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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and most powerful atom smasher, has entered a planned four-year shutdown that will upgrade it to its most capable form yet.The particle…
Two lumps of potato discovered in a roughly 500-year-old Inca storage room in Peru are a rare find: freeze-dried potatoes predating the Spanish invasion, a new study finds.These freeze-dried potatoes,…
Trees in China that were planted as part of huge reforestation projects appear to grow faster than those in natural forests, a new study finds. This is possibly because the…
A breakthrough in photonic chips could make large, costly, ultrafast lasers dramatically smaller, leading to portable and affordable imaging, diagnostic and information-processing devices, researchers say.By using a decades-old overlooked laser…
QUICK FACTSWhere is it? Toussidé volcano, Chad [21.03731548, 16.47357325]What’s in the photo? The petrified remains of ancient lava and a skull-like calderaWho took the photo? An unnamed astronaut on board…
Ford has rehired experienced human engineers to help address the shortcomings of artificial intelligence (AI) tools meant to tackle quality issues in the automaker’s production processes. The hiring push helped Ford top the JD…
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius buried a vast collection of scrolls in ash and scorched them into solid black lumps. Now, without unrolling them, researchers have virtually read two…
Rocket Lab is buying Iridium Communications in an $8 billion cash-and-stock deal – equipping the rocket maker with a global satellite network and wireless spectrum in what looks like a…
‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at at timeAntimicrobial resistance is a “silent pandemic,” posing huge threats to public health while raising little attention. To curb…
A Chinese system has become the world’s most powerful supercomputer, surpassing American machines for the first time since 2021.LineShine, installed at China’s National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, clinched the top…