Paderborn University’s new supercomputer, Otus, has secured an impressive fifth place in the international ‘Green 500’ rankings.
The Green 500 is a benchmark for the world’s most energy-efficient high-performance computing (HPC)…
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Radio trick turns laptop into a spy speaker that talks through walls
Security researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Electro-Communications in Japan have revealed that modern digital microphones used in laptops and speakers can leak audio as electromagnetic signals.
This could lead to…
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New brain-computer tech lets paralyzed patient talk in real time
A new brain-computer interface (BCI) system has allowed a patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) to “speak” with his family in real time.
ALS is a neurological disease that damages nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord,…
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South Korea turns plastic bottles into hydrogen with solar power
Scientists have announced a recycling breakthrough that can turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel with the help of sunlight.
Scientists at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Center for Nanoparticle Research, led by Professor KIM…
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CERN cools giant 20-ton magnets at -456°F for 10x particle collision
Engineers at CERN are closing in on the completion of a crucial test facility for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), a next-generation upgrade to the world’s most powerful particle accelerator.
The new components,…
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US quantum tech tracks 3D acceleration to boost GPS-free navigation
A new type of atom interferometer built by researchers at the University of Colorado (UC) Boulder measures acceleration in three dimensions (3D). Prior to this, acceleration was always measured in one dimension.
This new quantum-based device…
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Art Restoration Meets Digital Innovation
Masterpieces like The Mona Lisa orThe Coronation of Napoleonare admired by tens of thousands of visitors to the Louvre each day. Yet, deep within the Paris museum’s vaults lie thousands more works of art that—whether due to space limitations,…
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World’s shortest hard X-ray pulses generated by US scientists
A collaboration of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have generated the shortest hard X-ray pulses till date.
They achieved this feat by demonstrating a powerful new type of laser effect for the first time.
An attosecond…
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86-million-year-old T. rex ancestor looked like a ‘predatory horse’
Paleontologists have identified the closest-known ancestor to giant T. rex among fossils originally unearthed in Mongolia in the 1970s.
Meet Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, a newly identified early tyrannosaur species.
Its name,…
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UK-bound India’s Boeing 787 crashes right after takeoff with 242 passengers aboard
An Air India Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner operating Flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London crashed during takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on June 12, 2025, local police confirmed.
Carrying approximately 242 passengers…
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