https://newstwit.com/Real good news, checked against its source.https://newstwit.com/story/roman-space-telescope-sharper-than-expected/https://newstwit.com/story/roman-space-telescope-sharper-than-expected/After a tiny mirror tweak, NASA's Roman Space Telescope now gives images nearly 30% sharper than engineers predicted, ahead of its big surveys of the sky.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/us-rooftop-solar-quadrupled-decade-eia/https://newstwit.com/story/us-rooftop-solar-quadrupled-decade-eia/New EIA data shows US rooftop solar generation grew from 18,812 GWh to 92,979 GWh in ten years, led by California, Arizona, Texas and Florida.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/student-volunteers-school-supplies-texas/https://newstwit.com/story/student-volunteers-school-supplies-texas/Megha Pillai co-founded DFW Tools4Schools, whose 70+ student volunteers have shared 5,000+ supplies and 500 kits, earning her a Points of Light award.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/machine-learning-two-to-six-week-forecasts/https://newstwit.com/story/machine-learning-two-to-six-week-forecasts/An MIT-led team built a machine-learning add-on that corrects forecast errors, doubling accuracy two to six weeks out and improving extreme weather alerts.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/kaist-beetlebot-finger-controlled-robot/https://newstwit.com/story/kaist-beetlebot-finger-controlled-robot/KAIST researchers built BeetleBot, a small beetle-inspired soft robot with artificial muscles that users steer by bending a finger as it sends back images.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/chicago-marathon-2026-world-record-first-win/https://newstwit.com/story/chicago-marathon-2026-world-record-first-win/Catherine Debrunner set a wheelchair world record, Amos Kipruto finally won and Marcel Hug took a fifth straight title at the 2026 Chicago Marathon.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/self-stabilizing-nuclear-clock-vienna/https://newstwit.com/story/self-stabilizing-nuclear-clock-vienna/Physicists at TU Wien built a thorium nuclear clock that keeps its own rhythm for over a day, a big step toward timekeeping beyond today's atomic clocks.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/aldabra-giant-tortoises-record-seychelles/https://newstwit.com/story/aldabra-giant-tortoises-record-seychelles/A new survey counts about 180,000 Aldabra giant tortoises, a record for a species once cut to fewer than 1,000, now outnumbering Seychelles' people.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/victorian-volunteering-awards-2026-winners/https://newstwit.com/story/victorian-volunteering-awards-2026-winners/The 2026 Victorian Volunteering Awards named Vinh Nguyen Volunteer of the Year and honoured a soup kitchen, youth helpers and grassroots community groups.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/winduction-buses-charge-through-tyres/https://newstwit.com/story/winduction-buses-charge-through-tyres/ETH Zurich spin-off Winduction charges electric buses wirelessly through special tyres at bus stops, so buses need smaller batteries and cost less to run.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/oregon-state-light-powered-hydrogen-material/https://newstwit.com/story/oregon-state-light-powered-hydrogen-material/Oregon State chemists made a light-driven material that splits water for hydrogen without an extra costly metal catalyst, a hint at cheaper clean fuel.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/plant-armor-fabric-triples-strawberry-yields/https://newstwit.com/story/plant-armor-fabric-triples-strawberry-yields/NC State's Plant Armor fabric kept insects off strawberries and raised yields up to 3.56 times in field tests, while still letting in sun, rain and air.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/solve-beach-riverside-cleanup-2026/https://newstwit.com/story/solve-beach-riverside-cleanup-2026/In 10 days, 1,553 SOLVE volunteers removed nearly 9,000 pounds of litter from beaches, rivers and parks across Oregon and Southwest Washington.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/berlin-marathon-2026-guinness-records/https://newstwit.com/story/berlin-marathon-2026-guinness-records/A Smurf, a singer and a construction worker were among six Guinness World Records set in costume at the 2026 BMW Berlin Marathon weekend in Germany.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/south-africa-smarter-hiv-resistance-testing/https://newstwit.com/story/south-africa-smarter-hiv-resistance-testing/A Wits University study shows clinics a quick way to spot who needs HIV resistance tests, cutting lab costs by 23%, and it is now part of public HIV care.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/rem-sleep-linked-lower-disease-risk/https://newstwit.com/story/rem-sleep-linked-lower-disease-risk/A study of over 95,000 adults links more REM and deep sleep, and 6 to 8 hours a night, with lower risk of dozens of diseases. Good sleep habits can help.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/ai-scribes-cut-doctors-note-time/https://newstwit.com/story/ai-scribes-cut-doctors-note-time/A University of Toronto study found AI scribes cut note-writing time by 69.1% in simulated visits, which could help ease the paperwork that drives burnout.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/foodcycle-volunteer-of-the-year-2026/https://newstwit.com/story/foodcycle-volunteer-of-the-year-2026/UK charity FoodCycle named 12 Volunteer of the Year winners, from 'Background Dave' to a 1,000-hour schools hero, for keeping community meals running.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/tilcayo-new-wild-cat-species-bolivia/https://newstwit.com/story/tilcayo-new-wild-cat-species-bolivia/Scientists have named Leopardus tilcayo, a tiny tiger cat from Bolivia's cloud forests and the first new living cat species described in over a century.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/flex-satellite-launch-plant-health/https://newstwit.com/story/flex-satellite-launch-plant-health/ESA's FLEX satellite and Sentinel-3C launched together on Vega-C. FLEX will measure the faint glow of plants to show how healthy vegetation is worldwide.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/chile-eliminates-dog-transmitted-rabies/https://newstwit.com/story/chile-eliminates-dog-transmitted-rabies/Chile is the first South American country validated by WHO for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem, after 50+ years with no case.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/shrijana-ghising-para-taekwondo-gold/https://newstwit.com/story/shrijana-ghising-para-taekwondo-gold/Shrijana Ghising won Australia's first-ever gold at a World Taekwondo Para Grand Prix in Muju, beating four top-ranked rivals without losing a round.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/teen-pedal-forward-free-bike-clinics-georgia/https://newstwit.com/story/teen-pedal-forward-free-bike-clinics-georgia/Jonathan Thai, 17, founded Pedal Forward, which has raised $30,000, given away 400 bikes and taught more than 350 children in Georgia to ride for free.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/kakapo-population-reaches-325/https://newstwit.com/story/kakapo-population-reaches-325/New Zealand's rare kākāpō parrot has reached 325 birds, its highest count since recovery work began, after a record 90 chicks joined the population.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/ai-assisted-brain-surgery-saves-sight-london/https://newstwit.com/story/ai-assisted-brain-surgery-saves-sight-london/In a world first, AI read the live camera feed during brain surgery at a London hospital, helping surgeons remove a tumor and protect a patient's vision.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/fda-approves-daraxonrasib-pancreatic-cancer/https://newstwit.com/story/fda-approves-daraxonrasib-pancreatic-cancer/The FDA approved daraxonrasib for advanced pancreatic cancer after a 500-patient trial showed median survival of 13.2 months versus 6.7 with chemotherapy.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://newstwit.com/story/s301-fastest-star-black-hole-spin/https://newstwit.com/story/s301-fastest-star-black-hole-spin/Astronomers using ESO's VLTI found S301, a star racing at 25,000 km/s around our galaxy's central black hole, so close that it feels the black hole's spin.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000