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FDA approves Autus, a heart valve that grows with a child
The FDA approved Edwards' Autus valve on Thursday 1 October. It goes in at about 13 mm and can be widened to 22 mm as a child grows.
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Michael Jackson writes for the Breaking desk at The Gold Standard, with 21 stories so far, 17 of them Breaking stories on science, energy, space and trade. Recent stories include the FDA's approval of the Autus heart valve that grows with a child, and Fervo's Cape Station starting to sell enhanced geothermal power. Earlier pieces covered brain-implant trials such as Blindsight for the Tech desk and Apple's M5 Max MacBook Pro for Computing.
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Amazon deal funds a 190 MW boost at Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant
Amazon signed a 20-year deal on Wednesday 30 September for 690 MW from Calvert Cliffs, backing a 190 MW nuclear uprate due by 2032.
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Mercosur-EFTA trade deal starts between Brazil and Iceland
The Mercosur-EFTA free trade deal took effect between Brazil and Iceland on Thursday 1 October. Brazil and Norway follow on 1 November.
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Florence team entangles a floating glass speck with light
Florence physicists entangled the motion of a 100-nanometre glass sphere with light at room temperature. The paper ran in Science on Thursday 1 October.
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Fervo's Cape Station starts selling enhanced geothermal power
Fervo Energy's first 33 MW unit at Cape Station in Utah began commercial operation on 30 September, a day early and 23 months after groundbreaking.
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Trump rejected the Hormuz roadmap
Trump rejected Iran's seven-day Strait of Hormuz roadmap on Saturday. Tehran says it still wants diplomacy through Qatar.
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US Space Force confirms it has weapons in orbit
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed on 14 September that Space Force has weapons in orbit, a Pentagon first. China and Russia replied the next day.
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Eighty Starlink Missions This Year
Starlink Group 15-24 from Vandenberg was framed as SpaceX's 80th Starlink mission of 2026, on booster B1088's nineteenth flight or so.
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Starship Flight 14 targets orbit no earlier than 15 September
SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 is set for no earlier than about 15 September from Starbase Pad 2, with Ship 41 and Booster 21. FAA approval was still pending.
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Isar Aerospace's Spectrum makes orbit from Norway
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum reached orbit from Norway on 5 September. The company and EU call it Europe's first private orbital success from the mainland.
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Apple's Surprise and Shine event was set for 9 September
Apple's Surprise and Shine event is on Wednesday 9 September at 10 a.m. PT, or 3 a.m. AEST Thursday, streaming on apple.com, Apple TV and YouTube.