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Artificial intelligence systems that recommend medications to hospital patients have long been promised as a way to help clinicians sift through complex electronic health records and arrive at safer, more effective treatment combinations. Yet a fundamental weakness has quietly undermined many of these systems, and a new study has finally given it a name: the […]

Every large computing system, from an electric grid control room to a cloud data center, hums with a hidden language of logs. These timestamped records of internal events carry the earliest whispers of trouble: a memory leak that grows by a few megabytes an hour, a disk whose response times drift upward, a network link […]

Galaxies are enormous and hold hundreds of billions of stars. These stars form from cold, dense gas. Every large galaxy, including the Milky Way, is wrapped in a huge envelope of gas called the circumgalactic medium, or CGM. This reservoir of raw material stretches 10–20 times the size of the visible portion of the galaxy.

A new field-ready machine could help farmers and agronomists spot hidden threats early, protecting crops and strengthening agricultural resilience. The post SIU Researchers Build Robot, AI to Detect Soybean Diseases Before Symptoms Appear appeared first on CropLife.

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: Sources: US and Russian diplomats worked to weaken an AI weapons pact at the UN this month, removing a requirement that humans review AI-generated targets, more  —  The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry.

Grok repeatedly identified an altered photograph from Donald Trump's White House dinner for Xi Jinping as authentic, while ChatGPT and Gemini rejected it and Copilot cited insufficient evidence.

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. iOS 27 debuted to the public almost two weeks ago, with the flagship feature being Siri AI. While Siri AI was revolutionary compared to what existed prior, it still has some shortcomings. QuillCue aims to close one of the gaps with Siri AI by providing a custom keyboard that lets you save prompts for later. more…

Electrolysis can reduce CO2 to CO, a raw material for chemical products such as fuels. Within the GreenQUEST project, an international team led by HZB chemist Prashanth Menezes has systematically investigated catalyst layers made of silver nanoparticles, varying both particle size and density.

Google’s $15bn AI datacentre project in Andhra Pradesh has state environmental clearance for 2.51GW of capacity, more than double the 1GW announced, according to clearance papers seen by the Guardian. Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan reported the story from Tarluvada, one of the villages where the project is being built. The Guardian said 2.51GW is roughly […] This story continues at The Next Web

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Google’s Project Suncatcher advances the case for space data centers. Explore the technology, economic hurdles and stocks positioned to benefit. The post 5 Space Stocks to Buy as Google Takes AI Into Orbit With Project Suncatcher appeared first on InvestorPlace.

Scientists recreated a particle-forming process linked to the extreme physics of the early universe using a 13-ion quantum simulator. The breakthrough suggests quantum computers could eventually help researchers investigate how matter formed and evolved after the Big Bang.

Researchers found that scented cleaners can react with ozone indoors to create billions or trillions of invisible nanoparticles that can penetrate deep into the lungs. The pollution forms within minutes and, in some cases, may produce an inhaled particle dose comparable to or greater than standing near heavy traffic.

Hospital AI tools are diagnosing more ailments, pushing insurance payouts higher, but insurers are fighting back.

Nvidia RTX Spark and the Apple M6 are set to go head-to-head among creatives and developers, but which platform will be the best for your needs?

An Nvidia patent suggests the company could push developers to use a new chatbot as a way to get guidance on how to optimize their new games before release.

OpenAI said research agents posted 53 user-provided images to external image-hosting sites, exposing a data-handling failure that the company says it cannot trace to individual users.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA, remains one of the most formidable adversaries in modern medicine, killing more than 100,000 people each year and ranking as the single bacterial pathogen with the highest attributable mortality in the context of antimicrobial resistance. Now, a team of researchers at Al-Nahrain University in Baghdad, working with collaborators […]

Bloomberg: A look at the wave of Google DeepMind researchers who have exited recently to launch their own AI startups focused on alternatives to LLMs  —  When a group of 15 Google DeepMind employees and alumni met for a breakfast this month in central London, the conversation quickly turned …

OpenAI acknowledged on Friday that its artificial intelligence tools had posted images from ChatGPT users onto online sites without the company’s knowledge, the latest example of AI agents operating outside their bounds. The company also confirmed a New York Times report that its tools had accessed websites of US federal agencies, saying they retrieved only publicly available information. Links to the 53 uploaded images were not publicly listed and were accidentally posted on image-hosting...

