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Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory It’s not easy to surprise physicists with a phase change. Yet when Tom White first reviewed the data from a new experiment that used lasers to heat gold, he had to pause and double-check his results. He had good reason to be skeptical. White and his colleagues had just observed solid gold reaching an …

Researchers have been able to heat up a sample of solid gold to over 14 times its melting temperature for a fraction of a second, bypassing a theoretical limit known as the entropy catastrophe. The approach, known as superheating, might lead to a better understanding of how substances change phase at a fundamental level and even to improved production of …

Xbox has announced that it will not be selling The Outer Worlds 2 – or any of its holiday games, for that matter – for $80 after all. Instead, it will be kept at $70. An Xbox spokesperson shared the pricing changes with IGN today: “We’re focused on bringing players incredible worlds to explore, and will keep our full priced …

Nearly half of all crypto-related mentions on social media this week centered around Bitcoin as it hit new highs, a level of dominance that may signal a local top and a potential short-term pullback, according to sentiment platform Santiment. “As Bitcoin’s market value crept above $123.1K for the first time in its 17+ year history, there was an equally historic …

Next week sees the release of the very cool-looking Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, an action game where you play as a badass pirate warrior with amnesia. While figuring out what’s up with your memories (hell yeah), you spend your time fighting giant monsters (hell yeah!) inflicted by a mysterious feathery illness (hell yeah!!!), and have to– Ah, dammit, it’s another Soulslike? …

S&P 500, Nasdaq end at fresh record highs as data, earnings point to consumer strength  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

S&P 500, Nasdaq end at record highs as data, earnings point to consumer strength  Reuters S&P 500 rises to new closing record, boosted by solid earnings and U.S. economic data: Live updates  CNBC Stock Market Today: Dow Rises 250 Points; Earnings, Economic Data in Focus — Live Updates  The Wall Street Journal Wall Street ticks toward a record as PepsiCo and tech stocks …

The National Weather Service has lifted a tsunami advisory for communities on the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck about 55 miles south of Sand Point. The advisory was lifted at 2:43 p.m. Wednesday. The Weather Service at first issued a tsunami warning, which was later downgraded to an advisory for the Alaska Peninsula and …

When Scottie Scheffler arrived at The Open earlier this week, he started an existential debate about nagging unfulfillment, the fleeting euphoria of sporting victories and the point of being good at golf. Last week, the world number one attracted praise for his eloquent response to a question about the various challenges of links golf. Advertisement This week, his musings in …

Wholesale prices are flat in June, PPI shows, and point to muted effect of tariffs on inflation  MarketWatchView Full Coverage on Google News Source link