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US and Japan join forces to present some of the most precise neutrino measurements in the field

Very early on in our universe, when it was a seething hot cauldron of energy, particles made of matter and antimatter bubbled into existence in equal proportions. For example, negatively charged electrons were created in the same numbers as their antimatter siblings, positively charged positrons. When the two particles combined, they canceled each other out.

Billions of years later, our world is dominated by matter. Somehow, matter “won out” over antimatter, but scientists still do not know how. Now, two of the largest experiments attempting to find answers—projects that focus on subatomic particles called —have joined forces.

In a new Nature study, an international collaboration representing the experiments—NOvA in the United States and T2K in Japan—present some of the most precise neutrino measurements in the field. The two teams decided to combine their data to learn more than any one experiment alone could.

Multi-scale turbulence observations reveal new plasma confinement performance mechanism

Around the world, research is advancing to efficiently confine fusion plasma and harness its immense energy for power generation. However, it is known that turbulence occurring at various scales within the plasma causes the release of plasma energy and constituent particles, degrading the confinement performance.

Elucidating this physical phenomenon and suppressing performance degradation is critically important. Particularly in the high-temperature plasma experiments currently conducted worldwide, micro-scale (just a few centimeters) turbulent eddies forming at various locations within the plasma significantly impact this confinement performance degradation.

While it was known that suppressing this micro-scale could improve performance to a certain extent, the reason why further improvement could not be achieved remained unclear. In addition, theoretical simulation studies predict that in future fusion power reactors, turbulence smaller than micro-scale will interact and exert influence.

Scientists Propose Quantum Network to Finally Detect Universe’s Mysterious Missing Substance

Researchers at Tohoku University have shown that linking quantum sensors in optimized networks can dramatically boost their sensitivity. Uncovering dark matter, the invisible substance thought to bind galaxies together, remains one of the greatest mysteries in physics. While it cannot be directly

Physicists Find Hidden “Quantum Mirrors” That Trap Light in 2D Materials

Under certain conditions, two-dimensional (2D) materials can exhibit remarkable quantum states, including superconductivity and unusual types of magnetism. Scientists and engineers have long sought to understand why these phases appear and how they might be controlled.

A new study published in Nature Physics has identified a previously unnoticed characteristic that may shed light on the origins of these mysterious quantum behaviors.

Scientists Set New World Record for Fastest Human Whole Genome Sequencing

Boston researchers sequenced a full human genome in record time, under four hours. The advance could speed life-saving diagnoses for newborns in intensive care. Boston Children’s Hospital, in collaboration with Broad Clinical Labs and Roche Sequencing Solutions, has shown that whole genome sequen

Ukraine Aid Groups Targeted Through Fake Zoom Meetings and Weaponized PDF Files

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a coordinated spear-phishing campaign dubbed PhantomCaptcha targeting organizations associated with Ukraine’s war relief efforts to deliver a remote access trojan that uses a WebSocket for command-and-control (C2).

The activity, which took place on October 8, 2025, targeted individual members of the International Red Cross, Norwegian Refugee Council, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Ukraine office, Norwegian Refugee Council, Council of Europe’s Register of Damage for Ukraine, and Ukrainian regional government administrations in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, and Mikolaevsk regions, SentinelOne said in a new report published today.

The phishing emails have been found to impersonate the Ukrainian President’s Office, carrying a booby-trapped PDF document that contains an embedded link, which, when clicked, redirects victims to a fake Zoom site (“zoomconference[.]app”) and tricks them into running a malicious PowerShell command via a ClickFix-style fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA page under the guise of a browser check.

Chinese Threat Actors Exploit ToolShell SharePoint Flaw Weeks After Microsoft’s July Patch

CVE-2025–53770, assessed to be a patch bypass for CVE-2025–49704 and CVE-2025–49706, has been weaponized as a zero-day by three Chinese threat groups, including Linen Typhoon (aka Budworm), Violet Typhoon (aka Sheathminer), and Storm-2603, the latter of which is linked to the deployment of Warlock, LockBit, and Babuk ransomware families in recent months.

However, the latest findings from Symantec indicate that a much wider range of Chinese threat actors have abused the vulnerability. This includes the Salt Typhoon (aka Glowworm) hacking group, which is said to have leveraged the ToolShell flaw to deploy tools like Zingdoor, ShadowPad, and KrustyLoader against the telecom entity and the two government bodies in Africa.

KrustyLoader, first detailed by Synacktiv in January 2024, is a Rust-based loader previously put to use by a China-nexus espionage group dubbed UNC5221 in attacks exploiting flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) and SAP NetWeaver.

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