“This discovery not only sets a new standard for superelastic materials but also introduces new principles for material design, which will undoubtedly inspire further breakthroughs in materials science,” Xu said.
The newly developed Ti-Al-Cr shape-memory alloy is part of the titanium alloy family, known for being lightweight, strong, biocompatible, and resistant to corrosion. What makes this alloy particularly exciting is its ability to maintain superelasticity across a wide temperature range, making it highly suitable for extreme environments such as deep space and deep-sea exploration.
In space missions, materials must endure harsh conditions while remaining functional. Current superelastic tires made from nickel-titanium (Ni-Ti) for upcoming Moon and Mars missions have limited temperature ranges, which could affect their durability.
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Organizations that rely solely on interactive sign-in monitoring are likely blind to these attacks and its risks, which include account takeovers, business disruption, lateral movement, multifactor authentication (MFA) invasion, and conditional access policies (CAP) bypass potential.
“For organizations heavily reliant on Microsoft 365, this attack is a wake-up call,” said Darren Guccione, CEO and co-founder at Keeper Security, in an emailed statement to Dark Reading. “Robust cybersecurity isn’t just about having MFA — it’s about securing every authentication pathway. A password manager enforces strong, unique credentials while minimizing exposure to credential-based attacks. For noninteractive authentication, privileged access management (PAM) is essential, ensuring least-privilege access, regular credential rotation, and real-time monitoring of service accounts.”
As for the threat actors, the researchers believe that it is likely a Chinese-affiliated group, though this theory remains unconfirmed.
The company uses so-called “photonic” quantum computing, which has long been dismissed as impractical.
The approach, which encodes data in individual particles of light, offers some compelling advantages — low noise, high-speed operation, and natural compatibility with existing fibre-optic networks. However, it was held back by extreme hardware demands to manage the fact photons fly with blinding speed, get lost, and are hard to create and detect.
PsiQuantum now claims to have addressed many of these difficulties. Yesterday, in a new peer-reviewed paper published in Nature, the company unveiled hardware for photonic quantum computing they say can be manufactured in large quantities and solves the problem of scaling up the system.
A study suggests that patients with wet AMD may regain vision through a novel approach — removing abnormal blood vessels and transplanting stem cell-derived retinal cells.
Patients with complete vessel removal saw better outcomes, hinting at a potential game-changer for vision restoration.
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