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2026-01-15T17:40:46+00:00
Live updates: Trump warns Minnesota amid protests; Machado visits White House
After days of sometimes violent protests in Minneapolis, including a shooting Wednesday involving Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), President Trump on Thursday morning threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act. That would allow him to send the military to quell unrest. “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesot...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5689241-live-updates-trump-venezuela-greenland-minnesota/
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2026-01-15T17:30:34+00:00
Courts allow another wind farm to resume construction after Trump pause
A major offshore wind farm is allowed to resume construction, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the second such ruling in the wake of the Trump administration’s latest attempt to block these projects. Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, granted a preliminary injunction allowing Empire Wind to keep building.&...
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5691088-wind-farm-trump-new-york/
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2026-01-15T17:29:29+00:00
Minneapolis mayor on Trump threat: Minnesota doesn’t need additional troops
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Thursday urged federal immigration authorities to leave the city amid unrest over the killing of Renee Good. Good was shot by an immigration officer during a traffic stop after being asked to step out of her vehicle. Citywide protests have ensued as residents express outrage for the ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5690999-unrest-minneapolis-ice-presence/
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2026-01-15T17:26:54+00:00
Watch live: White House holds briefing amid Iran turmoil
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday afternoon as tensions with Iran heat up. President Trump earlier this week encouraged Iranian protesters to continue pressuring the regime and vowed that “help is on the way” amid the unrest, signaling potential U.S. intervention. Tehran has pus...
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2026-01-15T17:25:48+00:00
Noem: Walz, Frey have to get Minneapolis ‘under control’
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem slammed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Thursday amid unrest in the Twin Cities over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.  “Mayor Frey and Governor Walz have to get their city under control,” Noem wrote on ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5690992-noem-criticizes-walz-frey/
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2026-01-15T17:23:37+00:00
Danish diplomat: ‘No way’ US will pay for Scandinavian welfare system in Greenland
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen brushed off reports Wednesday that the Trump administration is weighing direct payments to Greenlanders to encourage them to split from Denmark. Officials, including White House aides, have reportedly discussed different lump sum figures, ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per...
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5690979-denmark-greenland-us-payments/
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2026-01-15T17:18:17+00:00
Buttigieg: Trump has figuratively been giving autoworkers the finger for some time
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticized President Trump for flipping off a factory worker during a tour of a Ford F-150 plant in Michigan this week, but he said it was consistent with Trump’s policies toward the industry’s workforce. The worker, 40-year-old TJ Sabula, shouted at the presid...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5690957-buttigieg-trump-factory-incident/
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2026-01-15T17:13:34+00:00
Trump administration restores funding to Planned Parenthood, other groups after lawsuit
The Trump administration has agreed to unfreeze millions in federal funding to Planned Parenthood and other family planning groups, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) paused $27.5 million in funding for 16 organizations last year pending an investig...
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5690881-trump-administration-planned-parenthood-funding/
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2026-01-15T17:13:20+00:00
Trump unveils health care affordability plan
President Trump on Thursday unveiled an affordability framework for health care aimed at lowering drug prices and insurance premiums, as he seeks to address a major Republican political liability ahead of the midterm elections. Affordability is a key issue for voters, and the health plan is part of the administration’s...
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5691065-trump-health-care-affordability-plan/
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2026-01-15T17:09:34+00:00
Senate tees up final vote on trio of government funding bills
The Senate on Thursday cleared a final procedural hurdle toward passing a trio of spending bills, a move that would ensure that half of the fiscal 2026 funding measures are complete two weeks before the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown. Lawmakers overwhelmingly advanced the three-bill minibus, 85-14. It ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5690933-senate-advances-funding-bills/
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2026-01-15T17:07:03+00:00
Walz to Trump after threat of troops: ‘Let’s turn the temperature down’
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) made a direct appeal to President Trump to “turn the temperature down” after the president threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy more federal troops to Walz’s state amid escalating protests. “I am making a direct appeal to the President: Let’s turn the temperature d...
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5691004-minnesota-gov-appeals-trump/
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2026-01-15T16:55:42+00:00
Republicans divided on Trump immigration crackdown: Survey
Republicans are split on President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey released days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a woman in Minnesota. The poll, released Thursday, found 59 percent of Republican respondents said they prefer that fede...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5690877-republicans-split-trump-immigration-policies/
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2026-01-15T16:32:39+00:00
More Democratic lawmakers say they’re under investigation after illegal orders video
Five Democratic lawmakers have now said they are being investigated for participating in a video calling on service members to reject unlawful orders.  Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) and Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) said that the Justice Department sought to interview them after they reiterated the principle of...
