Scientists Create “Optical Tornadoes” That Twist Light Into a Swirling Vortex

Researchers generated stable vortex light in its lowest-energy state using liquid crystal traps and optical confinement.
IEEE

Bytecode Skeletons for Sample Selection in the Analysis of Blockchain Programs

Abstract: To evaluate analysis tools for blockchain programs or to analyze an entire ecosystem of blockchain programs, representative samples are needed. Typically, samples are randomly selected from ...
The Conversation

NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China’s closed program

When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April 1970, more than 40 million people around the world watched the United States recover from a potential catastrophe. An oxygen tank explosion turned a ...
IEEE

Angular Margin Loss-Driven and Distance-Aware Multi-Sample Mixing for Self-Supervised Anomalous Sound Detection

Abstract: The mixup strategy combined with Angular Margin Loss (AML) has shown promising results in Anomalous Sound Detection (ASD). However, a comprehensive theoretical understanding of how mixup ...
Autoblog

Xiaomi Takes Aim at Porsche With Its Own “Paint to Sample” Program

Luxury EVs in China now offer 24-karat gold badges and Porsche-like options — but at half the price. Porsche faces a myriad of problems in China. For one, the brand’s cars are somewhat niche by design ...
Hagerty

Paint to Sample Porsches Are More Popular Than Ever

Stay up to speed with stories written by drivers, for drivers. Get automotive news, DIY tips, market trends, in-depth car profiles, and more right in your email inbox. Unofficially, Porsche first ...
marktechpost

Sakana AI Released ShinkaEvolve: An Open-Source Framework that Evolves Programs for Scientific Discovery with Unprecedented Sample-Efficiency

An open-source framework that couples LLM-driven program mutations with evolutionary search to automate algorithm discovery and optimization. Code and report are public. 2) How does it achieve higher ...
GitHub

Angular Docs RAG Sample

Developer sample written in Angular demonstrating how developers might ingest developer docs and make the content accessible to Gemini via RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation). The ingested content is ...