Teamfight Tactics celebrate six years of legends with the return of a fan-favourite mode
Teamfight Tactics celebrate six years of legends with the return of a fan-favourite mode
Teamfight Tactics is celebrating six years since launch
Pengu’s Party, a fan-favourite mode, makes a welcome return
As do special missions and rewards to celebrate
Teamfight Tactics has proven to be an enduring addition to the League of Legends franchise. And now, celebrating its sixth anniversary, fans can look forward to some top rewards and celebratory events set to kick off on June 11th! Featuring a fan-favourite mode, missions and rewards.
The headlining return, of course, is none other than Pengu’s Party. As the mode which features TFT’s mascot most prominently, it’s no surprise this is a welcome return. And for longtime fans, it’s a chance to see the return of traits from years past, with two from each past set all available at once.
Traits will also appear with Prismatic variants to further the fun. But there’s a little more to look forward to as well! But that’s not all, because by completing event missions, you can also snatch up exclusive cosmetics, like the six-year bash emote or Cuppy, a brand-new Little Legend available for free via rewards and with variants in the shop.
Party like it’s 2020
Naturally, that’s still not a comprehensive overview of what’s in store for fans of TFT. There’s also the Pengu’s 6th Anniversary Arena, Pengu’s Party Portal and a whole lot more to discover. Coming right before League of Legends got a rightful boost in visibility from the success of Arcane, TFT seems to have benefited greatly as a lightweight spin-off for fans and newcomers alike.
You’ll have a little over a month to enjoy the new event as well, with the sixth anniversary celebrations set to run from June 11th to July 15th.
But if you’ve perhaps played a little too much in the way of Teamfight Tactics and want to try something new, why not dig into our list of the top 25 best strategy games for iOS and Android to put your inner Sun Tzu to the test?
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‘Driver looked emotional and agitated’
‘Driver looked emotional and agitated’
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There were already signs that something had gone wrong in Liverpool city centre before the car ploughed into the crowd.
Tens of thousands had gathered to see Liverpool FC parade the Premier League trophy and were, as one witness put it, “packed like sardines” on Water Street.
But a few hundred yards away, a large Ford family car was trying to make its way through the dense crowds of jubilant supporters.
By the time someone had started to film the car, a few people in the crowd were trying to stop the driver from getting any further.
At least one man threw a punch at the car, another kicked it with enough force to dislodge its rear windscreen wiper.
The car jolted back twice, nearly taking people off their feet both times, before veering around a stationary car and picking up speed as it headed onto Water Street.
Further down, someone managed to open the advancing car’s door but it kept moving forward.
Seconds later, one fan who witnessed the carnage described seeing people “scattered like bowling pins”.
BBC News has spoken to several people who were on Water Street on Monday to understand how, as one fan put it, “paradise turned to hell”.
‘He looked emotional, agitated’
One of those who saw the incident close-up was Matthew O’Carroll, 28, from Cheshire.
He said: “People managed to get out of the way as he was beeping as he went through – but as he went past, people were obviously very angry and so started running after the car.
“The back window of the car was already smashed.
“I thought that once it went past us, it was just someone that was trying to get away from something and would slow down when he got to more people.”
Dan Ogunshakin, a BBC Sport reporter, had travelled to Liverpool for the day with a friend to see his team lift the trophy.
As he was walking up Water Street, he noticed the car that, unbeknown to him, others had tried to stop further up the road.
“We wondered what it was doing there,” Dan said. “Suddenly people surrounded the car.
“They were ******** it, shaking it, rocking it. It was joyous and then suddenly everything changed.”
This time the number of people trying to intervene and block the car from going any further was much larger than earlier.
Footage from the scene shows a frantic mass swarming the car and police officers moving in.
Dan described a “large bang” as the car hit an ambulance parked behind it.
“Then it just [moved] forward [and] accelerated very quickly into the crowd,” he added.
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One witness who spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live saw how the man at the wheel reacted to the chaos unfolding around his vehicle.
Harry Rashid said: “I could see the driver of the vehicle… my wife saw him clearly.
“He looked emotional, agitated, his hands were moving about.
“He was trying to close the door of the car because people were trying to pull the door open.
“When he closed the door people were ******** on the vehicle, the wind screens, the side windows, the back window.
“Within the next five seconds he managed to put his car into gear again and drive straight through the people in front of him.”
It is still unclear how the car came to be on the road and what measures were in place to stop this from happening.
Nor does anyone know what was going through the driver’s mind, or why he was attempting to take a large car down the packed road in the first place.
‘It just wasn’t stopping’
Most of those around the car managed to scatter as it lurched forward, picking up speed – but not everyone got out of the way.
One man was seen being thrown onto the bonnet and bouncing off the windscreen, before falling to the ground.
Then the car veered right towards a tightly packed part of the crowd clustered on a pavement outside a ******** bar, creating a sickening domino effect as people careered into one another.
Others were pulled along with the car or hurled to the floor.
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One of those in the car’s path was BBC reporter Matt Cole, who had taken his family along to the celebrations.
He said an ambulance had just made its way through the “dense” crowd when “there were screams ahead of us”.
“[The car] just wasn’t stopping,” he recounted. “I managed to grab my daughter who was with me and jump out of the way.
“It missed myself and my family by literally inches.”
Among the 50 people hurt were an adult and child who sustained serious injuries. No one lost their lives.
Jack Trotter, who had travelled to Liverpool from Northern Ireland to celebrate his club’s triumph, was one of those injured.
He described being in “absolute agony” but said he was “extremely lucky” as he managed to move partly out the way as the car came towards him.
Paul, who had visited from North Yorkshire, said: “We just heard this screaming, and we saw coming to car coming to us.
“It was panic, my daughters were just screaming and just wanted to go home. It was so horrific to watch.”
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Another of those hurt was a paramedic, who was stationed inside the crowd on a bicycle.
Steve, from Chester, told BBC Radio Merseyside he saw the paramedic being struck, and recounted how he, his wife and friend ran down a side street to find safety.
“We didn’t know what was happening, you just want to find somewhere as safe as you can,” he added.
Within seconds of the car ploughing through the crowd and coming to a halt, a large crowd had surrounded it again, including several police officers flooding down the road.
Footage from the scene shows the crowd desperately lashing at the car in an effort to prevent the driver doing further harm.
“They were extremely brave,” Steve said.
“If it hadn’t been for their action the vehicle would have carried on going down the street, I’m convinced.”
A 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area has been arrested and is in police custody.
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Kiwi Gatland returns to rugby with club role in Uruguay
Kiwi Gatland returns to rugby with club role in Uruguay
Warren Gatland has taken up a position as an advisor at Uruguayan team Penarol in his first rugby job since leaving Wales during the Six Nations.
In a post on Instagram, Penarol said the 61-year-old New Zealander will support coach Ivo Dugonjic and “turn all his knowledge into the service of the team.”
