September 2026
All columns and Brief analyses.
10 results
US Treasury sanctions 10 over alleged Iranian weapons procurement
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on 10 people and entities it accuses of supporting Iranian military procurement. The listings reach intermediaries and component suppliers in several countries, while renewed US-Iran diplomacy remains unsettled. The alleged procurement links are Washington’s claims, and neither the sanctions notice nor independent coverage establishes how many weapons or parts were delivered. The immediate effect is a new set of US financial restrictions.
Waves form stable paths inside an irregular cavity
A CUNY-led team tracked vibrations in an irregular cavity made from a specially structured metamaterial. Instead of the complex scattering expected in ordinary materials, the waves settled into stable, repeating paths. CUNY’s announcement and a separate Ciencias.uy report describe the same laboratory experiment. The peer-reviewed paper appeared on September 28. The result suggests a route to controlling light and sound, but the experiment does not demonstrate a ready-to-use communications device.
A 13-gram window onto the dark matter search
RES–NOVA’s archaeological-lead crystal found no particle, but measured what a new target material can exclude.
A new mine question on Korea’s old armistice line
The 1953 armistice drew the line separating forces. The present blast turns on how a mine reached its southern side as well as where it was made.
A small mRNA code change removed a laboratory frameshift
A concern about ribosomal frameshifting became more precise once researchers measured where it occurs and whether a synonymous edit removes it.
Europe’s gas buffer shrinks in storage
EU storage is lower than a year ago. The winter contest for gas cargoes turns on how much can reach storage as well as what buyers pay.
From one transistor to a wafer: SiC circuits take a manufacturing step
Kyoto’s team made two device types on a 150 mm wafer. Uniformity at the center is promising; an integrated circuit and full-wafer yield remain to be demonstrated.
Holo4 puts cross-interface control in the developer’s hands
One agent can move among screen, code and tools. H Company’s published task traces give builders a starting point for testing where that flexibility helps.
India’s bank strike pauses, but the working-week dispute remains
Branches opened on Sunday and the planned Monday strike was deferred. The unions’ five-day working week remains unresolved.
Macero’s return puts Venezuela’s election timetable to the test
The opposition regained an organizer. Machado’s safe return and an election date still await institutional decisions.