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Tiny satellite will use the dark side of the moon to eavesdrop on whispers from the early universe A tiny UK-developed satellite, roughly the size of a small carry-on suitcase, could help answer one of the biggest questions in cosmology: What happened during the roughly 150 million years of the cosmic dark ages, before…

A magnetic path to lower-power computing From smartphones to data centers, modern electronics rely on billions of tiny switches that consume electricity every time they turn on or off. As global demand for computing continues to grow, so does the energy required to power it. Scientists are therefore searching for alter…

Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts Over the past two decades, researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which tracks the iron in the hemoglobin supplying oxygen to neurons, have been building up increasingly detailed maps and inventories of the mammalian cortex. Thanks to huge advances in mac…

AI companies look to the ocean as a place to put more data centers The artificial intelligence boom is driving unprecedented demand for data centers, raising concerns about their growing energy consumption , water use and carbon footprint . These challenges are making companies look beyond traditional land-based data c…

Immune cells have a 'sense of touch,' scientists discover Scientists have long believed that tissue-resident memory T cells—which remain in tissues after an infection has cleared and respond rapidly if the threat returns—are shaped primarily by biochemical signals. A McGill University–led study has now uncovered a prev…