Gatland and the Welsh Rugby Union agreed to part ways in February, two games into the Six Nations, and end an unhappy second spell as the national coach after 14 months.
He previously led Wales from 2008-19, during which time he also became coach of the British and Irish Lions to cement his standing as one of the world’s best.
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Supreme Court rejects appeal of Massachusetts student who wanted to wear ‘only two genders’ T-shirt
Supreme Court rejects appeal of Massachusetts student who wanted to wear ‘only two genders’ T-shirt
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders.
The justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that said it would not second-guess the decision of educators in Middleborough, Massachusetts, to not allow the T-shirt to be worn in a school environment because of a negative impact on transgender and gender-nonconforming students.
Educators at the John T. Nichols Middle School barred the student from wearing the T-shirt and an altered version with the words “two genders” covered up by tape with the word “censored” written on it.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.
The court should have heard the case, Alito wrote, noting that “the school permitted and indeed encouraged student expression endorsing the view that there are many genders,” but censored an opposing view.
“This case presents an issue of great importance for our Nation’s youth: whether public schools may suppress student speech either because it expresses a viewpoint that the school disfavors or because of vague concerns about the likely effect of the speech on the school atmosphere or on students who find the speech offensive,” Alito wrote.
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it was reasonable to predict that the T-shirt will “poison the educational atmosphere” and disrupt the learning environment.
The school district’s decision was in line with a landmark Supreme Court ruling from 1969, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, that upheld the right of public school students to wear ****** armbands to protest the Vietnam War when it did not create a substantial disruption to education.
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The Roman massacre that never happened according to a new study of an iconic archaeological site
The Roman massacre that never happened according to a new study of an iconic archaeological site
Two of the skeletons excavated by Mortimer Wheeler in the 1930s, dating from the 1st century AD. Both these individuals exhibit bladed weapon injuries, while one has a spear head lodged in his spine, previously interpreted (wrongly) as a Roman ballista bolt. Credit: Martin Smith
A new study by archaeologists at Bournemouth University has revealed that bodies recovered from a “war-cemetery,” previously attributed to the Roman Conquest of Britain at Maiden Castle Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, did not die in a single dramatic event. The work is published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.
A re-analysis of the burials, including a new program of radiocarbon dating, has revealed that, rather than dying in a single, catastrophic event, individuals fell over periods of lethal violence spanning multiple generations, spread across the late first century BC to the early first century AD. This is suggestive of episodic periods of bloodshed, possibly the result of localized turmoil, executions or dynastic infighting during the decades leading up to the Roman Conquest of Britain.
BU’s Dr. Martin Smith, associate professor in forensic and biological anthropology, who analyzed the bodies, said, “The find of dozens of human skeletons displaying lethal weapon injuries was never in doubt, however, by undertaking a systematic program of radiocarbon dating, we have been able to establish that these individuals died over a ******* of decades, rather than a single terrible event.”
The ‘war-cemetery’ of Maiden Castle Iron Age hillfort in Dorset is one of Britain’s most famous archaeological discoveries. Discovered in 1936, many of the skeletons unearthed had clear evidence of trauma to the head and upper body, which dig director at the time, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, suggested, were “the marks of battle,” caused during a furious but ultimately futile defense of the hillfort against an all-conquering Roman legion.
Wheeler’s colorful account of an attack on the native hillfort and the massacre of its defenders by invading Romans, was accepted as fact, becoming an iconic event in popular narratives of Britain’s “Island Story.”
Aerial view of Maiden Castle, Dorset, the largest Iron Age hillfort in Britain. Credit: Jo and Sue Crane
Principal academic in prehistoric and Roman archaeology at BU, and the study’s dig director, Dr. Miles Russell said, “Since the 1930s, the story of Britons fighting Romans at one of the largest hillforts in the country has become a fixture in historical literature.
“With the Second World War fast approaching, no one was really prepared to question the results. The tale of innocent men and women of the local Durotriges tribe being slaughtered by Rome is powerful and poignant. It features in countless articles, books and TV documentaries. It has become a defining moment in British history, marking the sudden and violent end of the Iron Age.”
Dr. Russell added, “The trouble is it doesn’t appear to have actually happened. Unfortunately, the archaeological evidence now points to it being untrue. This was a case of Britons killing Britons, the dead being buried in a long-abandoned fortification. The Roman army committed many atrocities, but this does not appear to be one of them.”
The study has also raised further questions as to what may still lie undiscovered at Maiden Castle. BU’s visiting fellow, Paul Cheetham, said, “Here we interpret this as either a number of distinct cultures living and dying together, or we can understand this as burial rights that were determined by complex social rules or hierarchical divisions within this Iron Age society. While Wheeler’s excavation was excellent, he was only able to investigate a fraction of the site. It is likely that a larger number of burials remain undiscovered around the immense ramparts.”
The work at Maiden Castle also brings into question how other archaeological cemeteries across the *** have been interpreted. Cheetham said, “The intermingling of differing cultural burial practices contemporaneously shows that simplistic approaches to interpreting archaeological cemeteries must now be questioned.”
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Martin Smith et al, Fraught with high tragedy: A contextual and chronological reconsideration of the Maiden Castle Iron Age ‘war cemetery’ (England), Oxford Journal of Archaeology (2025). DOI: 10.1111/ojoa.12324
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Consumer confidence for May was much stronger than expected on optimism for trade deals
Consumer confidence for May was much stronger than expected on optimism for trade deals
Consumer optimism got a much-needed boost in May on hopes for trade pace between the U.S. and China, according to a survey Tuesday.
The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index leaped to 98.0, a 12.3-point increase from April and much better than the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 86.0.
Much of the positive sentiment, according to board officials, came from developments in the U.S.-China trade impasse, most notably President Donald Trump’s halting of the most severe tariffs on May 12.
“The rebound was already visible before the May 12 US-China trade deal but gained momentum afterwards,” said Stephanie Guichard, the Conference Board’s senior economist for global indicators.
May’s rebound followed five straight months of declines. Consumers and investors had grown sour on economic prospects amid the intensifying trade war that Trump has launched against U.S. global trading partners, with China a particular target.
However, the two sides reached a truce in early May, marking the second major walk-back of Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs since he levied them in his April 2 “liberation day” announcement.
Other board sentiment indicators also increased.
The present situation index increased to 135.9, up 4.8 points, and the expectations index posted a major surge to 72.8, a 17.4 point gain. Investors also showed more optimism, with 44% now expecting stocks to be higher over the next 12 months, up 6.4 percentage points from April.
Views on the labor market also improved, with 19.2% of respondents expecting more jobs to be available in the next six months, compared to 13.9% in April. At the same time, 26.6% expect fewer jobs, down from 32.4%.
Survey officials said sentiment improved across age, income and political affiliation, though noting that the “strongest improvements” came from Republicans.
