Science & Technology

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A long-running environmental dispute in Norway has entered a new and potentially more consequential phase after the government granted a mining company permission to continue depositing waste into Førde fjord, despite a Supreme Court ruling that found the original dumping permit unlawful. The decision has reignited anger among residents, environmental campaigners and legal experts in the small west...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A small mountain village in central Sardinia is attracting growing scientific interest after researchers found an unusually high proportion of its women reaching the age of 100, raising the possibility that the community could represent a new longevity hotspot. Bolotana, a village in Sardinia’s Margine area, is located about 110 kilometres from the island’s better-known longevity region. Researchers...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The World Health Organization has called for greater transparency from Russia after the suspected plague-related death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Siberia raised questions about what caused her sudden illness and whether there could be any wider public-health risk. The WHO says it still lacks enough information to conduct a complete assessment of the situation surrounding the...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online French chemist Henri B. Kagan and Japanese scientist Kenso Soai have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries that transformed scientists’ understanding of how chemical reactions can favour one mirror-image form of a molecule over another. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award in Stockholm on Wednesday, marking the third Nobel Prize announcement...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has urged governments in major economies to tighten their fiscal policies as rising borrowing costs and historically high levels of public debt place growing pressure on national budgets. Speaking in Singapore ahead of the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok next week, Georgieva warned...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Scientists who place strong faith in technology as the primary answer to the climate crisis may be less likely to take direct action themselves, according to a major international study examining how researchers view climate solutions and personal responsibility. The research suggests that scientists who believe technological progress will largely resolve the problems created by climate change are...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Samsung Electronics is heading towards what could become one of its strongest quarterly performances in years, as the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to drive extraordinary demand for advanced memory chips. The South Korean technology giant is expected to report a dramatic increase in operating profit for the third quarter of 2026, reflecting the powerful recovery...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Jaguar has unveiled its new Type 01 electric vehicle in New York, launching one of the most ambitious and closely watched stages of the British luxury carmaker's transformation as it seeks to attract a younger and wealthier generation of customers. The striking new electric model is designed primarily with affluent American buyers in mind and represents a dramatic...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 30-year-old man from the US state of Washington has been arrested over allegations that he helped a Canadian teenager plan a mass school shooting in which eight people were killed, including six children. The US Department of Justice said James Codey Bryant was detained on Tuesday and charged with conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country....

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Plans for a major datacentre at Drax’s North Yorkshire power station have come under renewed environmental scrutiny after campaigners estimated that the facility could be responsible for around 8.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year if it operates at its proposed scale. The analysis suggests the planned project could generate almost twice the annual carbon emissions...