Sami Oblad, the senior from Stansbury Park, made a little history by advancing to the finals of the 400-meter dash during Thursday’s NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Ore. Oblad, a converted heptathlete and high jumper, finished eighth in the semifinals with a time of 51.20. No matter what happens in Saturday’s nine-woman final,…
Niche trainer brands are certainly getting their foot-in-the-door moments, but the big guns, Nike and Adidas, are still going to take some beating. Nike With 1.5 million monthly brand searches, Nike’s the most prominent brand in the UK footwear sector for 2025, followed by its fierce rival Adidas, according to a new report by Salience…
Long-read sequencing technologies analyse long, continuous stretches of DNA. These methods have the potential to improve researchers’ ability to detect complex genetic alterations in cancer genomes. However, the complex structure of cancer genomes means that standard analysis tools, including existing methods specifically developed to analyse long-read sequencing data, often fall short, leading to false-positive results…
After this, another model can map and decipher gestures from those points, assigning them to mouse inputs. It’s an explicitly assistive implementation of AI, as opposed to those often touted as making human input redundant. Indeed, this is how Moroney suggests AI is best applied, to broaden “our capacity to do things that weren’t previously…
Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Atlantic Productions/Magellan The digital scan shows the bow sitting upright on the sea floor A detailed analysis of a full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the doomed liner’s final hours. The exact 3D replica shows the violence of how the ship ripped in two as…
A wave of optimism has lately swept through China’s chip industry. Share traders in Shanghai joke that Cambricon, a local firm, not only offers a substitute for Nvidia’s processors, but for its stock, too. Although the Chinese semiconductor firm is worth but a fraction of its giant American rival, its share price has rocketed by…
NFL.com predicted the 10 best offenses in 2025 and left the Cardinals off the list, although they definitely can do it. The Arizona Cardinals weren’t an elite offensive squad a year ago, but they were pretty solid. They finished the season 12th in points and 11th in yards, although some of those points did come…
Quantum GPS could help future pilots navigate LightField Studios Inc./Alamy A quantum magnetic navigation system has been tested to guide an aircraft – and it outperformed standard backup systems that planes rely on when GPS signals are jammed. GPS and other global navigation satellite systems use radio signals transmitted between space and Earth. But these…
Bristlecone Pine Forest, California Mitch Epstein Gnarled, wild and majestic: these two very different trees in California form part of Mitch Epstein’s quest to photograph ancient forests across the US. The photographer’s Old Growth project took shape in the summer of 2020, when he learned that there were rare pockets of old-growth forests in Western…
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – JUNE 07: Joshua Van of Myanmar enters the octagon before the flyweight bout … More against Bruno Silva of Brazil during UFC 316 at the Prudential Center on June 07, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Getty Images Joshua Van has accomplished a lot during his relatively short…
