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US officials scramble to deal with suspected Russian hack of government agencies
US officials suspect that Russian-linked hackers were behind the recent data breach of multiple federal agencies, including the Departments of Homeland Security ...
Russia’s Putin congratulates Biden on winning U.S. election
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election after weeks of holding out. ...
Republicans Backing Trump Fraud Claims Even As Biden Wins Electoral College
With the Electoral College giving its archaic but official stamp of approval to Joe Biden, the election is now over--although it’s not over ...
Sudan, Which Once Sheltered Bin Laden, Removed From U.S. Terrorism List
After 27 years as a global pariah, Sudan has been officially removed from the American State Sponsor of Terrorism list. ...
Physicists create time-reversed optical waves
Optics researchers from The University of Queensland and Nokia Bell Labs in the US have developed a new technique to demonstrate the time ...
U.S. Congress in sprint to fund government, approve COVID-19 emergency aid
The U.S. Congress will try this week to end months of indecision and infighting over the federal government's budget priorities ...
Trump threatens to veto defense spending bill, citing China
President Trump on Sunday reiterated his threat to veto a $740 billion defense spending bill, setting up a showdown ...
Artificial intelligence improves control of powerful plasma accelerators
Researchers have used AI to control beams for the next generation of smaller, cheaper accelerators for research, medical and industrial applications. ...
Gingrich and Huckabee back Newsom recall effort
The California activist movement to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom just got a national shot in the arm from former House Speaker ...
A theory as clear as glass
Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo used molecular dynamics calculations to simulate the glass-forming ability ...