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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
Cisco’s Universal Quantum Switch and the rise of the quantum fabric
Quantum will not replace classical infrastructure; it will augment it where the economics justify it. Cisco’s universal ...
Show HN: Prediction market analysis app layering LLMs with data APIs
I created a prediction market analysis app after trying prediction markets and doing quite poorly. I wondered if AI-driven predictions could be better with the right data. Depending on the model you use the answer swings wildly between definitely not and yes. Gemini 3 Flash and Sonnet have done well with complex pipeline analysis instructions. Examples of some data apis are FRED, the NWS, Open-Meteo, CoinGecko, congress.gov. I also incorporated general search queries with Serper and Tavily.In fu
Show HN: Need Human Lawyer – when AI for legal work isn't enough
This idea came from real life. I was doing fine being my own lawyer but I reached that point where I really needed to cc someone to make my point. There's also the case of when you just get too deep into legal issues and really do need a human with a law degree helping. The idea is anyone can send an email or cc an existing thread to:[email protected] will open a request file and reply-all to everyone on the email. Not quite the same as cc [email protected] but still, i
Show HN: Music from Your Git History
Ever want to hear the music of your commit history? Now you can! My latest musical weekend project is Rebass - music from your git history.<p>It's not quite there yet, IMHO. I'd love suggestions on how to make the _music_ better. It's better with non-linear histories.<p>code is here: <a href="https://github.com/adamf/rebass" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/adamf/rebass</a>
Show HN: Vaava – a baby routine tracker / logging app
Vaava - it is a baby tracker / logging app.
It was originally built mainly for my own use, but it is now available in both app stores.
It has the same basic features that you could imagine. You can save built-in events feeding, sleep, diapers. You can also create custom events for any events you like. It has reminders, a week view, trends visualization, a 'my day' builder to help you think about the baby routines.The market for baby logging apps is already quite niche, but there i
Six from MIT awarded 2026 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Six MIT affiliates — Denisse Córdova Carrizales SM ’26; Ria Das ’21, MNG ’22; Ronak Desai; Stacy Godfreey-Igwe ’22; Arya Rao; and Ananthan Sadagopan ’24 — have been named 2026 P.D. Soros Fellows. In addition, P.D. Soros Fellow Avinash Vadali will begin a PhD in condensed-matter physics at MIT this fall.The fellowship provides immigrants and the children of immigrants up to $90,000 in tuition and stipend support for up to two years of graduate studies. Interested students should contact Kim Benar
This ultracold quantum device turns electricity into something far stranger that could unlock sound-based lasers
Researchers at McGill University have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures. The technology could be used to create phonon lasers, with possible applications in communications and medical diagnostics.
Quantum Computers Are Coming to Break Cryptography Faster Than Anyone Expected
Algorithmic advances are steadily lowering the bar for quantum attacks—even before large-scale hardware exists. Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world’s supercomputers, working together for 10,000 years, could not crack it.But last month, Google and others released results suggesting a new kind of computer—a quantum computer—might be able to open th
Single X-ray photons reveal hidden light-matter interactions in 50-nanometer double slits
A rainbow reveals with colors what otherwise remains hidden: light is "refracted" by transparent matter, in this case water droplets. This same physical effect underlies many everyday technologies, like LCD screens and broadband connections based on fiber-optic cables. Light refraction is caused by an interaction between light and the atoms of matter. This brings the light waves slightly out of sync, so to speak. "X-ray light" is "refracted," too. But the effect is difficult to measure here.
Show HN: I ported OmniAID image detection model to Apple's Neural Engine
OmniAID is a hybrid MoE detector, so the PyTorch model dynamically routes each image through top-k semantic experts plus a fixed artifact expert. For the CoreML/ANE port, I rewrote that into a static graph. Every low-rank SVD expert path is materialized and the router turns into a dense gate vector where unselected experts have zero weights. That makes the graph much more ANE friendly while preserving the model’s behavior closely enough to ship a w8a16 quantized CoreML model (~418 MB). The
Students build a “cosmic radio” to listen for dark matter
A group of undergraduate students pulled off something remarkable: they built their own dark matter detector and used it to probe one of physics’ biggest mysteries. Working with limited resources but plenty of creativity, they designed a stripped-down experiment to hunt for axions — hypothetical particles that could make up dark matter.
Scientists just captured a mysterious quantum “dance” inside superconductors
In a breakthrough experiment, scientists directly imaged how particles pair up in a system that mimics superconductors. Instead of behaving independently, the pairs moved in a synchronized, dance-like pattern—something never predicted before. This suggests a major gap in the classic theory of superconductivity.
Researcher earns 1 bitcoin bounty for major quantum attack on tech
Quantum security startup Project Eleven said it awarded its 1 bitcoin Q-Day Prize to independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli on Friday after he br...
Why Nvidia Is the Most Important Quantum Computing Stock of All
Nvidia is also arguably the best pick-and-shovel quantum computing stock to buy right now.
New Breakthrough In Quantum Computers Could Completely Change How Much They Cost
Quantum computing is a largely theoretical, ultimately expensive proposition for high-level computation. However, new findings could make it more efficient.
Quantum Computers Are Not A Threat To 128-bit Symmetric Keys
A lot has been made about a post-quantum computer future in which traditional encryption methods have suddenly been rendered ...
Researcher uses quantum computer to crack key that protects Bitcoin
Giancarlo Lelli wins one Bitcoin for record quantum security attack.
Quantum computer breaks 15-bit elliptic curve cryptographic key
Project Eleven, a quantum security research company, awarded a prize to researcher Giancarlo Lelli for using a quantum computer to break a 15-bit elliptic-curve key — a small-scale version of the same ...
Top Quantum Computing Stocks to Buy in April
Last is Nvidia ( NVDA +4.30%), which may seem like an odd pick. Nvidia makes graphics processing units (GPUs) and is a leader ...