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A server clears the extra chair from a table for one among 372 students surveyed, and new research finds solo eating by choice can bring calm, genuine enjoyment and hi…

Psychology research on solo dining finds eating alone by choice can boost focus, relaxation and meal enjoyment, not ...
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EV owners on cheap overnight rates trigger the same midnight discount within minutes of each other, and utilities say that shared habit created a new power surg…

Cheap overnight EV charging rates are backfiring, utilities say, creating a new midnight demand spike that is pushing the ...
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A single fast charger can rack up $4,500 in monthly demand fees even when almost no cars plug in, and that hidden utility charge decides which charging stations survive

Utility demand charges, not electricity costs, now make or break DC fast charging stations, reshaping which sites survive and ...
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Falcon Heavy launches first spy satellite mission for US agency

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy flew its first National Reconnaissance Office mission, launching the classified NROL-97 payload from ...
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Falcon Heavy flies first spy satellite mission for NRO

SpaceX flew Falcon Heavy's first mission for the NRO, launching classified NROL-97 under a new $13.7 billion national ...
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A used sedan arrives with a clean report pulled from 151,000 data sources showing zero accidents, but cash repairs and unreported crashes still slip through the system

A clean vehicle history report feels like proof a used car is accident free, but its data sources miss cash repairs and ...
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Intel’s new laptop chips flip their power wiring to the back of the silicon, and the company says an early test version of that design hit 90 percent cell utilization

Inside PowerVia, the backside power delivery system now shipping in Intel's 18A laptop chips, and why it boosts performance per watt by 15 percent.
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Volkswagen recalls 22,524 ID.4 EVs over battery fire risk

Volkswagen is recalling 22,524 ID.4 electric vehicles in the United States after the automaker identified a high-voltage ...
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A solar cell reached 31 percent efficiency without a gram of scarce indium inside it, and the replacement costs a fraction as much to produce

A commercial-size tandem solar cell hit 31% certified efficiency without indium, using a cheaper tin oxide layer instead.
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TOYO completes 2 GW solar module expansion in Texas

TOYO finishes a $357 million solar module expansion in Humble, Texas, reaching 2 GW capacity and planning a 2028 HJT cell ...
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Toyo expands Texas solar factory amid tariff circumvention probe

Toyo cut the ribbon on its expanded Texas solar module plant as a federal circumvention inquiry clouds its cell supply chain.
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A charging network built by eight rival automakers passed 180 live sites this month, doubling its US footprint since January, while independent trackers show the industr…

IONNA's automaker-backed charging network doubled to 180 US sites this year as Tesla's Supercharger share slips below its old ...