The James Webb Space Telescope has made history by directly imaging an exoplanet for the first time. The newly discovered world, with a mass similar to Saturn, orbits a young star called TWA 7, which is surrounded by a debris disk. The discovery was made possible by the telescope’s coronagraph, which blocked out the star’s…
Cluely, a startup co-founded by 21-year-old Roy Lee, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company claims to help users “cheat” on job interviews, exams, and sales calls using AI-powered tools. This news raises concerns about academic integrity and the potential misuse of technology to gain an unfair advantage….
A recent study by the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris has discovered that the majority of occupations in the French labour market act as “condenser” occupations, attracting workers from various backgrounds but offering limited options for further mobility. The researchers used a statistical physics analysis to identify four main clusters of jobs, including “diffuser,” “channel,” “hub,”…
Graph theory, a foundational tool in mathematics, has been revolutionizing our understanding of complex systems. Maria Chudnovsky, a leading mathematician at Princeton University, has made significant contributions to the field by solving the decades-old perfect graph problem. This breakthrough has far-reaching implications for various fields, including computer science, biology, and social networks. As researchers continue…
A groundbreaking mission by the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 has successfully replicated total solar eclipses from space, providing unprecedented insights into the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona. The spacecraft pair, orbiting Earth in an elliptical path, create artificial eclipses by lining up to block each other’s view of the sun, capturing data on the corona’s…
OpenAI has pulled a promotional video featuring CEO Sam Altman and Apple designer Jony Ive from its website and YouTube page due to a restraining order issued by a judge over a trademark complaint from iyO, a company that emerged from Alphabet X’s “moonshot factory.” The deal between OpenAI and io, a device startup co-founded…
Physicists in Japan and India have made a groundbreaking discovery in laser acceleration, which could triple the energies achievable in proton accelerators. The team used computer simulations to design a specially shaped target that enhances the acceleration process, allowing for longer and more efficient acceleration. This breakthrough has the potential to revolutionize fields such as…
Mathematicians have finally solved a centuries-old problem of how to design a tetrahedron that always lands on one face. The breakthrough, made by a team of researchers led by Gábor Domokos, involves distributing the weight of the tetrahedron unevenly to achieve the desired effect. The team has created a working physical model of the shape,…
Amazon’s upgraded digital assistant, Alexa+, has reached over a million users, offering more natural and personalized interactions, smart home integration, and expanded capabilities thanks to generative AI. The service, available for free during Early Access, will later be free for Prime customers and $19.99 per month for non-Prime users. Alexa+ aims to bring the digital…
Researchers at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) in Japan have developed an ultrasensitive small-animal PET scanner that enables sub-second dynamic imaging of a rat. This breakthrough technology has the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases by providing total-body rodent PET images with sub-second temporal resolution….