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Engineers bend light to enhance wavelength conversion
Schematic of InAs lattice in contact with a nanoantenna array that bends incoming light so it is tightly confined around…
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Remarkable Things Happen When a “Squishy” Compound Is Compressed
As a compound of manganese sulfide is compressed in a diamond anvil cell, it undergoes dramatic transitions. In this illustration,…
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Largest US quake in half-century causes Alaska little damage
A line of cars evacuates the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska on July 28, 2021, after a tsunami warning was…
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Before becoming the web’s video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?
Choose your answer and the correct choice will be revealed. Former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim…
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A New Method to Preventing Human-Induced Earthquakes Caused by the Oil and Gas Industry
By Jennifer Chu. Massachusetts Institute of Technology July 29, 2021 Researchers have found a way to reduce earthquakes triggered by…
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Biden said he supports passing immigration reform through the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan without any GOP support
President Joe Biden said Thursday he supports passing immigration reform without GOP support. Democrats are hoping to pass a $3.5…
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Watch Highlights of Rocket Lab’s Spectacular Night Launch | Digital Trends
Rocket Lab successfully launched a small satellite for the U.S. military on Thursday, July 29. The mission was the first…
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The first 12th-gen Intel “Alder Lake” CPUs to hit the market will target enthusiasts
Highly anticipated: Intel is scrambling to get Alder Lake ready, but the company may only reveal the enthusiast grade CPUs…
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Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have made Earth’s largest ripple marks
The asteroid impact that slew the dinosaurs may have also indirectly sculpted the largest ripple marks ever found on Earth.…
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Dell Practically Giving Away The Inspiron 15 Plus Laptop | Digital Trends
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. The start of the new school…
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Viruses can kill wasp larvae that grow inside infected caterpillars
When parasitic wasps come calling, some caterpillars have a surprising ally: a viral infection. Insects called parasitoid wasps lay their…
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Using Sunlight to Acquire Energy: A Genome of Photosynthetic Animals Decoded
The photosynthetic sea slug, Plakobranchus ocellatus type black, (left) and an electron micrograph displaying sequestered algal chloroplasts within a sea…
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AI learns physics to optimize particle accelerator performance
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, vastly speeds up computational tasks and enables new technology…
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Understanding Extreme Past Climate Change “Tipping Points” to Help Us Prepare for the Future
Of all the creatures on Earth, humans manipulate their environments the most. But, how far can we push it before…
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It’s National Chicken Wing Day. From Buffalo Wild Wings to Hooters, here are some of the restaurants offering free or discounted food.
Several restaurants are offering free food and discounts for National Chicken Wing Day on Thursday. Buffalo Wild Wings and Hooters…
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The strange case of an octopus with 36 arms
Josie Ford It’s got legs Slightly off-putting news comes from Japan that a 36-armed octopus has recently debuted in an…
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Alienware Gaming Monitors Up To $290 Off Right Now – Hurry! | Digital Trends
After buying an upgrade from gaming PC deals, you shouldn’t go cheap with the accessories, such as your keyboard, mouse,…
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Russian lab module docks with space station after 8-day trip
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Russia’s long-delayed lab module successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, eight days after…
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We Are More Forgiving When People Close to Us Misbehave – But There Is a Danger
Leniency may come at cost of judger’s self-worth, danger of normalizing unethical behavior, study says. When people behave badly or…
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Why invertebrates should be included in animal welfare protections
By Nicola Clayton and Alexandra Schnell Michelle D’urbano FRANKLIN the cuttlefish considered the juicy prawn meat morsel in front of…
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Dead, shriveled frogs are unexpectedly turning up across eastern Australia: We need your help to find out why
Green tree frog. Credit: Jodi Rowley, Author provided Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a flurry of emails from…
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Polar bears sometimes bludgeon walruses to death with stones or ice
Walruses, weighing as much as 1,300 kilograms with huge tusks and nearly impenetrable skulls, are almost impossible for a hungry…
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10 tips for popular messaging apps | Popular Science
This story has been updated. It was originally published on October 24, 2017. Whether you call it texting, instant messaging,…
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Spin-sonics: Acoustic wave gets the electrons spinning
Representation of the spin of a nanoscale acoustic wave. Credit: Maximilian Sonner, Institute of Physics at the University of Augsburg…
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An attendee at a recent Uber board meeting had COVID-19 and later infected other employees
An attendee at a recent Uber board meeting had COVID-19 and infected multiple employees present, sources tell Insider. None of…
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How to Shoot ‘Otherworldly’ Night Mode Shots on iPhone | Digital Trends
Apple has shared a new video featuring ideas on how to get “otherworldly” images using the iPhone camera’s Night mode…
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Walmart Is Practically Giving Away This Roomba E6 Today | Digital Trends
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Summer is about relaxing, and as…
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Parents’ second-hand marijuana smoke may cause colds in children
By Clare Wilson Smoke from cannabis may be harmful to others THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images Children whose parents smoke…
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Steve Jobs’ 1973 Job Application Auctions for Record Amount | Digital Trends
A job application filled out by the late Apple boss Steve Jobs in 1973 has auctioned for $343,000. It’s the…
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Trump threatened to primary GOP lawmakers who favor the bipartisan infrastructure plan. 17 Republicans just voted to advance it, including Mitch McConnell.
