DARPA is collaborating with cybersecurity firm Galois to develop open-source voting technology that allows voters to verify their ballots are counted correctly. The initiative aims to strengthen existing voting machines by inviting experts to test for vulnerabilities, potentially reducing election fraud and errors.
CERN's LHCb experiment has confirmed the existence of the Xicc++ particle, a baryon with two heavy charm quarks, a first for such particles. This finding validates the Standard Model and offers new tools for probing the strong force, potentially illuminating conditions shortly after the Big Bang.
Earth Island Institute has filed a lawsuit in California against Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé, and other major plastic producers, accusing them of misleading the public about recyclability. The suit highlights that only 9% of U.S. plastic is recycled, and that plastic could outweigh fish in the ocean by 2050. This is the first legal action of its kind against the beverage industry.
A new study in Nature Climate Change reveals that the wealthiest 10% of the global population caused two-thirds of observed climate warming since 1990, with the top 1% contributing 20 times more than the bottom 99%. Researchers linked economic data with climate models to highlight the role of investments and consumption in emissions.
Scientists confirm a pear-shaped atomic nucleus in Barium-144, challenging long-held symmetry assumptions in physics. This finding could help explain the universe's matter-antimatter imbalance and why time appears to flow only forward.