New technique sharpens predictions of metal alloy behavior by capturing subtle atomic patterns

Companies working at the frontier of aerospace, energy and computing are constantly looking for new materials to improve ...
Scientific American

JWST catches cosmic imposters spoofing faraway galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope has found nearby brown dwarfs masquerading as far-distant galaxies. The discovery reinforces ...

How do flocking birds and schools of fish move? New research offers crystal-clear answer

Flocking birds and schools of fish are a familiar sight. While previous research has uncovered the broad dynamics driving ...

Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

During its journey through the atmosphere over tens of miles, the asteroid collides with air molecules, and the incredible ...
Oak Ridge National Lab

Researchers ‘reprogram’ materials by quickly rearranging their atoms

Andy Lupini, distinguished R&D staff member of ORNL’s Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis Group, and Kevin Roccapriore — on entrepreneurial leave from ORNL’s Data NanoAnalytics Group to launch the ...
The Next Web

Java’s biggest language change in a decade is finally landing. It took 197,000 lines of code.

Project Valhalla's JEP 401 will bring value classes to JDK 28, removing object identity from Java types in a 197,000-line change twelve years in the making ...
Quanta Magazine

How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?

How many kinds of elementary particles should I say there are? In experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, physicists smash ...
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Touching different objects turns the Minecraft world into realistic shapes

Minecraft master Craftee alters reality itself by turning everyday objects into lifelike versions of themselves. Iran strikes US bases in Jordan and Bahrain after helicopter downing Graham Platner ...
Time

The Cost of Being Different

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InfoWorld

JDK 26: The new features in Java 26

JDK 26 moves to general production availability. This short-term release is backed by six months of Premier-level support. Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, the latest standard Java release from Oracle, ...
Engadget

Google's Circle to Search can now identify multiple objects in an image

To coincide with the release of Samsung's new Galaxy S26 family of phones, Google is pushing out a small but meaningful update to Circle to Search. As a reminder, Circle to Search allows you to carry ...
housedigest

11 Different Types Of Bird Feeders (& The Species They Best Attract)

If you're hoping to increase biodiversity in your yard and invite more wildlife, one of the best things to do is put out some bird feeders. This provides supplemental sustenance for the winged ...