Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

• Quantum computers can theoretically crack common encryption methodsBlackJack3D/Getty Images Quantum computers can theoretically crack common encryption methods BlackJack3D/Getty

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 291 words

Large dogs release two to four times more airborne microbes than humans

• Unseen but all around us, the air we breathe in enclosed spaces is crucial to our health and well-being. • Indoor air is not simply outdoor air that has been run through a filter

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 192 words

Eclipse research finds turbulent times in the sun's corona

• Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have uncovered new clues about how energy moves through the sun’s outer atmosphere, using one of nature’s rarest events as their window:

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 156 words
AI digital twins could cut nuclear build times in half, lower operating costs by 50%

AI digital twins could cut nuclear build times in half, lower operating costs by 50%

• AI digital twins could cut nuclear build times in half, lower operating costs by 50% AI and nuclear power converge as INL and NVIDIA aim to double reactor deployment speed and sl

Linux Kernel Improvement Can Make Hibernation Several Times Faster With Slow SSDs

Linux Kernel Improvement Can Make Hibernation Several Times Faster With Slow SSDs

• Linux Kernel Improvement Can Make Hibernation Several Times Faster With Slow SSDs A patch series sent out for review this weekend can significantly improve the system hibernation

Linux & Open Source · February 15, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 278 words
The hidden reason database debt is ten times harder to fix than code

The hidden reason database debt is ten times harder to fix than code

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Climate change made 'fire weather' in Chile and Argentina three times more likely

Climate change made 'fire weather' in Chile and Argentina three times more likely

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Internet Coordination in Times of War

Internet Coordination in Times of War

• Internet Coordination in Times of War Hisham Ibrahim Based in Dubai, UAE Hisham Ibrahim is the Chief Community Officer at the RIPE NCC. • He leads the RIPE NCC’s engagement effor