September 2026

A Singapore couple’s decision to register their first home together in a lopsided 99:1 ownership split ended up before the Court of Appeal after their relationship broke down. The couple bought a $1.865 million condo unit, with the man contributing more money but the woman holding 99% of the registered title. After they separated, he…

Representative Image of a tropical data center utilizing liquid cooling technology amidst high humidity and heat (AI Generated Image) Singapore has introduced a national standard designed to help data centres adopt liquid cooling in the tropics, as rising computing demands make it harder to rely on conventional air-based systems alone. Singapore Standard SS 726:2026, Liquid…

Barfield wants the Black community to embrace farming and see it as part of its history. Christa Barfield grew up in Germantown, Philadelphia, and once worked in healthcare. Her career changed after a 2018 trip to Martinique, where she met Black farmers and saw their work first-hand. Five days after returning home, Barfield began planning…

Representative Image of innovative tiles made from recycled gypsum plaster, illustrating the BioSintering process (AI Generated Image) A Manchester-based materials company is developing tiles that avoid the high-temperature kiln firing normally associated with ceramic manufacturing. DeKiln’s BioSintering technology uses waste gypsum plaster, a material commonly recovered from plasterboard, together with a bio-based binder to produce…

Police stand at a roadblock on the road to RAF Fairford after an incident, in Whelford, England (Picture credit: AP) A major incident was declared near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Sunday after several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, prompting the evacuation of homes in the nearby village of…

Representative Image of a designer creating glass objects using quagga mussel shells and local materials from the River Thames (AI Generated Image) London designer Lulu Harrison has won the 2025 Ralph Saltzman Prize from the Design Museum for Thames Glass, a project that turns locally sourced and waste materials into glass. Harrison’s recipes use materials…