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From strip searches to ******* harassment, *********** policing has long been plagued by sexism
From strip searches to ******* harassment, *********** policing has long been plagued by sexism
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This month, a woman bravely testified in court she was subjected to a “degrading and humiliating experience akin to ******* assault” at the hands of New South Wales Police. The young woman was forced to remove her tampon in front of officers during a strip search, which police later admitted was unlawful.
This experience was heard in the Supreme Court as part of a class action lawsuit that includes 3,000 alleged victims. It’s alleging police unlawfully strip-searched thousands of people at music festivals between 2016 and 2022.
These searches—which disproportionately increased against young girls and women—speak to an underlying issue within policing. Police scholars have long observed an internal culture of misogyny and sexism, both domestically and internationally.
In fact, predatory behavior from police has been documented across the country, both towards members of the public and towards other police officers.
While there are immediate headlines and promises to improve, they’re often quickly forgotten by police and the community. In not holding them accountable, we allow the harming of women to continue and positive change to remain elusive.
A long history
This has previously been a point of conversation in New South Wales. Last year, there were reports of a female then-officer, Mel Cooper, being ********* harassed and assaulted by male colleagues. Cooper, who joined the force in 1994, argued this culture is “not getting better […] it’s getting worse.”
This reflected experiences from a report by the state’s police watchdog in 2020 reviewing workplace complaints. The report, titled Operation Shorewood, found ******* harassment was among the most common complaints.
Female officers were the most likely to be subjected to harassment, despite the most recent available data indicating they make up only 26.9% of sworn personnel.
New South Wales is not a unique case. In Western Australia, it’s been reported that ******* misconduct complaints are rising. This prompted the police commissioner to admit WA Police had a “boys club culture” issue.
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In Queensland, the Richards inquiry in 2022 found evidence of a culture of sexism and misogyny and viewed predatory behavior as a significant issue. The commission learned of multiple examples of predatory behavior, ******* harassment and assault against female colleagues (often junior officers).
In some rare cases, ***** by male officers was reported.
More recently, a Queensland police sergeant who engaged in a pattern of predatory ******* conduct was reported to still be working with the force. This was despite Queensland’s police watchdog—the Crime and Corruption Commission—recommending in 2022 that dismissal was the “only appropriate sanction.”
Decades of inaction
Victoria also has a long history of this behavior.
In 1988, a discussion paper criticized the treatment of ******* assault victims who reported or complained to police. The paper’s recommendations were never implemented, with police and government responses dismissing the paper as “pro-victim.”
A decade later, the Victorian ombudsman investigated allegations of ******* impropriety by officers at a rural police station. The allegations, which started in 1988, included *****, ******* assault, stalking, unlawful entry on premises and threatening behavior towards members of the public.
Victims were dissuaded from giving evidence by police. Male officers came to view sex as an entitlement of their duty, targeting vulnerable and young women. It was ultimately found that police management systems had failed to deal with the behavior for years.
The failure to address the behavior has only continued. An audit into sex and gender discrimination and two separate reports from Victoria’s police watchdog in 2015 and 2023 continue to show evidence of ******* impropriety and predatory behavior.
This came to a head in 2023 when Brett Johnson was convicted of using Victoria’s police database to stalk vulnerable women and initiate ******* relationships.
In response to this, and other reports into systemic issues, Victoria Police has implemented more than 90% of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission’s recommendations. This includes working towards implementing recommendations regarding predatory behavior.
Lessons left unlearned
It is impossible to gauge the full extent of this behavior and its history in every jurisdiction.
There are no mandatory reporting requirements for police complaint data in Australia. The findings we do have often come from an occasional report or inquiry into police.
These incidents are also quickly forgotten. Government inquiries and investigations often fail to acknowledge these issues have been discussed many times before.
States may recognize the need for change. Other times, they will outright dismiss it.
Many identified reforms are never fully put into practice. In the case of systems for holding police accountable, this phenomenon has been seen as “cyclic.”
This is why it’s vital to recall the incidents of our past. When another scandal occurs, we should remind ourselves these are not “bad apples” or isolated events.
They are symbolic of a crisis of reform in policing—an inability to create meaningful change. We must demand better from our police and our state governments to ensure the protection of not just *********** women, but all victims and complainants.
As researcher Janet Chan argued in her internationally recognized work on changing the culture of the police, this will not be achieved through a single reform. This will require a commitment to a range of related changes.
These include changes to education, better leadership and mentoring, more effective whistleblowing processes and reforms to police complaint systems.
A popular proposal has been the creation of an independent police ombudsman to oversee and investigate complaints against police.
However, without a continued public pressure, it is unlikely we can challenge the political power of police. Failure to address these issues will only strengthen a culture that harms all who are victim to it.
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Unsurprisingly, Another Game From Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dev Is Coming
Unsurprisingly, Another Game From Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dev Is Coming
This is what you might describe as a no-brainer: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 maker Sandfall Interactive plans to make another video game. However, the developer isn’t saying exactly what that next title might be, though noting there are already “great ideas.”
Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Sandfall chief operating officer and producer François Meurisse discussed the developer’s future. “There will be another video game, for sure,” Meurisse said. The executive wasn’t ready to announce specifics necessarily, which makes sense considering Clair Obscur launched only just over a month ago. But he did say the team’s experience from making the RPG will be beneficial going forward.
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“Plus the team has grown up, has acquired new skills throughout production,” said Meurisse. “Many of them were junior when we started. We learned to work together. So I can’t wait to get to the next project, because we’ll start from a more efficient position than when we started the company five years ago. And that [comes] with higher expectations as well, so it will be challenging. But I can say that we have–and Guillaume [Broche, Sandfall CEO and creative director] in particular has–great ideas for the next game.”
Broche reportedly came up with the idea for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 while bored working at Ubisoft in 2020. So it’s probably not shocking that the game’s director has some other plans in mind.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold 2 million copies in 12 days. Meurisse admitted they never expected this type of success as the RPG “smashed our forecasts pretty fast.” In addition, the game’s soundtrack has been a hit, too.
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OnePlus’ new ‘small’ phone isn’t coming to the US, but its AI features are – The Verge
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Zimbabwe president approves radio licence fee for motorists
Zimbabwe president approves radio licence fee for motorists
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law a contentious bill that requires all motorists to buy a radio licence before acquiring vehicle insurance.
There has been an outcry from some motorists as they will now have to pay $92 (£68) annually in order to listen to the radio in their vehicles.
The introduction of the measure is part of a plan to widen revenue sources for the state broadcaster but critics say the licence fee is too high, especially given the difficult economic situation.
Leading opposition figure Nelson Chamisa said the new law was “too draconian, anti-citizens and outrightly heartless”.
Responding to motorists’ concerns on social media, Nick Mangwana, a senior official in the ministry of information, said the new law was “necessary” and “fair”.
