Smelters want further electricity cost cuts South African smelters' power costs up 900% since 2008 Thousands of jobs at risk as South Africa loses out to China Feb 18 (Reuters) - South African ...

Using ideas borrowed from topological photonics, researchers in Singapore, France and the US have designed a compact antenna capable of handling information-rich terahertz (THz) signals. Reporting ...

City budgeted $3.5M for winter staffing, trucks and supplies. Ice-snow mix and prolonged subfreezing temps reduced plow effectiveness. City plans a new ice-focused strategy; contractors were more ...

President Donald Trump “grossly exceeded the bounds of his statutory authority” in awarding compliance extensions to eight mills, the lawsuit says. Environmental groups are intensifying their legal ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – State lawmakers and the Oregon Nurses Association have introduced a bill, marking the union’s latest efforts to protect patient rights for those detained by immigration ...

Hardware The company behind the machines that make pretty much all our computer chips reckons it has worked out how to increase production capacity by 50% Processors Best CPU for gaming in 2026: These ...

Smaller version Illustration of a conventional atomic fountain clock (left) next to NPL’s miniature atomic fountain clock. (Courtesy: NPL) A miniature version of an atomic fountain clock has been ...

Processors say Oregon’s hazelnut industry must develop new markets for the crop and increase “pull” among consumers to ease price fluctuations if acreage keeps expanding. Over the past 15 years, the ...

LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Glencore (GLEN.L), opens new tab shares rose by more than 10% on Friday following news it is in talks with Rio Tinto (RIO.AX), opens new tab, (RIO.L), opens new tab about a ...

Researchers collected soil samples from Eight Dollar Mountain in southwest Oregon, an area rich in a typically benign compound called chromium III. But when the researchers simulated a ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - The Oregon Ducks and Texas Tech Red Raiders came together to support a Miami-based urban gardening initiative before they face off against each other in the Orange Bowl. Volunteers from ...