Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation. The post In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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The approach could apply to more complex tissues and organs, helping researchers to identify early signs of disease.

Protecting babies from RSV could help prevent asthma years later. Researchers in Belgium from VIB and Ghent University (UGent), working alongside colleagues in Denmark, have identified strong evidence that infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during early infancy greatly increases the ch…

The global nylon 66 industry has undergone a dramatic reversal over the past few years. Not long ago, producers were struggling with a shortage of upstream materials, particularly adiponitrile and hexamethylenediamine. By the end of 202,5, the sector is facing the opposite problem. A surge of new ca…

The global UPR market in 2025 was characterized by subdued demand, declining feedstock costs, and increasing competitive intensity. Across North America, Europe, and China, buyers maintained conservative procurement strategies, operating rates remained low to moderate, and producers continued to fac…

Ousted Venezuelan leader and his wife Cilia Flores have appeared in a US court.

Most of those killed were teenagers and came from all over Europe, with some so badly burnt their families had to provide DNA samples to help identify them.

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission preparations to science aboard the International Space Station, teams at Johnson helped prepare for future missions to the Moon and, ultimately, Mars. O…

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Environmental advocates notched key wins at local and state levels this year — despite the Trump administration’s rollbacks.

No-bid deals, undisclosed contracts, and millions already spent: inside the wild story of the Alaska gas pipeline that will not die.

Two spiral galaxies locked in a slow motion collision have been captured in stunning detail by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The pair grazed past each other millions of years ago, triggering spectacular waves of star formation and distorting their elegant spiral ar…

A new study by researchers at the University of Amsterdam shows how gravitational waves from black holes can be used to reveal the presence of dark matter and help determine its properties. The key is a new model, based on Einstein’s theory of general relativity, that tracks in detail how a black ho…

It feels like every week now we’re writing a new article about how 3I/ATLAS is not an alien technology. But it’s worth re-iterating, and perhaps taking a look at the methodology we used to prove that statement. A new paper, available in pre-print form on arXiv from Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute…

FT poll shows preference for former Spanish and Dutch central bank heads to replace Christine Lagarde

With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens moreWhen Céüze 2000 ski resort closed at the end of the season in 2018, the workers assumed they would be back the following winter. Maps of the pistes were left stacked beside a stapler; the st…

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HBO's "Industry" blew itself up in Season 3. But losing Pierpoint means gaining more freedom and more ambition than ever before.

New global members join CNCF to strengthen community contributions in observability, cloud infrastructure, and cloud native AI SAN FRANCISCO, CA – December 17, 2025 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for...

Nickel spiked by more than 10% in London, notching the biggest gain in more than three years as surging investor interest in China helps to turbocharge a broad rally in metals markets.

Yabei Zhang, World Bank Blogs Picture this: a traditional Rwandan kitchen where smoke is so thick you can barely see across the room. A woman, maybe in her twenties, is cooking while her...

In a significant step forward for Canada’s domestic space ambitions, the Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX)…
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Intel just hosted their CES keynote where they formally launched Panther Lake as the Core Ultra Series 3 SoCs...

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The Marine Biological Association (MBA) is pleased to congratulate the winner of 2025’s prestigious MBA prize. Tilly Powell, who recently graduated with a BSc (Hons) Marine Biology, First Class from the University of Plymouth, received the prize for ‘Outstanding Performance on a Marine Biology Progr…