There are about 1.2 million registered cars in the country but only 800,000 of them pay insurance, according to local media.
The loss-making Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) relies for income on the licence fee as well as government grants, It also generates some revenue through advertising.
But the broadcaster is struggling to make people pay for their TV and radio licences.
Critics have been calling for the scrapping of the fee, accusing ZBC of biased coverage in favour of the governing Zanu-PF.
The opposition has complained of unfair coverage by the broadcaster, especially during elections. ZBC has denied the accusation.
Under the new Broadcasting Services Amendment Act, all motorists must now pay the radio licence fee before they can renew their vehicle insurance or obtain a licence from the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara).
The changes, which were recently approved by parliament, pegs the fee at $23 per quarter, amounting to $92 per year.
However, ZBC can grant exemptions to those who qualify, including tourists visiting the country.
But the new amendment aims to eliminate loopholes and boost compliance with the requirement to have a licence.
It prohibits all motor insurance companies from selling their products to motorists who do not hold a valid ZBC radio licence, unless they have a ZBC exemption certificate or the vehicle being insured does not have a radio receiver.
But the law has drawn sharp criticism from motorists and opposition groups, terming it a burden on taxpayers.
“Citizens are being pauperized left, right and centre, why does the citizenry of this country deserve so uncaring & heartless a leadership?” Chamisa posted on X.
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Catalysts mimic photosynthesis for cleaner production
Catalysts mimic photosynthesis for cleaner production
When the reaction takes place in optimal conditions, two nitrogen atoms and three water molecules form two ammonia molecules with only oxygen left over. Credit: 2025 Nishibayashi et al. CC-BY-ND
Ammonia is a chemical essential to many agricultural and industrial processes, but its mode of production comes with an incredibly high energy cost. Various attempts have, and are, being made to produce ammonia more efficiently.
For the first time, a group including researchers from the University of Tokyo combined atmospheric nitrogen, water and sunlight, and, using two catalysts, produced sizable quantities of ammonia without a high energy cost. Their processes mirror natural processes found in plants utilizing symbiotic bacteria.
The work has been published in Nature Communications.
Just under 200 million tons of ammonia are produced yearly, and 80% of this is used for fertilizer. Also, its production accounts for around 2% of the world’s entire energy consumption and, correspondingly, around 2% of the world’s entire carbon dioxide emissions. With these things in mind, it’s understandable why researchers around the world are trying to create a cleaner, more efficient means of producing ammonia.
Professor Yoshiaki Nishibayashi from the Department of Applied Chemistry at the University of Tokyo and his team have made significant strides in this goal.
They succeeded in developing a novel catalytic system for producing ammonia from abundant molecules found on Earth, including atmospheric nitrogen and water. The key lies in a combination of two kinds of catalysts, intermediate compounds which enable or speed up reactions without contributing to the final mixture, made especially for ammonia production, and which are driven by sunlight.
“This is the first successful example of photocatalytic ammonia production using atmospheric dinitrogen as a nitrogen source and water as a proton source, that also uses visible light energy and two kinds of molecular catalysts,” said Nishibayashi.
“We used an iridium photocatalyst and another chemical called a tertiary phosphine which enabled photochemical activation of water molecules. The reaction efficiencies were higher than expected, compared to previous reports of visible light-driven photocatalytic ammonia formation.”
The thing about chemical reactions is, they don’t always happen as fast as you want, or in the way that you want. And to control the outcome, efficiency, timing and so on of a process, you need to involve additional components beyond just the raw ingredients. This is where the catalysts come in.
Nishibayashi and his team utilized two catalysts for these experiments, one based on the transition metal molybdenum for the activation of dinitrogen and the other based on the transition metal iridium for the photoactivation of both tertiary phosphines and water. A third component called tertiary phosphines is also key to helping get the protons out of water molecules.
“When the iridium photocatalyst absorbs sunlight, its excited state can oxidize the tertiary phosphines. The oxidized tertiary phosphines then activate water molecules via formation of a chemical bond between the phosphine’s phosphorus atom and the water, yielding protons,” said Nishibayashi.
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“The molybdenum catalyst then enables nitrogen to bond with these protons to become ammonia. The use of water for producing dihydrogen or hydrogen atoms is one of the most important processes for achieving green ammonia production.”
The team managed to produce this reaction at a scale 10 times that of previous experiments, suggesting it’s ready for trials at larger scales, though there are still some issues that could improve the safety and effectiveness further.
Some of the components such as the tertiary phosphines could be made using solar power or recycled from phosphine oxides. And while stable themselves, they may be toxic if ingested by people, so it would be ideal to find a responsible way to dispose of or recycle them.
“In plants, ammonia is formed by biological nitrogen fixation using cyanobacteria and is linked with photosynthesis,” said Nishibayashi.
“Here, the electrons for the reaction are supplied by photosynthesis and protons are derived from water. Therefore, the findings of our recent study can be regarded as a successful example of the artificial photosynthesis of ammonia.”
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Don’t expect the market to go anywhere this summer, says JPMorgan
Don’t expect the market to go anywhere this summer, says JPMorgan
Looking for another leg higher in stocks this summer? JPMorgan thinks investors should pump the breaks. Fabio Bassi, the bank’s head of cross-asset strategy, warned the S & P 500 could “remain rangebound, with limited short-term upside.” He added: “The rally to our bull case scenario of 5,800 for S & P 500 has played out, but from here we expect a consolidation and range-bound dynamic.” Indeed, the S & P 500 has surged 20% since hitting an intraday low on April 7, as investor sentiment recovered after the “liberation day” tariff shock that sent global markets tumbling. The benchmark closed Friday’s session at 5,802.82 (U.S. markets were closed Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday). .SPX YTD mountain SPX year to date The protectionist U.S. trade stance raised concern of persistent inflation — leading investors to lower their expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. CME Group’s FedWatch tool shows traders see the central bank lowering rates twice in 2025. They expected at least three rate cuts when the year began. “The revival of the ‘higher for longer’ narrative, coupled with reduced tariff concerns, is likely to constrain the expansion of equity leadership,” Bassi wrote. “Investors are expected to continue paying a premium for high-quality growth companies, resulting in an unhealthy concentration within the tech sector and the Mag7.” The strategist recommended clients hedge against potential downside by buying call options on the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) , essentially betting Wall Street’s “fear gauge” will rise. But Wall Street is set to begin the shortened trading week on a strong note. S & P 500 futures popped more than 1% after President Donald Trump delayed a 50% levy on European goods until July. However, those gains are likely short lived, if JPMorgan’s assessment is correct. Elsewhere Tuesday morning on Wall Street, Barclays became the first shop on Wall Street to downgrade CoreWeave since its IPO. The bank lowered its rating on the stock to neutral from overweight. The stock nevertheless added another 4% in premarket trading. “With its voice-A.I platform, SoundHound is a direct play on the A.I revolution,” analyst James Fish wrote.
