Jan 6th, 2026 - A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It's rich with the same hydrogen gas that births suns and planets, and it lies within a halo of dark matter , the same invisible stuff that holds galaxies together. Yet it's missing one key component of glittering galaxies like our own Milky Way: stars. Nicknamed Cloud-9, the gas cloud is technically the best-yet example of a RELHIC, or Reionization-Limited H I Cloud. The "H I" stands for Cloud-9's bounty of neutral hydrogen, and "RELHIC" refers to what astronomers believe the object to be: a primordial ... [Read More]

Jan 5th, 2026 - Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world's rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction. The North Atlantic right whale's population numbers an estimated 384 animals and is slowly rising after several years of decline. The whales have gained more than 7% of their 2020 population, according to scientists who study them. The whales give birth off the southeastern United States every winter before ... [Read More]

Jan 5th, 2026 - Researchers at Google have used their Willow quantum computer to demonstrate that "quantum contextuality" may be a crucial ingredient for its computational prowess What is it about quantum computers that makes them more powerful than conventional machines? A new experiment shows that the property of "quantum contextuality" may be a key ingredient. Quantum computers are fundamentally different from all other computers because they harness uniquely quantum phenomena absent from conventional electronics. For instance, their building blocks, which are called qubits, are routinely put into ... [Read More]

Jan 5th, 2026 - An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene linked to a severe neurodevelopmental disorder not previously described. The study published in Nature Neuroscience offers a new approach to identifying genes involved in neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In a new study published today in Nature Neuroscience , researchers led by Prof. Sagiv Shifman from The Institute of Life Sciences ... [Read More]

Jan 5th, 2026 - Home » Quantum Computing Stats, Trends & Future 2026: Crucial Year for Quantum Security Quantum Computing Stats, Trends & Future 2026: Crucial Year for Quantum Security 1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) The encryption protecting billions of dollars, which experts once called unbreakable, no longer works. Hackers don't need passwords. They don't brute-force keys. They simply walk through digital vaults that were supposed to last for decades. This is the future quantum computing is pulling toward us quietly, steadily, and faster than most organizations realize. Quantum computers don't ... [Read More]

Jan 5th, 2026 - The world is going through an energy crisis. It needs lots of clean energy. While each day, the Sun rises in the sky and showers it with a bounty of energy, we have not yet mastered how to make full use of it to fulfill all of the humans' needs. That's why scientists are designing instruments that can mimic the  processes of the Sun and the stars to create alternative sources of limitless, clean energy on Earth. It's like traveling to the Sun and scooping out a piece of the hot fireball to bring home, and then making clones of this piece to generate as much energy as needed. It's ... [Read More]

Jan 5th, 2026 - Corp, a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI, and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, announced that its C-suite leadership, led by its Founder and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Moreira, will conduct a strategic roadshow across India in early January to accelerate the establishment of a post-quantum semiconductor personalization center and to advance collaboration on post-quantum satellite initiatives with WISeSat.Space. The roadshow, which will take place from January 5-9, 2026, with visits to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Hyderabad, and ... [Read More]

Jan 4th, 2026 - Follow Earth on Google Two small galaxies are caught in the middle of a cosmic exchange. About 24 million light-years away, a thin bridge of newborn stars links NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, tracing where gravity has stripped gas and triggered fresh star formation. With the sharp vision of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers can now watch this process unfold in striking detail. Both galaxies are dwarfs – small, gas-rich systems that resemble the kinds of galaxies common in the early universe. Their interaction offers a nearby window into how gravity moves gas, dilutes metals, and ... [Read More]