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Much as we may like sun-dried tomatoes, they're typically pretreated with sulfur dioxide or salt before the drying process, which may actually be carried out in an oven. By contrast, a new type of cherry tomato has been selectively bred to dry right on the vine.Developed by food tech company Supree, the tomatoes contain microscopic cracks in their skin.Once the fruits have grown large (relatively speaking) and ripe, those cracks open far enough to allow moisture to naturally evaporate from within them. As a result, the…

“Astronomers discover a completely unknown object floating around in space” is a common news theme, but it’s fun every time. The latest is a brand new type of star – ancient red giants the team has nicknamed “Old Smokers.”Ironically, the researchers set out to study newborn stars. To do so, they analyzed 10 years of data from the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope (VISTA) in Chile, which watches a large patch of sky for objects that changed brightness over time. They narrowed it down to 222 objects with the most…

Researchers have successfully altered magnetism in a crystal by applying pressure. This method, which varies the magnetic interactions in a crystal lattice, could revolutionize data storage and quantum computing by controlling geometrical frustration and magnetic properties.Magnetism is influenced by the behavior of electrons. For instance, these tiny particles can create an electric current using their charge, which in turn can produce a magnetic field. Additionally, magnetism can emerge from the coordinated alignment of…

In the early days of telescopic astronomy, you could only focus on one small region of the sky at a time.Careful observations had to be done by hand, and so much of the breakthrough work centered around a particular object in the sky. A nebula or galaxy, quasar or pulsar.But over the years we've been able to build telescopes capable of capturing a wide patch of sky all at once, and with automation, we can now map the entire sky.Early sky surveys took years to complete, but many modern sky surveys can look for changes on…

“The very reason that we have magnetism in our everyday lives is because of the strength of electron exchange interactions,” said study coauthor Ataç İmamoğlu, a physicist also at the Institute for Quantum Electronics.However, as Nagaoka theorized in the 1960s, exchange interactions may not be the only way to make a material magnetic. Nagaoka envisioned a square, two-dimensional lattice where every site on the lattice had just one electron. Then he worked out what would happen if you removed one of those electrons under…

Instance Selection for Deep Learning — Part 2Photo by Mike Enerio on UnsplashThis post was written in collaboration with Tomer Berkovich, Yitzhak Levi, and Max Rabin.Appropriate instance selection for machine learning (ML) workloads is an important decision with potentially significant implications on the speed and cost of development. In a previous post we expanded on this process, proposed a metric for making this important decision, and highlighted some of the many factors you should take into consideration. In this…

Joe Maring / Digital Trends When you buy a phone today, your first decision is to decide which operating system you want: Android or iOS. We’ve seen other platforms come and go over the years, from Windows Phone to Palm OS, but Android and iOS remain your two sole choices in 2024. One of the last things I saw at CES 2024 earlier this month was a smartphone operating system that’s trying to be that third choice between Android and iOS. It’s called Apostrophy OS (also referred to as AphyOS), and I got to play around…

Knowing Palworld's Pal strengths and weaknesses is key to getting through some of the tougher fights in Pocketpair’s monster-catching game, but there’s no actual Palworld type chart in Palworld itself. Like in Pokemon, having a type advantage makes tough battles a little easier, so if you can, it's always a good idea to pick the right type before starting a battle.Our Palworld type chart and Pal strengths and weaknesses overview lays out how type advantages work in Pocketpair's new hit game.…

Many people refer to Palworld as Pokémon with guns, but that’s selling the game short. Sure, you can and will use a host of firearms to fight Pals, but the Pals themselves also have types just like their pocket monster counterparts. And just like in the game that inspired it, Pal types play a huge role in which ones are more effective against the others. Some elemental weakness will be obvious, but the system does work slightly differently than that you might be used to. Here is how elemental types work in Palworld…

Jack Wallen/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe Levoit 6000S is available now on Amazon for $249.99ZDNET Recommends Levoit 6000S evaporative humidifier This is the first humidifier I've ever used that made an obvious and major difference. The specsEasy to fill with the included hoseDry mode uses the fan to dry out the filters to prevent moisture build upSmart control via the VeSync app (Android, iOS)Default target humidity range is set to 50%, but can be adjusted via the appPower Supply: 24V⎓ 1.25ARated Power: 30WWater…