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Old Solar Panels Built in the Early 1990s Are Still Going Strong After 30 Years at 80% Original Power — And That’s a Big Deal for Our Energy Future

Old Solar Panels Built in the Early 1990s Are Still Going Strong After 30 Years at 80% Original Power — And That’s a Big Deal for Our Energy Future

Credit: Pixabay. In the late 1980s, when Switzerland was just beginning to experiment with solar power, engineers bolted a few shiny panels onto rooftops, mountain stations, and even utility-scale farms. They probably didn’t expect those panels to still be humming along more than three decades later. But that’s exactly what a new study shows. Researchers from Switzerland, Austria, and Germany …

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Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms – The Washington Post

Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms  The Washington Post Trump bypasses Congress to cancel nearly $5 billion in foreign aid  CNN Schumer and Collins rage over Trump’s “pocket rescissions”  Axios Trump moves to unilaterally withhold funds, drawing bipartisan calls of illegality  Government Executive Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress OK’d, using maneuver last seen nearly 50 years …

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Judge weighs Trump’s power to fire Fed board member – Politico

Judge weighs Trump’s power to fire Fed board member  Politico Trump Live Updates: Foreign Aid Spending, Kamala Harris Secret Service Protection and More  The New York Times Fate of Fed Gov. Lisa Cook still up in the air after court hearing on Trump firing bid  CNBC The Supreme Court Made a Bad Bet  The Atlantic An Atlanta condo is at the center of fraud …

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Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools

Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools

Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure Boot in their Windows OS and BIOS settings. That decision proved controversial among players who weren’t able to get the finicky low-level security setting working on their machines and others who were unwilling to allow EA’s anti-cheat tools to once …

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White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power – Politico

White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress’ funding power  Politico Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid approved by Congress, using a maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago  Anchorage Daily News Trump moves to permanently cancel funding in rare move around Congress  Reuters Appeals court keeps alive challenge to Trump’s effort to cancel billions in foreign aid  CNN …

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Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues to challenge Trump’s attempt to fire her, setting up a showdown over presidential power

Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues to challenge Trump’s attempt to fire her, setting up a showdown over presidential power

Donald Trump Trump legal cases Federal agencies Investing See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Washington  —  Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing to keep her job on the board, which helps set interest rates, after President Donald Trump said he was removing her from her role earlier this week. Cook’s lawsuit, filed Thursday morning in federal court in …

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How RFK Jr. could exploit the CDC's power vacuum – Axios

How RFK Jr. could exploit the CDC’s power vacuum  Axios RFK Jr. Sought to Fire CDC Director Susan Monarez Over Vaccine Policy  The New York Times Kennedy expected to name deputy Jim O’Neill as acting CDC director after Monarez ouster, sources say  CNN Monarez would not cross ‘red lines’ before she was fired, confidant says  Politico CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil …

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Scientists Rewire Immune Cells To Supercharge Cancer-Fighting Power

Scientists Rewire Immune Cells To Supercharge Cancer-Fighting Power

A new study shows that blocking one protein can reprogram immune cells to fight cancer more powerfully, offering hope for next-generation therapies. Credit: Shutterstock Blocking a single protein boosts T cell metabolism and tumor-fighting strength. The discovery could lead to next-generation cancer immunotherapies. Scientists have identified a strategy to greatly enhance the cancer-fighting abilities of the immune system’s T cells. …

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