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2025 Ig Physics Nobel Prize goes to perfect pasta sauce

The Ig Nobel Prize honors research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. Its 35th award ceremony possibly also makes people hungry: ISTA physicist Fabrizio Olmeda and colleagues researched the secret of a perfect cacio e pepe pasta sauce. They received the popular award for their findings on Thursday evening in Boston, U.S. […]

Day and night get equal billing Monday as fall equinox arrives. Here’s what to know

Day and night will get equal time for a brief moment Monday as much of the world heads into fall.

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A scalable and accurate tool to characterize entanglement in quantum processors

Quantum computers, computing systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could soon outperform classical computers in various optimization and computational tasks.

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13 bizarre ‘Alien-like’ elongated skulls unearthed in Mexico

Researchers in Mexico have made an unexpected discovery a couple of years back while excavating the burial site of “El Cementerio” located in the vicinity of Onavas.

During excavations, archeologists recovered 25 skulls, 13 of which had an alien-like shape, with features that did not resemble ‘ordinary humans.’

The pre-Hispanic cemetery was found in […]

‘A calculated ambush’: 3 Pa. officers killed, 2 wounded by suspect lying in wait

Northern York County Regional Police Detective Sgt. Cody Becker, Detective Mark Baker and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser were shot and killed as they entered the door of a residence

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Utah sheriff who helped coordinate Charlie Kirk shooting suspect’s surrender credits retired cop

Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby credited a retired detective and the suspect’s family for facilitating a peaceful surrender after a 33-hour manhunt for Tyler Robinson

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‘Deliberate and evil plan’: Suspect who ambushed 3 Ohio officers brought cache of rifles, ammo and explosives

The man who killed Lorain PD Officer Phillip Wagner and wounded Officers Peter Gale and Brent Payne was acting alone and had brought a stockpile of weapons

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NASA’s Deep Space Communications demo exceeds project expectations

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth at distances comparable to Mars. Nearly two years after launching aboard the agency’s Psyche mission in 2023, the technology demonstration recently completed its 65th and final pass, […]

Galaxies reveal hidden maps of dark matter in the early universe

A Rutgers-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence of how galaxies expand by tracing the invisible scaffolding of the universe created by a mysterious substance known as dark matter.

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Researchers determine that tea can grow in lunar soil

A team of researchers from Kent have demonstrated that it is possible to grow tea in lunar soil as part of a wider field of work to explore how future astronauts living and working on the moon can grow their own food.

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Brewery makes new beer from yeast launched in rocket

A Cincinnati brewing company will unveil a new beer this fall that is out of this world.

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Primordial black hole’s final burst may solve neutrino mystery

The last gasp of a primordial black hole may be the source of the highest-energy “ghost particle” detected to date, a new MIT study proposes.

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‘Quantum squeezing’ a nanoscale particle for the first time

Researchers Mitsuyoshi Kamba, Naoki Hara, and Kiyotaka Aikawa of the University of Tokyo have successfully demonstrated quantum squeezing of the motion of a nanoscale particle, a motion whose uncertainty is smaller than that of quantum mechanical fluctuations.

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‘Like talking on the telephone’: Quantum computing engineers get atoms chatting long distance

UNSW engineers have made a significant advance in quantum computing: they created ‘quantum entangled states’—where two separate particles become so deeply linked they no longer behave independently—using the spins of two atomic nuclei. Such states of entanglement are the key resource that gives quantum computers their edge over conventional ones.

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Researchers develop colorized X-ray imaging for clearer material and tissue analysis

When German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays in the late 1800s while experimenting with cathode ray tubes, it was a breakthrough that transformed science and medicine. So much so that the basic concept remains in use today. But a team of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories believes they’ve found a better way, harnessing different metals […]