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Lake Untersee Base Camp Is Operational
Dale Andersen: “We just completed the camp last night, and today a storm will move in with 50 mph winds (more?) and perhaps some snow. Should provide a quick test of our handiwork! The layout is organized to maximize protection for the various…
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Breakthrough Experiment: How We Can Stop the Spread of Flu
A surprising flu experiment shows that good airflow and fewer coughs can stop the virus from spreading, even up close. This year’s flu season has been particularly severe. As a fast-moving new strain known as subclade K continues to circulate,…
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China targets high-tech chip security with homegrown ion implanters
China has made a major stride in semiconductor technology with the development of a highly advanced “microscopic scalpel” that could ease critical bottlenecks in its chip supply chains.
On Saturday, the China Institute of Atomic Energy…
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Nasa moon rocket creeps to its launchpad in preparation for astronaut flight | Nasa
Nasa’s giant new moon rocket has moved to the launchpad in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The trip could blast off in February.
The 98-metre (322ft) rocket began its 1mph (1.6km/h) creep from…
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Experiments bring Enceladus' subsurface ocean into the lab
Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus. Published in Icarus, the results show that these conditions can readily produce many of…
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New memristor training method slashes AI energy use by six orders of magnitude
In a Nature Communications study, researchers from China have developed an error-aware probabilistic update (EaPU) method that aligns memristor hardware’s noisy updates with neural network training, slashing energy use by nearly six orders of…
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