Briefing: Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights
Strategic angle: The contract is for 20 hypersonic flight missions over four years.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
North America
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Briefing: Diesel Crosses $5 For First Time In Years, While One Station Sells Gas For $7.69
Strategic angle: Fuel costs are climbing fast, with diesel and gasoline both jumping sharply across the United States.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Here are the five key takeaways from this week's Fed meeting
Strategic angle: While no one expected the Fed to cut — much less hike — at this meeting, the market always looks for clues about what's next.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Durable dual-atom catalyst enables high-temperature CO₂ to CO conversion
Strategic angle: A breakthrough in carbon dioxide conversion technology could pave the way for more efficient synthetic fuel production.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Energy-efficient Fe-Ni catalyst could cut costs for alkaline water electrolysis
Strategic angle: Affordable, green energy production has long been promoted as a means to accelerate the decarbonization of sectors such as heavy industry, long-duration energy storage, and transportation.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Controlling the pinewood nematode: Finding the best balance between cost and effectiveness
Strategic angle: The pinewood nematode poses a significant threat to pine forests, prompting regulatory measures for effective management.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Former Uber Self-Driving Chief Crashes Tesla On FSD Into A Concrete Wall
Strategic angle: As automation improves, humans are still expected to supervise it, and that may be the most dangerous phase of all.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Tesla Owner Brags About Its Self-Closing Doors. Then A Toyota Driver Claps Back: 'Can Your Tesla Last Like A Toyota?'
Strategic angle: 'There's nothing a Tundra can't do.'
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Analysts Rally Behind These Nuclear Leaders As White House Unveils Expansion Blitz
Strategic angle: Investor's Business Daily reports on the growing support for nuclear energy leaders amid new government initiatives.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Amazon says U.S. Postal Service 'walked away at the eleventh hour' in negotiations
Strategic angle: Amazon reported that negotiations with the USPS to boost delivery volumes collapsed unexpectedly.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: JPMorgan Chase taps Dwyane Wade, Tom Brady for new athlete wealth management push
Strategic angle: JPMorgan's move reflects growing competition among banks and wealth managers to serve athletes, who are increasingly becoming entrepreneurs and investors.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Liberty Walk Found A Way To Spend $17K On Your Civic Type R
Strategic angle: A new tuning kit transforms the Civic Type R with aggressive styling, offering both full packages and individual parts.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: How two dim stars came together to shine brightly
Strategic angle: Brown dwarfs, often called 'failed stars', reveal their potential in a cosmic union.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: HOF won't give puck to Hughes: Not his to own
Strategic angle: The Hockey Hall of Fame has decided against giving Jack Hughes the puck from his gold-medal-winning goal at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Skeleton in Magdeburg Cathedral is almost certainly Otto I
Strategic angle: Researchers believe they have confirmed the identity of the remains found in the sarcophagus of Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Marine Corps Live Fire Mishap Rained Artillery Shrapnel Over Highway
Strategic angle: A malfunction during a live fire display resulted in artillery shrapnel raining down on a nearby highway.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Rwanda Advances Nuclear Ambitions After Positive IAEA Assessment
Strategic angle: Rwanda is moving forward with its nuclear energy plans following a favorable assessment from the IAEA.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: BMW Won't Rule Out An Electric Sports Car
Strategic angle: BMW product boss Bernd Körber said the company will 'always look into' new sports cars.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Reengineered Mass Spectrometer Processes a Billion Molecules at Once
Strategic angle: A new prototype revolutionizes mass spectrometry by enabling the analysis of billions of molecules simultaneously, enhancing efficiency and accuracy.
Editorial Staff Mar 18
Briefing: Children shaped clay 15,000 years ago, long before pottery or farming, archaeologists find
Strategic angle: Archaeological discoveries reveal that children in the Levant were molding clay long before the advent of pottery and agriculture.
Editorial Staff Mar 18