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Bryson DeChambeau admits to turning to AI to help fix his swing after struggles at LIV Golf Korea

After a disappointing third round, Bryson DeChambeau says he spent hours talking to AI about physics principles to fix his golf swing overnight.

Quantum Computing Just Hit Commercial Viability and These 3 ETFs Sit on Top of the Compute Transition

The quantum computing trade has shifted from a speculative bet to an identifiable, investable theme, and the three exchange-traded funds that best capture it each take a different angle on the same transition. Defiance Quantum ETF (NYSEARCA:QTUM) holds a pure-play roster of qubit makers and quantum-adjacent semiconductor companies. ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKQ) ... Quantum Computing Just Hit Commercial Viability and These 3 ETFs Sit on Top of the Compute Transition

The leading explanation for how the Moon was born is that a world the size of Mars called Theia slammed into the young Earth and flung out the debris that became the Moon, and recent research suggests Theia itself never fully left, with two continent-sized blobs buried near our planet’s core possibly being the last remains of the world that struck us.

The leading account of where the Moon came from is a collision. Early in the Solar System’s history, a young planet roughly the size of Mars, given the name Theia, is thought to have struck the proto-Earth a glancing blow. The debris thrown into orbit gathered into the Moon. This is the giant-impact hypothesis, and […]

New solar desalination breakthrough makes fresh water without toxic brine

Scientists have developed a solar desalination system that turns seawater into drinking water without creating environmentally damaging brine. Special laser-textured metal panels use sunlight to evaporate water while automatically moving salt deposits away from the working surface, preventing clogging. The process was successfully tested with water from three oceans and can recover nearly all salts as solids. Those leftover materials could even become a source of valuable lithium for batteries.

Summer stargazing begins in June

Grab a telescope. The Milky Way will be looking good this month. Summer officially starts in June, which means seasonal celestial objects such as the Summer Triangle and the Milky Way are back in view. [ more › ]

A quantum metasurface breakthrough could finally close the terahertz gap

Researchers have developed a compact quantum detector that makes terahertz radiation much easier to detect. A specially designed metasurface funnels incoming energy into tiny active regions, greatly strengthening the electrical signal produced. The approach boosted efficiency by roughly 20 times compared to earlier designs and could pave the way for more practical THz devices in healthcare, communications, and scientific research.

We Need More Innovators and Scientists in Leadership Roles

GUEST POST from Pete Foley Our world is changing at an unprecedented rate. We are in an innovation driven economy. AI, genetic manipulation, energy innovation, climate, and virtually anything driving change are all highly technical and complex. And all come w…

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The secret to pigeons’ incredible navigation was hiding in their liver

Scientists have uncovered a surprising navigation system in pigeons: iron-filled immune cells in the liver that may act like tiny magnetic sensors. Birds deprived of these cells struggled to find their way home under overcast skies, indicating they rely on Earth’s magnetic field for guidance. The discovery could solve a decades-old mystery about animal navigation and reveal an unexpected connection between immunity and sensing the environment.

Scientists Say They’ve Found Fungi That Turn Dead Martian Soil Into Fertile Cropland

This certainly beats using human waste to grow potatoes on Mars. The post Scientists Say They’ve Found Fungi That Turn Dead Martian Soil Into Fertile Cropland appeared first on Futurism.

Strange Event Might Have Been A Primordial Black Hole Winking At Us

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AUKUS undersea drones development boosts regional security: Australia deputy PM

Growing threats to critical underwater infrastructure, such as telecommunications cables and energy pipelines, underscore the need for stronger maritime defence capabilities, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles told CNA's Tan Qiuyi on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue.

Quantum computing looms, and your security is nowhere near ready

Quantum is coming soon to an enterprise near you. But that shift brings significant security concerns.

Will AI Break The Grid? It Depends On How We Use Every Electron

AI is using a lot of electricity. Energy leaders explain how efficiency, advanced cooling, and flexible data centers can help meet rising electricity demand.

