The Galapagos Islands are famous for the discoveries that shaped Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Now an SFSU graduate has added one more: Ezra Mendales (M.S., ’23) describes a new species as part of his master’s thesis. “I feel super lucky…
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Tale of the lava heron: Student describes new Galapagos species
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Anthropic Supply-Chain-Risk Designation Halted by Judge
Anthropic won a preliminary injunction barring the US Department of Defense from labeling it a supply-chain risk, potentially clearing the way for customers to resume working with the company. The ruling on Thursday by Rita Lin, a federal…
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AI agent accelerates catalyst discovery for sustainable fuel development
Scientific discovery is often tedious, expensive, incremental trial and error, but the advent of artificial intelligence is accelerating the process. A multi-institutional team based in China recently used AI to identify a key characteristic of…
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Novel measurement confirms a 50-year-old prediction: Dark points are faster than light
A research group from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology reports in Nature an unprecedented achievement in electron microscopy: the direct measurement of “dark points” within light waves. By doing so, the researchers were able to confirm…
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U.S. GSSAP satellites execute GEO handoff to monitor China’s Shijian-29 spacecraft
Commercial space tracking data shows U.S. satellites coordinating maneuvers to maintain proximity and continuous observation of a pair of Chinese spacecraft in geostationary orbit.
The post U.S. GSSAP satellites execute GEO handoff to monitor…
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UK firm hits first plasma milestone in fusion space propulsion
UK-based Pulsar Fusion has achieved its first plasma in the exhaust system of its Sunbird propulsion concept, marking an early step toward developing nuclear fusion-based engines for space travel.
The company said the test demonstrates the…
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Scientists identify new Fusarium species behind wheat disease outbreak in Ethiopia
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a destructive disease of wheat that can reduce grain yields and contaminate grain with toxins harmful to humans and livestock. The disease threatens wheat production worldwide and poses ongoing challenges for…
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Wild squirrels consistently climb higher for better snacks, researchers find
Squirrels are usually willing to climb higher to reach their favorite foods, shows new research appearing in Animal Behaviour. Extensive lab studies have found that animals “devalue” rewards that cost extra time and effort—for example, by…
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A Coding Implementation to Run Qwen3.5 Reasoning Models Distilled with Claude-Style Thinking Using GGUF and 4-Bit Quantization
In this tutorial, we work directly with Qwen3.5 models distilled with Claude-style reasoning and set up a Colab pipeline that lets us switch between a 27B GGUF variant and a lightweight 2B 4-bit version with a single flag. We start…
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China unveils mobile lasers to kill drones in radar blind spots
China has unveiled two laser-based air defense systems designed to counter a growing drone threat on modern battlefields.
The Guangjian-11E and Guangjian-21A target small, low-flying unmanned aerial vehicles that often slip past traditional…
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