logitech (54)in #technology • 13 hours agoA chip that steers light with light, in 74 femtosecondsMost ways of pointing a laser beam somewhere else are slow. You can move a mirror, but that's mechanical and takes…logitech (54)in #science • yesterdayA material that blocks heat and is still stiffGood thermal insulators are almost always soft. Foam, aerogel, fiberglass, the padding in a winter jacket. They work…logitech (54)in #technology • 2 days agoMRI machines have a blind spot right after the pulse, and a Stuttgart team closed itHere is something about MRI I did not know until this week. The machine hits your tissue with a strong radio pulse…logitech (54)in #engineering • 3 days agoMachines might work better when the parts don't matchHere is something that goes against what I thought I knew. If you have a network of things that need to work…logitech (54)in #technology • 3 days agoLetting an AI break the rules in the middle, as long as the answer is right at the endMost generative AI is good at "close enough." That's fine for a picture or a paragraph. It's useless for a robot arm…logitech (54)in #science • 4 days agoThe youngest planet we know of is under a million years oldAstronomers have confirmed a planet that is less than a million years old. It's called Elias 2-24 b, and NASA…logitech (54)in #energy • 4 days agoSolar cells that actually work 10 meters underwaterI read about this in a study published in Joule last week. It's a nice example of solving a problem by changing the…logitech (54)in #science • 5 days agoThe Higgs boson has a decay that happens once in 10,000 times, and ATLAS found itThe ATLAS collaboration at CERN published a result this week that I thought was worth reading about. They have…logitech (54)in #technology • 5 days agoMost of the light an LED makes never gets outI read about a new LED design from Lund University in Sweden, and the thing that stuck with me was a number I did not…logitech (54)in #technology • 6 days agoQuantum computers get faster by doing one step instead of a thousandI read something this week that I keep coming back to. Researchers at Chalmers University in Sweden found a way to run…logitech (54)in #health • 6 days agoA big review of knee arthritis treatments put the cheapest one on topA study came across my feed this week that I think is worth passing on. Researchers pooled 139 randomized trials with…logitech (54)in #science • 7 days agoA submarine that sank in 1917 is still leaking TNTIn April 1917 a German submarine called UC-30 was moving past the Danish island of Rømø. It hit a British mine and…logitech (54)in #science • 7 days agoThe chemistry rule I learned in school turns out to be mostly wrongI read about a study this weekend and went back to check my old notes, because it did not match what I remembered…logitech (54)in #science • 8 days agoSaturn now has a ten-sided shape at its south poleI went down a bit of a rabbit hole today and ended up reading about Saturn, so here we go. You probably already know…logitech (54)in #science • 9 days agoA feather in dinosaur poop, and why birds are still hereI have a soft spot for fossil news, and this one from this week made me stop scrolling. Researchers led by the…logitech (54)in #science • 9 days agoA Wordle strategy that wins 99 percent of the timeI read a story yesterday about researchers at Binghamton University who came up with a Wordle strategy that solves the…logitech (54)in #dmania • 9 years agoNot all heroes wear capes ^2View post on dManialogitech (54)in #dmania • 9 years agoTake this game to the next levelView post on dManialogitech (54)in #dmania • 9 years agoEvery timeView post on dManialogitech (54)in #dmania • 9 years agoTitles are hardView post on dMania