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5690645-more-democratic-lawmakers-say-theyre-under-investigation-after-illegal-orders-video/
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2026-01-15T16:30:00+00:00
Public health cannot survive Trump’s me-first worldview
The consequences of the erosion of public health policies will be real and are becoming increasingly palpable.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5689000-trump-administration-public-health-clash/
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2026-01-15T16:26:39+00:00
Education Department announces some personnel shifting to Labor Department with programs
The Education Department announced Thursday it will be moving some employees to the Department of Labor as it looks to integrate some postsecondary education and workforce development programs with the other agency.  Starting next week, employees with the Higher Education Programs division of the de...
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5690853-education-department-labor/
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2026-01-15T16:21:46+00:00
Appeals court rules judge had no power to free Mahmoud Khalil
An appeals court panel ruled Thursday that a federal judge had no power to order the release of Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian Columbia University graduate whom the Trump administration jailed for months.  The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circui...
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5690897-appeals-court-rules-against-khalil/
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2026-01-15T16:09:06+00:00
Carville: Trump reaction to autoworker exposes ‘sore spot’
Democratic strategist James Carville said Wednesday that President Trump’s reaction to being called a “pedophile protector” revealed a “sore spot” for the leader. “Trump had a massive negative reaction to it. And when you find a sore spot, you keep hitting it. Keep hitting it,” Carville said on his “Politics War ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5690777-carville-trump-michigan-ford-auto-worker-exchange/
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2026-01-15T16:03:43+00:00
ICE deputy director leaving agency to run for Congress in Ohio
Madison Sheahan, the deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is resigning from the agency to run for Congress in Ohio.  In a video launch on Thursday, Sheahan pitched herself as a pro-Trump conservative, touting her work on the president’s immigration crackdown.  “In just one year, ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5690800-ice-ohio-madison-sheahan/
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2026-01-15T16:00:00+00:00
Why oil markets are shrugging off Trump’s plans for Venezuela
Outside of political turmoil and military oversight, nothing about Venezuelan production is cheap or easy. I
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5689025-rebuilding-venezuelas-oil-infrastructure/
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2026-01-15T15:59:19+00:00
Verizon offers $20 credit for outage: ‘We are sorry’
Verizon said Thursday it would offer a $20 credit to customers one day after a massive outage cut off service for users across the country. “Yesterday, we did not meet the standard of excellence you expect and that we expect of ourselves. To help provide some relief to those affected, we will give you a…
https://thehill.com/business/5690799-verizon-20-credit-outage/
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2026-01-15T15:58:29+00:00
Trump threatens to deploy troops to Minnesota: What is the Insurrection Act?
President Trump has threatened to deploy more federal troops to Minnesota using a seldom-used law passed by Congress over 200 years ago.  The Insurrection Act of 1807, in conjunction with several other laws, permits the president to deploy members of the military or federalize members of the state National Guard t...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5690771-trump-invoke-insurrection-act/
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2026-01-15T15:38:22+00:00
20+ candidates enter race to succeed Greene
Nearly two dozen candidates have filed for the special election race to replace retired Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in Congress.  As of Wednesday’s filing deadline, 22 candidates — including 17 Republicans and 3 Democrats — were in the ring to succeed the former congresswoman, according to data from the Ge...
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5690724-candidates-file-for-greene-seat/
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2026-01-15T15:30:00+00:00
Shutdowns should be painful for members of Congress, too
Sen. John Kennedy has introduced a resolution to withhold pay for members of Congress during future government shutdowns, which would require the secretary of the Senate to place each member's paycheck in a vault until the government reopens.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/economy-budget/5689699-federal-workers-shutdown-impact/
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2026-01-15T15:28:56+00:00
20 people charged with rigging college, overseas basketball games
More than a dozen people have been indicted by federal authorities with a reported scheme to rig college and overseas basketball games, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. The federal indictment, filed in Philadelphia, cites charges of “bribery in sporting contest” and conspiracy to commit wire ...