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Trump administration seeks to pull up to $100m in Harvard funding
Trump administration seeks to pull up to $100m in Harvard funding
The Trump administration will direct federal agencies to review their grants to Harvard University to potentially end or redistribute funding, as part of the White House’s escalating battle with America’s oldest university.
The Government Services Agency (GSA) plans to circulate a letter to agencies “asking them to identify any contracts with Harvard, and whether they can be cancelled or redirected elsewhere,” a senior White House official said.
The administration estimates about 30 contracts, collectively worth $100m, could be up for review.
Harvard University did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The White House will not revoke the funds automatically, but rather kick off a review of money Harvard receives from the federal government to determine whether it is – in the administration’s eyes – critical.
GSA will recommend each agency “terminate for convenience each contract that it determines has failed to meet its standards,” and consider reallocating those funds to other entities.
A draft of the letter accuses Harvard of engaging in discrimination and antisemitism as justification for the move.
An administration official told the BBC that potential cuts would not impact hospitals affiliated with Harvard University.
If a federal grant is deemed critical to a particular agency’s functions, they said, that agency could make a case for continued funding.
The White House and Harvard have been locked in a political, legal and financial battle whose stakes have dramatically escalated over the past two months.
Last week, the Trump administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enrol international students or host foreign researchers, prompting mass confusion among thousands of impacted students.
Harvard sued the Trump administration, alleging it has violated the university’s constitutional First Amendment rights as well as federal law.
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How to resolve conflicts over lunar resources
How to resolve conflicts over lunar resources
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Sometimes, space enthusiasts blind themselves with techno-optimism about all the potential cool technological things we can do and the benefits they can offer humanity. We conveniently ignore that there are trade-offs: If one group gets to utilize the water available on the lunar surface, that means another group doesn’t get to.
Recognizing and attempting to come up with a plan to deal with those sorts of trade-offs is the intent of a new paper by Marissa Herron and Therese Jones of NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, as well as Amanda Hernandez of BryceTech, a contractor based out of Virginia.
The paper deals explicitly with trade-offs on the moon, though most of the strategy could work elsewhere throughout the solar system. The moon is probably the most important, though, as there has been a concerted push by NASA and other space agencies to set up a permanent presence there and start utilizing some of its resources.
Reports like the 2022 National Cislunar Science and Technology Strategy and the 2020 Executive Order on Space Resources offer an impetus to utilize the moon for humanity’s benefit. However, ensuring it will be used for all humanity and not just a sliver of it is harder.
Lunar water is a good example of a relatively scarce resource that could be utilized in different ways. Some groups want to split the water into hydrogen and oxygen, using it to refuel rockets that can return larger samples of regolith and other materials off the surface. Other groups want to purify the water and use it for biological functions like drinking or showering. Who is responsible for determining who gets access to what resources and ensuring that they are equitably shared across competing interests is still up in the air, which the paper hopes to lay out.
Fraser talks about utilizing resources on the moon.
The authors lay out a three-step framework. First, they want to map out the 63 objectives of NASA’s Moon to Mars plan and figure out what, if any, requirements on lunar sites and resources are needed. They stress that collaboration from outside NASA, including other agencies and private organizations, is critical at this stage, despite the Moon to Mars architecture being a NASA-driven program.
The second step is a “Catalog.” Essentially, it is a list of “concerns”—anything that could disrupt the use of a location or resource. The water use example from above is one such example—others abound, and aren’t just limited to the surface. Orbits and Lagrange point locations are resources as well, and ensuring that they are fairly utilized is a key component of the framework.
The final step is the “Preservation” segment—essentially, it is the development of a plan to mitigate the concerns listed in the Catalog step. These mitigations could be the result of technological improvements like better solar collectors that could increase the overall power available at a specific location.
Or they could be operational—they could mandate the joint use of a regolith collection machine by organizations that want to collect the water vs. those that want to collect the iron for steel production. Finally, there could be policy practices, such as preserving historic sites like the Apollo landing sites or the final resting places of some of the recent lunar landers.
Fraser talks about the Lunar south pole, undoubtedly one of the more contested areas on the lunar surface because of its abundance of resources.
Both the Catalog and Preservation steps are intended to be repeated, with each being continuously updated. That would ensure that, if there are additional resources found somewhere unexpected, or another historic site comes into play for resource utilization, they are considered.
The authors stress that the policy would not result in a static document, but a series of interconnected policy and operational priorities that would allow for the successful and harmonious exploitation of resources as we start to expand throughout the solar system. Given the conflict that has arisen on our home planet over those same resources, trying to plan ahead with all the knowledge that we have now on conflict resolution seems the right thing to do.
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An options trade that wins if UnitedHealth bounces after its sharp sell-off
An options trade that wins if UnitedHealth bounces after its sharp sell-off
UnitedHealth has been at the center of controversy and negative sentiment, resulting in an eye-popping 60% drop in less than 30 days. For a company of this size — and the largest component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average — such a dramatic decline is astounding. This is a textbook example of how markets often behave: they swing to extremes, both to the upside and downside. These exaggerated moves regularly create mean reversion trading opportunities, many of which I explore in depth in my book Mean Reversion Trading and feature extensively on my website . Now, while a massive drop like this doesn’t automatically signal that a reversal is imminent, it certainly warrants adding UNH to your watchlist for a potential high-reward trade setup. The key question becomes: how do you identify when an extreme move has run its course and the stock is ready to revert to the mean? This is where technical analysis comes into play. It removes the guesswork and offers a data-driven way to time entries. When paired with disciplined trade management, it allows you to trade even the most fear-driven market moves with confidence. For this potential setup on UNH, I’m going to walk through a few key technical indicators to evaluate whether a mean reversion is taking shape. RSI: One of the simplest and most effective indicators we can use is the RSI (relative strength index). When RSI falls below 30, it signals that a stock or ETF is in oversold territory. However, this alone is not an immediate green light to go long. The key is patience. After RSI drops below 30, traders should wait for it to rise back above 30 before taking a bullish stance. This move signals that selling pressure is easing and the potential for a mean reversion trade is increasing. It’s important to remember that just because RSI is oversold doesn’t mean the stock will bounce right away — oversold conditions can persist. In the case of UNH, RSI has remained oversold for over a month, which is highly unusual for a stock of this caliber. The right opportunity will come when RSI finally crosses back above the 30 level, confirming that buyers are stepping in and the worst of the selling may be over. Another indicator I rely on is MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence), which I use in two different variations. The standard MACD setting of (12,26,9) is widely used but is a lagging indicator — it