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Record-breaking chip sidesteps Moore’s law by growing upwards

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 17/10/2025 - 13:00
A new chip design includes 41 vertical layers of semiconductor and insulator materials, which allow it to outrun the limits of miniaturisation
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Record-breaking chip sidesteps Moore’s law by growing upwards

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 17/10/2025 - 13:00
A new chip design includes 41 vertical layers of semiconductor and insulator materials, which allow it to outrun the limits of miniaturisation
Categories: Science

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Oct 17, 2025)

Daily Brain Teaser - Fri, 17/10/2025 - 03:00
Guess the Animals #2

Find out what the animals are! (for example, "To run away or escape" could be a "flea")

1. A strong body tissue
2. Government head of a town/city
3. To sound low, husky, or grating
4. Relating to a group of singers
5. Stealin'
6. A parent's female sibling
7. A mythical curse or bond
8. A second-person pronoun
9. Thin thread-like outgrowth from the skin
10. To exist. A form of 'am' or 'was.'


Check Braingle.com for the answer.
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The centre of our galaxy may be teeming with dark matter particles

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 23:40
A mysterious excess of gamma rays in the middle of the Milky Way may come from dark matter particles smashing into one another and annihilating
Categories: Science

The centre of our galaxy may be teeming with dark matter particles

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 23:40
A mysterious excess of gamma rays in the middle of the Milky Way may come from dark matter particles smashing into one another and annihilating
Categories: Science

There's a simple way we could drastically cut AI energy use

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 20:00
If users chose the most efficient model each time they performed a task with AI, researchers calculate it would slash energy consumption by more than a quarter
Categories: Science

There's a simple way we could drastically cut AI energy use

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 20:00
If users chose the most efficient model each time they performed a task with AI, researchers calculate it would slash energy consumption by more than a quarter
Categories: Science

Are biofuels a good idea? Only if you're a farmer or shipping company

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 18:00
The rush to grow more biofuels continues, despite the fact they increase CO2 emissions rather than lower them, raise food prices and devastate nature. It has to stop, says Michael Le Page
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Are biofuels a good idea? Only if you're a farmer or shipping company

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 18:00
The rush to grow more biofuels continues, despite the fact they increase CO2 emissions rather than lower them, raise food prices and devastate nature. It has to stop, says Michael Le Page
Categories: Science

School phone bans may actually harm some students' mental health

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 16:00
The evidence to support phone bans in schools has been inconclusive, and now it seems that the move could harm some students' mental health in a particular way
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School phone bans may actually harm some students' mental health

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 16:00
The evidence to support phone bans in schools has been inconclusive, and now it seems that the move could harm some students' mental health in a particular way
Categories: Science

Mathematicians have found a hidden 'reset button' for undoing rotation

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 14:00
Mathematicians thought that they understood how rotation works, but now a new proof has revealed a surprising twist that makes it possible to reset even a complex sequence of motion
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Mathematicians have found a hidden 'reset button' for undoing rotation

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 14:00
Mathematicians thought that they understood how rotation works, but now a new proof has revealed a surprising twist that makes it possible to reset even a complex sequence of motion
Categories: Science

Daily Brain Teaser for Oct 16, 2025

Daily Brain Teaser - Thu, 16/10/2025 - 03:00
Alphabetically Challenged

What is the meaning of this rebus?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQUSTRVWXYZ


Check Braingle.com for the answer.
Categories: Brain Teaser

Why the next generation of mRNA vaccines is set to be even better

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 15/10/2025 - 22:00
mRNA vaccines are quick and easy to make, while virus-like nanoparticles produce a stronger immune response. Now, the two approaches are being combined to give us the best of both worlds
Categories: Science

Why the next generation of mRNA vaccines is set to be even better

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 15/10/2025 - 22:00
mRNA vaccines are quick and easy to make, while virus-like nanoparticles produce a stronger immune response. Now, the two approaches are being combined to give us the best of both worlds
Categories: Science

Ancient lead exposure may have influenced how our brains evolved

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 15/10/2025 - 22:00
Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens may have coped better than our close relatives
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Ancient lead exposure may have influenced how our brains evolved

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 15/10/2025 - 22:00
Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens may have coped better than our close relatives
Categories: Science

We've hit a climate tipping point, but leaders seem unlikely to act

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 15/10/2025 - 21:00
A report on the state of the climate has concluded coral reefs are on a knife-edge, even as the world shifts away from making good on net zero
Categories: Science

If you love AI, you'll love Ken Liu's new cyberpunk thriller

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 15/10/2025 - 21:00
In Ken Liu's All That We See or Seem, a once-famous hacker must find a missing dream-weaver. One for AI fans, but it didn't quite work for Emily H. Wilson
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