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More than 343,000 hectares (848,000 acres) of land – the equivalent of nearly half a million football pitches [or a suare with sides 58.6 km long] – have been destroyed this year in Spain, setting a new national record, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)
Wildfires rage across Spain and Portugal as record area of land burned | Climate News | Al Jazeera

Wildfires rage across Spain and Portugal as record area of land burned
Wildfires in Spain and Portugal burn record land and force evacuations as heatwave and drought spur the flames.

World breaks renewable records - adding 582 GW of capacity in 2024 - but must move faster to hit the agreed 2030 tripling goal.
From @irena-official.bsky.social:
https://www.irena.org/News/pressreleases/2

World Breaks Renewable Records but Must Move Faster to Hit 2030 Tripling Goal
The world is falling behind on its renewable energy and efficiency goals despite record progress last year, confirms a new report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the COP30 Brazilian Presidency, and the Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) during a pre-COP30 high-level event in Brasília.

Colts HC Shane Steichen 'very close' to QB1 decision between Anthony Richardson, Daniel Jones https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-hc-shane-steichen-very-close-to-qb1-decision-between-anthony-richardson-daniel-jones…

Aeos is Mixing it Up: The (In)homogeneity of Metal Mixing Following Population III Star Formation
Jennifer Mead, Kaley Brauer, Greg L. Bryan, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Alexander P. Ji, John H. Wise, Eric P. Andersson, Anna Frebel, Andrew Emerick, Benoit C\^ot\'e
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13580

Aeos is Mixing it Up: The (In)homogeneity of Metal Mixing Following Population III Star Formation
Stellar surface abundances are records of the state of the gas from which stars formed, and thus trace how individual elements have mixed into the surrounding medium following their ejection from stars. In this work, we test the common assumption of instantaneous and homogeneous metal mixing during the formation of the first Population II stars by characterizing the chemical homogeneity of the gas in simulated star-forming environments enriched by Population III stellar feedback. Testing the ho…

Thickness Dependence and Fundamental Limitations for Ion Permeation in Nanoscale Films
Jay Prakash Singh, Konstantin I. Morozov, Viatcheslav Freger
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14725

Thickness Dependence and Fundamental Limitations for Ion Permeation in Nanoscale Films
Nanoscale films play a central role in biology and osmotic separations. Their water/salt selectivity is often regarded as intrinsic property, favoring thinner membranes for faster permeation. Here we highlight and quantify a fundamental limitation arising from the dependence of ion self-energy on film thickness, governed by its ratio to Bjerrum length. The resulting relation factors out this dependence from intrinsic ion permeability, which agrees well with available data and enables evaluation…

Oh hell no! If they allow it at work I will be asking how I can turn it off. There are times when we cannot record or use transcriptions for parts of meetings.
https://www.theverge.com/news/781278/microsoft-teams-copilot-ai-agents

Beyond Random Masking: A Dual-Stream Approach for Rotation-Invariant Point Cloud Masked Autoencoders
Xuanhua Yin, Dingxin Zhang, Yu Feng, Shunqi Mao, Jianhui Yu, Weidong Cai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14975

Beyond Random Masking: A Dual-Stream Approach for Rotation-Invariant Point Cloud Masked Autoencoders
Existing rotation-invariant point cloud masked autoencoders (MAE) rely on random masking strategies that overlook geometric structure and semantic coherence. Random masking treats patches independently, failing to capture spatial relationships consistent across orientations and overlooking semantic object parts that maintain identity regardless of rotation. We propose a dual-stream masking approach combining 3D Spatial Grid Masking and Progressive Semantic Masking to address these fundamental l…

Measurement of radiant spectrum for excess heat generation in NiCu and Ni thin film during hydrogen gas desorption
J. Kasagi, T. Itoh, Y. Shibasaki, Y. Iwamura
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13847

Measurement of radiant spectrum for excess heat generation in NiCu and Ni thin film during hydrogen gas desorption
Heat production in Ni-based thin films interacting with hydrogen gas was studied using a radiation calorimeter equipped with a composite photon-detector system. Measurements were performed on pure Ni foil and NiCu composite thin films. Electromagnetic radiation emitted from samples heated to approximately 1100 K in vacuum was recorded over the energy range of 0.05 - 2.5 eV. In this study,detailed spectra were obtained, particularly in the low-energy region below 0.5 eV. The peak of the thermal …

Capita given record £14 million fine over ransomware attack security failings https://therecord.media/capita-record-fine-uk-ico-ransomware-attack