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Building better infrared sensors: Novel photodiode design boosts responsivity

Detecting infrared light is critical in an enormous range of technologies, from remote controls to autofocus systems to self-driving cars and virtual reality headsets. That means there would be major benefits from improving the efficiency of infrared sensors, such as photodiodes.

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Video: Security guard who struck bystanders while ‘pursuing a suspect’ points gun at cops before fatal OIS

Video shows that the suspect had earlier driven a black SUV outfitted with police-style lights in pursuit of an e-bike rider; he struck two bystanders and the bicyclist

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BWC: 3 injured, including Fla. officer, after suspected DUI driver slams into parked cruiser

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office cruiser, which had its emergency lights on, was parked behind a disabled vehicle when it was struck from behind

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Driver posted videos expressing ‘desire to kill’ hours before New Orleans attack

The man, who posted that he was inspired by the Islamic State group, steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot to death by police

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10 Facts About the Yonaguni Monument

The Yonaguni monument is a underwater formation that is located off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan. Man made or natural formation, that has been the debate for years in the field of archaeology.

Here are some interesting facts about the Yonaguni monument:

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Dark energy camera captures the glittering galaxies of the Antlia Cluster

NSF NOIRLab rings in the New Year with a glittering galaxyscape captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab. This ultra-deep view of the Antlia Cluster reveals a spectacular array […]

Utsuro-bune: The Legend Of The Hollow Ship

The Utsuro-bune or the hollow ship refer to an unknown object which allegedly washed ashore in 1803 in Hitachi province on the eastern coast of Japan. The tale has been told in three texts; Toen shōsetsu (1825) , Hyōryū kishū(1835) and Ume-no-chiri (1844). The book Toen shōsetsu contains the most detailed version.

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Scientists pin down the origins of a fast radio burst

Fast radio bursts are brief and brilliant explosions of radio waves emitted by extremely compact objects such as neutron stars and possibly black holes. These fleeting fireworks last for just a thousandth of a second and can carry an enormous amount of energy—enough to briefly outshine entire galaxies.

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How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025

When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky.

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Driver ‘hell-bent on carnage’ kills 10, wounds 2 officers in New Orleans crowd attack

The suspect opened fire on officers as he exited the truck, NOPD Commissioner Anne Kirkpatrick said; at least one suspected IED was found at the scene

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Here’s your 2025 guide to the night sky and other celestial wow moments

The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses, but don’t expect any sun-disappearing acts like the one that mesmerized North America last spring.

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Kenya investigating fallen space debris

Kenyan officials said Wednesday they were investigating fragments of metal, believed to be from a rocket, that crashed into a village in the country’s south.

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Photo: Colo. officer injured in crash with suspected DUI driver

“The picture is horrific, and we are so grateful tonight that our officer is expected to be okay…Please — stop drinking and driving,” the Commerce City PD stated

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Deciphering Sirius and Orion

Sirius and Orion were the most important stars in the sky to many ancient civilizations including the Ancient Egyptians who gave extreme importance to these stars. But not only did the Ancient Egyptians worship these stellar objects, so did ancient civilizations in North, Central and South America and even in Asia.

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Calif. police to step up DUI enforcement after city remains ‘drunk driving capital’ of state

Laguna Beach has had the highest number of DUI arrests per capita of any city of its size in California for at least two decades, in part because it is a magnet for many tourists

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