researchers a faster way to study how…
World A Connecticut cemetery leased unused land for 7,000 solar panels, but the ground beneath them could become habitat for bees and pollinators August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image of a cemetery with solar panels surrounded by wildflowers and native grasses (AI-generated image) At the back of a Catholic cemetery in Torrington, Connecticut, a wide field once…
World Meet Vera Wang, the Hawaii high school senior who built a coconut-based ocean filter as a sophomore; two years later, she found fungi in coconut husks that can biodegrade plastic and sunscreen August 15, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Wang’s work, done in the lab of Anthony Amend at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was recognized at the 2026 Hawaiʻi State Science & Engineering Fair What started as…
