Geofence warrants: SCOTUS rules constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone location history

by quasarn01 | Jun 29, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

The 6-3 majority opinion states that people don’t forfeit expectations of privacy even when they opt into Google’s location history Go to Source

Analyzing avalanches on asteroid Vesta offers new method for understanding regolith processes

by quasarn01 | Jun 29, 2026 | Astronomy

A study conducted at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris uses images from NASA’s Dawn mission and a Bayesian inversion of the Hapke photometric model to analyze avalanches and ejecta deposits on the asteroid Vesta. The results show that the brightest...

New superconductors identified, unlocking process that could yield thousands more

by quasarn01 | Jun 29, 2026 | Latest in Physics

An international team of quantum researchers has shown how machine learning can be used to filter a practically infinite number of possible material combinations to identify candidates for superconductivity. Thanks to the breakthrough, new superconductors can now be...

Nova V612 Scuti’s light curve becomes audio, revealing how stellar shocks evolved

by quasarn01 | Jun 29, 2026 | Astronomy

Researchers in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Texas Tech University recently used audio to represent the spectacular explosion of a star in deep space while also delving into the data to better understand how the phenomenon unfolded. Go to...

Texas officer fired after death of K-9 from heat-related illness

by quasarn01 | Jun 29, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

The former Fairfield officer faces a third-degree felony animal cruelty charge in the death of K-9 Farock Go to Source