Sport
In soccer, the ball pulls players in like a weak form of gravity
Tracking data from 10 matches shows players drift toward the ball at almost the same speed from 15 to 65 meters away.
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Science
A laser made muons on demand and used them to image lead bricks
Muon imaging can see inside pyramids and volcanoes, but cosmic muons are scarce. A team in Romania made its own with one of the world's strongest lasers.
Science
A quantum processor worked in orbit for eight months
A light-based chip from the University of Vienna ran programmed operations in space, even after half its detectors failed at launch.
Science
NC State film insulates better than any material found in nature
A hybrid perovskite conducts heat five times worse than silicone while being thousands of times stiffer.