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5690622-college-basketball-rigging-charges/
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2026-01-15T15:28:38+00:00
House Democrat introducing legislation to abolish ICE: ‘Beyond reform’
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is making a push to dismantle Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling the federal law enforcement agency “beyond reform.” Thanedar plans to introduce the “Abolish ICE Act” this week, which his office said would dissolve the agency and end its enforcement authority. “We must refor...
https://thehill.com/homenews/5690679-shri-thanedar-calls-for-ice-dismantling/
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2026-01-15T15:25:45+00:00
US seizes 6th Venezuela-linked tanker ahead of Trump, Machado meeting
The U.S. seized its sixth Venezuela-linked oil tanker Thursday morning in the Caribbean, just ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado. The U.S. Coast Guard’s tactical team seized oil tanker Veronica, part of the so-called ghost fleet that was operating in “defian...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5690714-us-seizes-6th-oil-tanker-venezuela/
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2026-01-15T15:24:06+00:00
Democrats mock Rollins over chicken, broccoli, tortilla comment
Democrats pounced on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins after she suggested Americans could save money by eating a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla and “one other thing” to afford a nutritious dinner. In a NewsNation interview, Rollins addressed concerns that the White House’s newly revamped die...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5690711-democrats-mock-rollins-meal-plan/
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2026-01-15T15:22:56+00:00
Graham contradicts Trump on Iran executions stopping
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says the Iranian regime is still killing protesters at an alarming rate, contradicting President Trump’s statement Wednesday that Iran has stopped indiscriminate executions of anti-government demonstrators. “Every indication that I’ve seen says that the Iranian regime’s killing of protester...
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5690678-graham-trump-iran-executions/
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2026-01-15T15:19:06+00:00
Musk’s X further restricts Grok image editing after criticism
Elon Musk’s social platform X is further restricting image editing tools available with its AI chatbot Grok in the face of growing criticism over a recent surge in AI-generated sexualized images of women and children on the platform. X’s safety team said Wednesday it is implementing measures to block all users, includi...
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5690662-musks-x-further-restricts-grok-image-editing-after-criticism/
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2026-01-15T15:16:42+00:00
European troops arrive in Greenland
Troops from multiple European countries arrived in Greenland on Thursday amid President Trump’s escalating interest in acquiring the Arctic island. French President Emmanuel Macron wrote Wednesday on social platform X that France will participate in the joint exercises organized by Denmark in the semi-sovereign territo...
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5690646-france-sweden-troops-greenland/
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2026-01-15T15:00:00+00:00
Is a declaration of not-war in Venezuela a stretch?
The U.S. invasion of Venezuela was justified by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a law enforcement operation to arrest President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on narco-terrorism charges, but international law experts dispute the legality of the operation and the War Powers Resolution was invoked to remove U.S. forces fr...
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5689008-senate-debate-venezuela-withdrawal/
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2026-01-15T15:00:00+00:00
Don’t let the severely mentally ill kill and then pretend it’s compassion
A legal system that waits for bloodshed before acting is not humane.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5688821-psychotic-treatment-abandonment/
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2026-01-15T14:53:17+00:00
Education Department investigating state agencies, 15 schools over transgender athletes policies
The Education Department announced Wednesday it is investigating 15 K-12 schools, one university and two state education departments over their transgender athlete policies. The educational institutions, spanning 10 states, are under investigation for alleged Title IX violations over policies that allow students to par...
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5690617-education-department-transgender-athletes-policies/
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2026-01-15T14:39:29+00:00
Washington Post editorial board: Search of reporter’s home ‘aggressive attack’ on press freedom
The Washington Post’s editorial board blasted the FBI search conducted at the home of a reporter for the outlet this week. The editorial board called the search “an aggressive attack on the press freedom of all journalists” and said “anyone who believes the raid will deter reporters from doing t...
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5690555-press-freedom-attack-washington-post/
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2026-01-15T14:35:25+00:00
Watch live: Trump nominees for Southcom, NSA testify before Senate
Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan, acting commander of the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to lead the military agency. President Trump tapped Donovan to head Southcom last month amid the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. The attacks ...
https://thehill.com/video-clips/5690421-watch-live-francis-donovan-joshua-rudd-senate-armed-services-confirmation-hearings/
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2026-01-15T14:32:14+00:00
Ossoff enters year with $25M in bank amid competitive Senate race
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), considered the Senate’s most vulnerable Democratic incumbent up for reelection this November, is entering the midterm year with $25 million in the bank as he tries for a second term representing Georgia in the upper chamber. Ossoff’s cash on hand includes $9.9 million raised in the fourth...
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5690552-jon-ossoff-war-chest-senate-race-2026/
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2026-01-15T14:20:54+00:00
NTSB investigators pinpoint failed part in UPS plane crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified the failed part that contributed to a fatal UPS plane crash in Louisville, Ky., last year. A Wednesday report from the NTSB notes Boeing warned operators in 2011 of four prior failures of the part, a spherical bearing race — which helps secure the cargo plane’s...
