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- Chinese 'artificial sun' sets a record towards fusion power generation
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), commonly known as China's "artificial sun," has achieved a remarkable scientific milestone by maintaining steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for an impressive 1,066 seconds. This accomplishment, reached on Monday, sets a new world record and marks a significant breakthrough in the pursuit of fusion power generation.
- Illuminating an asymmetric gap in a topological antiferromagnet
Topological insulators (TIs) are among the hottest topics in condensed matter physics today. They're a bit strange: Their surfaces conduct electricity, yet their interiors do not, instead acting as insulators. Physicists consider TIs the materials of the future because they host fascinating new quantum phases of matter and have promising technological applications in electronics and quantum computing. Scientists are just now beginning to uncover connections between TIs and magnetism that could unlock new uses for these exotic materials.
- The Quadrantids: a strong meteor shower to start the year
The Quadrantid meteor shower kicks off the meteor-watching calendar, peaking this year on 3 January. Renowned for its reliability, it consistently ranks among the best annual meteor displays.
- Catch Mercury’s end of year pre-dawn show
Mercury ends the year on a high as a pre-dawn object during primarily the second half of December.
- Archaeologists uncovered 3,500-year-old royal rest house in Egypt
Archaeologists working in northeastern Egypt have uncovered the remains of a 3,500-year-old structure believed to be a royal rest house at the Tel Habwa archaeological site in the Northern Sinai region. This discovery sheds light on the strategic importance of the area during the reign of Thutmose III, a prominent pharaoh of ancient Egypt. The The post Archaeologists uncovered 3,500-year-old royal rest house in Egypt appeared first on Archaeology News Online Magazine.
- Ptolemaic-era statue head discovered at Alexandria’s Taposiris Magna
A French archaeological mission, headed by Dr. Joachim Le Bomin from the University of Lyon and the IFAO (French Institute of Oriental Archaeology) in Cairo, has achieved a most intriguing finding at the ancient site of Taposiris Magna, 45 km west of Alexandria in Egypt. Here, archaeologists retrieved a marble head from the Ptolemaic era The post Ptolemaic-era statue head discovered at Alexandria’s Taposiris Magna appeared first on Archaeology News Online Magazine.
- The video games bedeviling Elon Musk
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 Skepticism rages about whether Elon Musk actually put in the hours to become a top player of video games "Diablo IV" and "Path of Exile 2." The fourth main installment in the Blizzard Entertainment series "Diablo" came out in 2023 and a "Vessel of Hatred" expansion pack was released late last year. Role-playing title "Path of Exile 2," available to those who pay for early access, is expe
- Signatures of Ice-Free Ancient Ponds and Lakes Found on Mars
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried bodies of water preserved in the rock record. Wave ripples are small undulations in the sandy shores of lakebeds, created as wind-driven water laps back and forth. The two sets of ripples indicate the former presence of shallow water that was open to the Martian air, not covered by ice as some climate
- Earth's elusive 'ignorosphere' could shed new light on auroras
Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space.
- Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration
Finland just became the Artemis Accords' 53rd member nation, bolstering NASA's efforts to establish peaceful and cooperative international space exploration.
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