Physicists have recreated the Nobel Prize–winning quantum Hall effect using light, revealing that photons can follow the same strange quantum rules once thought exclusive to electrons. In the late 1800s, scientists discovered what is now known…
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Scientists Just Made Light Do Something Once Thought Impossible
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The usability imperative for securing digital asset devices
“As you develop these things, you’re a victim of your own development speed,” says Fadell, who developed Ledger Stax, a signing device for securing digital assets, and is now a board member at digital asset security firm Ledger. “If you…
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Offshore Wind and Military Radar: Solving Security Gaps
When the Trump administration last year sought to freeze construction of offshore wind farms by citing concerns about interference with military radar and sonar, the implication was that these were new issues. But for more than a decade, the…
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How does early pregnancy lower breast cancer risk? Odd cells could offer clues
Suspicious cells build up in mice that haven’t given birth, a new study finds. They could help explain a longstanding mystery of breast cancer biology.
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Multi-wavelength observations track bright gamma-ray blazar's three-year cycle
By analyzing the data from various space observatories and ground-based telescopes, European astronomers have performed a multiwavelength study of a bright gamma-ray blazar known as S5 1044+71. The new study, published Feb. 26 on the arXiv…
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The Download: murky AI surveillance laws, and the White House cracks down on defiant labs
Surprisingly, the answer is not straightforward. More than a decade after Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s collection of bulk metadata from the phones of Americans, the US is still navigating a gap between what ordinary people think and what…
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Critically endangered kākāpō parrot has standout breeding season
A total of 59 healthy kākāpō chicks have hatched over the last few weeks, according to the latest tally by Aotearoa New Zealand’s Department of Conservation. This marks one of the most successful recent breeding seasons for this critically…
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Study finds unexpected link between public health, tax policies
A new study finds that the more a state’s budget relied on sales tax revenue, the more likely it was to shorten stay-at-home orders during the early stages of the COVID pandemic. The findings suggest that state public-health decisions may have…
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Review links waterpipe use to 68 CO poisonings, including outdoor and short sessions
Researchers at University of Tsukuba conducted a systematic review of published case reports and case series examining carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning associated with waterpipe tobacco use. The findings have been published in JMA Journal.
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In a First, Private Investors Will Fund a Telescope Bigger Than Hubble for $500 Million
A new private space observatory, the Lazuli Space Telescope, is on track to surpass Hubble with its larger mirror and cutting-edge technology. Funded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy, the project is already turning heads…
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