A team of chemists and parasitologists at Zagazig University in Egypt has reported the development of a synthetic triazolopyrimidine compound that shows potent killing activity against Trichinella spiralis, the parasitic roundworm responsible for trichinellosis, a globally distributed foodborne disease. The work, published in The Science of Nature, combines green heterogeneous nanocatalysis with rigorous biological evaluation, […]

Arsenic is one of the most insidious contaminants on Earth. It leaches from natural mineral deposits, seeps into groundwater through mining and smelting operations, and lingers in pesticides and industrial waste. Most of its compounds are colorless, odorless, and tasteless, which means millions of people can be exposed chronically without ever knowing it. The liver, […]

A virtual reality landscape of a flowing river and trees, accompanied by classical music, can help to reduce patients' blood pressure significantly within 15 minutes of their being seen in an emergency department.

AI-generated summaries are becoming increasingly prevalent - from news article previews to workplace meeting transcriptions to high-stakes settings like police body camera footage - despite studies showing that AI can generate misleading or inaccurate information.

A new AI-based model can predict where glioblastoma is most likely to return after initial surgery, potentially giving doctors a chance to treat it before it becomes visible on MRI.

Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance on Earth, threaded through coffee, tea, energy drinks, and medications, yet detecting it quickly and accurately at trace levels has long frustrated analytical chemists. A research team at National Chung Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan, has now unveiled a sensor platform that tackles this challenge by combining […]

A UCLA neurology professor's 10-year self-assessment helps women determine if memory loss stems from estrogen changes during perimenopause or dementia.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma remains one of the most lethal malignancies in modern oncology, with five-year survival rates that have barely budged despite decades of investment in drug development. Against that grim backdrop, nanomedicine has been promoted as a potentially transformative approach: tiny lipid-based carriers, engineered to ferry chemotherapy and imaging agents directly to tumor cells, […]

Colon cancer remains one of the most formidable malignancies of the digestive system, notorious for its tendency to metastasize and for the drug resistance it develops against conventional treatments. Surgery inflicts substantial trauma, radiotherapy damages healthy tissue indiscriminately, and chemotherapy produces systemic toxicity ranging from bone marrow suppression to gastrointestinal distress. Now, a research team […]

At a time of rampant medical misinformation online, artificial intelligence can do a good job of correcting falsehoods, but the tone of the correction is key, according to new research led by Washington State University.

Despite challenges, Tesla aims for 1,000 Optimus robots per week by end of 2026.

Author(s): Marc Scheffler, Jörg Sichelschmidt, Conrad Clauss, Mojtaba Javaheri Rahim, Boris I. Kochelaev, Cornelius Krellner, Christoph Geibel, Frank Steglich, and Martin DresselUsing multiple antennae and their resonance harmonics, the changes in the electron spin resonance signal across the quantum critical point provide a measurement of the g-factor of the electrons. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 136506] Published Fri Sep 25, 2026

Author(s): Sofie Castro Holbæk, Morten H. Christensen, Andreas Kreisel, and Brian M. AndersenSeveral realizations of d -wave superconductivity on the Lieb and kagome lattices exhibit remarkably weak T c -suppression, resembling the behavior of conventional s-wave superconductors. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 136004] Published Fri Sep 25, 2026

Author(s): G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration † ["id", "col1"], CMS Collaboration)First combination of searches for Higgs boson pair production from two CERN collaborations on this important standard model process provides information about the crucial Higgs self coupling. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 131803] Published Fri Sep 25, 2026

Wireless sensor networks have quietly become the nervous system of the modern world. They monitor bridges for structural stress, track soil moisture on smart farms, watch for wildfires in remote forests, and stream data from factory floors. Yet all of this invisible vigilance depends on a stubbornly mundane problem: batteries run out. In rechargeable wireless […]

A team of researchers in India has transformed an everyday plastic into the heart of a working proton battery, and the trick involves one of the most understudied ceramics in the battery world. In a study published in the Journal of Materials Science: Polymers, S. Jayanthi of The Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for Women and […]

Corrosion costs the global economy hundreds of billions of dollars every year, and few materials illustrate the challenge better than stainless steel Grade 202, a chromium- and nickel-containing alloy found everywhere from cookware and cutlery to food-processing plants, automotive components and outdoor fittings. Although the alloy owes its everyday resilience to a thin, chromium-rich passive […]

