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// Superconductor

// A fifth force of nature

// Carbon removal

// Black hole imaging

The US just invested more than $1 billion in carbon removal

"The US Department of Energy announced today that it's providing $1.2 billion to develop regional hubs that can draw down and store away at least 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year as a means of combating climate change.

The move represents a major step forward in the effort to establish a market for removing the planet-warming greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, using what are known as direct air capture (DAC) machines."

// MIT Technology Review »

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// AI Tool Report »

'Event Horizon Explorer' could transform black hole imaging

"About four years ago, a group of international researchers, unveiled to the world the first-ever image of an enigmatic black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87. The image took the world by storm, marking a significant achievement in the field of astronomy as it was previously regarded to be 'unimaginable.' Using this major accomplishment as a springboard, the group led by the Center for Astrophysics - Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), is now preparing something much greater in order to uncover the mysterious nature of black holes."

// Interesting Engineering »

Scientists may be on brink of discovering fifth force of nature

"According to current understanding, there are four fundamental forces in nature, three of which – the electromagnetic force and the strong and weak nuclear forces – are explained by the standard model of particle physics. However, the model does not explain the other known fundamental force, gravity, or dark matter – a strange and mysterious substance thought to make up about 27% of the universe. Now researchers have said there could be another, fifth, fundamental force of nature."

// The Guardian »

Is that viral 'superconductor' legit?

"'With a great deal of sadness, we now believe that the game is over. LK99 is NOT a superconductor, not even at room temperatures (or at very low temperatures). It is a very highly resistive poor quality material. Period. No point in fighting with the truth,' the University of Maryland's Condensed Matter Theory Center (CMTC) posted on August 7th."

// The Verge »