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Scientists Find Secret Atomic Patterns in Common Metals, Challenging Decades of Theory  SciTechDaily Uncovering new physics in metals manufacturing  MIT News Nonequilibrium chemical short-range order in metallic alloys  Nature New physical mechanism discovered in metal manufacturing  cosmosmagazine.com Revealing Breakthrough Discoveries in Metals Manufacturing Physics  BIOENGINEER.ORG Source link

Thursday Night Update October 9 2025 The next coastal storm is going to be another fascinating weather event to watch develop, and I am grateful this is not winter. If so, then calling snow totals would be nearly impossible. What we are about to witness is the interaction of two short waves in the jet stream coming together to form …

Reflection AI, a startup founded just last year by two former Google DeepMind researchers, has raised $2 billion at an $8 billion valuation, a whopping 15x leap from its $545 million valuation just seven months ago. The company, which originally focused on autonomous coding agents, is now positioning itself as both an open source alternative to closed frontier labs like …

Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter Getty Images Jensen Huang, the boss of Silicon Valley-based Nvidia, has warned China is “nanoseconds behind” the US in chips The US has dominated the global technology market for decades. But China wants to change that. The world’s second largest economy is pouring huge amounts of money into artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Crucially, Beijing is also …

US stocks fell on Tuesday, pulling back from a record-setting streak, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank would proceed cautiously on further rate cuts and suggested equities were “fairly highly valued.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.3%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell about 0.6%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) lost around 0.9%. Stocks jumped …

US stocks fell on Tuesday, pulling back from a record-setting streak, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank would proceed cautiously on further rate cuts and suggested equities were “fairly highly valued.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.3%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell about 0.6%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) lost around 0.9%. Stocks jumped …

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference, following the issuance of the Federal Open Market Committee’s statement on interest rate policy, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that weakness in the labor market is outweighing concerns about stubborn inflation, leading to a decision he …

Some places do power rankings. Here at Cageside, we do a stock report. In this weekly series, we identify three Superstars (or groups of Superstars) who are on their way up, and three that are moving in the opposite direction. After a busy week that included WWE’s launch on ESPN with Wrestlepalooza, a lot of fortunes were changed. With that …

Around 2 million years ago, prehistoric humans in East Africa turned the tables on the carnivores that had previously terrorized them, learning not only to fend off these predators but also steal their kills, thus replacing them at the very top of the food chain. Generally, the ancient species Homo habilis is credited with making this trophic leap, yet new …

IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a pattern in the rotational direction of ancient galaxies. 🌀 Approximately 60% of these galaxies rotate clockwise, challenging previous beliefs about galactic rotations. 🌌 A hypothesis suggests our universe might be trapped within a massive black hole, reshaping cosmic understanding. 🔍 Alternative explanations consider observational bias, such as …