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The interplay of the parametric instability and MRI in oscillatory shear flows
Callum W. Fairbairn, James M. Stone
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08839 https:/…

The interplay of the parametric instability and MRI in oscillatory shear flows
The evolution of warped disks is governed by internal, oscillatory shear flows driven by their distorted geometry. However, these flows are known to be vigorously unstable to a hydrodynamic parametric instability. In many warped systems this might coexist and compete with the magnetorotational instability. The interplay of these phenomena and their combined impact on the internal flows has not been studied. To this end we perform three-dimensional, magneto+hydrodynamic unstratified shearing box…

Google is working with the US National Hurricane Center to test an AI model that forecasts cyclones and launches Weather Lab to share its AI weather models (Justine Calma/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/685820/google-ai-forecast-ty…

Google has a new AI model and website for forecasting tropical storms
Google launched an interactive website called WeatherLab and unveiled a new AI-based model for forecasting tropical storms that it’s testing with the National Hurricane Center.

Played the demo for The Alters today. I was already interested, but now it is on my wishlist and I am very much looking forward to its release. Resource gathering, crafting, base building, check. Time pressure mechanic "the sunrise will kill you, must move base", check.
I am especially intrigued by the story and the "need to recruit people to help you run the base and survive, so you just clone them" idea. I'm liking how they've built that mechanic and how …

CLONE: Closed-Loop Whole-Body Humanoid Teleoperation for Long-Horizon Tasks
Yixuan Li, Yutang Lin, Jieming Cui, Tengyu Liu, Wei Liang, Yixin Zhu, Siyuan Huang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08931

CLONE: Closed-Loop Whole-Body Humanoid Teleoperation for Long-Horizon Tasks
Humanoid teleoperation plays a vital role in demonstrating and collecting data for complex humanoid-scene interactions. However, current teleoperation systems face critical limitations: they decouple upper- and lower-body control to maintain stability, restricting natural coordination, and operate open-loop without real-time position feedback, leading to accumulated drift. The fundamental challenge is achieving precise, coordinated whole-body teleoperation over extended durations while maintain…

Frankrikes president Emmanuel Macron kräver att de sex franska medborgare som förts bort från #Madleen av israeliska styrkor "ska få återvända till Frankrike så snart som möjligt", enligt Elyséepalatset, skriver Le Monde.

En direct, guerre à Gaza : après l’interception du « Madleen » par Israël, la France réclame le retour de ses ressortissants « dans les plus brefs délais »
Six ressortissants français, dont l’eurodéputée Rima Hassan, se trouvent à bord du bateau humanitaire qui faisait route vers Gaza et a été intercepté par les autorités israéliennes pendant la nuit. La diplomatie française a aussi demandé le « retour rapide » de ses citoyens ; l’Etat hébreu, de son côté, assure que les activistes « vont retourner dans leurs pays ».

Excited to try Apple’s new Containerization stuff when I have a few minutes to experiment with stuff that’s not due 3 months ago.
Maybe I can get rid of Docker (and Colima etc.)…
The minimalist approach is super interesting (static, no libc even). They claim you can launch a container and have a shell in “a few hundred milliseconds” and I definitely remember waiting longer than that for `ruby` to start, back when I was doing a lot of Vagrant work.

Identity and Access Management for the Computing Continuum
Chalima Dimitra Nassar Kyriakidou, Athanasia Maria Papathanasiou, Vasilios A. Siris, Nikos Fotiou, George C. Polyzos, Eduardo C\'anovas Mart\'inez, Antonio Skarmeta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09559

Identity and Access Management for the Computing Continuum
The computing continuum introduces new challenges for access control due to its dynamic, distributed, and heterogeneous nature. In this paper, we propose a Zero-Trust (ZT) access control solution that leverages decentralized identification and authentication mechanisms based on Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs). Additionally, we employ Relationship-Based Access Control (ReBAC) to define policies that capture the evolving trust relationships inherent in the contin…

My opinion in five seconds: I want the old internet back! 😭

The Compton-thick AGN Population and the $N_{\rm H}$ Distribution of Low-mass AGN in our Cosmic Backyard
A. Annuar, D. M. Alexander, P. Gandhi, G. B. Lansbury, M. N. Rosli, D. Stern, D. Asmus, D. R. Ballantyne, M. Balokovi\'c, F. E. Bauer, P. G. Boorman, W. N. Brandt, M. Brightman, C. T. J. Chen, A. Del Moro, D. Farrah, F. A. Harrison, M. J. Koss, L. Lanz, S. Marchesi, P. Mohanadas, E. Nardini, C. Ricci, L. Zappacosta

The Compton-thick AGN Population and the $N_{\rm H}$ Distribution of Low-mass AGN in our Cosmic Backyard
We present a census of the Compton-thick (CT) active galactic nucleus (AGN) population and the column density ($N_{\rm{H}}$) distribution of AGN in our cosmic backyard using a mid-infrared selected AGN sample within 15 Mpc. The column densities are measured from broadband X-ray spectral analysis, mainly using data from $\textit{Chandra}$ and $\textit{NuSTAR}$. Our sample probes AGN with intrinsic 2-10 keV luminosities of $L_{\rm 2-10, int} = 10^{37}$-$10^{43}$ erg s$^{-1}$, reaching a parameter…

Design of an innovative robotic surgical instrument for circular stapling
Paul Tucan (CESTER), Nadim Al Hajjar (UMF), Calin Vaida (CESTER), Alexandru Pusca (CESTER), Tiberiu Antal (CESTER), Corina Radu (UMF), Daniel Jucan (CESTER), Adrian Pisla (CESTER), Damien Chablat (LS2N, LS2N - \'equipe RoMas), Doina Pisla (CESTER)
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Design of an innovative robotic surgical instrument for circular stapling
Esophageal cancer remains a highly aggressive malignancy with low survival rates, requiring advanced surgical interventions like esophagectomy. Traditional manual techniques, including circular staplers, face challenges such as limited precision, prolonged recovery times, and complications like leaks and tissue misalignment. This paper presents a novel robotic circular stapler designed to enhance the dexterity in confined spaces, improve tissue alignment, and reduce post-operative risks. Integr…