Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his meeting with US President Donald Trump could help move advance ceasefire deal and hostage release deal with Hamas. Netanyahu spoke just before leaving for Washington on Sunday, saying that Israeli negotiators had already returned to Qatar to resume talks. “I believe the discussion with President Trump can certainly…
Eshan Chattopadhyay, associate professor of computer science at Cornell University, and David Zuckerman, professor of computer science at the University of Texas, have been awarded the 2025 Gdel Prize for their research paper, “Explicit Two-Source Extractors and Resilient Functions”. The paper showed how to turn two poor-quality random sources into one strong, reliable one—key for…
Eshan Chattopadhyay (left) and David Zuckerman (right) (Image credit: Cornell University official website & The University of Texas at Austin official website) Eshan Chattopadhyay, associate professor at Cornell University and David Zuckerman, professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin have been awarded the 2025 Gödel Prize.The prize was awarded for their…
In a rare and remarkable scientific achievement, scientists have detected a 13-billion-year-old microwave signal from a period known as the Cosmic Dawn. It is a time just after the Big Bang when the first stars and galaxies began to form. What makes this achievement remarkable is that the signal was picked up not from space,…
For centuries, gold has been the stuff of dreams. From ancient kings to medieval alchemists, the idea of turning base metals into gold symbolised ultimate power, wealth, and mastery over nature. Now, in the age of particle physics, that fantasy has brushed reality. At CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), scientists have done the impossible, transformed…
North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firings of missiles from a recently launched destroyer — the first such warship for the North — and called for accelerating efforts to boost his navy’s nuclear attack capabilities. North Korea last week unveiled the 5,000-ton destroyer equipped with what it called the most powerful…
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw PAURI GARHWAL: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw attended the breakthrough ceremony of Tunnel T-8 of India’s longest rail tunnel, Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail line connecting Devprayag to Janasu section.Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has achieved a major milestone. It is associated…
BOSTON — Misha Mitrofanov broke his embrace of Alisa Efimova and spun her around. Let her see the crowd’s reaction to the moment she was feeling. She covered her mouth with both hands beneath widened, welling eyes as the crowd at TD Garden showered them with an ovation. Their performance Thursday at the figure skating…
The Kurdish-led militia that controls northeastern Syria agreed on Monday to merge with the country’s new government, marking a major breakthrough for Damascus in its efforts to unify a country still wrestling with violent turmoil. The agreement, announced by the office of Syria’s presidency and signed by both parties, stipulated that the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic…
Nvidia, which soared to the top of the stock market by selling the computer chips fueling the world’s artificial intelligence boom, has been dealt a tough reality check by a small Chinese company that showed it could do more with less of what Nvidia makes. On Monday, shares of Nvidia plunged 17 percent after the…