Is Venmo down? Banking issues reported by thousands amid AWS outage
Amazon Web Services outage downs Snapchat, Fortnite and more An Amazon Web Services outage has downed leading websites…
Quantum radio antenna uses Rydberg states for sensitive, all-optical signal detection
Experimental setup for controlling the quantum radio antenna. Credit: Michal Parniak, University of Warsaw A team from the…
50-year mystery of ancient ‘subway deer’ discovered in Canada is solved
Specimen ROMM75974 of Torontoceros hypogaeus from the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. A) Photograph from anterior aspect. Credit: Paul…
Old-school material could power quantum computing and cut data center energy use
a) Phase-field simulated values of the in-plane polarization, Px, as a function of temperature, reflecting the degree of…
Quantum crystals offer a blueprint for the future of computing and chemistry
Scientists at Auburn University created a new type of material where electrons can move freely across a solid…
SpaceX’s 2nd Starship design ends final test. What is Version 3?
SpaceX has officially retired Version 2 of Starship after its most recent flight test Monday, Oct 13, from…
Starship flight 11. A look at the results of the first 10 launches.
The 11th flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, Oct. 13. The launch…
When is the Starship launch? What to know about SpaceX’s next flight
Here’s more about Starship, and what SpaceX is planning in its latest test for a spacecraft that could…
When is the next Starship launch? SpaceX announces date for flight 11
Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company is gearing for its fifth flight test of 2025 for a spacecraft that…
Researchers cut the time for a learning task from 20 million years to 15 minutes
The squeezer—an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that uses a nonlinear crystal inside an optical cavity to manipulate the…
3D particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate first true steady state in turbulent plasma
Electric currents spatial distribution in a steady-state turbulence. Credit: PRL (2025), DOI: 10.1103/3777-z37m Plasma is a state of…
Light-driven thermal barriers control fluid flow in three dimensions
Generation of a localized optofluidic barrier. Credit: Nature Photonics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01731-z Scientists at the Department of Applied…