Simulations deliver hints on how the multiverse produced according to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics might be compatible with our stable, classical Universe.
Author: Agnes Chan // Editor: Erin Pallott
I believe most of you have seen that in movies life-threatening events are often depicted in slow motion. Have you ever wondered that it may be true that time is slowed down during certain events? There are several situations in which time was reported to have slowed down or things appeared to happen in slow motion. For example, people often report time slowing down during car crashes or other high-adrenaline situations. These situations are often associated with high levels of fear and danger. If time appeared to be slowing down, it implies that the speed of the internal clock increased during the event. Similar phenomena were reported in military firefights and professional players of high-speed sports reporting their opponents moving in slow motion. It can also be seen in more ordinary events like anxiously waiting for a doctor’s appointment and the passing of time felt slower.
A Mirai botnet variant has been found exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Four-Faith industrial routers since early November 2024 with the goal of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
The botnet maintains approximately 15,000 daily active IP addresses, with the infections primarily scattered across China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the United States.
Exploiting an arsenal of over 20 known security vulnerabilities and weak Telnet credentials for initial access, the malware is known to have been active since February 2024. The botnet has been dubbed “gayfemboy” in reference to the offensive term present in the source code.
NonEuclid RAT: C# malware offering remote access, antivirus bypass, and ransomware, active since November 2024.
Cybersecurity researchers have found that bad actors are continuing to have success by spoofing sender email addresses as part of various malspam campaigns.
Faking the sender address of an email is widely seen as an attempt to make the digital missive more legitimate and get past security mechanisms that could otherwise flag it as malicious.
While there are safeguards such as DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC), and Sender Policy Framework (SPF) that can be used to prevent spammers from spoofing well-known domains, such measures have increasingly led them to leverage old, neglected domains in their operations.
The intricate relationship between quantum mechanics and classical physics has long puzzled scientists. Quantum mechanics operates in a bizarre world where particles can exist in multiple states simultaneously, a concept known as superposition. However, this principle appears to break down in the macroscopic realm.
Planets, stars, and even the universe itself don’t exhibit such superpositions, creating a significant challenge in understanding how the universe transitions from quantum to classical behavior.
At the heart of this enigma is the question: how does the universe, if fundamentally quantum, adhere to classical laws like general relativity? This puzzle has led to groundbreaking work by researchers such as Matteo Carlesso and his colleagues at the University of Trieste.
Many experts are expecting big advance in quantum computing in 2025, but what is a quantum chip and how does it work?
A recent study highlights that significant health benefits and molecular adaptations from fasting are detectable after three days.
Recent findings show that prolonged fasting triggers significant and systematic changes across multiple organs in the body. These results highlight potential health benefits that extend beyond weight loss, but they also reveal that these impactful changes only begin to occur after three full days without food.
Health Benefits of Fasting Unveiled.
Beyond fermions and bosons: unveiling new particle behaviors in mechanics.
In the world, particles traditionally fall into two categories: fermions (like electrons) and bosons (like photons), each obeying distinct exchange rules. These “exchange statistics” shape the behaviors of particles, from the structure of atoms to the glow of lasers. In two dimensions, a peculiar third type, called anyons, has been theorized and observed, adding a twist to this framework. But could there be even more possibilities?
This study ventures into uncharted territory by revisiting “parastatistics,” an idea from theory that goes beyond fermions and bosons. Previously dismissed as merely theoretical and equivalent to the known particle types, parastatistics now emerges in a new light. The researchers reveal that particles obeying non-trivial parastatistics can exist in real physical systems and behave in fundamentally different ways. These “paraparticles” follow unique rules of exclusion, resulting in strange and exotic thermodynamic behaviors unlike any seen in fermions or bosons.
To bring this concept to life, the team developed a mathematical framework for paraparticles, showing how they naturally fit within the broader universe. They designed solvable models where paraparticles arise as quasiparticles—tiny, particle-like excitations in materials—observable through their distinct exchange behavior. Remarkably, these models work in both one and two dimensions, demonstrating the tangible potential of paraparticles in real-world systems.
The findings hint at exciting possibilities: a new class of quasiparticles in condensed matter physics and, perhaps more provocatively, the existence of elementary particles governed by entirely novel statistics. This discovery could expand our understanding of the world and open the door to unimagined phenomena in both theory and experiment.