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Bloomberg Donates $260 Million to Ensure New High Seas Treaty Translates to Lasting Ocean Protections

Bloomberg Philanthropies has identified a funding shortfall in the implementation of many countries’ ocean protection plans, and has attempted to fill it with a quarter-billion dollar donation.

The aim writ small is to translate the paper gains for ocean conservation and management secured with the passage of the UN’s new High Seas Treaty into real gains by helping to cover the cost of management and enforcement for small island nations that lack these resources.

The updated High Seas Treaty has been under negotiation for over 2 decades. Its passage secured major gains for the potential protection of critical ocean habitats.

Chinese scientists develop world’s first bionic auditory neural interface, enabling artificial auditory nerve to ‘understand’ sounds

Chinese scientists have successfully developed the world’s first bionic auditory neural interface, enabling conventional cochlear implants to progress from helping users hear sounds to helping them understand what they hear, marking a major advance from restoring hearing perception to rebuilding auditory function, the Global Times learned from the research team on Monday.

Beyond traditional cochlear implants, this research led by Xu Wentao, professor from the College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, provides a new technological pathway for auditory reconstruction through an innovative electronic replacement and restorative solution. The research results were recently published in the international academic journal Nature Materials.

Is Modern Physics Hideously Incoherent? Just the Opposite is True per Quantum Information Theory!

Quantum entanglement leads many researchers to believe that special relativity and quantum mechanics are in tension or outright conflict with each other. In this talk at the 2026 International Quantum Structures Association’s biennial conference, I explain why just the opposite is true.

Prof Coecke’s video demo of his quantum guitar whence the intro music for this video series: • A Quantum Guitar demo by Prof Bob Coecke /.…

Here are some relevant publications:

“Unifying Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics via Adynamical Global Constraints,” W.M. Stuckey and Michael Silberstein. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2,948, 012009 (2025).
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10…

“No Preferred Reference Frame at the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics,” W.M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, and Michael Silberstein. Entropy 24, 12 (2022).
https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/24/1/12

The Universe Isn’t Made of Matter… It’s Made of Information

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What if everything you know about reality is incomplete?

For centuries, scientists believed matter was the foundation of the universe. But modern physics is raising a far more profound question: *What if information is more fundamental than matter itself?*

In this video, we explore the revolutionary ideas behind quantum physics, the Black Hole Information Paradox, consciousness, and the groundbreaking theories of **Sir Roger Penrose**. From empty atoms to the mysterious nature of reality, discover why some physicists believe the universe may be built from information rather than physical objects.

⚠️ *Important:* This video explores scientific theories and ongoing debates. Some ideas discussed—such as Orch-OR and consciousness—remain controversial and are not established scientific consensus.

If you’re fascinated by quantum physics, cosmology, consciousness, and the mysteries of the universe, this journey is for you.

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Plant-based wound dressing fights infection before it takes hold

A new dressing made from plant-based materials can deliver antibiotics directly to wounds during critical early stages of infection, according to researchers from the University of Bath. The study, published in Bioactive Materials, is the first to use this family of sustainable furan-based polymers, previously explored for sustainable plastics and packaging, for infection-fighting wound dressings.

Wound infections are a major challenge for health care systems worldwide and are estimated to cost the NHS alone billions every year. Bacteria can enter a wound and begin forming a protective, slimy layer known as a biofilm within hours, slowing healing and making infections much harder to treat.

The team from the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Chemistry created a novel, two-sided dressing from sustainable polymers, plastic-like materials sourced from plants rather than petrochemicals. One side of the dressing rapidly releases antibiotics into the wound, while the other acts as a barrier to maintain the protected healing environment.

Engineers develop AI system to speed satellite tracking of wildfires

A new artificial intelligence system developed by West Virginia University engineers could help firefighters respond to wildfires sooner by enabling satellites to detect blazes and automatically adjust their positions for continued monitoring.

Unlike drones and ground-based sensors, satellites can monitor vast areas of the planet without requiring local infrastructure or routine maintenance. WVU researchers Brycen Pearl, Joshua Warner and Hang Woon Lee developed a framework that allows satellites not only to detect wildfires but also to coordinate with one another and adjust their observation schedules as fires spread.

“Wildfires move quickly—as fast as 15–20 mph (24–32 km/h) under the right conditions—and major wildfires can cover hundreds of thousands of acres,” according to Lee, director of the WVU Space Systems Operations Research Laboratory and assistant professor at the WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

Bio-metal: Exploring the metallic mystery of an ancient maw

When playing the classic game “20 Questions,” one may begin with the common opener: “Animal, vegetable, or mineral?”

For the ancient sea worm Perinereis cultrifera (which is still around today), the answer might not be so simple. Along with other predatory bristle worms, Perinereis cultrifera has jaws made from structural proteins and ions, which it uses for eating, crushing or biting. The unique makeup and properties of these jaws led some researchers to coin a new term to describe these types of materials: bio-metals, an emerging field of biophysical study.

The term “bio-metal” goes beyond identifiers like “metallike biomaterials” or “biomaterials with metallike properties,” which have been used in scientific literature to describe biomaterials with conductivity or strength values similar to metals. Instead, bio-metals can be categorized by three qualities: hardness, strain mechanics and ion-protein structure.

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