often generates signals late, which can result in missed trading opportunities. To address this, I also use a fast MACD with settings (5,13,5). This version responds more quickly to price changes and can offer earlier entry signals. A bullish crossover occurs when the MACD line (blue) crosses above the signal line (yellow). This already happened on May 19, indicating a potential shift in momentum. While an aggressive trader might act on this fast MACD crossover alone, a more conservative and disciplined approach is to wait for RSI to confirm the signal by crossing back above the 30 level. For this particular trade, we’re not using the regular MACD (12,26,9) to time the entry, but it still serves as a valuable reference for the long-term trend. Once in the trade, as long as the MACD line remains above the signal line, it suggests that the uptrend is intact. Conversely, if the MACD line crosses below the signal line again, it can be used as a cue to manage the trade or exit a losing position. The trade setup: UNH 295-300 bull call spread For a bullish trade on UNH, I’m using a trade structure called a bull call spread. This involves buying a $295 call and selling a $300 call as a single unit. It’s important to understand that waiting for confirmation from indicators like RSI often means entering the trade at a higher price point, as the stock may have already started to move up. However, the beauty of vertical spreads is their flexibility — you can always adjust the strikes to fit the new price level. For instance, once RSI crosses above 30 and if UNH is trading at $303, you could consider constructing a 300–305 bull call spread instead. The mechanics remain the same — the goal is to profit from a tiny move higher while keeping risk defined. Here is my exact trade setup based on current UNH price: Buy $295 call, June 20 expiry Sell $300 call, June 20 expiry Cost: $250 Potential Profit: $250 If UNH trades at or above 300 by the expiration date, this trade will yield a return of 100% on the amount risked. With 10 contracts, this equates to risking $2,500 to potentially gain $2,500. -Nishant Pant Founder: Author: Mean Reversion Trading YouTube, Twitter: @TheMeanTrader DISCLOSURES: Nishant has a bull call spread on UNH expiring June 20. 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OnePlus 13s to Arrive With Support for OnePlus AI Suite; Plus Key Details Revealed Ahead of Launch
OnePlus 13s to Arrive With Support for OnePlus AI Suite; Plus Key Details Revealed Ahead of Launch
OnePlus 13s is set to launch in India on June 5 and the company unveiled OnePlus AI, it’s new artificial intelligence (AI) suite for its devices on Tuesday. The ******** smartphone maker also revealed the functionalities of the new Plus Key, which is confirmed to debut on the upcoming OnePlus 13s. The hardware button can be used for several utility features, as well as to activate a couple of AI tools. Among them is the new AI Plus Mind feature, which lets users quickly save, catalogue, and resurface on-device content.
OnePlus 13s to Be First Handset to Support ‘AI Plus Mind’ Feature
Similar to Galaxy AI or Apple Intelligence, the new OnePlus AI branding is an umbrella term for all the AI features on the company’s devices. Notably, the consumer tech brand began offering AI features in its devices with the rollout of the OxygenOS 15 update.
The first new feature to be released as part of OnePlus AI is called AI Plus Mind. The company describes it as a catalogue tool where users can quickly save any on-screen information as screenshots.
Users can go to the Mind Space tool to resurface information from the saved screenshots using natural language queries. While it sounds like Microsoft’s Recall feature, it only works when the user manually activates it.
OnePlus highlighted that the feature can not only capture screenshots, but also analyse images using computer vision. Providing an example, the company said, the AI Plus Mind feature can extract schedule details from an image and add them directly to the user’s calendar. Additionally, the feature will also automatically categorise saved content later this year.
Notably, the AI Plus Mind feature will first debut on the OnePlus 13s, and will later be expanded to the entire OnePlus 13 lineup via an over-the-air (gaming platforms) update.
Apart from this, OnePlus also announced that its first-party apps will now be integrated with Google’s Gemini. With this, users can ask the Gemini AI assistant to complete tasks across apps such as the OnePlus Notes, Clock, and more. There’s no word from the company on when this integration will be rolled out to users.
In March, Oppo unveiled the Private Computing Cloud (PCC), which is a more secure way for users to share data with cloud-based AI tools. It implements measures such as encryption and the trusted execution environment (TEE) to keep data safe while storing it on the cloud. OnePlus has now confirmed that it will also implement PCC for some OnePlus AI features.
Apart from AI announcements, OnePlus has finally detailed the functionalities of the Plus Key. The customisable hardware button, which replaces the alert slider, can be programmed for actions such as switching sound profiles, launching the camera, or starting recordings. Additionally, the button will also activate the new AI Plus Mind feature, as well as the existing AI translations feature.
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Financial literacy is about more than personal responsibility—wealth and inequality should be included
Financial literacy is about more than personal responsibility—wealth and inequality should be included
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Financial literacy will become a core element of the New Zealand social sciences curriculum for Year 1–10 students from 2027. But what is being proposed presents a limited picture of the factors influencing people’s financial wellbeing.
The specifics of the curriculum have yet to be released. However, the government’s announcement emphasized a focus on individual responsibility. Young people will be taught what they need to live within their means and how to accumulate enough wealth for retirement.
When announcing the new curriculum, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson said, “We are all consumers, and financial literacy can set young Kiwis up to be savvy consumers—whether it’s knowing how to invest wisely, choose the best loan at a bank, or even identify a scam.”
However, as our research shows, focusing only on individual responsibility risks ignoring the economic systems—and inequities—that shape young people’s lives.
Inequality in New Zealand has risen significantly in the past three decades. And the richest New Zealanders pay less tax than in similar OECD countries.
Knowing how to manage household accounts is, undeniably, an important skill. But individual skills can’t necessarily overcome the hurdles within the broader economic and social context.
Focus on managing money
Financial literacy—under the term “financial capability”—is only briefly mentioned in the current New Zealand curriculum. The topic is positioned as a potential outcome of learning across different subject areas, rather than taught as its own distinct class.
Classroom resources focus on individual actions. Students are taught to manage money, set goals and manage risks.
There is no real discussion of economic inequality in the curriculum. And even the few references there are have a strong focus on personal responsibility.
Teaching resources available for senior economics, for example, explore topics such as income, taxation, product costs and the scarcity of resources.
In senior business studies, references to economic inequality are indirect. For example, the “key concepts” page alludes to ideas such as “supply and demand” and “scarcity” that can loosely be associated with economic inequality. But it is not explicit.
The resources being used in the classroom also exclude any significant discussion of broader economic systems and policies. Much of what is currently available is created in partnership with banks and financial organizations such as ASB’s GetWise and BNZ’s SavY programs. These focus on budgeting, saving, banking and paying off debt.
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Globally, there has been a growing emphasis on financial literacy education, partly because of the complexity of modern financial products. And, as one study observed, “the risks of, and responsibility for, financial decisions are being increasingly shifted from governments and employers onto individuals.”
As political economist Chris Clarke has noted, there is an “irreconcilable gap” between the aims of financial literacy education and people’s “actual success in securing their security and wellbeing through financial markets.”
Other economists have pointed out how issues of intergenerational wealth and entrenched socioeconomic disadvantage—the “racial wealth gap”—cannot be overlooked when talking about “poor financial choices and decision making.”
