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A new super material could lead to more powerful, energy-saving electronics

A research team led by physicists Ming Yi and Emilia Morosan from Rice University has developed a new material with unique electronic properties that could enable more powerful and energy-efficient electronic devices.

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Strained strontium titanate membrane crosses into ferroelectric—and quantum—territory

Strontium titanate was once used as a diamond substitute in jewelry before less fragile alternatives emerged in the 1970s. Now, researchers have explored some of its more unusual properties, which might someday be useful in quantum materials and microelectronics applications.

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New method enables flexible generation of high-order vector vortex beams

A research team led by Associate Prof. Wang Anting from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a method for multidimensional manipulation of polarization and phase based on a single geometric phase element. They managed to generate and control high-order vector vortex beams (VVBs).

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Scientists make first direct detection of atmospheric sputtering on Mars

A small team of planetary scientists, astrophysicists and space flight researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and one in France has made the first direct detection of atmospheric sputtering on Mars.

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Listening to electrons ‘talk’: Lithium-like tin’s g-factor measured with 0.5 parts per billion experimental accuracy

Researchers from the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik present new experimental and theoretical results for the bound electron g-factor in lithium-like tin, which has a much higher nuclear charge than any previous measurement. The paper is published in the journal Science.

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Quantum visualization technique confirms UTe₂ is an intrinsic topological superconductor

Scientists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have developed a powerful new tool for finding the next generation of materials needed for large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing.

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K-9 killed in fatal N.M. police shootout with suspect

As Albuquerque PD officers approached the suspect, he produced a firearm, prompting a shootout; both the suspect and K-9 Rebel were killed

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Quanta image sensors brings bioluminescent signals into sharper focus

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new microscope that significantly improves how bioluminescent signals in living cells can be observed.

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Video: Driver crosses Wis. airport taxiway in 18-mile pursuit

The fleeing suspects drove erratically, with one passenger calling 911 for help; Fond du Lac County deputies eventually performed a PIT maneuver, halting the pursuit

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BWC: 75-year-old suspect fires shots at N.M. officer before fatal OIS

A New Mexico State Police officer stopped the man after seeing he was wanted on a probation violation; when the man fired shots, the officer returned fire

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China’s Tianwen-2 is off to collect an asteroid sample

Asteroids are the ancient remnants of our solar system’s birth, rocky fragments that never formed into planets. Most of these celestial wanderers inhabit the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, where Jupiter’s immense gravitational influence prevents them from assembling into a single world. Ranging from house-sized boulders to Ceres, a dwarf planet nearly 1,000 kilometers across, asteroids preserve pristine records of the early solar system’s composition and conditions.

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Space power satellites at the moon could keep a lunar base warm

Lunar exploration is entering a new era. Long after the Apollo missions, a renewed international interest comes with ambitious plans for a long-term presence on the moon. NASA’s Artemis program is leading efforts to return humans to the lunar surface, with Artemis III aiming to land astronauts near the moon’s South Pole as early as 2026.

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A new method to generate muons with ultra-short high-intensity lasers

Muons are elementary particles that resemble electrons, but they are heavier and decay very rapidly (i.e., in just a few microseconds). Studying muons can help to test and refine the standard of particle physics, while also potentially unveiling new phenomena or effects.

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GHOST spies ultra-hot Jupiter with ultra-fast winds

In the hunt for exoplanets, many seek out habitable worlds. There’s comfort in discovering planets that remind us of home—ones at a perfect distance from their host star, with oceans of water covering their surfaces and breathable atmospheres.

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Spectroscopic study inspects blue straggler stars in NGC 3201

Using the Magellan Clay Telescope, astronomers have performed a spectroscopic study of blue straggler stars in the globular cluster NGC 3201. Results of the new study, published May 21 on the arXiv preprint server, could help us better understand the properties and chemical composition of this cluster.

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