Shear loading reveals sixfold damage growth around stiff particles in aluminum alloy
The resistance of materials to mechanical loads is a decisive factor in component safety, such as in aircraft. Working as part of an international team, researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have found a previously unknown damage mechanism in metals: Contamination in the form of stiff particles can cause the volume of voids to increase up to sixfold when exposed to deformation by shear loading.
The Open: Why it's time to crown an English winner at Royal Birkdale
No-one needs reminding how long it is since England won football's World Cup, but it is notable that a similarly long period has passed since an English golfer triumphed at an Open staged in his home country.
We Talk About Whole Children. What About Whole Educators?
In 2010, a young woman walked into my office at the childcare center I directed in Arizona. She was nervous. She didn’t have experience in early childhood education. She just needed a job.
Jamie Dimon hinted at what he might do after JPMorgan — and it's not politics
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Last month, JPMorgan gave the world a better idea of who might succeed Jamie Dimon as CEO. And Dimon just gave a better idea of what he might do once that successor takes the job.
1 Month Later, It’s Unclear When Kennedy Center Tarps Will Come Down
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The Kennedy Center hung a large tarp blocking its sign last month before workers removed President Donald Trump’s name, which the center says it has kept up while the marble facade is repaired—but one month later, the tarp still stands, and the center still has given no indication as to when it may come down.
The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI
11:22 AM PDT · July 13, 2026
Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI is packed with a number of extraordinary allegations that paint a picture of a coordinated effort to extract confidential information from current and former Apple employees. But what’s perhaps most striking is how casually the alleged misconduct is described, including one message that reads, “LOL, I found out I can access the [network storage], so funny.”
The GoldenEye homage that left us 'shaken and stirred' in 2022 is finally launching in August
Agent 64: Spies Never Die, a lovingly-crafted homage to the classic Nintendo 64 James Bond game GoldenEye, made quite an impression when it turned up at the PC Gaming Show in 2022, but all hasn't gone quite according to plan since then. An early access release expected later that year didn't come together, and updates on Steam have been few and far-between since then.
Despite the growth of some AI schools like Alpha, research doesn't show that AI tutors are better than human teachers
Over the past decade, the AI-focused, for-profit Alpha School has grown from one campus in Austin, Texas, to more than 15 schools across the country, including in major cities like New York and San Francisco.
Melting icebergs can weaken a massive, far-off ocean current system
Melting and breaking icebergs in the far-off northeastern Pacific Ocean can weaken a massive current system in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a University of California, Davis study published in Nature Communications.
Jay-Z's final Yankee Stadium show was a trip down memory lane. See the surprise celebrity guests he brought onstage.
Jay-Z's final Yankee Stadium show was a trip down memory lane. See the surprise celebrity guests he brought onstage.
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