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5690424-ntsb-investigation-failed-part-ups-crash-louisville/
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2026-01-15T14:04:52+00:00
Ailing astronaut, colleagues return to Earth in first NASA medical evacuation
NASA completed its first medical evacuation early Thursday, when an ailing astronaut and three others splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, more than a month ahead of schedule. The four astronauts — NASA’s Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russia’s Oleg Platonov — returned to Earth at 3:41 a...
https://thehill.com/homenews/space/5690484-nasa-medical-evacuation-splashdown/
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2026-01-15T14:00:00+00:00
The death penalty is not justice for Charlie Kirk’s killer
To honor him, we must reject vengeance disguised as justice.
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5689141-death-penalty-kirk-case/
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2026-01-15T13:30:31+00:00
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota
President Trump early Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act following another shooting involving a federal agent overnight in Minneapolis.  “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., ...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5690449-donald-trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/
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2026-01-15T13:30:00+00:00
Trump’s ego and Republican prospects are mutually exclusive
The president must be willing to overcome his well-earned reputation for never admitting a mistake.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5688405-republicans-trouble-2026-midterms/
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2026-01-15T13:25:53+00:00
Another shooting involving federal officer in Minneapolis sparks new protests
Protests in Minneapolis escalated Wednesday night after a federal officer shot and injured a Venezuelan migrant after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle — a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer killed a resident in the same city. The latest shooting, which was not fatal, further in...
https://thehill.com/immigration/5690422-second-minnesota-ice-shooting-sparks-protests/
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2026-01-15T13:00:00+00:00
Weaker job growth could actually be a good sign for the labor market
The U.S. labor market is not weakening — rather, it is adjusting to new demographic and economic realities.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5688623-labor-market-job-growth/
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2026-01-15T12:47:20+00:00
WHO calls for higher taxes on alcohol, sugary drinks
The health organization is calling on countries to tax alcohol and sugary drinks to prevent health conditions linked to the substances.
https://thehill.com/business/5689497-world-health-organization-sugar-drink-tax/
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2026-01-15T12:36:57+00:00
Congress and telemarketers rank at the bottom on ethics: Gallup
What do members of Congress and telemarketers have in common? Most Americans don't trust them.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5689558-congress-telemarketers-ethics-rankings-gallup/
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2026-01-15T12:30:00+00:00
How to disarm China’s weaponized soybean purchases
Beijing has made clear that soybean purchases are not normal commerce any more; they are a tool of political coercion.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5685497-how-to-disarm-chinas-weaponized-soybean-purchases/
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2026-01-15T12:28:57+00:00
Jenna Bush Hager set to produce US Marshal drama ‘Protection’
Bush Hager first joined the “Today” show in 2009 as a correspondent and currently hosts “Today with Jenna & Sheinelle.”
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5689902-jenna-bush-hager-producer-drama-us-marshals/
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2026-01-15T12:21:48+00:00
Nick Reiner’s former attorney Alan Jackson won’t explain exit from murder case
LA County Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene is now defending Nick Reiner.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5690251-nick-reiner-former-attorney-alan-jackson-resignation/
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2026-01-15T12:00:00+00:00
On Iran, Trump needs to make good on his promises
Khamenei is now daring Trump to keep his word.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5688757-on-iran-trump-needs-to-put-up-or-shut-up/
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2026-01-15T11:00:00+00:00
RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid heads to school cafeterias as advocates cry for more funding
The release of a new food pyramid has been met with mixed reactions by school food advocates, who say changes to the cafeteria menu will need financial backing. While there is skepticism regarding the science behind the new guidelines, which were unveiled last week by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kenne...
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5689296-rfk-jr-food-pyramid-school-lunch/
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2026-01-15T11:00:00+00:00
Republicans vow to block Trump from seizing Greenland by force
Senate Republicans are vowing to block any effort by President Trump to seize Greenland by military force, as Trump officials on Wednesday refused to back off their demands to control the island during a meeting with top diplomats at the White House.  Republican senators are flummoxed by Trump’s insistence that he...