Quantum light gives a 20-fold boost to ultrafast laser processes - Phys.org

Quantum light gives a 20-fold boost to ultrafast laser processesPhys.org

A pictorial introduction to differential geometry (2017)

In this article we present pictorially the foundation of differential geometry which is a crucial tool for multiple areas of physics, notably general and special relativity, but also mechanics, thermodynamics and solving differential equations. As all the concepts are presented as pictures, there are no equations in this article. As such this article may be read by pre-university students who enjoy physics, mathematics and geometry. However it will also greatly aid the intuition of an undergraduate and masters students, learning general relativity and similar courses. It concentrates on the tools needed to understand Maxwell's equations thus leading to the goal of presenting Maxwell's equations as 3 pictures.

How do exploding stars measure the universe better? #science

A new supernova+galaxy method to sharpen cosmology Scientists report a measurement approach that combines supernova explosions with information from the galaxies that host them , aiming to improve how the universe is mapped. Instead of treating each exploding…

What smarter way measures the universe? #science

Joint analysis of supernovae and their host galaxies Researchers describe a measurement method intended to make cosmology results more reliable by analyzing exploding stars (supernovae) together with the galaxies that host them . The approach matters because …

Government to announce above-inflation pay rise for Britain's armed forces but STILL have nothing to say on £28bn defence black hole

The pay boost, said to be announced in the coming days, will be the third since Labour won power in 2024 and will see all ranks paid in accordance with the living wage.

Lasers at the Lunar Poles Could Help Astronauts Navigate

A team of scientists is exploring ways to use dark craters at the lunar poles as sites for ultrastable lasers to aid in surface and near-lunar navigation. The group, led by Physicist Jun Ye, an expert on lasers and precision measurements, were discussing the types of instruments that Artemis astronauts could install and use during their time on the Moon.

It sounded like science fiction, but scientists sent quantum data through 19 miles of regular internet cable without breaking the network

It sounded like science fiction, but scientists sent quantum data through 19 miles of regular internet cable without breaking the networkokdiario.com

What is quantum light’s ultrafast laser boost? #science

Quantum light supercharges ultrafast laser processes Researchers report that “quantum light” can deliver about a 20 fold boost to ultrafast laser processes . The core idea is that nonlinear interactions between light and matter—how electromagnetic fields resh…

There are more atoms in a single glass of water than there are glasses of water in all the world’s oceans combined — and if you marked every atom in one glass, dumped it into the sea, and waited for the oceans to mix completely, every glass of water on Earth would contain several thousand of those marked atoms

The arithmetic is one of the oldest and most reliable demonstrations in physics, and the conclusion is one of the harder facts about the size of atoms to actually believe. A standard 250-millilitre glass of water contains roughly 25 trillion trillion atoms, written as 2.5 × 10²⁵, accounting for the three atoms in each water […]

This creepy blob robot will keep going even if you break its legs

While Argus looks like a sea urchin, its designers took cues from physics, not biology. The post This creepy blob robot will keep going even if you break its legs appeared first on Popular Science.

IBM Missed the Bus on AI. New Federal Funding Means IBM Stock Could Be a Winner in Quantum Computing.

Beyblades are back in a big way in B.C., as childhood craze gets another spin

This time, it's not just kids — adults, including millennials who grew up with Beyblades a quarter-century ago, are at the forefront of the new fandom, as they attempt to master the physics at the core of the toys.

What evidence shows cosmic rays accelerated? #science

Cosmic rays show energy extremes tied to a nearby supernova remnant Researchers analyzed cosmic rays detected at Earth and reported evidence consistent with acceleration by a nearby supernova remnant. The key observation is the wide range of particle energies…

What Astrophysics Has Taught Me About Changing the World

Today, like yesterday, I wake up and decide to make the world a better place.I know, I know. There are over 8 billion people living on Earth. There are more places than any one of us will ever see, and more cultures than we will ever understand. How could a s…

NASA’s Hubble captures gorgeous new photo of a spiral galaxy as it wanders through the Virgo Cluster

Messier 88 is an active galaxy with a central supermassive black hole that is gobbling up gas and dust

You Wouldn’t Believe That “Quantum Energy” Works Until You Hear This & See THESE Photos.

