Absolutely bonkers experiment measures antiproton orbiting helium ion
It's a potentially useful technique—and it's surprising that it works. Enlarge / The hardware that slows down antiprotons so they can be used in these sorts of experiments. (credit: CERN) In Wednesday's issue of Nature, a ne.....»»
Heavy, highly magnetic star may be first magnetar precursor we’ve seen
A strange history has produced a helium-rich star with kilogauss magnetic fields. Enlarge / Helium-rich Wolf-Rayet stars generally form by the ejection of hydrogen and other materials. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Pro.....»»
This bonkers Apple patent could solve one of VR’s biggest problems
Future Apple Vision Pro VR headsets might come with liquid lenses according to this US patent......»»
The road ahead for ecommerce fraud prevention
Ecommerce platforms are incorporating sophisticated fraud detection measures, but fraudsters, too, are refining their strategies. In this Help Net Security interview, Eduardo Mônaco, CEO at ClearSale, explains the complexities of ecommerce fraud, di.....»»
The evolution of complex grammars: New study measures grammatical complexity of 1,314 languages
Languages around the world differ greatly in how many grammatical distinctions they make. This variation is observable even between closely related languages. The speakers of Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian, for example, use the same word hunden, mean.....»»
Talking with Webb using the Deep Space Network
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometer) away from Earth, orbiting around the sun-Earth Lagrange point 2. How do we send commands and receive telemetry—the science and engineering data from the observatory.....»»
Helium escapes from the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet, observations find
Astronomers from the University of Chicago and elsewhere report the detection of an outflowing helium from the atmosphere of a nearby mini-Neptune exoplanet known as TOI-2134 b. The finding was detailed in a research paper published August 3 on the p.....»»
Balancing telecom security, law enforcement, and customer trust
In this Help Net Security interview, Mark O’Neill, CTO at BlackDice Cyber, talks about collaboration, transparent policies, and a security-first mindset. As 5G and IoT emerge, robust measures and AI will navigate challenges and shape the telecom in.....»»
Watch a video of an exoplanet orbiting its star — made from 17 years of observations
Astronomers have created a video of an exoplanet called Beta Pictoris b, located 63 light-years away in the constellation Pictor, orbiting its star......»»
Muon g-2 experiment result represents world"s most precise measurement yet of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon
The Muon g-2 collaboration has announced their much-anticipated updated measurement. The new result aligns with the collaboration's first result, announced in 2021—and it's twice as precise. In fact, it's the most precise measurement ever made usin.....»»
Calix expands security options in SmartBiz to protect small businesses from cyberthreats
Calix expanded security measures in Calix SmartBiz to enable broadband service providers (BSPs) to seamlessly serve their small business markets. With 43% of all cyberattacks targeting businesses with fewer than 250 employees, small and medium busine.....»»
Novel socio-environmental vulnerability index pinpoints sustainability issues in Brazilian river basins
Brazilian researchers combined environmental physical, social and economic indicators to create an index that measures a region's vulnerability and used it to analyze the basins of the Parnaíba River and São Francisco River in the Northeast of Braz.....»»
No, Apple Music’s new Discovery Station won’t kill Spotify
Apple Music's new Discovery Station may well be fine, but it absolutely will not drive Spotify out of business......»»
Recovery of biodiversity in rivers across Europe is slowing down, study finds
The study, led by the Senckenberg Institute and published in the journal Nature, examined invertebrate biodiversity in river systems across 22 European countries and found that additional measures are needed to revive the recovery of freshwater biodi.....»»
A New Experiment Casts Doubt on the Leading Theory of the Nucleus
By measuring inflated helium nuclei, physicists have challenged our best understanding of the force that binds protons and neutrons......»»
New technique measures structured light in a single shot
Structured light waves with spiral phase fronts carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), attributed to the rotational motion of photons. Recently, scientists have been using light waves with OAM, and these special "helical" light beams have become very.....»»
A New Blood Test May Predict Your Alzheimer’s Risk. Should You Take It?
The test, which consumers can order on their own, measures a protein linked to Alzheimer’s called amyloid beta. But it can’t diagnose cases, and the results may be needlessly stressful......»»
Off Miami, scientists put corals to a heat-stress test. It"s survival of the fittest
With a gentle pat, Wajahat Shera cemented a four-inch staghorn coral fragment onto a patch of seafloor two miles east of Key Biscayne—one of many planted Friday as part of an unusual undersea experiment being run by University of Miami scientists......»»
Using social media to raise awareness of women"s resources
The COVID-19 pandemic created a global increase in domestic violence against women. Now, an MIT-led experiment designed with that fact in mind shows that some forms of social media can increase awareness among women about where to find resources and.....»»
The iPhone 16 Pro’s camera sensor is looking absolutely stacked
Forget the iPhone 15 Pro, next year's iPhone 16 Pro models are set for a massive upgrade......»»
New world record: Thinnest-ever pixel detector installed
The Belle II cooperation project at the Japanese research center KEK is helping researchers from all over the world to hunt for new phenomena in particle physics. The international experiment has now reached a major milestone after a team successfull.....»»