EU to stockpile critical minerals due to war risk

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brussels has said it will build up emergency stockpiles of critical minerals and cable repair kits, as concerns grow over the EU’s vulnerability to attack. “The EU faces an increasingly complex and deteriorating risk landscape…

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Google announces new $7 billion investment in Iowa

Google is investing an additional $7 billion in Iowa within the next two years in cloud and AI infrastructure, as well as in expanded workforce development programs, meaningfully increasing the pace of investments the company has made in the state since 2007. The announcement reflects development of both a new data center in Cedar Rapids…

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Leprosy existed in America long before arrival of Europeans

Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, and the University of Colorado (USA), in collaboration with various institutions in America and Europe, reveal that a recently identified second species of bacteria responsible…

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Berghaus claims “revolutionary” responsive legwear tech for women

Published September 11, 2025 Take the exhaustive results of 100 women, anatomists and scientists testing new “revolutionary responsive leg wear technology” and you have performance brand Berghaus’s all-new ZonalAdapt. Promising to deliver technology that’s “engineered to adapt to the way women’s bodies move and change”, the legwear marks the return of MtnHaus, Berghaus’s pioneering innovation…

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