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Tech Xplore / AI ignites 'ignored sector' for Japan chipmaker Kioxia

Robotic transporters carrying silicon wafers whizz by on overhead rails at a new factory that Kioxia, one of Japan's most valuable companies, hopes can help it meet overwhelming AI-driven demand.

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New cases slow in NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak; Met museum among buildings with positive tests

A Legionnaires' disease outbreak in a New York City neighborhood now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, health officials said Tuesday. They reported progress on inspections for the disease-causing bacteria—finding ...

18 hours ago
Tech Xplore / India approves $13 billion semiconductor plan

India approved a new semiconductor program Wednesday, offering more than $13 billion in financial assistance to accelerate local chip production as it seeks to become a global electronics powerhouse.

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Sri Lanka expands anti-dengue drive as deaths mount

Sri Lanka is intensifying a military-backed drive to contain the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever, a senior official said Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to 49 since the start of the year.

11 hours ago
Phys.org / Frame-dragging observations validate Einstein yet again

More than a century after Albert Einstein first transformed our understanding of gravity, his general theory of relativity continues to withstand ever more demanding experimental tests. Now, an international team led by Ignazio ...

Jul 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why are family doctors leaving the workforce? Retirement, burnout creating a US primary care 'brain drain'

A bad back led Dr. Dale Block to retire from family medicine in 2019 after nearly four decades of treating patients.

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Quantum-gravitational mechanism could explain the universe's homogeneity

Our universe is known to be remarkably homogeneous and isotropic. This essentially means that matter is distributed evenly throughout the universe and that it looks almost the same in all directions.

Jul 13, 2026
Phys.org / Hidden fifth dimension could tune dark matter resonance, new theory proposes

The mysterious substance that binds galaxies together could naturally be "in tune" with a hidden fifth dimension, according to a new University of Sheffield theory aiming to shed light on one of science's biggest enigmas: ...

Jul 13, 2026
Tech Xplore / Australian PM says to enact laws to govern AI

Australia will enact laws to regulate how artificial intelligence data centers use power and water and to protect creative copyright, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday.

17 hours ago
Phys.org / Two atmospheric patterns may explain why some heat waves in Europe persist

Many parts of Western Europe are currently wilting under a heat wave. These blistering spells can last for a week or more, and although they are common in most summers, it is difficult to predict how long they will last.

Jul 14, 2026
Dialog / Dark energy flips its sign, but the Hubble tension refuses to budge

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. In the late 1990s, two independent teams, the Supernova Cosmology Project, led by Saul Perlmutter, and the High-Z Supernova Search Team, led by ...

Jul 10, 2026
Phys.org / AI explored as tool for unraveling radicalization's complex drivers

Radicalization is a complex process, influenced by many variables that interact to varying degrees. AI scientist Mijke van den Hurk investigated whether artificial intelligence could help unravel this intricate interplay. ...

23 hours ago