President Trump threatened primary challengers to any Republicans who support the bipartisan infrastructure deal. The former president has railed against…
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The Best Shows on Peacock Right Now (August 2021) | Digital Trends
Peacock is really making waves, not only with a vast library of network TV content from NBC, Showtime, and others,…
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Variations in climate conditions affect reproductive success of Antarctic krill, study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Climate conditions play a significant role in the reproductive success of mature female Antarctic krill and…
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Audio-Technica Headphone Prices Cut in Half at Dell Today | Digital Trends
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Nothing can upgrade your home theater…
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Cosmic Rays Help Supernovae Explosions Pack a Dramatically More Massive Punch
The final stage of cataclysmic explosions of dying massive stars, called supernovae, could pack an up to six times bigger…
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TSMC gets green light on 2nm fab, plans to have it operational in 2024
The big picture: Just days after Intel said it was optimistic about retaking process technology leadership by 2025, TSMC comes…
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Study: Public private partnerships better at promoting equity than widely assumed
Distributions of Adjusted DBE Goal and Adjusted DBE Attainment by Delivery Method. Credit: A. James Clark School of Engineering. University…
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A 10% raise helped McDonald’s corporate office ease its worker shortage, CEO says
Raising wages seems to have helped McDonald’s attract workers, along with unemployment benefits ending. “We’re getting close to full staffing…
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Nanostructures Enable Record High-Harmonic Generation From Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses
Illustration of an infrared laser hitting a gallium-phosphide metsurface, which efficiently produces even and odd high-harmonic generation. Credit: Daniil Shilkin…
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Sponge fossils suggest animals already existed 890 million years ago
By Michael Marshall Microscopic calcite structures reveal the protein skeleton of an ancient sponge E.C. Turner The origin of animals…
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Shopify’s Exchange marketplace encourages big roll-up firms to buy up small businesses — but merchants say there are some pitfalls
Shopify has a marketplace where merchants can sell their businesses to interested buyers. Merchants selling their businesses there say it’s…
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Strange Black Hole Discovery Confirms Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
Researchers observed bright flares of X-ray emissions, produced as gas falls into a supermassive black hole. The flares echoed off…
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Morgan Stanley just raised base pay for first- and second-year investment-banking and capital markets analysts worldwide, with entry-level bankers now making $100,000
Morgan Stanley is raising base pay for junior investment bankers and global-capital-markets employees. The raises will apply to first- and…
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Facebook suspends Oculus Quest 2 sales over skin irritation reports
What just happened? Sales of the Oculus Quest 2, the most popular VR headset by far among Steam Survey participants,…
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Western wildfires calm down in cool weather, but losses grow
A firefighter uses a drip torch to ignite vegetation while trying to stop the Dixie Fire from spreading in Lassen…
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Wall Street intern diaries — Millennium poaches JPM star — 411 on NDAs
Welcome to Insider Finance. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. On the agenda today: Let’s get started. …
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The tiny dot in this image may be the first look at exomoons in the making
New telescope images may provide the first view of moons forming outside the solar system. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array…
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Samsung reveals the 49-inch Odyssey Neo G9: Mini LED and 2,000 nits for $2,499
What just happened? Samsung has announced the successor to its 49-inch Odyssey G9 gaming monitor: the Odyssey Neo G9. As…
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Heating Up in Tokyo – Challenging Temperatures Confront Athletes Competing in the Olympic Games
August 17, 2019 August 17, 2019 Ever-warmer summers are among the challenges confronting athletes competing in the Olympic Games. As…
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DOJ and House lawyers will not represent Rep. Mo Brooks in a Capitol riots lawsuit filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell
The US government will not represent Rep. Mo Brooks in a Capitol riot lawsuit filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell. The…
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Dell XPS 13 Laptops Are Unbelievably Cheap Today | Digital Trends
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