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Physicists Reveal a New Quantum State Where Electrons Run Wild

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

ScienceDaily reports:Electrons can freeze into strange geometric crystals and then melt back into liquid-like motion under the right quantum conditions. Researchers identified how to tune these transitions and even discovered a bizarre “pinball” state where some electrons stay locked in place while others dart around freely. Their simulations help explain how these phases form and how they...

Tiny ‘Micro-Robots’ in your Bloodstream Could Deliver Drugs with Greater Precision

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

The Washington Post reports:Scientists in Switzerland have created a robot the size of a grain of sand that is controlled by magnets and can deliver drugs to a precise location in the human body, a breakthrough aimed at reducing the severe side effects that stop many medicines from advancing in clinical trials… “I think surgeons are going to look at this,” [said Bradley J. Nelson, an author of...

Uber price problem in South Africa

Today at 16:09 PM, via MyBroadband

Uber risks losing out on rides in South Africa as its prices for some routes are substantially higher than those of its rivals.

Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

A California judge has shut down a decade-long surveillance program in which Sacramento’s utility provider shared granular smart-meter data on 650,000 residents with police to hunt for cannabis grows. The EFF reports: The Sacramento County Superior Court ruled that the surveillance program run by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and police violated a state privacy statute, which...

Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song

Today at 12:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from 404 Media: The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru. The Kremlin once called its Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missiles “invincible.” Joe Biden said the missile was “almost impossible to stop.” Now Ukrainian electronic warfare...

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