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MIT engineers develop a magnetic transistor for more energy-efficient electronics

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it’s a semiconductor, this material can control the flow of electricity in a circuit. But silicon has fundamental physical limits that restrict how compact and energy-efficient a transistor can be.MIT researchers have now replaced silicon with a magnetic semiconductor, creating a magnetic transistor that could enable smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient circuits. The material’s magnetism strongly

Show HN: Testing how symbolic framing affects LLMs

One of the persistent challenges in large language models is not raw capability, but interpretive instability. Models can produce fluent synthesis while drifting into speculation, premature certainty, or rhetorically dominant framing—especially in ambiguous or high-stakes contexts.Most alignment efforts address this downstream through filters, policies, or fine-tuning. This work explores a different question:Can interpretive posture be influenced before generation begins, using only transparent

A quantum-resistant RNG powered by collective human entropy

Hi HN,I’m not a professional developer, but I’ve been obsessed with the idea of "Human Entropy." With the rise of quantum computing, I started wondering: Can we create a random sequence that no machine can predict because its source is the unpredictable nature of human behavior?I built this web app using Flutter and Firebase. It's a simple idea: users perform actions on the web client, and those unique interaction hashes are sent to a secure Firestore pool. A server-side Cloud Fun

Show HN: Elliptica – Make Art with Elliptic Boundary Value Problems

During my PhD in theoretical physics I spent quite a bit of time working on elliptic boundary value problems. I realized they are powerful generators of satisfying spatial patterns from relatively low dimensional input (boundary shapes and conditions). Combined with that I came across line integral convolution (LIC) which can produce incredibly beautiful visualizations of vector fields with lots of microstructure.I’ve found that combining LIC and elliptic partial differential equations gives a v

Ask HN: Automated WebRTC Livestream Recording

Hey guys, I'm trying to build an automated system to record livestreams, but I'm not sure if I am doing something completely wrong or if there's a better way of doing thisRequirements- Hands free, runs 24/7- Incoming stream on webpage is only in WebRTC (No m3u8, etc)- Needs to be able to record multiple (up to 4 and hopefully more) streams at onceNotes - It doesn't have to be a chrome extension- I'm happy to download a simple app to do this if one existsMy current p

Ask HN: Is building a local tunnel using serverless technology a bad idea?

With serverless, the options are quite limited and the technology is well.. locked in. While some parts are portable, most are not. I use a binary protocol (Protobuf) over WebSocket. Yes, it'sslower than local tunnel services that operate at a lower level like TCP, but it's fast enough for most scenarios.Scaling is a major challenge. Most serverless compute engines rely on an internal load balancer, and all instances are ephemeral. This means instance-to-instance communication is not p

Show HN: Analyse 1M rows of CSV on device

Hello HN,Wish you a very Happy New Year.StatPecker is our baby project. A cute little infographics generation tool for anybody seeking insights.We recently dropped a new feature, to help user upload CSV upto 50mb or in other words data with ~1 million rows. We wanted to make sure user data doesn’t get leaked, so we developed a mechanism where the CSV is analysed on user’s device. We only use our AI APIs to generate SQL queries on the fly and query the DB on user’s machine, along with the final

Ask HN: How do I help a colleague who introduces a lot of typos?

Happy new year!Weird question but here goes.My colleague has a strong work ethic, works hard, learns fast, goes out of his way to increase test coverage etc. I would say his contribution is net-positive but some of his work causes problems, especially when it comes to config files, shell scripting etc., so everything that is not directly caught by a linter or spell-checker.His typo rate is quite high. I suspect an undiagnosed dyslexia.Mistakes are often caught very late, mostly in staging, makin

How do you realistically render RAL colors on aluminium window frames?

Hi HN Community! This is my first time sharing here, so be gentle :O :DMy wife and I are building a house, and as many enw house owners, we are shocked by the amount of choices we have to make. Not a bad thing per se, but in general, it is quite disheartening when you see it.One of the choices we have to make are window and door material and color. We are on the fence between going all white uPVC or going for RAL colored aluminium. And here lies the problem – we don't have a way to see how

Quantum spins team up to create stable, long-lived microwave signals

When quantum particles work together, they can produce signals far stronger than any one particle could generate alone. This collective phenomenon, called superradiance, is a powerful example of cooperation at the quantum level. Until now, superradiance was mostly known for making quantum systems lose their energy too quickly, posing challenges for quantum technologies.

Did an exploding comet wipe out the mammoths?

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat and pressure consistent with a comet airburst rather than volcanism or human activity. The event could have sparked massive fires, blocked sunlight, and triggered a rapid return to ice-age conditions. These harsh changes may explain the sudden loss of megafauna and the disappearance of the Clovis cul

Scientists spot quantum behavior inside a living system for the 1st time

Quantum effects are no longer confined to ultra-cold chips and vacuum chambers. For the first time, researchers have ...

Russia’s 72-qubit quantum test hits 94% accuracy on 2-qubit ops

Russia has quietly vaulted into the front rank of quantum powers with a neutral-atom machine that combines a 72-qubit scale ...

This tiny chemistry change makes flow batteries last far longer

A new advance in bromine-based flow batteries could remove one of the biggest obstacles to long-lasting, affordable energy storage. Scientists developed a way to chemically capture corrosive bromine during battery operation, keeping its concentration extremely low while boosting energy density through a two-electron reaction. This approach sharply reduces damage to battery components and allows the use of cheaper materials.

A planet just vanished. NASA’s Hubble reveals a violent cosmic secret

Astronomers tracking a nearby star system thought they had spotted an exoplanet reflecting light from its star. Then it vanished. Even stranger, another bright object appeared nearby. After studying years of Hubble Space Telescope data, scientists realized they were not seeing planets at all, but the glowing debris left behind by two massive collisions between asteroid-sized bodies.

Kids With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Show Dramatic Improvement With FDA-Approved Gene Therapy

Once only available for children under two, a one-and-done treatment is now approved for older kids too. Waking up, hopping out of the bed, and stumbling to the kitchen for a cup of coffee: It’s an everyday routine most people don’t think twice about.But for children with spinal muscular atrophy, simply propping themselves up in bed is an everyday struggle. The inherited disease is caused by mutations in the SMN1 gene. Without a working copy of the gene, motor neurons—cells that control muscles—

NASA’s Webb telescope just discovered one of the weirdest planets ever

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this Jupiter-mass world has a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere filled with soot clouds and possibly diamonds at its core. Its extreme gravity stretches it into a lemon shape, and it completes a full orbit in under eight hours. Scientists are stunned — no known theory explains how such a planet could exist.

Axion One OS

The AXION One OS architecture represents the convergence of software engineering and cognitive science. By rigorously defining the mechanisms of Global Workspace Synchronization, Internal Reality Awareness, and Consciousness Metrics, we move beyond the "Black Box" of current AI. We are proposing a transparent, measurable, and self-regulating "Glass Box"—a machine that knows it is a machine, understands its world, and seeks to optimize its existence within it. This is not just

Happy new year: what’s happening in physics in 2026?

Setting aside the insane upheaval going on i n US science, this year’s Physics World Live series will give you a sense of what’s hot in physics right now.

The Quantum Era Crept Up While You Were Watching AI

Step aside, artificial intelligence. Another transformative technology with the potential to reshape industries and reorder geopolitical power is finally moving out of the lab: quantum.