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- 1Solar Storms Pose Growing Threat to Power GridsβDisasters from the Sun: Threats to Power-grids and Digital Infrastructure
An analysis published by the Observer Research Foundation examines how solar activity can trigger disasters on Earth, warning that solar storms threaten power grids and digital infrastructure. The piece highlights the vulnerability of modern electricity networks and communications systems to severe space weather events, and the potential scale of disruption if a major storm were to hit.
- 2UCLA awarded $75 million in NSF grants for quantum technologyβΌUCLA receives $75 million in NSF grants for quantum technology
UCLA has received $75 million in grants from the National Science Foundation to advance quantum technology research. The funding will support the university's work in quantum science, a field seen as key to future computing, sensing and communications. The announcement highlights growing federal investment in quantum research at American universities.
- 3Max Planck Society partners with OAPEN on open access book collectionβ# MaxPlanck # physics # books # DigitalHumanities 'The OAPEN Foundation is delighted to announce a new partnership with
The OAPEN Foundation has announced a new partnership with the Max Planck Society to build a dedicated collection of open access books. The collection will be funded by more than 80 Max Planck Institutes and research units, making scholarly publications in fields such as physics freely available to readers worldwide. The move is being discussed as a significant step for open access publishing and digital humanities scholarship.
- 4OAPEN and Max Planck Society partner on open access book collectionβMax Planck Digital Library: OAPEN and Max Planck Society partner to build collection of funded open access books. βThe O
The OAPEN Foundation has announced a new partnership with the Max Planck Society to build a dedicated collection of open access books funded by the Max Planck Digital Library. The initiative aims to support open-access monographs in research, expanding free scholarly publishing beyond journals and making funded books openly available to readers worldwide.
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A video clip of computing pioneer Alan Kay is circulating on Hacker News, in which he discusses Claude Shannon, the mathematician who founded information theory. The snippet shown references Shannon's work on handling noisy communication channels, a foundational idea behind modern digital communication and computing. Commenters appear drawn to Kay's reflections on computing history and theory, though the full context of the discussion is limited to a single post with around 140 points and no visible thread detail.