Quote of the Week
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
Franklin D. RooseveltTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
A space elevator connecting Earth and the Moon could be closer than ever
One space elevator concept demands extraordinary graphene. Another changes the physics enough that today’s fibers could theoretically work.
An atom-and-photon network just found a new way to store AI memories
Ultracold atoms and photons turned a frustrated spin glass into an unusual memory network with unexpectedly high storage capacity.
Astronomers spot signs of comets transporting water to a young solar system PDS 70
Fast-moving sodium clouds may trace icy comets plunging through one of the youngest planetary systems ever studied this way.
MIT physicists show why a laser made of neutrinos is impossible
A bold plan to amplify ghostly neutrinos fails two separate quantum tests, according to companion MIT physics papers.