How Paris dealt with lightning in the Age of Enlightenment Summary This brief archival piece revisits eighteenth-century Parisian efforts to manage lightning risk through the installation of “para-tonnerres” (early lightning…
Organs on chips could make biomedical research more equitable Summary Organ-on-a-chip technology uses microfluidic devices to culture human cells in arrangements that better mimic human physiology than traditional dish cultures.…
Java 25 puts 32-bit x86 out to pasture, adds 17 shiny new features Summary Java 25 is now a Release Candidate (two RCs are planned, the second due 21 Aug)…
Debian 13 ‘Trixie’ arrives: x86-32 and MIPS out, RISC-V in Summary Debian 13, code‑named “Trixie”, is released with 64‑bit RISC‑V added to the main installer while dropping x86‑32 and both…
Summary Platform9 has updated its vJailbreak migration tool in Private Cloud Director so organisations can migrate workloads away from VMware without needing extra “swing” servers. The tool migrates a single…
Tsunami forecasting about to get a lot faster thanks to El Capitan super Summary Researchers using El Capitan, currently the most powerful publicly known supercomputer, have developed a new tsunami…
What is a smart home? Everything you need to know Summary A smart home is a residence that uses internet‑connected devices to let owners monitor and manage appliances and systems…
ULA Launches First National Security Mission On Vulcan Centaur Rocket Summary United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully completed its first national security mission on 12 August 2025, launching…
Polestar Sets Production Car Record For Longest Drive On a Single Charge Summary Polestar claims a Guinness World Record for the longest distance driven in a production electric car on…
Tsunami forecasting about to get a lot faster thanks to El Capitan super Summary Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Oden Institute (University of Texas at Austin) and Scripps…
