DARPA has launched its “Frosty” program, soliciting industry proposals for radical new radar processing that can track drones and ships in the chaotic Arctic. The tech must achieve 90% detection probability at 75 km through auroral interference, with testing planned for Alaska through 2028.
A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled a chemical method that extracts gold from electronic waste with 98.2% efficiency in less than 20 minutes. The cost? Just US$1,455 per ounce, making “urban mining” from millions of tonnes of e-waste a highly profitable and eco-friendly venture.
Researchers, including teams from Microsoft Research, used AI genome-language models to design and produce 16 functional viruses from scratch. The breakthrough highlights a critical biosecurity gap, as the same AI can redesign toxins to evade standard DNA safety screens.
An Arizona State University-led team discovered two never-before-seen viruses in Caribbean pilot whales and orcas. The find reveals hidden ocean viral diversity and suggests an ancient evolutionary link between circoviruses and whales.
Texas A&M University physicist Dr. Rupak Mahapatra is pioneering ultra-sensitive, cryogenic quantum detectors for the TESSERACT experiment, hunting for dark matter—the invisible 27% of the universe. His team’s work pushes technology to its limits to solve one of science’s greatest mysteries.
NASA and US Naval Research Laboratory astronomers, led by Dr. Emma Schwartzman, report the first detection of three supermassive black holes all emitting radio jets while merging. The system, J1218/1219+1035, located 1.2 billion light-years away, offers a unique view of how the universe’s largest black holes grow.
This week’s science news includes a rescheduled eruption forecast for Oregon’s Axial Seamount volcano in 2026, legal rights granted to the world’s oldest bee in Peru, and the JWST’s discovery of a thick atmosphere on a distant lava world, via IFLScience.
China’s astronaut corps of 28 members has completed a brutal, month-long cave survival training to prepare for lunar missions. The exercise, directed by veteran Ye Guangfu, tested psychological limits and teamwork in isolation, mirroring the challenges of deep space exploration.
Samsung Electronics and its rivals have launched a counteroffensive against the smartphone at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, deploying massive new screens and artificial
Researchers at Texas A&M University, led by Dr. Mirjam Fürth, have developed the SMART-SEA AI system. Using machine learning and raw radar, it acts as a human-in-the-loop advisor for ships, aiming to drastically reduce collisions caused by human error in complex maritime environments.
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