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Programmable metasurface generates dozens of holograms at once

Over the past few decades, engineers have developed various devices that can create holograms, three-dimensional (3D) or ...
InfoQ

Hardwood Promises High-Speed JVM Apache Parquet Processing with Zero Mandatory Dependencies

Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...
IEEE

Natural Frequency- and Surface Accuracy-Targeted Uncertain on-Orbit Assembly Sequence Planning for Large Space Structure With Topological Constraints and Vibration Reliability

Abstract: On-orbit assembly is the main approach to constructing large space structure (LSS) in the future. To strictly meet the topological constraints and vibration reliability during the assembly ...
GitHub

RxJava: Reactive Extensions for the JVM

RxJava is a Java VM implementation of Reactive Extensions: a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs by using observable sequences. It extends the observer pattern to support ...
The Washington Post

Conservatives want schools to teach this strict life path they say avoids poverty

At Vertex Partnership Academies, a New York charter school where most students are Black or Hispanic and from low-income families, children are taught there is a formula they can follow to avoid ...
The New York Times

There’s a New American TikTok. What Does That Mean for You?

The popular short form video app has a new corporate structure in the United States, which could result in some changes for the 200 million Americans who use TikTok. By Emmett Lindner TikTok has new ...
C&EN

New CRISPR-based tool targets DNA secondary structures with sequence specificity

A graphic representation of a round, lumpy, blue protein and a single, comblike, purple strand of RNA interacting with a twisted, double, blue strand of DNA that separates where it meets the RNA. A ...
Ars Technica

Syntax hacking: Researchers discover sentence structure can bypass AI safety rules

Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence ...
Phys.org

Nanorobots based on reconfigurable DNA origami arrays can work autonomously

Over the past decades, a growing number of robotics teams have started developing modular robots inspired by the ancient paper-folding art of origami. More recently, some of these teams started ...