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Scientists achieve electrically driven perovskite laser using dual-cavity design

In a recent Nature study, scientists have demonstrated an electrically driven perovskite laser using a dual-cavity design, addressing a challenge that has persisted in the field for over a decade.

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Newly-found fossils reveal Antarctica had lush forests before Dinosaurs existed

Antarctica—the ‘inhospitable’ white Continent that we know today, was once a surface covered with leafy subtropical forests full of palm trees, ferns, and conifers.

Just over 50 million years ago, the frozen continent looked very different from what we see today.

If mankind could travel to the past and visit Antarctica, we wouldn’t need […]

Video: BearCat aids in ending pursuit of fleeing truck

The big rig, which was not hauling a trailer at the time, was finally reined in by the BearCat, multiple unmarked vehicles and Fontana police

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Physicists demonstrate 3,000 quantum-bit system capable of continuous operation

One often-repeated example illustrates the mind-boggling potential of quantum computing: A machine with 300 quantum bits could simultaneously store more information than the number of particles in the known universe.

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Off-duty officer shoots and wounds man at train station during attempted robbery

The officer and her husband, also an officer, were waiting for a train when a man attempted to rob them; the female officer fired her weapon at the man, striking him in the arm

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Food delivery driver reports ‘suspicious’ order, revealing hostage crisis

The Sweetwater Police Department did not share what the order was or why it raised suspicions; they were able to take the barricaded suspect into custody after the hostage escaped

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Archaeologists find Buddha’s ‘remains’ in a Chinese Village

Have archaeologists finally found the remains of Buddha? Experts have discovered cremated bones hidden away in a 1,000-year old chest in China that according to reports, may belong to Siddhartha Gautama, better known as Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.

Over two millennia ago, two Chinese monks buried human remains in Jingchuan County, China, alongside […]

Icy planetesimal with high nitrogen and water content discovered in white dwarf’s atmosphere

University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being consumed by a white dwarf star outside our solar system.

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Impossible ancient engineering? Meet the ‘bent’ stones of Khafre’s Valley Temple

The Valley Temple of Khafre located at the Giza plateau is one of the most fascinating ancient structures on Earth. It features supermassive blocks of stones, some exceeding 150 tons in weight, and design elements that eerily resemble elements found halfway around the world, in Peru.

In addition to that, the incredible ‘bent’ […]

Video: Driver fleeing Seattle officers jumps partially open drawbridge

A driver fled after Seattle Police officers spotted him in a stolen car; he rammed through gate arms at the University Bridge and jumped the gap as the drawbridge was still being lowered

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New adaptive optics system promises sharper gravitational-wave observations

Gravitational-wave detection technology is poised to make a big leap forward thanks to an instrumentation advance led by physicist Jonathan Richardson of the University of California, Riverside. A paper detailing the invention, published in the journal Optica, reports the successful development and testing of FROSTI, a full-scale prototype for controlling laser wavefronts at extreme power […]

Off-duty NYPD cop sucker-punched, thrown onto subway tracks in random attack

The 24-year-old officer was waiting for an L train at the Third Ave. station after working a police detail at the United Nations General Assembly when he was attacked

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N.J. police officers, Good Samaritan aided in rescues during fire that destroyed 7 homes

Two Ewing police officers were among the first to respond, alerting residents to come outside to safety in the fire that killed one high school student, Joseph Kokulo

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5 ‘controversial’ ancient Books that could shatter the foundations of history

Throughout the years, archaeologists have come across incredible discoveries. Some of these discoveries are ancient manuscripts which have been found to portray history from a different point of view. A controversial point of view.

Nemours ancient books tell a different side of history. A different side of human origins, and a different side of […]

Fugitive on FBI terrorist list dies in Cuba decades after N.J. cop killing, prison escape

Joanne Debora Byron, also known as Joanne Chesimard and Assata Shakur, was convicted of murder in the gunfight that killed New Jersey State Police Trooper Werner Foerster

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