2026

Scientists have pulled off a feat long considered out of reach: getting light to mimic the famous quantum Hall effect. […]

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions asks whether we could cope with a world where computer

There’s a growing expectation that if you build a datacentre, you must meet your own energy needs. But there are

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Investors are shifting toward physical assets that are partially insulated from disruption, says Goldman Sachs Investors have a new mantra

US President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was instructing every federal agency to “immediately cease” use of Anthropic’s AI

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Health officials in Illinois turned to an AI chatbot to try to solve a puzzling outbreak linked to a county

Scientists racing to tackle plastic pollution have created a surprising new contender: a biodegradable packaging film made partly from milk