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IBM uses quantum computing to tackle fusion energy fuel challenge
IBM International Business Machines Corporation and Finnish quantum software firm Algorithmiq have demonstrated that a quantum computer can solve a complex materials simulation problem that no classical method has been able to reliably replicate, in what the companies describe as…
Scientists find never-before-seen alloy in Hiroshima bomb debris
On the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, scientists have revealed that the 1945 nuclear explosion created a material never before seen on Earth — a finding that reframes the catastrophic event as an unintended experiment in extreme…
Never-before-seen alloy forged by Hiroshima bomb found in beach sand
Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, scientists have identified a previously unknown metallic alloy created in the seconds following the detonation — a finding that underscores how nuclear explosions can forge complex, ordered materials rather than merely destroying…
CuspAI raises $450M, launches AI materials coalition
Cambridge-based startup CuspAI has closed a $450 million Series B funding round and launched a 48-member industry coalition aimed at using artificial intelligence to discover new materials for chipmaking, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing. The round, announced on July 20,…
Alibaba unveils AI agent that discovered four new superconductors
Two separate research efforts have demonstrated AI's capacity to dramatically speed up the search for new superconducting materials, with Alibaba's DAMO Academy unveiling an autonomous AI agent that identified four new superconductors and an international consortium publishing a machine-learning method…
2026 Winter Olympics open in Milan with new tech, PFAS ban
The 2026 Winter Olympics open today at San Siro Stadium in Milan, marking the beginning of a 17-day competition where victories and defeats will be measured in fractions of seconds and determined by the invisible forces of physics and chemistry.
Pompeii site reveals how Romans made self-healing concrete
Researchers at Pompeii have uncovered a construction site frozen in time by Mount Vesuvius's eruption in 79 CE, confirming how ancient Romans created concrete that has endured for nearly two millennia. The discovery, published Tuesday in Nature Communications, settles a…