A Lightmatter photonic processor – credit Lightmatter, released A tech firm has just demonstrated that a computer chip using light and the speed at which it moves for processing is capable of handling real-world computer workloads at revolutionary speeds and energy efficiency. The firm’s CEO has called it a “technology marvel” that stands to change…
At least 98 people have been killed and more than 150 injured after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic’s capital Santo Domingo, officials have said. A provincial governor and former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel were among the victims. Dotel, 51, died on the way to hospital after being pulled…
Henry Daniell, Penn’s School of Dental Medicine – credit: Kevin Monko, Penn News Scientists in Pennsylvania have created a kind of antiviral chewing gum made from the Australian pea plant. Containing a strong antiviral protein, the researches have used it to reduce the viral load in patients’ mouths for both influenza and herpes simplex viruses.…
The Duke of Sussex was “singled out for different, unjustified and inferior treatment” in a decision to downgrade the level of security he receives in the UK, the Court of Appeal has heard. Prince Harry is making his latest legal challenge after the High Court upheld the decision that he should not be provided with…
credit – Colocolo Project, via Instagram A conservation nonprofit in Chile has delighted South American ecologists with the daytime camera trap footage of a Pampas cat, an extremely rare, non-endangered, and little-understood small wildcat species. Named after the characteristic South American environment they thrive in, the “Colocolo,” to use the local name, looks like a…
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Getty Images The King and Queen will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on Wednesday King Charles and Queen Camilla have released new photographs to mark their 20th wedding anniversary later this week, with the couple smiling and looking relaxed in images taken soon after they arrived in Italy for a state…
Maritza Castro (Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile (FCM-UCN)) and other researchers react with excitement in the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Mission Control room on Research Vessel Falkor – credit: Alex Ingle / Schmidt Ocean Institute After a Chicago-sized iceberg broke off from Antarctica, a research vessel changed plans and went to explore an underwater world…
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to only sign a trade deal with the US that is in the UK’s “national interest,” as he warned about the impact of President Trump’s tariffs. The prime minister said the import taxes announced by the US president last week – which have prompted economic turbulence across the world…
Resident foxes Ridley and Reef at Pawsitie Beginnings, Florida – credit Pawsitive Beginnings, supplied A nonprofit organization that provides a safe and permanent home for foxes rescued from the fur trade, celebrated its fifth anniversary in March with a call for donations. Proceeds would go to updating and improving the housing where the group keeps…
The UK treasury plans to water down rules for private equity and hedge funds by introducing softer regulations for smaller groups to incentivise investment, the Financial Times reports. And US President Donald Trump’s officials show no sign of halting the “bruising tariffs” on imports from around the world and are rejecting “fears of a looming…
