@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-31 23:49:45
For medical imaging, innovative contrast agents are in high demand.
Materials scientist Robert Nissler has therefore developed an ultra-bright near-infrared nano-pigment designed to provide high-resolution images of intricate brain structures.
In ancient Egypt, the precursor to the copper-based "Zurich Blue" was already prized for its brilliant blue color.
@anneroth@systemli.social2026-10-31 10:05:07
Bedeutet der Umgang des Spiegels mit den Anmerkungen zum Interview dann, dass der Umgang mit 'Unter Drei' oder Hintergrundgesprächen auch Auslegungssache der Journalist*innen sind?
Frage insb. an die Journalist*innen, die das in Ordnung fanden.
Das ist nicht so polemisch gemeint, wie es sich vielleicht liest. Es interessiert mich wirklich. Prinzipiell, aber auch praktisch bei der Arbeit.
Und gern auch von anderen Journalist*innen oder Medienwissenschaftler*innen.
@ckent@urbanists.social2026-10-02 01:16:08
You can still get America.gov’s chatbot to come out of its shell if you encourage it gently, with technocractic enticements and a pinch of ignorance.
#Jan6 #ChatBots #americagov
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-11-01 05:01:42
DeepSeek open sources Super-Agent as a research prototype, a proactive coding agent it says can monitor group chats for coding issues and suggest solutions (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-10-31 20:05:59
Filing: a US judge dismisses with prejudice Trump's defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal regarding a birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein signed by Trump (Jasper Ward/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-dis
@StephenRees@mas.to2026-10-29 18:48:27
The President is Equal Parts Moron and Monster
Which makes it hard to cut a deal with him
Bill McKibben
12 minutes ago
As we head towards the midterms, the president’s closing argument has mostly been about various people’s posteriors, but he has also taken the time to make several, um, substantive points.
One is his theory that solar panels become incredibly hot to the touch during their operation, and hence will kill “all the animals.” As he explained his theor…
@jerome@jasette.facil.services2026-10-31 16:17:50
After running Free Practice 2, Esteban Ocon is replaced at Haas (???) for their reserve driver
Not for illness, seems like his official good bye to the team
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/crwydk35zlnvo
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-31 23:29:40
Some Middle Eastern powers are waking up to the threat to their sovereignty posed by a US system that consistently privileges Israel’s priorities.
It is early days, but for a Gulf state leader to call for a Gulf security pact that includes Iran,
as Badr Albusaidi, Oman’s foreign minister, did this week,
is a potential Berlin Wall moment.
The implication is that the US should no longer be the security provider for the Gulf.
Iran is viewed with deep suspicion acro…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-31 20:09:31
A federal judge on Saturday dismissed Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal with prejudice, Reuters has reported.
The lawsuit accused the paper of defaming Trump in a July 2025 article that concluded Trump had signed a birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein, writing for the disgraced financier and sex offender a cryptic note accompanied by a drawing of a nude woman.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-31 16:46:01
The Defense Department’s vaunted network of research laboratories
— whose scientists helped develop satellite communication, radar technology, and even the computer mouse
— is in trouble.
The labs lost a significant share of their staff last year,
largely in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to thin the federal work force.
Refilling critical positions was proving difficult due in part to President Trump’s demand that new hires be screened for their…