But another form of financial literacy education is possible. Young people could be taught to understand and analyze how governments make decisions for the financial wellbeing of their citizens. They could also learn the value of employment rights, labor and workplace safety laws, and the role of unions and other civic initiatives.
Rather than focusing on taxes and balancing household accounts, students could learn about their individual responsibilities within the economic systems they are part of.
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Moto G56 5G Specifications Reportedly Listed on Company’s Websites Ahead of Global Launch
Moto G56 5G Specifications Reportedly Listed on Company’s Websites Ahead of Global Launch
Moto G56 5G has leaked on more than one occasion in recent weeks. We’ve seen the design, colour options and key features of the upcoming handset, which is expected to launch in select global markets soon. A publication spotted the purported Moto G56 5G on some of Motorola’s regional websites. The smartphone is expected to arrive with a MediaTek Dimensity 7060 SoC, a 50-megapixel Sony LYT-600 main camera, a MIL-STD-810H durability certification and Gorilla Glass 7i display protection.
Moto G56 5G Specifications, Colour Options (Expected)
A NieuweMobiel report claims that the Moto G56 5G was briefly listed on the Czech and Slovak official Motorola websites ahead of its anticipated debut on May 29. The listing suggests that the phone will be available in Pantone ****** Oyster, Pantone Dazzling Blue, Pantone Grey Mist and Pantone Dill colour options. All four variants are said to have different back panel textures or finishes.
The listing indicates that the upcoming Moto G56 5G will sport a display panel with an 87 percent screen-to-body ratio and Gorilla Glass 7i protection. The handset is expected to have a MIL-STD-810H durability certification as well as IP68 and IP69 ratings for dust and water resistance.
In the camera department, the Moto G56 5G may come with a 50-megapixel Sony LYT-600 primary rear sensor with Quad Pixel technology and a 32-megapixel selfie shooter with 4x more light sensitivity than existing models, the report added.
The Moto G56 5G is expected to debut with a MediaTek Dimensity 7060 chipset with support for 8GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage. The storage could be extended to up to 2TB via a microSD card. The handset will likely pack a 5,200mAh battery with 30W wired TurboCharging support.
Older leaks claimed that the Moto G56 5G may cost around EUR 250 (roughly Rs. 23,700) for the 8GB+256GB variant. The handset is tipped to carry a 6.72-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,400 pixels) LCD screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and an 8-megapixel secondary rear sensor paired with an ultrawide lens.
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A rule-breaking, colorful silicone that can conduct electricity
A rule-breaking, colorful silicone that can conduct electricity
Test tubes containing the new silicone copolymers, separated by chain length, from long to short provide visual evidence of the varying band gap in the new semiconductor silicone. Shining a UV light creates a rainbow of beakers as the longer chain lengths shift towards the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum, requiring less energy to absorb and emit light at lower energies. Credit: Zijing (Jackie) Zhang
A newly discovered silicone variant is a semiconductor, University of Michigan researchers have discovered—upending assumptions that the material class is exclusively insulating.
“The material opens up the opportunity for new types of flat-panel displays, flexible photovoltaics, wearable sensors or even clothing that can display different patterns or images,” said Richard Laine, U-M professor of materials science and engineering and macromolecular science and engineering and corresponding author of the study recently published in Macromolecular Rapid Communications.
Silicone oils and rubbers—polysiloxanes and silsesquioxanes—are traditionally insulating materials, meaning they resist the flow of electricity or heat. Their water-resistant properties make them useful in biomedical devices, sealants, electronic coatings and more.
Meanwhile, conventional semiconductors are typically rigid. Semiconducting silicone has the potential to enable the flexible electronics Laine described as well as silicone that comes in a variety of colors.
On a molecular level, silicones are made up of a backbone of alternating silicon and oxygen atoms (Si–O–Si) with organic (carbon-based) groups attached to the silicon. Various 3D formations of polymer chains arise as they connect to one another, known as cross-linking, which alter the material’s physical properties like strength or solubility.
While studying different cross-linking structures in silicone, the research team stumbled upon the potential for electrical conductivity in a copolymer, which is a polymer chain containing two different types of repeating units—cage-structured and then linear silicones, in this case.
The possibility for conductivity arises from the way electrons can move across Si–O–Si bonds with overlapping orbitals. Semiconductors have two main states: the ground state, which doesn’t conduct electricity, and a conducting state, which does. The conducting state, also known as an excited state, occurs when some electrons jump up to the next electron orbital, which is connected across the material like a metal.
Typically, Si–O–Si bond angles don’t allow for that connection. At 110°, they are a long way from a 180° straight line. But in the silicone copolymer the team discovered, these bonds started out at 140° in the ground state—and they stretched to 150° in the excited state. This was enough to create a highway for electrical charge to flow.
“This allows an unexpected interaction between electrons across multiple bonds, including Si–O–Si bonds in these copolymers,” Laine said. “The longer the chain length, the easier it is for electrons to travel longer distances, reducing the energy needed to absorb light and then emit it at lower energies.”
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The semiconducting properties of the silicone copolymers also enable its spectrum of colors. Electrons jump between the ground and excited states by absorbing and emitting photons, or particles of light. The light emission depends on the length of the copolymer chain, which Laine’s team can control. Longer chain lengths mean smaller jumps and lower energy photons, giving the silicone a red tint. Shorter chains require ******* jumps from the electrons, so they emit higher energy light toward the blue end of the spectrum.
To demonstrate the connection between chain length and light absorption and emission, the researchers separated copolymers with different chain lengths and arranged them in test tubes from long to short. Shining a UV light on the tubes creates a full rainbow as each absorbs and emits the light at different energies.
The colorful array based on copolymer chain length is particularly unique, because up to this point, silicones have only been known to be transparent or white because their insulating properties make them unable to absorb much light.
“We’re taking a material everyone thought was electrically inert and giving it a new life—one that could power the next generation of soft, flexible electronics,” said Zijing (Jackie) Zhang, U-M doctoral student of materials science and engineering and lead author of the study.
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, May 28 (game #451)
NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, May 28 (game #451)
Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, May 27 (game #450).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
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NYT Strands today (game #451) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
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NYT Strands today (game #451) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
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NYT Strands today (game #451) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #451) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 3rd row
Last side: bottom, 5th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
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NYT Strands today (game #451) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Strands, game #451, are…
WINNER
CHAMP
TITLEHOLDER
VICTOR
MEDALIST
SPANGRAM: FINISH STRONG
My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect
I got off to a great start today, finding the word DINNER – which immediately led to WINNER. From there it was a fairly straightforward race to victory.
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I was convinced TITLEHOLDER was going to be the spangram as I was tapping it out, but that went to the marginally longer FINISH STRONG, which I’m not entirely sure works. You can finish strong and be a loser if you didn’t start well in a race, championship or game and equally if you finish badly but started well you can still be a CHAMP.