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5689820-senate-republicans-block-trump-greenland/
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2026-01-15T11:00:00+00:00
Abortion threatens to derail Senate ObamaCare deal
A push by Senate negotiators to strike a deal on extending enhanced ObamaCare subsidies is running into a brick wall as they struggle to clear a key hurdle on abortion. Members have been engaged in talks for about a month on a potential extension. But the subsidies expired at the end of last year and…
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5689744-abortion-senate-obamacare-deal/
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2026-01-15T11:00:00+00:00
The Memo: Trump faces risks as foreign issues overshadow domestic agenda
President Trump may face some real political risks as global issues encroach further and further into his agenda. What once seemed a strong tendency toward isolationism on Trump’s part has been increasingly supplanted by a focus overseas. The shift holds obvious dangers, especially given public discontent with domestic...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5689746-trump-greenland-china-russia-tensions/
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2026-01-16T05:01:00+00:00
Blooming Seas Around the Chatham Islands
At about 800 kilometers (500 miles) east of New Zealand’s South Island, the sparsely populated Chatham Islands are rugged, remote, and often inconspicuous. In January 2026, however, a ring of bright green and blue swirls in the ocean put a natural spotlight on the far-flung specks of land. A bloom of phytoplankton—tiny...
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/blooming-seas-around-the-chatham-islands/
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2026-01-15T20:58:45+00:00
NASA Adds Two F-15 Aircraft to Support Supersonic Flight Research
Two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 jets have joined the flight research fleet at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, transitioning from military service to a new role enabling breakthrough advancements in aerospace. The F-15s will support supersonic flight research for NASA’s Flight Demonstrati...
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-adds-two-f-15-aircraft-to-support-supersonic-flight-research/
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2026-01-15T20:37:23+00:00
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Wraps Up Space Station Science
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission with agency astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov returned to Earth after a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. During their stay, Cardman, Fincke, and Yui con...
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/nasas-spacex-crew-11-wraps-up-space-station-science/
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2026-01-15T16:28:21+00:00
NASA Data Helps Maine Oyster Farmers Choose Where to Grow
When oyster farmer Luke Saindon went looking for a place to grow shellfish in Maine, he knew that picking the wrong patch of water could sink the farm before it began. So Saindon did something oyster farmers couldn’t have done a generation ago: He used NASA satellite data to view the coastline from space. “Starting a f...
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-data-helps-maine-oyster-farmers-choose-where-to-grow/
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2026-01-15T15:47:08+00:00
Hubble Spies Stellar Blast Setting Clouds Ablaze
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a jet of gas from a forming star shooting across the dark expanse. The bright pink and green patches running diagonally through the image are HH 80/81, a pair of Herbig-Haro (HH) objects previously observed by Hubble in 1995. The patch to the upper left is p...
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hubble-spies-stellar-blast-setting-clouds-ablaze/
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2026-01-15T13:13:02+00:00
Hubble’s Album of Planet-Forming Disks
This collection of new images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases protoplanetary disks, the swirling masses of gas and dust that surround forming stars, in both visible and infrared wavelengths. Through observations of young stellar objects like these, Hubble helps scientists better understand how stars fo...
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubbles-album-of-planet-forming-disks/
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2026-01-15T10:59:03+00:00
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Returns, Splashes Down off California
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission safely splashed down early Thursday morning in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, concluding a more than five-month mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and R...
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-spacex-crew-11-mission-returns-splashes-down-off-california/
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2026-01-15T05:01:00+00:00
Clouds Swimming over Lago Argentino
When an astronaut aboard the International Space Station snapped this photograph of Lago Argentino in Patagonia on December 27, 2025, a school of fish-shaped clouds lingered over the glacial lake’s teal waters. Determining the clouds’ type and origin from the photograph alone is challenging, but several NASA scientists...
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/clouds-swimming-over-lago-argentino/
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2026-01-14T22:26:49+00:00
Coverage, Briefing Set for NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Roll to Pad
NASA’s integrated SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is inching closer to launch – literally. The agency is targeting no earlier than 7 a.m. EST, Saturday, Jan. 17, to begin the multi-hour trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Cen...
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/coverage-briefing-set-for-nasas-artemis-ii-moon-rocket-roll-to-pad/
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2026-01-14T18:55:06+00:00
New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Area
The New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which spans 23 counties across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and has a population of about 19.9 million, is pictured at approximately 3:29 a.m. local time Dec. 20, 2025, from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Atlantic...