Full show notes: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/quantum2026  In this episode with repeat guests Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling and Ian Mitchell, you'll explore how Quantum Upgrade technology uses coherent quantum fields to counteract the effects of EMF exposure on the body, from red blood cell clumping and sluggish white blood cells to disrupted oxygen delivery. You'll also hear live blood demonstration results, EEG data, and findings from a randomized study showing measurable drops in depression, anxiety, and stress alongside improved cognitive function. Additionally, you'll gain insights into the real science behind biological quantum effects, how blue light and LED exposure degrade the body's natural EMF defenses, whether a Quantum Upgrade field can reach you inside a Faraday cage or an EMF-shielded home, and how to run a meaningful 30-day self-experiment, including which biomarkers to track and how to choose the right frequency for your goal. Philipp Sa

The longest-running laboratory experiment in the world began at the University of Queensland in 1927, a funnel of pitch that drips roughly once a decade, and in nearly a century no human has ever actually witnessed a drop fall

Thomas Parnell set up the pitch drop experiment at the University of Queensland in 1927 to prove that a substance hard enough to shatter with a hammer is actually a fluid. Nine drops have fallen in 98 years, each one missed by every human observer. The post T…

This strange new phase of matter could transform quantum technology

By stacking custom-designed silver nanoparticles like nanoscale LEGO bricks, scientists stabilized a mysterious crystal phase that had never been observed before. The material not only solves a longstanding puzzle in materials science but also exhibits promising quantum properties at room temperature.

Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them

Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies

The Sun might look yellow, but seen from space without an atmosphere filtering its light, the sun is actually white — and the yellow color we see from Earth is the result of our atmosphere scattering blue wavelengths away, in the same physics that makes the sky appear blue

The Sun is depicted as yellow in children’s drawings, in weather icons, on flags, and in the standard astronomical shorthand. Astronomers themselves classify it as a “yellow dwarf,” a G2V-type main sequence star. The yellow framing is so consistent across human culture and science that it can be surprising to learn that the Sun is […]

Stanford quantum computing breakthrough uses twisted light to work without extreme cooling

A new room-temperature quantum device uses twisted light to entangle photons and electrons, overcoming one of the biggest hurdles in quantum technology. The breakthrough could pave the way for smaller, cheaper quantum systems with applications ranging from secure communications to future AI and computing platforms.

Light takes about 8 minutes to travel from the sun to the Earth, but the energy carried in that sunlight was generated in the sun’s core tens to hundreds of thousands of years ago — bouncing through the sun’s interior for that entire time before finally escaping its surface and making the 8-minute trip across space

Sunlight takes about eight minutes and twenty seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth. That figure is well-known and accurate. The slightly less well-known part of the story is what happens before the eight-minute trip. The energy carried in any photon of sunlight currently reaching the Earth was generated by nuclear fusion in […]

A day on Earth is described as 24 hours, but the planet has been slowing down for billions of years — and growth rings in ancient coral fossils show that 380 million years ago, hundreds of millions of years before any dinosaur existed, an Earth day was only about 22 hours long

The length of a day on Earth is not constant. The planet’s rotation has been slowing for billions of years, primarily because tidal friction transfers rotational energy from Earth to the Moon, which slowly moves outward to a higher orbit. The current rate of slowdown is small but measurable. According to the Wikipedia summary of […]

Don Lincoln: The quest for unification in physics, how Newton linked celestial and terrestrial gravity, and the pivotal role of electromagnetism in technology | Lex Fridman Podcast

Exploring how unifying scientific theories could revolutionize technology and energy while posing ethical challenges. The post Don Lincoln: The quest for unification in physics, how Newton linked celestial and terrestrial gravity, and the pivotal role of elec…