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Huawei has added a new accessory to its lineup in China — a sleek 100W power bank that doubles down on speed and portability. The launch came alongside the Mate XTs, FreeBuds 7i, and Mate TV Pro, ...

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Texas Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, asks questions of Texas Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, as he recommends the proposed redistricting map while the Texas Senate prepares to take a vote on the ...

President Donald Trump’s White House wants a slice of Intel’s pie in exchange for CHIPS Act grants that had already been approved by former President Joe Biden. And conservative radio host and pundit ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. There are precision measurements, and then there’s the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. In each of LIGO’s twin ...

A surge in high quality research and patent applications has cemented China’s dominance in the industry. By Max Bearak and Mira Rojanasakul This is a patent application filed by a Chinese company in ...

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On August 6, 1945, the sky above the Japanese city of Hiroshima opened. A blinding flash, then a deafening sonic boom. An entire city pulverized in seconds. Thus began the nuclear age. Today, 80 years ...

Meena Jha does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Talk about epic. A collision of two black holes is so extreme that it’s challenging physics theories of how large black holes form and merge. The two black holes had masses bigger than any before ...

Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound contained in some varieties of mushrooms, has recently been found to be promising for the treatment of some neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression, some ...