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/new-york-newark-jersey-city-metropolitan-area/
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2026-01-15T16:46:26
New spectroscopic method reveals ion's complex nuclear structure
Different atoms and ions possess characteristic energy levels. Like a fingerprint, they are unique for each species. Among them, the atomic ion 173Yb+ has attracted growing interest because of its particularly rich energy structure, which is promising for applications in quantum technologies and searches for so-called ...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-spectroscopic-method-reveals-ion-complex.html
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2026-01-15T16:26:38
New microscopy technique preserves the cell's natural conditions
Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) have developed an innovative microscopy technique capable of improving the observation of living cells. The study, published in Optics Letters, paves the way for a more in-depth analysis of numerous biological processes without the nee...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-microscopy-technique-cell-natural-conditions.html
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2026-01-15T15:40:41
Wormholes may not exist—we've found they reveal something deeper about time and the universe
Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a misunderstanding of work by physicists Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-wormholes-weve-reveal-deeper-universe.html
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2026-01-15T13:00:51
Efficient cooling method could enable chip-based quantum computers
Quantum computers could rapidly solve complex problems that would take the most powerful classical supercomputers decades to unravel. But they'll need to be large and stable enough to efficiently perform operations. To meet this challenge, researchers at MIT and elsewhere are developing quantum computers based on ultra...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-efficient-cooling-method-enable-chip.html
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2026-01-15T11:00:06
Overcoming symmetry limits in photovoltaics through surface engineering
A recent study carried out by researchers from EHU, the Materials Physics Center, nanoGUNE, and DIPC introduces a novel approach to solar energy conversion and spintronics. The work tackles a long-standing limitation in the bulk photovoltaic effect—the need for non-centrosymmetric crystals—by demonstrating that even pe...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-symmetry-limits-photovoltaics-surface.html
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2026-01-15T10:30:01
Turning crystal flaws into quantum highways: A new route towards scalable solid-state qubits
Building large-scale quantum technologies requires reliable ways to connect individual quantum bits (qubits) without destroying their fragile quantum states. In a new theoretical study, published in npj Computational Materials, researchers show that crystal dislocations—line defects long regarded as imperfections—can i...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-crystal-flaws-quantum-highways-route.html
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2026-01-15T08:00:06
Slowing down muon decay with short laser pulses
Muons are unstable subatomic particles that spontaneously and rapidly transform into other particles via a process known as electroweak decay. Altering the speed with which muons decay into other particles was so far deemed a challenging quest, requiring very strong electromagnetic fields that cannot be produced in con...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-muon-decay-short-laser-pulses.html
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2026-01-15T08:00:01
Temporal anti-parity–time symmetry offers new way to steer energy through systems
The movement of waves, patterns that carry sound, light or heat, through materials has been widely studied by physicists, as it has implications for the development of numerous modern technologies. In several materials, the movement of waves depends on a physical property known as parity-time (PT) symmetry, which combi...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-temporal-anti-paritytime-symmetry-energy.html
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2026-01-14T16:59:30
Tuning spin waves—using commercially available devices at room temperature
Physicist Davide Bossini from the University of Konstanz has recently demonstrated how to change the frequency of the collective magnetic oscillations of a material by up to 40%—using commercially available devices at room temperature.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-tuning-commercially-devices-room-temperature.html
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2026-01-14T16:30:51
Neutral-atom arrays, a rapidly emerging quantum computing platform, get a boost from researchers
For quantum computers to outperform their classical counterparts, they need more quantum bits, or qubits. State-of-the-art quantum computers have around 1,000 qubits. Columbia physicists Sebastian Will and Nanfang Yu have their sights set much higher.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-neutral-atom-arrays-rapidly-emerging.html
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2026-01-14T13:09:16
Quantum simulator reveals how vibrations steer energy flow in molecules
Researchers led by Rice University's Guido Pagano used a specialized quantum device to simulate a vibrating molecule and track how energy moves within it. The work, published Dec. 5 in Nature Communications, could improve understanding of basic mechanisms behind phenomena such as photosynthesis and solar energy convers...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-quantum-simulator-reveals-vibrations-energy.html
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2026-01-14T10:00:03
Physics of foam strangely resembles AI training
Foams are everywhere: soap suds, shaving cream, whipped toppings and food emulsions like mayonnaise. For decades, scientists believed that foams behave like glass, their microscopic components trapped in static, disordered configurations.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-physics-foam-strangely-resembles-ai.html
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2026-01-14T09:50:01
New state of matter discovered in a quantum material
At TU Wien, researchers have discovered a state in a quantum material that had previously been considered impossible. The definition of topological states should be generalized.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-state-quantum-material.html
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2026-01-13T21:20:03
Taming heat: Novel solution enables unprecedented control of heat conduction
Prof. Gal Shmuel of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology has developed an innovative approach that enables precise control of heat conduction in ways that do not occur naturally.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-solution-enables-unprecedented.html
