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Nighttime Russian attack damages 16 apartment blocks, gymnasium, pool in Dnipro – mayor

A nighttime Russian attack damaged 16 multi-story residential buildings and a gymnasium in Dnipro, shattering about 500 windows across the buildings, Mayor of Dnipro Borys Filatov reported.

  • Russian attack damages 16 apartment blocks, gymnasium, pool in Dnipro
  • No casualties reported in the nighttime assault
  • Central City District Administration set up to help residents with state assistance

Business

I chose to study in China over a US college. Here's how I stayed plugged into Silicon Valley.

William Chen, the cofounder of Sapient Intelligence, took a 20-day trip across almost 10 US colleges during his winter break at Tsinghua University.

  • William Chen chose to study AI at Tsinghua University in Beijing over US colleges.
  • Chen kept up with US tech scene during winter break by road-tripping across the US.
  • Chen and co-founder Guan Wang launched AI startup Sapient Intelligence in Singapore in 2024.

Science

Faster fabrication, better performance for PCECs

A nano-precursor synthesis route reduces manufacturing time and cost while improving the performance of protonic ceramic electrochemical cells The post Faster fabrication, better performance for PCECs…

  • Researchers developed PCECs using nano-sized precursor powders
  • Production time reduced from 85 hours to 33 hours
  • PCECs showed 32% higher peak power density and 40% higher electrolysis current density

Science

Finding the signatures of chiral spin liquids

Researchers classify chiral spin liquids on the pyrochlore lattice and identify characteristic experimental signatures that could help uncover these elusive quantum states The post Finding the…

  • Chiral spin liquids exhibit continuous collective spin fluctuations at low temperatures.
  • Pyrochlore lattice geometry creates frustration, hindering conventional magnetic order.
  • Emergent gauge fields and spin-like excitations drive different chiral spin liquid behaviors.
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