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MLB lets players challenge strike calls with camera tracking
The ABS system reviews selected pitches while the human umpire still makes the initial call.
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FIFA’s offside system sends clear calls straight to officials
The 2026 design separates positional offside alerts from judgments about interference with play.
Sport
Sony’s Ace robot beat three elite table tennis players
The published experiment separates wins against elite opponents from losses against two professionals.
Science
Lucy found an asteroid moon made of two touching pieces
A five-year mission update revisits the small bodies already photographed before the Trojan encounters.
Science
Uranus and Neptune may have formed from different ingredients
Atmospheric chemistry models point to different oxygen supplies beneath the two planets’ visible clouds.
Science
Euclid finds its first previously unknown comet
Software spotted a moving streak in images from a telescope built to map distant galaxies.
AI
Google connects an AI agent to maps, satellites and solar data
An experimental Earth AI workflow can combine private location lists with large geospatial datasets.
AI
Google gives AI video generators a memory between scenes
Its research frameworks track characters, locations and objects across a sequence of generated shots.
AI
Google adds a steering network to guide AI image generation
Diffusion Controller changes the path from noise to a picture, with tests based on Stable Diffusion 1.4.
Science
Google reports 40-fold error cut in Willow magic states
The result concerns preparation of a specific quantum resource, not the error rate of every operation on the processor.
Science
OIST moves a levitated diamond using electron spin
The experiment links quantum spin to measurable mechanical motion, without putting the whole object in two places at once.
Science
Northwestern traps one antimatter particle for months
A controlled positron opens a route to sharper comparisons between matter and antimatter, rather than a new result on their differences.