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Electric signals reveal magnetic spin waves, hinting at faster computing
Topological insulator maintains quantum spin Hall effect at higher temperatures
Nuclear clock technology enables unprecedented investigation of fine-structure constant stability

Dec 8, 2015

Silicon Waffle

What can I learn from this comics ? [sigh... then laugh... :DD

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That is so hilarious and the last sketch hits very close to home :D

Thread 'Rare Earth Magnets costs NZ teen part of his bowel'

"In 2013, after a series of hospitalizations due to magnets, New Zealand government officials permanently banned the sale of those made from neodymium-iron-boron (NIB)." https://www.sciencealert.com/new-zealand-teen-loses-part-of-his-bowel-after-swallowing-nearly-200-magnets "A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand has had part of his bowel surgically removed after he ingested nearly 200 high-powered magnets. (2025)" OK, this teen was a fool, but it is not always a teen, it is not always...

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Thread 'RIP Chen Ning Yang (1922-2025)'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Chen-Ning ( photo from http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~yang/ ) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/science/chen-ning-yang-dead.html https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxrzzk02plo https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press/mourning-professor-yang-chen-ning/ https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/physics/about/awards_and_prizes/_nobel_and_breakthrough_prizes/_profiles/yangc https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/physics/people/_profiles/yangc...

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