Prices of the electricity we use to charge

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Record-breaking neutrino is most energetic ever detected
Although still under construction, the sea-floor KM3NeT detector spotted a neutrino 20 times more powerful than any previously detected.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00444-1

 

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The Largest Sofa You Can Move Around a Corner | Quanta Magazine

A new proof reveals the answer to the decades-old “moving sofa” problem. It highlights how even the simplest optimization problems can have counterintuitive answers.

www.quantamagazine.org

 

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‘Trump trades’ like the dollar and bitcoin are stalling, while Chinese stocks are racing ahead
The speculative fervor unleashed by Trump’s victory has started to wane — but the bull run in U.S. stocks will likely continue

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-trades-like-the-dollar-and-bitcoin-are-stalling-while-chinese-stocks-are-racing-ahead-4a6fb644

 

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Euclid reveals an Einstein ring around a nearby galaxy - NASASpaceFlight.com

Using the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope, astronomers have accidentally found a complete Einstein…

www.nasaspaceflight.com

 

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Britain dances to JD Vance’s tune as it renames AI institute

After the U.S. VP blasted “hand-wringing about safety,” Britain’s AI institute gets a new look. References to AI creating “unequal outcomes” are out.

www.politico.eu

 

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Immense Data Storage: Envisioning Terabytes Encoded Within a Millimeter-Sized Crystal

Immense Data Storage: Envisioning Terabytes Encoded Within a

In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have made significant strides toward enhancing the efficiency of classical computer

bioengineer.org

 

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How a computer that 'drunk dials' videos is exposing YouTube's secrets

YouTube is about to turn 20. An unusual research method is unveiling statistics about the platform that Google would rather keep hidden.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Wide Bandwidth High-Power Triboelectric Energy Harvesting by Scotch Tape

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.4c08590

 

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Starmer’s nuclear reactors won’t be small, cheap or popular

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/16/starmers-nuclear-reactors-wont-be-small-cheap-or-popular

 

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SanDisk's new High Bandwidth Flash memory enables 4TB of VRAM on GPUs, matches HBM bandwidth at higher capacity

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/sandisks-new-hbf-memory-enables-up-to-4tb-of-vram-on-gpus-matches-hbm-bandwidth-at-higher-capacity

 

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Bill Gates Is Playing Both Sides of the Climate Crisis
Bill Gates presents himself as a climate champion, but his trust has actually increased its fossil fuel investments since his divestment pledge. It's just the latest example of the billionaire appointing himself to solve problems he helps perpetuate.

Bill Gates Is Playing Both Sides of the Climate Crisis

Bill Gates presents himself as a climate champion, but his trust has actually increased its fossil fuel investments since his divestment pledge. It's just the latest example of the billionaire appointing himself to solve problems he helps perpetuate.

jacobin.com

 

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Why does the Falcon-9 booster make a triple sonic boom during flyback? An initial analysis

https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/article/5/2/023601/3335811/Why-does-the-Falcon-9-booster-make-a-triple-sonic

 

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Active matter: Scientists create three-dimensional 'synthetic worms'

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-scientists-dimensional-synthetic-worms.html

 

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High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/20/uk-agriculture-farming-fertilisers-yields-biodiversity-study-park-grass-pollinators-bees-wildflowers-aoe

 

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Earth's inner core may have changed shape, say scientists

The findings shed light on a deeply mysterious part of Earth that is key to life on our planet.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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The return of the buffalo is reviving portions of the ecosystem - Native Sun News Today

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www.nativesunnews.today

 

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Japan’s $1.5bn bet on ultra-thin solar cells in challenge to China
"Perovskite cells are 20 times thinner than regular solar panels and could be plastered over stadiums, airports and office buildings, enabling mass adoption of solar in a mountainous country that lacks the open space needed for more conventional solar farms. "
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/topstories/japan-s-1-5bn-bet-on-ultra-thin-solar-cells-in-challenge-to-china/ar-AA1z8AmZ

 

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World's sea-ice falls to record low

World's sea-ice falls to record low

The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.

www.bbc.co.uk