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In most materials, the way heat is absorbed and the way it is emitted are inseparable. If a surface absorbs heat efficiently from a particular direction or wavelength, it also emits heat the same way. This long established principle, known as reciprocity, has made it difficult for scientists to independently control how thermal energy enters…
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Supermassive black holes (SMBH) can be extraordinarily messy eaters. When a star comes to close, the SMBH’s overwhelming tidal force can not only suck the star in, but it stretches it out and tears it apart before it consumes it. This is actually a good thing for astrophysicists, since it makes SMBHs easier to detect….
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In the realm of kaiju cinema, Godzilla reigns supreme. Toho’s 1954 original Godzilla essentially launched both kaiju (giant monster) and tokusatsu (live-action special effects) cinema traditions. The Godzilla franchise has grown into a global multimedia juggernaut spanning 40 films (counting Toho and Legendary productions), video games, cartoons, and other media. By comparison, the Gamera franchise…
US research team uses Unitree G1 humanoid robot to perform surgery on live pigs, the world’s first
Unitree’s G1 humanoid robots perform live porcine laparoscopic cholecystectomies. Photo: Screenshot of a study published in Nature A US research team has used Unitree G1 humanoid robot to successfully perform standard laparoscopic cholecystectomies on two live pigs, during which the robot is teleoperated to manipulate manual laparoscopic instruments, according to a study published in Nature…
A Chinese AI Model Just Shot to Number One on the Charts, Sending Shockwaves Through the American Tech Industry
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech While Wall Street was fast asleep, a Chinese-made large language model quietly leapfrogged 16 other models to become number one on the AI charts. The model is called Kimi-K3, developed by Beijing-based firm Moonshot AI. On Thursday, the…
