BRIN
Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is examining rubber composite-based rail pad technology to enhance train transportation safety, following a crash in Bekasi Timur. The collision between the Argo Bromo Anggrek train and a KRL Commuter Line on April 27, 2026, killed 15 people. BRIN Deputy Head Amarulla Octavian highlighted the agency's contributions to rail infrastructure research.
Raportoinut AI
A glowing object that went viral on social media streaked across the sky over Lampung on April 4, 2026, identified by Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) as space debris fragments. BRIN Astronomy Professor Thomas Djamaluddin explained it was remnants of a Chinese CZ-3B rocket entering the atmosphere.