The reality of becoming a MEDALIST is that the quality that a competitor or team needs the most is consistency, which is why serial winners are often compared to machines.
Before that though, it’s important to lose a lot and almost win things, otherwise people will compare you to a robot and no one wants to cheer for a robot.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, May 27, game #450)
FARM
GAMES
ANIMAL
TALE
HUNGER
HANDMAIDS
SPANGRAM: DYSTOPIAN NOVEL
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
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‘Tank is empty’: Charities plea for companies to stop throwing away unsold goods
‘Tank is empty’: Charities plea for companies to stop throwing away unsold goods
While Aussies go without, big companies are throwing away essentials that could be redirected to people in need, major charities say.
Australia wastes $4.5bn worth of new, unsold goods, including hygiene products, clothing and homewares, every year, a Good360 report reveals.
Despite young families struggling amid cost-of-living pressures, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies and infant products are among those growing fastest in the near $5bn waste pile.
These products have increased waste by 33 per cent in just three years despite being necessities.
Camera IconWaste from unsold goods has risen to $4.5bn despite demand from charities. NewsWire / Nathan Edwards Credit: Supplied
One of the charities calling for goods to be redirected is Little Wings, which uses items donated through Good360 to help seriously ill children and their families in rural and regional areas.
Little Wings chief executive Clare Pearson said families of sick children desperately needed aid while companies were just throwing out usable goods.
“When you’re caring for a sick child, for us, from our perspective, is that families go without in so many ways just trying to conserve their finances,” Ms Pearson told NewsWire.
“To have some of these resources redirected to families who really cherish and desperately need them … it’s really a game changer for so many families.”
Camera IconLittle Wings chief executive Clare Pearson said the aid they received from Good360 was game changing for families. Credit: Supplied
Ms Pearson said it was “really upsetting” that companies were throwing away usable goods despite recent extreme weather events worsening families’ situations.
“With the recent floods, it’s been really devastating. We’ve seen so many of our families lose everything from their homes to their cars to their businesses,” Ms Pearson said.
“These are families that are already struggling. They’re caring for a seriously ill child over long periods of time.
“They’re not as resilient, you know, the tank is empty.”
Camera IconCharities say demand for goods is rising as extreme weather events decimate families already struggling to take care of seriously sick children. NewsWire / David Crosling Credit: News Corp Australia
Little Wings not only provides families with essentials but gives sick children and their loved ones some creature comforts that make difficult situations a little more bearable.
“When you have *******, being gifted a beautiful teddy bear or a beautiful doll is a real comfort and a distraction for little people,” Ms Pearson said.
“As much as it is a gift and a distraction, it’s just a beautiful way to actually support the treatment they’re going through.
“These little comforts, they make a big impact and they stick with you.”
Camera IconMs Pearson says families need comforting items, along with essentials, during these hard times. Scott Calvin/ NewsWire Credit: NewsWire
The pile of wasted unsold retail goods has increased by 17 per cent since 2021 and has now reached $2.9bn, in addition to another $1.5bn from online shopping returns, according to the research led by Deloitte Access Economics.
Good360 aims to address this waste by reallocating the goods to charities that desperately need them through their technology marketplace.
“We are seeing rising levels of waste on one side, and record levels of need on the other,” Good360 Australia founder and managing director Alison Covington told NewsWire.
Camera IconGood360 Australia founder and managing director Alison Covington connects businesses with unsold goods to charities who need them. Credit: Supplied
“Around 85 per cent of charities say that the need for going on in the next 12 months is ******* than they’ve ever seen before and around more than 50 per cent of those charities have seen people come to them that haven’t come and asked for help before.
“$4.5bn of goods are wasted and charities have an unmet need that they can’t keep up with.”
Ms Covington said Good360 focused on an efficient allocation of resources so charities get what they actually need.
“It’s not bits and pieces … it’s also brands that you recognise that are the same as what you could do if you could afford to buy them,” she said.
Camera IconGood360 is calling for more businesses to partner with them amid rising waste and rising demand. Credit: Supplied
“You’re not being humiliated when you have to receive these goods. And that’s really important if you put yourself in the shoes of the person who needs help in a challenging time.”
Although Good360 is celebrating its 10 year anniversary, waste just seems to keep rising.
“No matter how hard I’m working, the waste is getting ******* and the demand is getting *******,” Ms Covington said.
“On one side, I’m so thrilled that we’ve helped five million Australians. I say to the team, what if? What if we didn’t do this?
“I’m calling on more Australians to join us and help solve this issue because … it just doesn’t seem to be the right thing that’s happening here when we can put all of these beautiful goods into the hands of people who need them.”
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China’s Hygon and Sugon merge to form a vertically integrated supercomputing giant as they fend off US sanctions
China’s Hygon and Sugon merge to form a vertically integrated supercomputing giant as they fend off US sanctions
A highly significant China tech industry merger looks set to go ahead, reports the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The Hong Kong-based organ says that the merger plan between chip designer Hygon Information Technology and supercomputer maker Sugon marks “a major move to consolidate two of the leading players in China’s computing supply chain.” We may be seeing the forming of a highly impactful vertically integrated supercomputing giant that has blossomed in the shadow of U.S. sanctions.
The proposed deal involves Hygon absorbing Sugon shares in a stock-swap agreement. Should the process complete successfully, with both companies’ shares being taken off the open market for up to 10 trading days, the newly consolidated entity will appear on the Shanghai stock exchange.
To give this merger some context, regular Tom’s Hardware readers will be aware that Hygon chips leverage the AMD Zen processor architecture. However, the firm says it has moved on from those days. In a recent report we published highlighting an extraordinary Hygon C86-5G, a 128-core, 512-thread CPU with AVX-512 and 16-channel DDR5-5600 support, we quoted a company exec asserting it uses a “new self-developed microarchitecture” in its latest designs.
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Our previous reports on Sugon made clear its existing close relationship with Hygon. In recent years, the supercomputer maker leaned heavily on Hygon x86 chips to develop high-performance platforms. Sugon is backed by the ******** Academy of Sciences, explains the SCMP, and has managed to push China into the “global top three for supercomputing,” it is claimed.
The merging partners were both on the U.S. Entity List
Both Hygon and Sugon are on the U.S. Entity List, which means they can’t get direct access to chips from U.S. suppliers such as AMD, Intel, and Nvidia. Naturally, the pairing, in their new clothes, will be treated similarly by U.S. policymakers. However, that will likely be of little concern to the newly formed vertically integrated ******** supercomputing giant. The U.S. trade measures might have drawn them inexorably together.
Consolidation in the ******** semiconductor and computing sectors has previously been forecast by analysts. This newly merged company looks like a sure-fire success, with the ******** political will to build a formidable high-performance computing infrastructure to drive its domestic AI and big data projects.
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