Prices of the electricity we use to charge

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How you breathe is like a fingerprint that can identify you
Your inhalation and exhalation pattern is not only unique to you, it can be a marker of your physical and mental state, study suggests.

This new material is eight times stronger than graphene

Is Gravity Just Entropy Rising? Long-Shot Idea Gets Another Look.
A new argument explores how the growth of disorder could cause massive objects to move toward one another. Physicists are both interested and skeptical.

DARPA program sets distance record for power beaming
In a series of recent tests in New Mexico, the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program achieved several new records for transmitting power over distance. The team recorded more than 800 watts of power delivered during a 30-second transmission from a laser 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) away. Over the course of the test campaign, more than a megajoule of energy was transferred.
 

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Astronomers Just Solved the Mystery of the Universe’s Missing Matter
A new study reveals that 76% of all ordinary matter exists in the form of hot intergalactic gas.

Quantum mechanics provide truly random numbers on demand

“Cyborg Embryos” Give Insights on Frog, Mouse Brains
A new electrode array is flexible enough to survive in a developing brain

WVU student discovers long-awaited mystery fungus sought by LSD’s inventor

 

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KAIST Succeeds in Real-Time Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Without Batteries or External Power
 

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World’s first 2D, non-silicon computer developed

MiniMax M1 model claims Chinese LLM crown from DeepSeek - plus it's true open-source
China's 'little dragons' pose big challenge to US AI firms

Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing
 

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What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning? Our research suggests it may have taken place inside a black hole

AMD's AI Future is Rack Scale 'Helios'

Larry Ellison is still not the world's richest person
Oracle’s 80-year-old co-founder pulls off a $25 billion cloud day to leapfrog Zuck and Bezos into the No. 2 spot

Scientists genetically engineer a lethal mosquito STD to combat malaria

Marie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years after her groundbreaking work, Sophie Hardach travels to Paris to trace the lingering radioactive fingerprints she left behind.

Maximizing Battery Storage Profits via High-Frequency Intraday Trading
 

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Plants hear their pollinators, and produce sweet nectar in response

Dancing brainwaves: How sound reshapes your brain networks in real time
What happens inside your brain when you hear a steady rhythm or musical tone? According to a new study from Aarhus University and the University of Oxford, your brain doesn't just hear it--it reorganizes itself in real time.

ERCOT Maximum Renewables Record
 

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Synthesis of hafnium carbide (HfC) via one-step selective laser reaction pyrolysis from liquid polymer precursor

Denmark Wants to Dump Microsoft Software for Linux, LibreOffice
The Danish Ministry for Digital Affairs will move half of its employees off Windows and Microsoft 365 next month as part of a four-year 'digital sovereignty' push.

Android 16 is here

OrangePi Equips Gateway Board with RISC-V Processor, Four RJ45 Ports, and OpenWRT Support

'There's a huge amount that we don't understand': Why sperm is still so mysterious

How the world's first electric grid was built
When Britain actually made something
 

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You Can Drive But You Cannot Hide: Detection of Hidden Cellular GPS Vehicle Trackers

I Used AI-Powered Calorie Counting Apps, and They Were Even Worse Than I Expected

Strange radio pulses detected coming from ice in Antarctica
 

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Meta found a new way to violate your privacy. Here’s what you can do.
Even hardened digital privacy veterans said they were stunned by Meta’s tactics.

Doctors Could Hack the Nervous System With Ultrasound
A new stimulation technique targets inflammation and diabetes

Bruteforcing the phone number of any Google user
 

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Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn’t good for democracy, actually
The shameless spin around OpenAI's Stargate UAE

For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source

How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark-roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules
 

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Tesla Robotaxi launch is a dangerous game of smoke and mirrors

The herb linked to better memory, lower anxiety and Alzheimer’s protection
Rosemary is more than just a kitchen staple. It’s a natural remedy with ancient roots and modern scientific backing

The Nuclear Option: Europe's Plan for Faster Space Travel.

The illusion of "The Illusion of Thinking"

‘You cannot stop this from happening’: The harsh reality of the AI job market
“I’m really convinced that anybody whose job is done on a computer all day is over. It’s just a matter of time,”

Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers

Cannabis use could double risk of heart deaths, study suggests

Bots are overwhelming websites with their hunger for AI data
 

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Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes

New generation of thulium fiber lasers achieves world record performance

Taiwan bans chip exports to Huawei, SMIC — ban comes after Huawei tricked TSMC into making two million AI processors despite US restrictions

Faced with rising temps, Las Vegas is embracing a simple climate solution: More trees

Artificial intelligence threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe's driest regions