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Department of Homeland Security releases list of cities, counties labeled as sanctuary jurisdictions

The list was compiled based on whether cities identified themselves as sanctuary cities, whether they complied with ICE and if they had legal protections for undocumented immigrants

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Astronomers discover new evidence of intermediate-mass black holes

In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black holes (about five to 50 times the mass of the sun), supermassive black holes (millions to billions of times the mass of the sun), and intermediate-mass black holes with masses somewhere in between.

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The search is on for Betel-buddy

Betelgeuse is one of the most well-known stars in the night sky. Located about 640 light years from Earth in the constellation Orion, it’s a red supergiant nearing the end of its life, destined to explode as a supernova. It’s now over 700 times the size of the sun and has captivated astronomers with its […]

Martian probe rolls over to see subsurface ice and rock

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), launched by NASA in 2005, is orbiting Mars tasked with studying its atmosphere, surface, and subsurface in unprecedented detail. Equipped with a suite of advanced instruments—including high-resolution cameras, spectrometers, and the SHAllow RADar (SHARAD) MRO has revolutionized our understanding of Martian geology, climate history, and potential water reservoirs beneath the […]

Smell of weed alone doesn’t justify police search or arrest, N.J. appeals court rules

“There must be facts that connect the smell to an individual passenger for there to be probable cause to arrest that passenger,” Judge Marjorie Rendell stated

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Judge throws out murder charge against Mich. officer who struck man with cruiser

Det. Sgt. Brian Keely made a reasonable decision to try to block the fleeing man from entering a restaurant, even if the officer’s actions were risky, the judge stated

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Venus shows why ozone isn’t a good biosignature

Just because we can find ozone in the atmosphere of other planets doesn’t mean there’s life. Ozone is a sign of life on Earth, but its detection on Venus shows that it can also be produced abiotically. This indicates that there are different pathways for its creation, not only on Venus but also on other […]

NASA tests new ways to stick the landing in challenging terrain

Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, particularly for future crewed missions.

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New research determines the thermodynamic properties of the quark gluon plasma

Very soon after the Big Bang, the universe enjoyed a brief phase where quarks and gluons roamed freely, not yet joined up into hadrons such as protons, neutrons and mesons. This state, called a quark-gluon plasma, existed for a brief time until the temperature dropped to about 20 trillion Kelvin, after which this “hadronization” took […]

Unveiling the birth of star cluster groups in the Milky Way

A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has identified four previously unknown primordial open cluster (OC) groups in the Milky Way.

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Exploiting the full potential of multiferroic materials for magnetic memory devices

As the digital world demands greater data storage and faster access times, magnetic memory technologies have emerged as a promising frontier. However, conventional magnetic memory devices have an inherent limitation: they use electric currents to generate the magnetic fields necessary to reverse their stored magnetization, leading to energy losses in the form of heat.

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From infinite past to future: Simulation tracks complete journey of gravitational wave through black hole spacetime

In a new Physical Review Letters study, researchers have successfully followed a gravitational wave’s complete journey from the infinite past to the infinite future as it encounters a black hole.

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Origami structures unfold into seamless surfaces for deployable applications

A study published in Nature Communications presents a way to create deployable structures that transform from compact folded states into expansive configurations with perfectly smooth surfaces.

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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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