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World-first study shows human heart can regrow muscle cells after a heart attack
Researchers from the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital reported this week, in findings published in Circulation Research and covered September 9-12, 2026, that human heart tissue can produce new muscle cells after a heart attack — overturning decades of assumption that the damaged heart is completely incapable of regeneration. The team found that cardiomyocytes, the heart's muscle cells, can re-enter the cell-division process following an attack, though the natural response is currently far too weak on its own to replace all the tissue that's lost. Researchers now hope to identify ways to dramatically boost this newly discovered repair pathway, potentially opening a path toward new treatments for heart failure.
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World-first study shows human heart can regrow muscle cells after a heart attack
Researchers from the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital reported this week, in findings published in Circulation Research and covered September 9-12, 2026, that human heart tissue can produce new muscle cells after a heart attack — overturning decades of assumption that the damaged heart is completely incapable of regeneration. The team found that cardiomyocytes, the heart's muscle cells, can re-enter the cell-division process following an attack, though the natural response is currently far too weak on its own to replace all the tissue that's lost. Researchers now hope to identify ways to dramatically boost this newly discovered repair pathway, potentially opening a path toward new treatments for heart failure.
Chalmers researchers make quantum computer operations 1,000 times faster
Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden announced this week, in results covered September 10-12, 2026, a new method that lets a wide range of advanced quantum operations run more than 1,000 times faster by completing complex operations within a single Floquet driving period instead of the thousands of repeated control cycles previous approaches required. Because quantum computers are extremely sensitive to errors that accumulate the longer an operation takes, the speedup is compatible with existing superconducting quantum circuits and could substantially reduce the error rates that have held back fault-tolerant quantum computing. Researchers say the breakthrough brings practical, error-corrected quantum computers — with applications from drug discovery to cryptography — a meaningful step closer.
Read more →Chalmers researchers make quantum computer operations 1,000 times faster
Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden announced this week, in results covered September 10-12, 2026, a new method that lets a wide range of advanced quantum operations run more than 1,000 times faster by completing complex operations within a single Floquet driving period instead of the thousands of repeated control cycles previous approaches required. Because quantum computers are extremely sensitive to errors that accumulate the longer an operation takes, the speedup is compatible with existing superconducting quantum circuits and could substantially reduce the error rates that have held back fault-tolerant quantum computing. Researchers say the breakthrough brings practical, error-corrected quantum computers — with applications from drug discovery to cryptography — a meaningful step closer.
China's solar power capacity overtakes coal for the first time in 144 years
China's National Energy Administration announced September 1, 2026, that the country's installed solar power capacity reached 1.286 billion kilowatts by the end of July, edging past coal-fired capacity of 1.285 billion kilowatts for the first time — marking the first change in China's dominant power source since its first thermal plant began operating in 1882. Coal still generates more actual electricity than solar because power plants run more consistently than intermittent sunshine, but the capacity milestone is being read as a landmark moment in the energy transition of the world's largest carbon emitter and clean-energy investor. Analysts say the shift reflects years of rapid, low-cost solar buildout across Chinese provinces racing to meet rising electricity demand without adding new coal plants.
Read more →China's solar power capacity overtakes coal for the first time in 144 years
China's National Energy Administration announced September 1, 2026, that the country's installed solar power capacity reached 1.286 billion kilowatts by the end of July, edging past coal-fired capacity of 1.285 billion kilowatts for the first time — marking the first change in China's dominant power source since its first thermal plant began operating in 1882. Coal still generates more actual electricity than solar because power plants run more consistently than intermittent sunshine, but the capacity milestone is being read as a landmark moment in the energy transition of the world's largest carbon emitter and clean-energy investor. Analysts say the shift reflects years of rapid, low-cost solar buildout across Chinese provinces racing to meet rising electricity demand without adding new coal plants.
Taiwan's ProLogium starts mass production of next-generation solid-state EV battery
Taiwanese battery maker ProLogium began mass production on September 2, 2026, of its Gen 3.5 all-solid-state Lithium Ceramic Battery, with third-party testing measuring an energy density of 381 Wh/kg and 903 Wh/L on a large-format cell — figures well above conventional lithium-ion packs used in electric vehicles today. Solid-state batteries replace the flammable liquid electrolyte in conventional lithium-ion cells with a solid material, promising faster charging, longer range and reduced fire risk, and have long been seen as a key unlock for mainstream EV adoption. ProLogium's move to commercial-scale manufacturing marks one of the first large-format solid-state batteries to reach mass production rather than remaining a lab or pilot-line demonstration.
Read more →Taiwan's ProLogium starts mass production of next-generation solid-state EV battery
Taiwanese battery maker ProLogium began mass production on September 2, 2026, of its Gen 3.5 all-solid-state Lithium Ceramic Battery, with third-party testing measuring an energy density of 381 Wh/kg and 903 Wh/L on a large-format cell — figures well above conventional lithium-ion packs used in electric vehicles today. Solid-state batteries replace the flammable liquid electrolyte in conventional lithium-ion cells with a solid material, promising faster charging, longer range and reduced fire risk, and have long been seen as a key unlock for mainstream EV adoption. ProLogium's move to commercial-scale manufacturing marks one of the first large-format solid-state batteries to reach mass production rather than remaining a lab or pilot-line demonstration.
Europe's largest industrial carbon capture chain switches on at Dutch fertilizer plant
Norwegian fertilizer producer Yara inaugurated Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility on September 7, 2026, at its ammonia and fertilizer plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands, which will capture and liquefy up to 800,000 tons of CO2 annually. The captured carbon will be shipped and permanently stored deep beneath the Norwegian seabed, completing what backers describe as the first full commercial chain of cross-border carbon capture, transport and storage — from an industrial emitter, through liquefaction and shipping, to permanent geological storage. The project is aimed at showing that heavy industry sectors long considered hardest to decarbonize, such as fertilizer and chemical production, can meaningfully cut emissions using technology available today.
Read more →Europe's largest industrial carbon capture chain switches on at Dutch fertilizer plant
Norwegian fertilizer producer Yara inaugurated Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility on September 7, 2026, at its ammonia and fertilizer plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands, which will capture and liquefy up to 800,000 tons of CO2 annually. The captured carbon will be shipped and permanently stored deep beneath the Norwegian seabed, completing what backers describe as the first full commercial chain of cross-border carbon capture, transport and storage — from an industrial emitter, through liquefaction and shipping, to permanent geological storage. The project is aimed at showing that heavy industry sectors long considered hardest to decarbonize, such as fertilizer and chemical production, can meaningfully cut emissions using technology available today.