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Farewell potholes? UK team invents self-healing road surface
For all motorists, but perhaps the Ferrari-collecting rocker Rod Stewart in particular, it will be music to the ears: researchers have developed a road surface that heals when it cracks, preventing potholes without a need for human intervention.
The international team devised a self-healing bitumen that mends cracks as they …
AI to revolutionise fundamental physics and ‘could show how universe will end’
Advanced artificial intelligence is to revolutionise fundamental physics and could open a window on to the fate of the universe, according to Cern’s next director general.
Prof Mark Thomson, the British physicist who will assume leadership of Cern on 1 January 2026, says machine learning is paving the way for …
Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine dismisses Trump envoy suggestion that both sides will make concessions
Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy hinted that both sides would have to make concessions to end the war – which could include Kyiv giving up land occupied by Russia
. Keith Kellogg told Fox News that “both sides will give a little bit”. Zelenskyy “has already indicated he will soften …
The Chinese AI companies that could match DeepSeek’s impact
Markets reeled
as Nvidia, a microchip and AI firm, shed more than $500bn in market value in a record one-day …Most zero-hours workers ‘with same employer for more than a year’
Hundreds of thousands of British workers are on zero-hours contracts despite being with the same employer for years, according to analysis from the TUC.
The majority of zero-hours contract workers have been with their employer for more than 12 months, while one in eight have not been granted regular employment …
How Australia plans to connect 600,000 skilled foreign workers and the industries desperate for them
A workforce of more than 600,000 professionals stand ready to help plug the staffing shortages across the economy.
But there’s a problem. They can’t.
A disconnected, complex and costly system for recognising overseas qualifications is blamed for preventing or delaying skilled migrants working in their chosen field in Australia.
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Toronto Raptors fans boo US national anthem after Donald Trump tariffs
Fans at a Toronto Raptors game on Sunday continued an emerging trend of booing the American national anthem at sporting events in Canada.
Related:
Trump tariffs: which countries are affected and what does this mean?
Fans of the NBA’s lone Canadian franchise booed the US anthem …
Rubio tells Panama to reduce Chinese influence in canal area or face US action
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has held talks in Panama with its president, José Raúl Mulino, as protesters marched in opposition to Donald Trump’s demand for ownership of the Panama canal to be returned to the US.
The US’s top diplomat told Mulino in the talks that the …
Jamie George fit to return against France as England try to ‘break the dam’
The former England captain Jamie George has been declared fit for the daunting Six Nations clash with France on Saturday after recovering from a hamstring injury, handing Steve Borthwick a welcome boost as his side seek to “break the dam” after another disheartening defeat.
Keir Starmer to discuss European defence with all 27 EU leaders
Keir Starmer’s hopes for a defence and security pact risk being stalled over fishing rights, as he heads to Brussels for the first post-Brexit meeting of its kind on Monday.
The prime minister has been invited to join the EU’s 27 heads of state and government for dinner in Brussels …