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2026-01-13T17:20:21
Magnetic fields slow carbon migration in iron by altering energy barriers, study shows
Professor Dallas Trinkle and colleagues have provided the first quantitative explanation for how magnetic fields slow carbon atom movement through iron, a phenomenon first observed in the 1970s but never fully understood. Published in Physical Review Letters, their computer simulations reveal that magnetic field alignm...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-magnetic-fields-carbon-migration-iron.html
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2026-01-13T16:16:25
Deformable lens enables real-time correction of image aberrations in single-pixel microscopy
Researchers from the Optics Group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón have managed to correct in real time problems related to image aberrations in single-pixel microscopy using a recent technology: programmable deformable lenses. The new method was described by the research team in an open-access article recently ...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-deformable-lens-enables-real-image.html
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2026-01-13T16:13:37
Scientists demonstrate low-cost, high-quality lenses for super-resolution microscopy
Researchers have shown that consumer-grade 3D printers and low-cost materials can be used to produce multi-element optical components that enable super-resolution imaging, with each lens costing less than $1 to produce. The new fabrication approach is poised to broaden access to fully customizable optical parts and cou...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-scientists-high-quality-lenses-super.html
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2026-01-13T14:59:25
First standalone spin-wave chip operates without external magnets for future telecom
The Politecnico di Milano has created the first integrated and fully tunable device based on spin waves, opening up new possibilities for the telecommunications of the future, far beyond current 5G and 6G standards. The study, published in the journal Advanced Materials, was conducted by a research group led by Riccard...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-standalone-chip-external-magnets-future.html
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2026-01-13T14:22:30
A dry surface thanks to fluid physics: Contact-free method gently remove liquids from delicate microstructures
Researchers at the University of Konstanz have developed a gentle, contact-free method to collect liquids and remove them from microscopic surface structures. The method uses vapor condensation to generate surface currents that transport droplets off surfaces.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-dry-surface-fluid-physics-contact.html
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2026-01-13T13:05:04
Fluid gears rotate without teeth, offering new mechanical flexibility
A team of New York University scientists has created a gear mechanism that relies on fluids to generate rotation. The invention holds potential for a new generation of mechanical devices that offer greater flexibility and durability than do existing gears—whose origins date back to ancient China.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-fluid-gears-rotate-teeth-mechanical.html
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2026-01-13T11:48:35
This crystal sings back: Study sheds light on magnetochiral instability
Researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have reported the first observation of a dynamic magnetochiral instability in a solid-state material. Their findings, published in Nature Physics, bridge ideas from nuclear and high-energy physics with materials science ...
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-crystal-magnetochiral-instability.html
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2026-01-13T10:15:27
Quantum-dot device can generate multiple frequency-entangled photons
Researchers have designed a new device that can efficiently create multiple frequency-entangled photons, a feat that cannot be achieved with today's optical devices. The new approach could open a path to more powerful quantum communication and computing technologies.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-quantum-dot-device-generate-multiple.html
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2026-01-13T09:20:01
Scientists realize a three-qubit quantum register in a silicon photonic chip
Quantum technologies are highly promising devices that process, transfer or store information leveraging quantum mechanical effects. Instead of relying on bits, like classical computers, quantum devices rely on entangled qubits, units of information that can also exist in multiple states (0 and 1) at once.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-scientists-qubit-quantum-register-silicon.html
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2026-01-15T08:36:20
Electrons stop acting like particles—and physics still works
Physicists have long relied on the idea that electrons behave like tiny particles zipping through materials, even though quantum physics says their exact position is fundamentally uncertain. Now, researchers at TU Wien have discovered something surprising: a material where this particle picture completely breaks down c...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260115022758.htm
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2026-01-15T00:42:07
New research challenges the cold dark matter assumption
Dark matter, one of the Universe’s greatest mysteries, may have been born blazing hot instead of cold and sluggish as scientists long believed. New research shows that dark matter particles could have been moving near the speed of light shortly after the Big Bang, only to cool down later and still help form galaxies. B...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260114084113.htm
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2026-01-13T05:57:21
This strange form of water may power giant planets’ magnetic fields
At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts electricity. This unusual form is believed to shape the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune and may be the most common type of water in the solar system. New high-precision experiments show its ato...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260112214308.htm
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2026-01-15T09:15:21+00:00
RFID-tagged drug capsule lets doctors know when it has been swallowed
Taking medication as and when prescribed is crucial for it to have the desired effect. But nearly half of people with chronic conditions don’t adhere to their medication regimes, a serious problem that leads to preventable deaths, drug resistance and increased healthcare costs. So how can medical professionals ensure t...
