The future of memory is massive, diverse, and tightly integrated with processing. That was the message of an invited talk this week at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco. H.-S. Philip Wong, an electrical engineer at…
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CERN Physicists Find First Ever Evidence of Antihyperhelium-4
Physicists with the ALICE Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have seen the first ever evidence of antihyperhelium-4, which is composed of two antiprotons, an antineutron and an antilambda. The new result also represents the…
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Clever Technology Turns Lampposts into EV Charging Stations
For city denizens who’d love to buy an electric vehicle—but live in buildings with no driveway or garage—the lack of practical charging options remains a daunting barrier. For charging companies, pricey urban real estate and prohibitive…
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Trump’s Administration Will Impact AI, Energy, Crypto and More
U.S. presidential administrations tend to have big impacts on tech around the world. So it should be taken as a given that when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, his second administration will do the same. Perhaps more than…
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Britain’s largest ancient massacre may have included cannibalism
A 4,000-year-old murder mystery began with a massacre in what’s now southwestern England. Then came dismemberment, possibly accompanied by cannibalism.
At least 37 men, women and children suffered this violent fate, ending up…
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Study: Neanderthal Gene Flow into Modern Humans Occurred between 50,500 and 43,500 Years Ago
In a genomic study encompassing more than 300 genomes, researchers determined the time period during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans, starting about 50,500 years ago and lasting about 7,000 years — until Neanderthals began to…
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These discoveries in 2024 could be groundbreaking — if they’re true
In 2024, researchers turned up possible evidence of ancient life on Mars, hints that Alzheimer’s disease can spread from person-to-person and a slew of other scientific findings that could be a big deal — if they’re the real…
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The great ripple: How a tsunami can disrupt global trade
Tsunamis can cause immense physical damage to ports, but the economic cost does not stop there. The resultant disruptions of shipping lanes result in billions of dollars in losses every day, as was seen in the 2011 tsunami that hit the Tohoku…
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Humans have linked emotions to the same body parts for 3,000 years
Have you ever felt like there was a pit in your stomach? What about a flutter in your heart?
It turns out that the anatomical connections we make with certain emotions and feelings — what researchers call embodied emotions — may…
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Earliest Modern Human Genomes Decoded
Scientists have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of seven individuals who lived between 42,000 and 49,000 years ago in Ranis, Germany and Zlatý kůň, the Czech Republic. The results show that distant familial relationships link the Ranis…
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