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tomshardware.comLeaked private keys for eight CA certificates let any attacker impersonate any domain — billions of older devices and software installations may be vulnerable after round of fixes, patch yours immedia...Stop everything and update your browsers, OSes, development tools, and routers.

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sciencedaily.comA tiny defect in a crystal reveals a big quantum surpriseResearchers have solved a long-standing challenge in understanding how tiny defects in materials like diamond and silicon carbide behave when exposed to light. Their new computational method revealed ...

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shattered.ioIntel Says 300mm InP Photonics Fab Is Unmatched [2026]Intel claims the only high-volume 300mm indium phosphide silicon photonics fab at scale, calling it the golden hammer for next-gen AI systems.

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science.orgLab-created ‘SpudCell’ marks ‘stunning’ step toward building life from scratchA synthetic cell can now grow and divide—but it’s still far from alive

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No field of research has ever experienced an event like it. AI’s mathematical breakthroughs offer a preview of the uproar that could soon break out in many scientific fields

bit.lyAI’s mathematics blitz pushes science into strange new territoryOther disciplines should take heed

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wired.comLife Is Asymmetric. The Scientists Who Figured Out Why Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in ChemistryHenri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other biological sub...

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reuters.comAMD deepens AI inference bet with Taalas deal as chip race heats upAdvanced Micro Devices said on Thursday it would buy chip startup Taalas for an undisclosed amount, strengthening its ‌technology as it taps into the rapidly growing market for AI inference workloads...

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newscientist.comGoogle showcases way to fix quantum computer errors more efficiently | New ScientistError-proofing the most important operations performed on a quantum computer has so far required lots of resources, but a new experiment shows a more efficient way to make the devices reliable

I am currently reading "Rare Earth and Critical Mineral Operations and Processing" by Richard Skiba

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energy.mit.eduDesalination gets a graphene boost | MIT Energy Initiative

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sciencedirect.comRecovery of nickel, cobalt and rare-earth elements from spent nickel–metal-hydride battery: Laboratory tests and pilot trialsThe recycling of nickel, cobalt and rare earths from spent nickel–metal-hydride batteries was investigated. Nickel and cobalt were recovered as a nick…

nature.comMolecular weaving goes multilevel - Nature MaterialsIntegrating distinct weaving topologies within a single molecular network creates coupled deformation modes and adaptive adsorption behaviour, pointing to a shift from constructing molecular topologie...

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iflscience.comEven The Earth’s Magnetic Field Has Moon-Driven TidesThe section of the Earth’s magnetosphere known as the plasmasphere is the latest part of our planet found to be subject to the tides from our companion.

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scitechdaily.comA New Test Upends a Long-Held Assumption About Dark MatterA new study puts very different dark matter theories through the same quantitative test of “naturalness.”

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reuters.comFrancis Halzen wins Nobel physics prize for Antarctic 'ghost particle' huntThe scientist won for his work creating an observatory of ice to detect high-energy neutrinos.

thetransmitter.orgAre parts of the memory trace found in the ‘astroengram?’Neurons have long taken top billing in memory, but researchers are making the case for astrocytes.

Extra fascinating to me since I am currently reading Interface. www.thetransmitter.org/memory/are-p...

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nature.comInterfacial heavy fermion formation in a two-dimensional Kondo lattice YbCu2 on Cu(111) substrate - Communications MaterialsThe interplay between local magnetic moments and itinerant carriers via the Kondo effect underpins complex quantum phenomena, yet direct observation of interfacial heavy fermions remains challenging. ...

phys.orgComputer-designed protein targets immune receptor linked to inflammation at new 'undruggable' siteTo sense their environment and respond accordingly, cells enlist membrane proteins as communication hubs, receiving molecular messages from outside and triggering responses inside. One of these protei...

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sciencedaily.comScientists just made a superconductor stronger using “empty space”Researchers have demonstrated that quantum fluctuations in supposedly empty space can strengthen superconductivity, raising the transition temperature of an ultrathin material by as much as 5.4%. The ...

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WIRED

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Startup Star Catcher is launching a system that, if successful, would be the first time energy has been beamed between two separate spacecraft.

buff.lySpace Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating EnergyStartup Star Catcher is launching a system that, if successful, would be the first time energy has been beamed between two separate spacecraft.

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thequantuminsider.comD-Wave Launches Gate-Model Quantum Simulator BetaD-Wave launched a beta program for its gate-model quantum simulator, giving selected customers access to error-aware programming and development tools.

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scientificamerican.comDid OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem?OpenAI’s proof seems eligible for a $1-million prize—but only by using a controversial loophole

nature.comCargo size matters when designing lipid nanoparticles for delivery of large gene editors - Nature BiotechnologyLipid nanoparticles often show reduced performance when delivering the large messenger RNAs that encode gene editors. Screening ionizable lipids with a gene-editor-sized RNA identified LC-1, which for...

