The Smelter is a machine that takes raw materials like Wolfram Ore and turns them into constructed blocks. At first, the ...

Columbia researchers Sebastian Will and Nanfang Yu combine optical tweezers with metasurfaces to trap over 1,000 atoms—with the potential to capture hundreds of thousands more.

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(Bloomberg) --TikTok’s long-delayed plan to separate from Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. was put in motion Thursday when the video sharing sensation said it’s being bought by a group of buyers led by ...

The U.S. is approaching a pivotal but uncertain moment for crypto regulation, as lawmakers race to pass a complex market structure bill in early 2026. Bitcoin’s renewed quantum debate reflects a ...

Memory is the faculty by which the brain encodes, stores, and retrieves information. It is a record of experience that guides future action. Memory encompasses the facts and experiential details that ...

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