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A Rare Radioactive Element Reveals a Hidden Secret About the Heaviest Atoms

Using advanced laser spectroscopy on extremely rare radioactive material, researchers have uncovered new insights into the structure of heavy atomic nuclei.

The nucleus of fermium-255 is far from spherical. Scientists have now determined its shape for the first time, finding that it is strongly elongated, much like a rugby ball. The high-precision measurements, published in Physical Review Letters, also correct earlier nuclear data and provide new evidence supporting theoretical models of the heaviest elements.

Fermium-255 contains 100 protons and 155 neutrons. In such heavy nuclei, the electrical repulsion between positively charged protons creates conditions that can lead to spontaneous fission, in which a nucleus splits into smaller fragments. Nuclear shape influences this process, making it a critical factor in predicting whether even heavier, potentially longer-lived elements can exist.

Revolutionary Technology Could Transform How We Extract Lithium

A new breakthrough in lithium separation could help overcome major challenges in extracting this essential battery material.

A new technology developed at The University of Texas at Austin could make lithium extraction faster and more environmentally friendly by separating the valuable element from other dissolved substances with exceptional precision. The approach uses artificial channels so small they operate at the nanoscale, allowing lithium ions to pass through while blocking many competing ions.

Inspired by the molecular gateways found in living cells, the channels demonstrated two to five times greater lithium selectivity than other recently developed lithium transporters. Researchers report that the structures rank among the most selective lithium channels created to date, offering a potential alternative to conventional extraction methods.

How Modders Used AI to Turn the PS5 Into a PC App

On August 3rd, an open-source GitHub project called anyPS5 set out to do what normally takes software engineers a decade: force PlayStation 5 games to run natively on Windows PCs. Instead of writing every line of code by hand, contributors used autonomous AI coding agents across more than 400 pull requests to translate thousands of undocumented Sony operating system functions in a matter of weeks. Here is the forensic breakdown of how machine-learning automation cracked Sony’s $500 walled garden, why a microscopic math error between AMD and Intel chips crashed the code, and the one hardware encryption lock still standing in the way.

#PlayStation5 #ArtificialIntelligence #technology.

00:00 Intro.
01:13 Chapter 1 — The Accidental PC
02:40 Chapter 2 — The AI Swarm.
04:16 Chapter 3 — The Math Glitch.
05:49 Chapter 4 — The Hardware Key.
07:10 Outro.

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Indie game website itch.io expands its “critically lacking” AI disclosure filter as ‘AI slop’ continues to overwhelm Steam and other storefronts

This change comes shortly after itch.io also revealed the number of game pages being made on the website each day had doubled in the past two months. And, of course, the number of games downloaded and purchases have not doubled to match this new supply.

Itch.io is also facing issues linked to the sheer file size. The storefront has a terms of service policy against AI spam, which it cited shortly after it publicly announced “a couple terabytes of AI slop” had been deleted.

This change comes as the industry as a whole has been clogged with an influx of AI games. Steam Next Fest had a record-breaking number of demo submissions last month. Developers pulled demos in fear of their game being copied, and with Steam saying it’s the developer’s responsibility to make their games less copyable.