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October 7: Pentagon contracts tied to Trump’s sons and Bolsonaro’s Brazil victory
In science
Kagan and Soai have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries involving nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
At Argonne National Laboratory, scientists have used ultrafast X-ray imaging to capture atomic movements inside silicon carbide after a laser strike. They tracked an organized shockwave and slower, heat-driven vibrations in three dimensions. The findings, published in ACS Nano, could help researchers control where tiny vacancies that act as quantum bits form, reducing trial and error in building quantum devices.
In Lithuania
President Donald Trump says he will consider Lithuania’s proposal to host American troops permanently. The Baltic country says it is ready to accommodate that presence, but Trump’s comments were not a commitment to establish a base.
In the courts
Newly unsealed court documents allege that Andrew Tate possessed bestiality pornography and illicit videos involving a minor.
In California, a couple has been arrested and charged with allegedly abusing 15 of their 27 children, including a baby just two months old.
At the Pentagon
Ventures tied to investments by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have reportedly won billions in Pentagon contracts since their father’s election. The latest contract is for a new plant in Baltimore.
In the European Parliament
Members are urging tougher EU action against China. A resolution describes Beijing as a decisive enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine and calls on the EU to counter what it characterizes as China’s weaponisation of rare earth minerals that Europe depends on.
In Brazil
Flávio Bolsonaro, the far-right presidential frontrunner, has vowed to re-democratise Brazil after a surprise first-round victory. Critics fear he could pursue authoritarian rule if he takes power. His father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, has long praised the 21-year dictatorship that preceded Brazil’s return to democracy in the 1980s.
On Zavodovski Island
Scientists say human-caused climate change is driving a dramatic decline in chinstrap penguins on the remote volcanic island, home to the world’s largest penguin colony.
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