A milestone achieved in the discovery of the fundamental forces of the universe at the Large Hadron Collider

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Building on their extensive involvement at CERN, the University of Rochester team recently achieved “highly accurate” measurements of the weak mixing angle, a core component of the Standard Model of particle physics. Credit: Samuel Joseph Hertzog; Julien Marius Ordan Researchers at the University of Rochester, working with the CMS Collaboration on CERNhave made significant advances … Read more

A fintech collapse is brewing in a small corner of the banking world

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The collapse of fintech startup Synapse is roiling a small corner of the banking world, leaving thousands of customers without access to their money and a mystery surrounding the millions of dollars that went missing. Four small US banks have some of the money. No one is sure where the rest went. The saga surrounding … Read more

Scientists drop extinction bomb, claim freak event killed last woolly mammoths

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Woolly mammoths roamed the Ice Age tundras of North America, Europe and Asia as early as 300,000 years ago. They later became extinct approximately 4,000 years ago on an isolated island off the coast of Siberia in the Arctic Ocean.

Scientists behind a new genomic study now claim that the last woolly mammoths on Earth were wiped out by an extreme storm or a plague – meaning that if an extinction event hadn’t happened, they could still be around to date. These giant Ice Age beasts roamed the then tundras of North America, Europe and … Read more

2024, a mixed bag for Arbitrum and Optimism – Why?

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Arbitrum and Optimism saw more transactions in the new year. ARB and OP were trending down at press time. Arbitrum [ARB] and Optimism [OP]two prominent layer 2 scaling solutions for Ethereum [ETH]have experienced increased transaction activity this year, according to available data. Despite this positive trend in transaction volume, both networks have seen a drop … Read more

Today’s NYT ‘Connections’ tips and answers for Monday, July 1

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Find the connections between the words to win today’s Connections game. getty Looking for tips and answers for Sunday Links? You can find them here: ForbesToday’s NYT ‘Connections’ tips and answers for Sunday, June 30from Chris Holt Hello everybody! Welcome to the start of a new week! Somehow, we are already in the middle of … Read more

Time crystals could unlock a radical new future for quantum computers: ScienceAlert

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The path to quantum supremacy is complicated by a fairytale challenge – how do you keep a cloud from changing its shape? The possible solution sounds almost as fantastic as the problem. You can direct the cloud to dance as it travels, to the beat of a unique material known as a time crystal. Krzysztof … Read more

Gaming Inbox: Was Next-Gen a Mistake?

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Would you be happy to keep playing PlayStation 4 for another five years? (Sony) The Monday Letters site isn’t surprised that smartphone owners don’t want to pay full price for games, as one reader tries to imagine an Elden Ring movie. To join the discussions, email yourself gamecentral@metro.co.uk The force of habitI found myself agreeing … Read more

Return of astronauts delayed as Boeing aims to fix Starliner spacecraft

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Two American astronauts have been delayed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as engineers try to fix problems with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Starliner is a joint project between Boeing and the American space agency NASA. of capsule arrived at the ISS on June 6. He had left the day before from Cape Canaveral in Florida. … Read more

NASA and SpaceX are studying ways to mitigate Dragon’s trunk debris

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WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX are considering how to change the Dragon spacecraft’s re-entry process to limit the amount of debris from the spacecraft’s trunk section that reaches Earth. In some cases, debris from parts of the Dragon spacecraft’s trunk, which are ejected from the capsule before the capsule performs a deorbit burn, have been … Read more

Boeing takes over struggling supplier Spirit AeroSystems: NPR

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Unfinished fuselages for the Boeing 737 during production at the Spirit AeroSystems plant in Wichita, Kan. Courtesy of Spirit AeroSystems hide title change the subtitles Courtesy of Spirit AeroSystems WASHINGTON – Boeing has reached an agreement to buy Spirit AeroSystems, one of its main suppliers, reuniting the aerospace giant with the plant that makes the … Read more