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Scientists discovered polarons—electron-atom pairs that slow electrical flow—in a rare-earth material, solving a quantum physics mystery. This breakthrough could advance superconductors and quantum technologies.
Researchers developed soft rubber that performs complex calculations using low-energy "floppy modes," enabling direct computation within materials. This breakthrough could create smarter soft robots and sensors without...
Researchers used neural networks to design a new enzyme that can break down polyurethane foam into reusable chemicals, addressing a major plastic waste problem since 22 million metric tons of polyurethane were produced in 2024....
France opened a 1.5-kilometer highway section that wirelessly charges electric vehicles through embedded road coils, successfully powering various vehicles at speeds up to 100km/h. The country plans to expand this technology to...
Elon Musk confirmed SpaceX will develop orbital data centers, capitalizing on growing tech industry interest in space-based computing infrastructure. SpaceX's upcoming Starlink V3 satellites will feature unprecedented 1 Tbps...
France activated the world's first wireless charging highway, where electric vehicles receive power while driving along a 0.93-mile stretch of the A10 motorway near Paris. Independent testing confirmed the system delivers over...
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Two strangers sit at their computers, each selecting a musical note, but neither hears exactly what they played. Instead, quantum mechanics intervenes, creating unexpected harmony or jarring dissonance from their combined...
UC Berkeley and Utrecht University researchers discovered that chimpanzees can rationally revise their beliefs when presented with stronger evidence, similar to 4-year-old children. In experiments using food-hiding boxes with...
Janta Power raised $5.5 million to scale its vertical 3D solar towers that achieve 50% higher capacity factors and triple the solar surface area compared to traditional flat panels. The company's towers are being piloted at major...
Scientists found that electrons in star-shaped Kagome crystals synchronize like a choir, creating quantum coherence. This shows that crystal geometry itself controls quantum behavior, enabling electronics design through shape...
Scientists successfully transformed germanium, a common semiconductor used in computer chips, into a superconductor that conducts electricity with zero resistance. The breakthrough involved precisely incorporating gallium atoms...
Scientists detected two rare "second-generation" black holes that survived earlier collisions, based on their unusual spinning patterns. These discoveries provide evidence for hierarchical mergers in dense star clusters.
Scientists warn that solar geoengineering, which involves spraying particles into the atmosphere to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight, could backfire despite promising computer simulations. Columbia University researchers found...
Researchers at the University of British Columbia used mathematical principles, including Gödel's incompleteness theorem, to prove the universe cannot be a computer simulation. They demonstrated that reality requires...
Apollonius of Perga discovered an ancient theorem that extends the famous Pythagorean theorem to any triangle, not just right triangles. His formula states that for any triangle with a midpoint on one side, the sum of squares of...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS rapidly brightened to magnitude 9 as it swung behind the sun toward perihelion, with NASA and NOAA spacecraft tracking its path while hidden from Earth-based telescopes. This rare third-known...
NASA Ames Research Center houses the world's largest wind tunnel, the 80×120-foot National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex, completed in the late 1980s and large enough to test an entire Boeing 737. Unlike traditional facilities...
Google and Magic Leap unveiled a new Android XR glasses prototype at the FII event in Riyadh, featuring Gemini AI that can identify objects and provide real-time assistance. Magic Leap extended its Google partnership for three...
NASA's X-59 jet completed its first flight, featuring a unique design that reduces sonic booms to quieter "sonic thumps." This breakthrough could enable future commercial supersonic flights over land.
ZOZO's new GPU contact solver handles physics simulations for shells, solids, and rods with penetration-free resolution. It processes 150+ million contacts while maintaining strict material constraints and includes Docker...
UK company DEEP unveiled Vanguard, the first new underwater habitat in decades, allowing four scientists to live and work 65 feet underwater for a week without resurfacing.
Astronomers used a revolutionary "photonic lantern" device to discover a lopsided gas disk around Beta Canis Minoris. This breakthrough technology splits and recombines starlight to bypass atmospheric interference, achieving...
Astronomers discovered three Earth-like planets orbiting two cold stars in the TOI-2267 system, located 1.2 billion kilometers apart in an unusually compact configuration. Two planets orbit one star while the third orbits the...
NASA discovered asteroid 2025 PN7, a house-sized "quasi-moon" that has followed Earth's orbit since the 1960s. This harmless space rock will continue orbiting the sun near Earth until around 2083.