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New Scientist – – New Scientist – Google launches $5m prize to find actual uses for quantum computers

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Alzheimer’s may be caused by a build-up of fat in brain cells

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Peter Higgs, physicist who theorised the Higgs boson, has died aged 94

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Water purifier is powered by static electricity from your body

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Arctic permafrost is now a net source of major greenhouse gases

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Cocaine seems to hijack brain pathways that prioritise food and water

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Quantum forces used to automatically assemble tiny device

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Being in two places at once could make a quantum battery charge faster

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Mars is blasting plasma out of its atmosphere into space

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Doughnut-shaped swirls of laser light can be used to transmit images

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Pigs seem less stressed if their barn is scented with lavender

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Watch a Möbius strip robot move and climb when hit by light

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Edible gel prevents and treats alcohol intoxication in mice

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Cameras inspired by insect eyes could give robots a wider view

New Scientist – – New Scientist – A lost branch of the river Nile flowed past the pyramids of Egypt

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Zapping spinal cord injuries helps restore hand strength and movement

New Scientist – – New Scientist – X-ray laser fires most powerful pulse ever recorded

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Tiny black holes hiding in the sun could trace out stunning patterns

New Scientist – – New Scientist – AI can predict landmine areas from satellite images

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Quantum ‘arrow of time’ suggests early universe had no entanglement

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Time may be an illusion created by quantum entanglement

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Earth’s atmosphere is trapping twice as much heat as it did in 1993

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Tiny brain sensor implanted without surgery dissolves after weeks

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Atoms at temperatures beyond absolute zero may be a new form of matter

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Glassy gel is hard as plastic and stretches 7 times its length

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accelerate melting

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Smiling robot face is made from living human skin cells

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Physicists determined the paper most likely to give you a paper cut

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Google’s claim of quantum supremacy has been completely smashed

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Laser helps turn an electron into a coil of mass and charge

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Diamond could be the super semiconductor the US power grid needs

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Tiny solar-powered drones could stay in the air forever

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Could we share dreams by synchronising REM sleep?

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Nerve fibres in the brain could generate quantum entanglement

New Scientist – – New Scientist – How Einstein was both right and wrong about gravitational waves

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Discovery of ‘dark’ electrons could explain how superconductors work

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Quantum trick lets you cool objects down using nothing at all

New Scientist – – New Scientist – Engineered bacteria destroy antibiotic resistance DNA in wastewater

New Scientist – – New Scientist – A glob of jelly can play Pong thanks to a basic kind of memory

The Register – Raspberry Pi Pico 2 lands with (drum roll) RISC-V cores

OSNews – SpecOS: an x86_64 OS kernel from scratch

OSNews – Windows can now create 2TB FAT32 file systems

OSNews – MenuetOS gets basic X server

The Hacker News – Hardware Backdoor Discovered in RFID Cards Used in Hotels and Offices Worldwide

CBC | Canada News – Doug Ford shifts direction on wind power in Ontario

Ars Technica – Behold, Diablo is fully playable in your browser

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