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Microsoft Team Creates Glass Data Storage That Lasts 10,000 Years

Microsoft researchers have created a glass data storage system that can remain readable for 10,000 years. The method uses laser pulses to create tiny deformations inside borosilicate glass, storing 4.8 terabytes of data on a coaster-sized square. Unlike magnetic storage that degrades in a decade, this immutable glass needs no maintenance and could transform how data centers archive critical information.

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Germany’s TUM Spots Rare Supernova to Measure Universe Expansion

German researchers at TUM, LMU, and Max Planck Institutes have captured a rare supernova that appears five times in the sky due to gravitational lensing. The discovery, nicknamed SN Winny, offers a new way to measure the universe’s expansion rate and could help resolve the long-standing Hubble tension between different measurement methods.

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US Brookhaven Lab Builds ‘Cloud in a Box’ to Study Weather

Brookhaven National Laboratory has built a custom “cloud in a box”—a convection cloud chamber that lets scientists create and study clouds under controlled conditions. The one-cubic-meter chamber allows repeatable experiments on how clouds form, why some produce rain, and how aerosols affect them. The work addresses one of the biggest uncertainties in weather and climate models.

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