Flashes of what may become a transformative new technology are coursing through a network of optic fibers under Chicago.
Researchers have created one of the world's largest networks for sharing quantum information – a field of science that depends on paradoxes so strange that Albert Einstein didn't believe them.
The network, which connects the University of Chicago with Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, is a rudimentary version of what scientists hope someday to become the internet of...
Meta's independent system of appeals against its decisions to remove content on Facebook and Instagram had about 1.1 million cases in its first year.
The disputed posts, most of which originated in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, had largely been removed for violence, hate speech, or bullying, the BBC reports.
Of the 20 cases about which the Oversight Board published decisions, it ruled against Meta 14 times.
One case was about removed images of female breasts in...
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona) A state's risk of a coup is negatively associated with its army's degree of mechanization, understood as the extent to which militaries depend on tanks and armored vehicles in relation to personnel.
This is the main conclusion of a study involving Abel Escribà-Folch, a senior lecturer with the UPF Department of Political and Social Sciences, together with Ioannis Choulis from the University of Essex (United Kingdom), Marius Mehrl, from the University...
Twitter's board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed $44-billion sale of the company to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.
Musk reiterated his desire to move forward with the acquisition last week during a virtual meeting with Twitter employees, though shares of Twitter remain far below his offering price, signaling doubt that it will happen.
On Tuesday at the Qatar Economic Forum in an interview with Bloomberg, Musk listed the approval of the...
(University of Manchester) An international team of astronomers has combined the power of 64 radio telescope dishes to detect the faint signatures of neutral hydrogen gas across cosmological scales.
The feat was achieved using the South African-based MeerKAT telescope, a precursor to the world's largest radio observatory, the SKA Observatory (SKAO), which will probe the universe in unprecedented detail.
A primary aim for the SKAO is to understand the evolution and content of the universe along...
(University of Queensland) Some of the world's deadliest snakes could soon be saving lives, with research from The University of Queensland showing venom could be used to stop uncontrolled bleeding.
The biomaterials research team from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), led by postdoctoral research fellow Amanda Kijas, has found protein in the venom of two snakes – Australia's eastern brown snake eastern brown and scaled viper – could be used as an...
Israel is set to hold a fifth general election in under four years, after its fractured coalition government concluded it could not survive.
In a major political development, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will switch places with Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid under an existing deal, the BBC reports.
An election could take place in late October, commentators say.
Former prime minister and current opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to return to office.
Monday's announcement comes after weeks...
(University of Cambridge) Imagine a road with two lanes in each direction. One lane is for slow cars, and the other is for fast ones. For electrons moving along a quantum wire, researchers in Cambridge and Frankfurt have discovered that there are also two "lanes," but electrons can take both at the same time.
Current in a wire is carried by the flow of electrons. When the wire is very narrow (one-dimensional, 1D), electrons cannot...
(Bloomberg) -- Throughout the entire Cold War and in the decades since, Russia was a stable supplier of gas to Europe. That changed this week.
Russia slashed gas supplies in apparent retaliation over Europe’s support for Kyiv. After its biggest moves yet to use energy as a weapon, gas rationing in the region is a very real prospect.
The squeeze caused prices to surge, added pressure to the region’s economy and could strain European solidarity — all victories for the Kremlin...
Some dehydrated "cochayuyo" seaweed, some instant mashed potatoes, and hot water: these are the ingredients for a nutritious menu of 3D-printed food that nutritional experts in Chile hope will revolutionize the food market, particularly for children, Tech Xplore reports.
With a 3D food printer and a modern twist on the traditional use of cochayuyo, an algae typically found in Chile, New Zealand, and the South Atlantic, University of Chile professor Roberto Lemus and several students have managed to...
