https://abc24times.com/ABC 24 Times: an independent, continuous digital dispatch on tech and innovation, the green economy, markets, biotech, culture and ideas, with a constructive, curious voice.en-ushttps://abc24times.com/stories/perovskite-sensor-costs-fall-70-percent.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/perovskite-sensor-costs-fall-70-percent.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 09:38:00 -0400Tech & InnovationManufacturers report a 70% drop in production costs for ultra-thin perovskite sensors and a ramp to 4 million wafer units a month. Here is what that means, and the durability question.https://abc24times.com/stories/electric-aviation-840km-coastal-voyage.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/electric-aviation-840km-coastal-voyage.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 09:31:00 -0400Tech & InnovationAn electric aircraft prototype has completed a non-stop 840 km coastal passenger trial, the operator says, with zero tailpipe emissions. One trial is not yet a service.https://abc24times.com/stories/exoplanet-spectroscopy-methane-moisture.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/exoplanet-spectroscopy-methane-moisture.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 09:04:00 -0400Tech & InnovationA space telescope has returned what researchers describe as unambiguous spectroscopy of methane and moisture on a rocky exoplanet. It is a data milestone, not a discovery of life.https://abc24times.com/stories/lithium-free-solid-battery-map.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/lithium-free-solid-battery-map.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:35:00 -0400Tech & InnovationSodium-ion, iron-air and solid-state cells each aim to loosen the grip of lithium. A plain-language map of where each stands and what keeps lab cells off factory lines.https://abc24times.com/stories/midday-intelligence-briefing-grid-autonomy.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/midday-intelligence-briefing-grid-autonomy.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:20:00 -0400Tech & InnovationEpisode notes for the ABC 24 Audio Network midday briefing: host Sarah Jenkins and a guest grid engineer on why power grids need autonomy, with a written summary, chapter guide and open questions.https://abc24times.com/stories/room-temperature-optical-qubits-photon-circuit.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/room-temperature-optical-qubits-photon-circuit.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 07:50:00 -0400Tech & InnovationTwo university labs report entangling 1,024 photonic channels at ambient pressure and room temperature, no helium required. The result is a preprint and still awaits independent replication.https://abc24times.com/stories/one-nanometer-leap-atom-precise-lithography.htmlhttps://abc24times.com/stories/one-nanometer-leap-atom-precise-lithography.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 06:50:00 -0400Tech & InnovationExtreme-UV beamlines are reportedly printing denser transistors in commercial production. We unpack what a node name means, what a vendor-reported 400% throughput jump might measure, and what to verify.