BWC: San Diego officer shoots at woman who left roadway and drove toward officers deploying spike strips

Video shows the suspect vehicle jumping a curve and accelerating in the direction of an officer standing back from the roadside

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3 Philadelphia officers wounded by retired firefighter in shootout that left suspect dead

A video from the encounter shows the man confronting officers and arguing with them before pulling a gun from his waistband and firing shots

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ALMA makes first direct detection of star-forming gas in early galaxies

In the early universe, the first galaxies began to take shape roughly a million years after the Big Bang. Within these young systems, stars formed from vast reservoirs of cold gas, gradually building the structures we see in the cosmos today. Understanding this star-forming gas is key to explaining how galaxies grew, but directly tracing […]

‘Beyond our expectations’: L.A.’s new transit police force gets 2,400 applicants in weeks since launch

The future L.A. Metro police force received 950 applications within 24-hours of opening the portal; the agency is offering an entry-level salary of up to $132,499 per year

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Passive quantum error correction doubles qubit lifetime, reaching break-even point

A team of U.S. researchers has designed a passive quantum error correction technique that enables qubits to correct their own errors. Demonstrated by Shruti Shirol and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the protocol transforms the inevitable dissipation of energy in qubit systems from a hindrance into an advantage, offering a promising route toward […]

Quasi-1D material unlocks electric control of charge waves beyond standard limits

The ability to control the movement of negatively charged particles (i.e., electrons) is central to the functioning of all modern electronic devices. This control is typically attained using a gate, an electrode via which an applied electric field alters a material’s electrical properties.

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The extraordinary physiological challenges facing amputee John McFall in space

The UK Space Agency has announced an agreement with Vast—a US commercial space company—that could send British astronaut John McFall into orbit as early as 2027. If the mission goes ahead, he would become the first person with a physical disability to live and work in space.

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Astrochemical model digs into the universe’s missing sulfur

Sulfur is one of the most abundant elements in the universe. If you peer into a diffuse interstellar cloud, you find loads of it—about the amount expected based on fusion patterns in the stars it was born in. However, if you look at a dense, cold molecular cloud—the kind where those stars actually form—it seems […]

NASA’s proposed Early eVolution Explorer mission aims to solve the radius valley mystery

A debate has been raging among planetary scientists for more than a decade—why are there so few exoplanets with a radius of about 1.8 times that of Earth? Exoplanets are currently largely grouped into two distinct categories—”super-Earths” are below that size and have rocky interiors, whereas “sub-Neptunes” are above that size limit and appear puffier. […]

The hidden physics complicating interstellar lightsails

If we’re to reach another star, chemical propulsion will not get us there in any reasonable time frame. We’re going to need a different propulsion technology, and one of the most promising seems to be a solar sail. These giant reflective surfaces form the basis of many interstellar mission concepts. Combined with giant lasers pushing […]

Brothers follow three-generation legacy into Mo. police department

Nicholas and Michael Menendez will join the St. Louis PD after serving in the Army and graduating from the academy, following the footsteps of their mother, father and grandfather

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Light-programmed system projects 28-layer 3D images in single shot

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and CNSI (California NanoSystems Institute), led by Professor Aydogan Ozcan, introduced a snapshot 3D image projection system that integrates a digital encoder with a passive diffractive optical decoder, jointly optimized end-to-end through deep learning. The hybrid architecture projects multiple distinct images onto closely spaced axial planes in […]

Cop severely wounded by gunman who menaced bus rider awarded NYPD Medal of Honor

Det. Brett Boller had three months on the job when he confronted a man who had been arguing with another passenger over a bus seat and subsequently shot Boller in the midsection

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NASA’s Chandra discovers possible supernova remnant in galactic center

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in an intriguing neighborhood in the middle of our galaxy. A paper describing these new findings was published in The Astrophysical Journal.

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Calif. police K-9 catches suspect who hit fire hydrant during pursuit

The suspect evaded a traffic stop and fled at around 70mph before crashing into the fire hydrant; Yuba City K-9 Rook nabbed the suspect after he fled on foot

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