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International Court of Justice says countries failing to tackle climate change risk breaking international law
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-24/icj-climate-change-advisory-opinion-handed-down/105561282

International Court of Justice says countries failing to tackle climate change risk breaking international law
The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with judges finding that states affected by global warming could be eligible for reparations.

Frequency comb generation in low-loss, low-stress, high-Q deuterated silicon nitride microring resonators in an 8-inch photonics platform
Y. Cao, G. F. Chen, C. Lau, L. Y. M. Tobing, S. L. H. Jang, Y. F. Tsang, J. O. Yoo, Y. T. Toh, J. S. Goh, L. W. Lim, C. W. Wong, D. K. T. Ng, D. T. H. Tan, X. Luo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17287

Frequency comb generation in low-loss, low-stress, high-Q deuterated silicon nitride microring resonators in an 8-inch photonics platform
Systematic studies on different SiN films in terms of propagation losses are presented, and deuterated SiN emerges as a good candidate for ultralow loss (< 0.1 dB/cm) and reliability by simple 8-inch process with low thermal budget. Frequency comb generation in high-Q (~1 million) deuterated silicon nitride microring is demonstrated and used for intensity modulated direct detection transmission. Negligible power penalty for 25.78 GBaud/s NRZ and PAM4 is achieved at error rates <10-6, below the …

Bollywood star Aamir Khan opts to launch his films on YouTube for $1 in India following theatrical runs, instead of on global streamers; he'll get 50% of sales (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

The Nonlinear Tails in Black Hole Ringdown: the Scattering Perspective
A. Ianniccari, L. Lo Bianco, A. Riotto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17732 https://arxi…

The Nonlinear Tails in Black Hole Ringdown: the Scattering Perspective
Black holes regain their static configuration by emitting ringdown gravitational waves, whose amplitude decays in time following a power law at fixed spatial positions. We show that the nonlinear decay power law may be obtained by simple scattering calculations using the in-in formalism and argue that the nonperturbative law should be $t^{-2\ell-1}$, where $\ell$ is the multipole of the propagating spherical gravitational wave.

StyleAdaptedLM: Enhancing Instruction Following Models with Efficient Stylistic Transfer
Pritika Ramu, Apoorv Saxena, Meghanath M Y, Varsha Sankar, Debraj Basu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18294

StyleAdaptedLM: Enhancing Instruction Following Models with Efficient Stylistic Transfer
Adapting LLMs to specific stylistic characteristics, like brand voice or authorial tones, is crucial for enterprise communication but challenging to achieve from corpora which lacks instruction-response formatting without compromising instruction adherence. We introduce StyleAdaptedLM, a framework that efficiently transfers stylistic traits to instruction-following models using Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA). LoRA adapters are first trained on a base model with diverse unstructured stylistic corpor…

Online Adaptation for Flying Quadrotors in Tight Formations
Pei-An Hsieh, Kong Yao Chee, M. Ani Hsieh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17488 https://

Online Adaptation for Flying Quadrotors in Tight Formations
The task of flying in tight formations is challenging for teams of quadrotors because the complex aerodynamic wake interactions can destabilize individual team members as well as the team. Furthermore, these aerodynamic effects are highly nonlinear and fast-paced, making them difficult to model and predict. To overcome these challenges, we present L1 KNODE-DW MPC, an adaptive, mixed expert learning based control framework that allows individual quadrotors to accurately track trajectories while …

In pursuit of the low-energy Solar neutron flux
Prithish Halder, Peter A. Dowben
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17985 https://arxiv.org/p…

In pursuit of the low-energy Solar neutron flux
Understanding the origin of low-energy solar neutrons flux is crucial for probing solar energetic processes and neutron transport mechanisms in interplanetary space. This study investigates the role of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in modulating the low-energy solar neutrons. The neutron flux is modeled by incorporating a CME-width scaling factor into existing neutron fluence models. Our analysis, based on CME data from the SECHHI COR2 database during the DANSON experiment (2016-10-27 to 2017-0…

Starting up Bring Her Back. Anybody seen it, opinions? Guess I'll see. Will probably get to finish most of it before wifey's done with her exam 😂
#horror

Bring Her Back (2025)
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are introduced to their new sibling by their foster mother, only to learn that she has a terrifying secret.

LGBTQIA Book History Bibliography by Alex Wingate: https://sharpweb.org/sharpnews/2025/08/22/lgbtqia-book-history-bibliography/
"The following collaborative bibliography compiles and celebrates book historical work about and for LGBTQIA communiti…

Sittich-Strolch mittels mobiler Gewahrsamszelle verhaftet
https://www.polizei.bremerhaven.de/blog-leser/sittich-strolch-in-geestemuende-polizei-nimmt-schraegen-vogel-in-gewahrsam-2.html

Sittich-Strolch in Geestemünde: Polizei nimmt schrägen Vogel in Gewahrsam
Mit viel Freude und einem Sinn für leichte Prosa hat unser Kontaktpolizist aus Bremerhaven-Geestemünde einen Einsatzbericht verfasst, der zeigt: Polizeiarbeit macht Spaß – auch wenn man es bisweilen mit schrägen Vögeln zu tun hat.