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Large earthquakes have struck around the world in quick succession, making them feel more frequent. Statistics show their frequency is average or even below average. Better monitoring technology, damage in densely populated areas, and psychological biases in media coverage all help create the misperception.
A Durham University study estimates depleted North Sea oil and gas fields could store 3,659 TWh of hydrogen—over seven years of the UK's projected 2040 electricity demand. But Centriga's Rough project, the only concrete plan so far, would add just 10 TWh, underscoring the gap between theory and implementation.
RIKEN and collaborators have demonstrated a multi-laser irradiation method for generating EUV light from a 2µm solid-state laser. Using a tin flat-plate target, the technique raised conversion efficiency from 2.6% to 3.6% at the same total energy.
IMS's 'Shunkai' has begun operating with about 50 qubits. Being Japan's first isn't about scale—it's about integrating everything from software to the QPU, moving error-correction research onto real hardware.
A research team at the University of Adelaide and other institutions has developed a purple textile whose surface temperature runs 4.2°C cooler than white cotton. By harnessing a metal-organic framework (MOF), the material releases heat into space through an atmospheric window, achieving both vivid color and strong cooling performance at once.
Researchers at Kyoto University demonstrated a silicon carbide transistor operating at 600°C using an ion-implantation structure compatible with standard manufacturing. The design cut threshold voltage variation from over 2V to under 0.1V, pointing toward mass production of high-temperature SiC integrated circuits.
A Chinese research team has succeeded in raising a material's superconducting transition temperature using vacuum fluctuations amplified inside a resonator, without any external energy input. By controlling material properties through interactions with virtual photons, the technique points toward a new way of engineering the vacuum itself.
A Harvard team cultured brain organoids for more than five years and found that their DNA methylation clocks progressed at the same pace as in the living body. The cells appeared to "remember" elapsed time, skipping developmental stages when transplanted elsewhere. This opens an experimental model for postnatal brain maturation.
A peer-reviewed study testing 10 AI models found that majority-following behavior in AI agents varies with group size and model. The 1,000-agent figure is not evidence of complex cooperation but the upper limit tested in a binary-choice experiment.
Precise Bio's 3D-bioprinted corneal endothelium implant, PB-001, has entered a Phase 1 trial with a planned enrollment of 15 people. Human results remain unpublished, leaving safety and 12-month vision, corneal thickness, and cell density outcomes still to be confirmed.
