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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
Apple TV’s ambitious 19-episode Dark replacement gets quantum physics right
One Apple TV sci-fi show has the potential to become as ambitious and compelling as Netflix’s Dark, and it already seems to ...
Erwin Schrödinger, Nobel Prize in Physics: “Behind an attitude of a certain modesty, there is often genuine arrogance”
The Austrian physicist, who lived during the same era as Einstein and shared a mutual admiration with him, recognized this ...
Data centres in Australia: your questions answered
The Conversation, CC BY-SACommunity opposition to large-scale data centres is growing. Critics are calling for a pause on data centre development, in line with other jurisdictions such as New York, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ruled this...
Show HN: Notula for Google Meet
Hi HN. I built this because quite often all these tools that transcribe save it somewhere in their own storage, so you have to pay for it. And if not the payment, another bigger issue is that this storage is in another place, where I need to copy fro...
Ask HN: Career paths to consider if I am better at supporting than creating?
I have a BS/MS in computer science and somewhere around 9 years of experience, where the first half was spent working as a backend developer and the second half I've been working in product owner roles. I switched from development to produc...
Physicists can’t agree on how the Universe works
A massive worldwide survey of physicists has revealed surprisingly little agreement about some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. No majority backed the standard cosmological model, a leading explanation for dark matter, or any single theory of qua...
Scientists are building a microscope powered by a quantum computer
Scientists are combining an electron microscope with a quantum computer to squeeze far more information from each electron. The approach could reveal faint details with fewer electrons, helping protect fragile samples that conventional microscopy can...
NASA-backed scientists turn plastic waste into edible cookies
Scientists have engineered yeast to turn PET plastic and agricultural waste into ingredients for protein-rich, 3D-printed cookies called µBites. Developed partly for NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, the system can produce proteins, fats, vitamins, a...
Physicists discover a hidden “curveball” in quantum light
Researchers have experimentally demonstrated the optical Magnus effect for the first time, revealing that a tightly focused laser interacts most strongly with an atom slightly away from the beam’s center. The unexpected shift is similar to the physic...
AI uncovers hidden Ozempic side effects across 400,000 Reddit posts
AI analysis of 400,000 Reddit posts found that users of drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound reported unexpected symptoms including menstrual changes, chills, hot flashes, and fatigue. Researchers cannot say the medications caused th...
NEC spent decades developing quantum hardware, but it's time to leave
NEC's quantum computing retreat leaves Fujitsu gaining experienced researchers while the Japanese giant shifts toward ...
Which Bitcoin Wallets Are at Risk From Quantum Computers? 6.9 Million BTC Have Exposed Keys
About 6.9 million Bitcoin have public keys visible on-chain. One check on your own address decides whether your coins are ...
Show HN: Objo Studio. A modern visual RAD IDE for desktop and web
I posted Objo Studio here some months ago when it was much earlier in development and it didn’t get much attention. Since then it has changed quite a bit, so I thought it was worth showing again.Objo Studio is my attempt to build a modern version of...
Venus’s pale yellow clouds may hide something surprisingly dark
A century-old mystery in Venus’s clouds just became more intriguing, as scientists calculated how strongly the unidentified material behind its dark ultraviolet patterns must absorb light. The results sharply narrow the possibilities and could help f...
1,000 times faster operations bring reliable quantum computing a step closer
So far, quantum computers have been held back by their extreme sensitivity to errors and external disturbances. The longer a ...
Scientists made gravity act on an atom in a quantum superposition — the surprising result could bring Einstein’s theory and quantum physics closer together
Physicists have directly linked quantum mechanics and Einstein's gravity theory. An experiment used ultracold atoms in ...
Physicists turn classical light into a quantum machine for information processing
Quantum computers promise to tackle problems that are extraordinarily difficult for today's computers. But there is a major ...
Dwarf Star Support for DeepSeek 4.1 Flash on MBPro 128GB
Antirez just landed a commit[1] to the github repo for DwarfStar that adds support for his heavily quantized variant of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash.He claims it runs with SSD streaming on a macbook pro M5-Max 128 GB laptop. The code was just checked in liter...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through September 12)
FutureWhy So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill EveryoneWill Knight | Wired ($)“Genuinely stunning advances in AI capabilities—an OpenAI model solved a centuries-old math problem in a matter of hours—have come amid a rash of secu...