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‘We see a little bit of everything:’ Officers find kangaroo on Ala. interstate

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Sheriff Andre Brunson said. “We had a bear a few years ago, but never a kangaroo. You never know what you’ll see in Macon County”

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Judge imposes 6-year sentence for former Colo. officer convicted of manslaughter

Erik Hernandez was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 shooting death of Justin Reffel, who was attempting to flee from Hernandez and another officer in a vehicle

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Ferromagnetism achieved in pure vanadium oxide by tuning oxidation states

A research team has succeeded in inducing ferromagnetism, a key property of conventional magnets, in pure vanadium oxide, a compound not previously recognized for such magnetic behavior. Through a series of experiments, the team verified that by precisely adjusting the oxidation state of vanadium ions, they could induce the element to behave magnetically.

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Majoranas on the move: Superconductor-quantum dot combo manipulates Majorana bound states

Researchers at QuTech in Delft have combined superconductors and quantum dots to observe and manipulate so-called Majorana bound states, which have properties that could enable stable quantum computation. By building a chain of three coupled quantum dots in a two-dimensional electron gas, they were able to demonstrate properties of Majoranas that are essential for the study of Majorana-based quantum bits.

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Novel strategy keeps quantum networks stable by replenishing entanglement

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are tackling one of the most complex challenges in the world of quantum information—how to create reliable, scalable networks that can connect quantum systems over distances.

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Novel architecture improves control of microwave resonators for quantum computers

Innsbruck physicists have presented a new architecture for improved quantum control of microwave resonators. In a study recently published in PRX Quantum, they show how a superconducting fluxonium qubit can be selectively coupled and decoupled with a microwave resonator and without additional components. This makes potentially longer storage times possible.

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In extreme conditions, heat does not flow between materials—it bounces off

A new study published in Nature Communications shows, for the first time, how heat moves—or rather, doesn’t—between materials in a high-energy-density plasma state.

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Space junk falling to Earth needs to be tracked—meteoroid sounds can help

Space junk and meteoroids are falling to Earth every year, posing a growing risk as they re-enter the atmosphere at high speeds. Researchers are using infrasound sensors to track these objects, including bolides, which are meteoroids breaking apart in the sky.

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How to catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet

Halley’s comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet leads to two major meteor showers every year including the Eta Aquarids.

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Chandra diagnoses cause of fracture in galactic ‘bone’

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic “bone” in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes.

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SPHEREx space telescope begins capturing entire sky

Launched on March 11, NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory has spent the last six weeks undergoing checkouts, calibrations, and other activities to ensure it is working as it should. Now it’s mapping the entire sky—not just a large part of it—to chart the positions of hundreds of millions of galaxies in 3D to answer some big questions about the universe.

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Entire Texas PD resigns, city aims to build another ‘from scratch’

The resignation followed an incident where the Jacksboro city manager suspected police officers of attempting to ‘set him up’ for a DUI arrest and called for an investigation

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Former Mich. officer on trial for murder in 2022 fatal OIS testifies he feared for his life

“I believed that if I hadn’t done it at that time, I wasn’t going to go home,” said former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr

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BWC: Man grabs gun while resisting, Mo. officers plead with him to drop it before fatal OIS

The man produced a firearm during a struggle with St. Louis County PD officers; when he began to pull away while still maintaining control of the gun, officers opened fire

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FBI, Fla. sheriff’s deputies arrest man who had fake cop gear, aimed to carry out attack on LE

The man had guns and police uniforms as well as a Ford Crown Victoria sedan painted like a cruiser, complete with a laptop stand in the front seat and a police computer

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