https://physicsworld.com/a/rfid-tagged-drug-capsule-lets-doctors-know-when-it-has-been-swallowed/
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2026-01-14T16:00:47+00:00
Quantum state teleported between quantum dots at telecoms wavelengths
Physicists at the University of Stuttgart, Germany have teleported a quantum state between photons generated by two different semiconductor quantum dot light sources located several metres apart. Though the distance involved in this proof-of-principle “quantum repeater” experiment is small, members of the team describe...
https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-state-teleported-between-quantum-dots-at-telecoms-wavelengths/
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2026-01-14T14:02:04+00:00
Quantum metrology at NPL: we explore the challenges and opportunities
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a conversation with Tim Prior and John Devaney of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), which is the UK’s national metrology institute. Prior is NPL’s quantum programme manager and Devaney is its quantum standards manager. They talk about NPL’s central r...
https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-metrology-at-npl-we-explore-the-challenges-and-opportunities/
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2026-01-14T12:56:38+00:00
Mapping electron phases in nanotube arrays
Carbon nanotube arrays are designed to investigate the behaviour of electrons in low‑dimensional systems. By arranging well‑aligned 1D nanotubes into a 2D film, the researchers create a coupled‑wire structure that allows them to study how electrons move and interact as the system transitions between different dimension...
https://physicsworld.com/a/mapping-electron-phases-in-nanotube-arrays/
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2026-01-14T12:54:38+00:00
CMS spots hints of a new form of top‑quark matter
The CMS Collaboration investigated in detail events in which a top quark and an anti‑top quark are produced together in high‑energy proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV, using the full 138 fb⁻¹ dataset collected between 2016 and 2018. The top quark is the heaviest fundamental particle and decays almost immediately a...
https://physicsworld.com/a/cms-spots-hints-of-a-new-form-of-top-quark-matter/
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2026-01-14T12:00:17+00:00
Photonics West explores the future of optical technologies
The 2026 SPIE Photonics West meeting takes place in San Francisco, California, from 17 to 22 January. The premier event for photonics research and technology, Photonics West incorporates more than 100 technical conferences covering topics including lasers, biomedical optics, optoelectronics, quantum technologies and mo...
https://physicsworld.com/a/photonics-west-explores-the-future-of-optical-technologies/
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2026-01-14T11:00:14+00:00
Mission to Mars: from biological barriers to ethical impediments
“It’s hard to say when exactly sending people to Mars became a goal for humanity,” ponders author Scott Solomon in his new book Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds – and I think we’d all agree. Ten years ago, I’m not sure any of us thought even returning to the Moon was seriously on t...
https://physicsworld.com/a/mission-to-mars-from-biological-barriers-to-ethical-impediments/
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2026-01-14T08:33:19+00:00
Solar storms could be forecast by monitoring cosmic rays
Using incidental data collected by the BepiColombo mission, an international research team has made the first detailed measurements of how coronal mass ejections (CMEs) reduce cosmic-ray intensity at varying distances from the Sun. Led by Gaku Kinoshita at the University of Tokyo, the team hopes that their approach cou...
https://physicsworld.com/a/solar-storms-could-be-forecast-by-monitoring-cosmic-rays/
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2026-01-13T14:00:29+00:00
CERN team solves decades-old mystery of light nuclei formation
When particle colliders smash particles into each other, the resulting debris cloud sometimes contains a puzzling ingredient: light atomic nuclei. Such nuclei have relatively low binding energies, and they would normally break down at temperatures far below those found in high-energy collisions. Somehow, though, their ...
https://physicsworld.com/a/cern-team-solves-decades-old-mystery-of-light-nuclei-formation/
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2026-01-13T08:45:52+00:00
Anyon physics could explain coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism
New calculations by physicists in the US provide deeper insights into an exotic material in which superconductivity and magnetism can coexist. Using a specialized effective field theory, Zhengyan Shi and Todadri Senthil at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology show how this coexistence can emerge from the collectiv...
https://physicsworld.com/a/anyon-physics-could-explain-coexistence-of-superconductivity-and-magnetism/
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2026-01-15T23:00:00+00:00
Beneath the ice: Satellites help map Antarctica's subglacial surface like never before
Antarctica's subglacial bedrock was previously one of the least-mapped planetary surfaces in our solar system.
https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/detailed-mapping-of-antarctica-subglacial-topography
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