Quantum news biweekly vol.44, 12ve January — 27th January TL;DR Physicists have experimentally proven that an important theorem of statistical physics applies to so-called ‘Bose-Einstein condensates.’ Their results now make it possible to measure certain properties of the quantum ‘superparticles’ and deduce system characteristics that would otherwise be difficult to observe. …

Space biweekly vol.69, 10th January — 26th January TL;DR Research has revealed how supermassive black holes are feeding off gas clouds which reach them by traveling hundreds of thousands of light years from one galaxy to another. A team reveals the eventful migration history of planets bordering the Hot Neptune Desert…

Biweekly update vol.41, 11th January — 25th January TL;DR Dear community members, it’s time for our biweekly report on Humanode! The last two weeks were full of hard work — so let’s point out some key updates. First and foremost, Humanode Chain has just crossed an exciting milestone of 1 million…

A biweekly update on Layer 2 protocols, 9th January — 24th January TL;DR The sum of all funds locked on Ethereum converted to USD is $5.36 B at the time of writing. A new Arbitrum Nitro release is here. Nitro nodes now support RPC queries with the “safe” and “finalized” block…

Energy & green technology biweekly vol.41, 3rd January — 20th January TL;DR Chemical engineers have invented a solar-powered artificial leaf, built on a novel electrode which is transparent and porous, capable of harvesting water from the air for conversion into hydrogen fuel. The semiconductor-based technology is scalable and easy to prepare. …

Robotics biweekly vol.66, 30th December — 19th January TL;DR Until now, microscopic robotic systems have had to make do without arms. Now researchers have developed an ultrasonically actuated glass needle that can be attached to a robotic arm. This lets them pump and mix minuscule amounts of liquid and trap particles. …

Neuroscience biweekly vol. 76, 4th January — 18th January TL;DR A National Institutes of Health-funded effort involving researchers from Texas A&M University, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has used human genomics to identify a new genetic pathway involved in regulating…

Biweekly update on the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem vol.66, 3rd January — 17th January TL;DR $45B in DeFi this week with Lido dominance 17.11%. Latest Aave News: Initial Ethereum V3 assets, AGD renewal, Chaos covering V2, new Stani pods & more. Voting is currently live for which of two proposals should be…

Biometrics biweekly vol. 55, 2nd January — 16th January TL;DR Apple’s Face ID biometrics to go under display after iPhone 15 Vall-e has chopped its learning time to 3 seconds, and Microsoft might be near the big stake in Open AI Selfie biometrics deployed for KYC, hotel check-ins and Microsoft Teams …