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Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/pandemic-era-slump-in-ivory-and-pangolin-scale-trafficking-persists-report-finds/

Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds
A recent report surveying seizures of pangolin scales and elephant ivory over the past decade has found a sharp decline following the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from media reports, public documents, and criminal intelligence and investigations, analysts at the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) found authorities seized more than 370 metric tons of pangolin scales and […]

Experimental demonstration of corrugated nanolaminate films as reflective light sails
Matthew F. Campbell, Pawan Kumar, Jason Lynch, Ramon Gao, Adam Alfieri, John Brewer, Thomas J. Celenza, Mohsen Azadi, Michael Kelzenberg, Eric Stach, Aaswath P. Raman, Harry A. Atwater Jr., Igor Bargatin, Deep Jariwala
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05035

Experimental demonstration of corrugated nanolaminate films as reflective light sails
Achieving laser-driven, reflective, relativistic light sails would represent a tremendous breakthrough for humankind, allowing us to advance our understanding of the solar system and deep space far beyond what we know from space probes, telescopes, and objects passing near Earth. Numerous sail film designs have been proposed, but none have been demonstrated that satisfy all of the stringent optical, mechanical, and mass budget constraints. Here we overcome this challenge by experimentally demon…

L.A. County leaders to weigh legal action following violent ICE arrests
Citing a recent arrest by immigration agents that bloodied a man in the unincorporated area of Valinda,
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis said she wants the county to explore a legal counterattack against what she described as the federal government’s “unconstitutional immigration enforcement practices.”
In a statement Saturday, Solis said that she plans to co-sponsor a motion at Tuesday’s Boar…

L.A. County leaders weigh legal action following violent ICE arrests
L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis said she intends to introduce a motion to explore the county's legal options 'against unconstitutional immigration enforcement actions.

Gemeinsamer Kühlschrank bei der Arbeit. Kommste nachm Wochenende und willst dein Essen kühlstellen bis zum Mittag - und der Schrank ist bis oben hin gefüllt mit Bierflaschen und Bierdosen. WTF?!
Hat auch keine Namen drauf, also hab ich nun einfach mal etwa 20 Liter Bier rausgestellt in die Wärme.
#lauwarmecervisia

Runway and Luma AI say they are talking to robotics and self-driving car companies about their video models and expect these revenue sources to eclipse studios (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-target-sales-r…

Runway, Luma Target Sales to Robotics Companies
Imax on Monday announced that it would screen the winning films from Runway’s AI-generated film festival at some of its theaters. Netflix recently said it had used AI to generate a scene in one of its shows for the first time: a building collapsing in The Eternaut, an Argentine sci-fi show.Both ...

Silicon-monoxide flames: the nucleation and condensation of silica fume
Nils Erland L. Haugen, Axel Brandenburg, Bernd Friede, Rolf G. Birkeland
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03106

Silicon-monoxide flames: the nucleation and condensation of silica fume
Silica fume is a valuable by-product from the silicon and ferrosilicon production. It is therefore important to understand the impact on the silica fume quality when converting the furnace feed from fossil-based to renewable reduction materials. Using self-consistent numerical simulations of the nucleation and condensation process, we present a detailed study of the silica fume formation process. It is found that the most critical physical effect that determines the final particle size distri…

Runway and Luma AI say they are talking to robotics and self-driving car companies about their video models and expect these revenue sources to eclipse studios (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-target-sales-r…

Runway, Luma Target Sales to Robotics Companies
Imax on Monday announced that it would screen the winning films from Runway’s AI-generated film festival at some of its theaters. Netflix recently said it had used AI to generate a scene in one of its shows for the first time: a building collapsing in The Eternaut, an Argentine sci-fi show.Both ...

Schon arg. Da werden in Flensburg und LIppstadt jeweils ein evangelisches und ein katholisches Krankenhaus fusioniert und nun dürfen dort keine Schwangerschaftsabbrüche (selbst nach Vergewaltigungen) mehr durch geführt werden. Wo bitte leben wir?
Keine Steuergelder mehr für solche Krankenhäuser. Wenn eine Organgisation ideologisch so ausgerichtet is, dass nicht gelten darf, was gesetztlich erlaubt ist, dann muss sie sich selbst finanzieren.
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Domain coarsening in fractonic systems: a cascade of critical exponents
Jacopo Gliozzi, Federico Balducci, Giuseppe De Tomasi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04556 https://

Domain coarsening in fractonic systems: a cascade of critical exponents
We study the dynamics of domain growth when multipole moments of the order parameter are conserved. Following a quench into the ordered phase of the Ising model, the typical size of domains grows with time as $R(t) \sim t^{1/2}$ in the absence of conserved quantities. When the order parameter is conserved, the domain growth slows to $R(t) \sim t^{1/3}$. Conservation of higher moments of the order parameter fundamentally modifies this behavior: coarsening proceeds via anomalously slow growth. We…

Scale dependence of segregation patterns in the filling of silos
Shivakumar Athani, Benjy Marks, Fran\c{c}ois Guillard, Alistair Gillespie, Itai Einav
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00318

Scale dependence of segregation patterns in the filling of silos
Size segregation in granular flows is a well-known phenomenon: laboratory experiments consistently show that large particles migrate toward silo walls during filling, while smaller particles concentrate near the center. Paradoxically, field observations in large-scale industrial silos often report the opposite pattern, challenging these findings. We demarcate these patterns through a systematic experimental study spanning a range of dimensionless numbers relevant to bidisperse granular flows in…