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Mac mini M6 review: truly mighty but now more pricey

theguardian.comMac mini M6 review: truly mighty but now more priceyApple’s cheapest desktop computer is no longer a bargain but its newest, fastest chip makes it a pocket powerhouse

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news.berkeley.eduNew technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors - Berkeley NewsNeanderthals and Denisovans interbred with modern human ancestors, leaving behind telltale DNA in our genomes. Now we have evidence of modern human interbreeding with two much older but unknown ancest...

Genetic pathways associated with longevity were reprogrammed, creating a new type of human stem cell called senescence-resistant mesenchymal progenitor cells (SRCs). These cells are resistant to aging and stress, and do not turn into tumors. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

eurekalert.orgRestoring youth: Scientists use engineered cells to restore vitality in primatesResearchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Capital Medical University utilized gene editing to create senescence-resistant human mesenchymal progenitor cells (SRCs). In a 44-week trial on ag...

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gizmodo.comNew Technique Bypasses 1,024-Bit RSA Without Factoring ItThe technique still takes 1,380 CPU core-years, but that's down from the estimated 500,000 to 1 million CPU core-years it takes to factor a key.

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The Economist

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Anthropic, Google and OpenAI are all worried about biosafety. They have developed safeguards to prevent their systems from being abused, but the restrictions are not perfect

bit.lyAn AI disaster is getting ever closerDonald Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI technology while simultaneously demanding the company cooperate with the government for six months.

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Bloomberg News

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China’s intensifying tax crackdown has its billionaires rushing to figure out how much they owe and whether they can negotiate.

bloom.bgChina’s Tax Grab Squeezes Rich Elite Harder Than EverHefty bills, vague calculations and squads targeting individual billionaires are rattling the country’s wealthy.

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towardsdatascience.comHow to Make Your First World Model from ScratchA beginner-friendly guide to building a world model in Python, letting it daydream its way through CartPole, and accurately measuring when the illusion collapses.

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Robin Brooks

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Long-term Treasury yields are unusually responsive to the up and down in oil prices. This has gotten especially acute since the collapse of the Iran MoU. I see this as a sign how worried markets are about the fiscal outlook. War is bad for budget deficits... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-debase...

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“A book that once rightfully inspired devotion can simply fall out of favor, or even out of print,” Dustin Illingworth writes. He recommends six titles that are no longer fashionable—but worth reading: theatln.tc/2yztPMOO

phys.orgPhysicists crack the math connecting ultraslow quantum magnetism to ultrafast black-hole physicsA team led by University at Buffalo physicists has found a mathematical solution that shows how a frustrated quantum magnet can transition from ultraslow behavior to ultrafast, highly entangled behavi...

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phys.orgHigher-dimensional black holes hide an exact symmetry in their ringing, and string-inspired gravity breaks itStrike a bell, and it rings with a pitch and a fading that tell you about the bell: its size, its shape, the metal it is made of. Black holes ring too. When two merge, the newborn black hole shivers a...

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I am currently reading Interface by Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George

phys.orgTwo-color light steers electrons through graphene's transient topological stateThe electronic properties of materials are typically determined by their structure under normal, undisturbed conditions, when they are in a state known as equilibrium. Intense light beams, however, ca...

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youtu.beThis Weird Pattern Will Let Us Reshape MatterYouTube video by Be Smart

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18 Sept

newscientist.comOne of the fundamental forces is stronger than we thought | New ScientistThe most precise calculation yet of the electroweak force could help fix cracks in the standard model of particle physics

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13 Sept

futura-sciences.comA 45,000 year old crystal tool challenges long held views of Neanderthal intelligence - Futura-SciencesA cave in the Dordogne George Grant MacCurdy led the five year project at Abri des Merveilles. Between 1924 and 1929, his team recovered seven rock crystal tools from the site’s sediment layers. The i...

10 Sept

nature.comA cascaded random access quantum memory - Nature PhysicsRandom access memory is an important element of classical computers, but equivalent schemes for quantum computers are much less mature. Now an eight-qubit random access memory has been demonstrated us...

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9 Sept

science.orgBenchtop DNA printers are coming soon—and biosecurity experts are worriedReport calls for better safeguards to prevent bioterrorists from weaponizing new technology

9 Sept

nature.comAn all-electric on-chip nanoplasma pulse generator for picosecond field-free spin–orbit torque switching in magnetic heterostructures - Nature ElectronicsA nanoplasma pulse generator that can produce current pulses with widths down to 6.4 ps and amplitudes exceeding 100 V can control field-free spin–orbit torque magnetization switching in magnetic hete...

9 Sept

I am currently reading, "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams

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What struck a xenon atom and triggered a flash of light inside the LZ detector. A particle of dark matter? Too soon to tell. Everyone is looking *very* closely for a second event. 🧪🔭 Full paper available at link: lz.lbl.gov