Bystander put hand into gun chamber to stop R.I. hockey rink shooter

by quasarn01 | Feb 19, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

Michael Black jammed the gun with his hand and other bystanders put the shooter in a chokehold, subduing the suspect before he died from a self-inflicted gunshot, authorities said Go to Source

Is this glass square the long, long future of data storage?

by quasarn01 | Feb 19, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth of data in a thin, palm-sized square. Go to Source

Terahertz spectroscopy finds nitrogen can lengthen GaAs-like LO phonon decay

by quasarn01 | Feb 19, 2026 | Latest in Physics

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team investigated the decay time of coherent longitudinal optical (LO) phonons both in a GaAs1−xNx epilayer and in a GaAs single crystal to clarify the effects of dilute nitridation. Go to Source

NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner’s botched astronaut flight

by quasarn01 | Feb 19, 2026 | Astronomy

NASA’s new boss blasted Boeing and the space agency Thursday for Starliner’s botched flight that left two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station. Go to Source

Obstacle or accelerator? How imperfections affect material strength

by quasarn01 | Feb 19, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Imagine a material cracking—now imagine what happens if there are small inclusions in the material. Do they create an obstacle course for the crack to navigate, slowing it down? Or do they act as weak points, helping the crack spread faster? Go to Source