Scientists have brewed up a new weapon against cancer and drug-resistant bacteria using one of the world’s most fragrant plants. A research team led by Nada H. Aljarba of Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University and Munirah F. Aldayel of King Faisal University has synthesized selenium-doped nickel oxide nanoparticles with the help of Damask rose leaf […]

Aphids are among the most quietly destructive forces in agriculture, draining sap from crops and manipulating the very plants they feed on. But beneath their small size lies a molecular arsenal of remarkable sophistication. In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical […]

In a development that could reshape how laboratories think about pharmaceutical raw materials, researchers in India have transformed discarded fruit pods of the purple orchid tree, Bauhinia purpurea, into zinc oxide nanoparticles that display a remarkable portfolio of biological activities. The study, published in Discover Chemistry, demonstrates that a material most people would throw away […]

Neurosurgeons face a deceptively simple problem every time they open a skull: the brain refuses to stay where the scan left it. Once the dura mater is incised, cerebrospinal fluid drains away, gravity pulls on the soft tissue, anaesthetic drugs alter blood volume, and surgical manipulation deforms the delicate architecture beneath. The result is brain […]

Bitdefender launches free macOS beta tool that hides AI agents' IP addresses during each temporary browsing task.

Bill Gates warned that AI could cause a billion deaths and urged Washington to regulate the technology amid growing concerns over its safety Read Full Article at RT.com

Project Suncatcher will send the company's custom chips into orbit to see if they can survive radiation and brutal temperatures.

Here's how Brian Chesky turned to technology for help with a common CEO struggle.

When a cheetah sprints across the savanna, its spine flexes and extends with every stride, storing and releasing elastic energy like a living spring. That remarkable biomechanical trick has long eluded roboticists, whose four-legged machines—from Boston Dynamics’ Spot to MIT’s Cheetah and ETH Zurich’s ANYmal—still lumber along on rigid torsos. Now, a team of researchers […]

Rheumatoid arthritis affects millions of people worldwide, and for most of them the first drug on the prescription is methotrexate, a decades-old antifolate that dampens the runaway immune activity driving joint destruction. Yet methotrexate is a famously difficult molecule: it dissolves poorly, crosses biological barriers inefficiently, and at effective doses it can quietly injure the […]

Researchers at the TU Munich, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and Applied Materials published a technical paper titled “System-Technology Co-Evaluation of A7 CFET and A10 NSFET Technologies from Cell Parasitics to Chip Reliability.” Abstract Excerpt: “ In this work, we present a physics-based thermal- and aging-aware system-technology co-evaluation (STCO) flow to assess parasitic RCs in... » read more The post Comparing A7 CFET and A10 Nanosheet FETs From Parasitics to Chip Reliability (TUM, UNIMORE, Applied Materials) appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

A team of researchers in India and abroad has reported a new way to build a multifunctional metal oxide nanocomposite using an extract of Ocimum sanctum, the plant better known as holy basil or tulsi, as a green mediating agent. The material, a ternary heterostructure combining titanium dioxide, iron oxide and vanadium pentoxide, was synthesized […]

A virtual reality landscape of a flowing river and trees, accompanied by classical music, can significantly reduce patients' blood pressure within 15 minutes of being seen in an emergency department.

For thousands of years, herbal medicine has accumulated a vast but fragmentary record of which plants seem to help with which ailments. Modern computational biology has tried to bring order to that record by treating herbs, chemical compounds, proteins and diseases as nodes in vast networks, then letting algorithms hunt for hidden connections. The problem […]

Researchers at the University of Kashmir have engineered a silk fibroin hydrogel decorated with titanium dioxide nanofibers that encapsulate silver nanoparticles, creating a multifunctional biomaterial that kills bacteria on contact while remaining friendly to living cells. The work, published in Polymer Bulletin, combines three well-established fabrication techniques—sol-gel electrospinning, surfactant-triggered gelation, and ultrasonic coating—into a single […]

Video generation has quietly become one of the most competitive arenas in artificial intelligence, with text-to-video systems producing clips that are increasingly difficult to distinguish from real footage. But a comprehensive new survey argues that the field’s next great challenge is not visual spectacle at all. Instead, it is people: how machines depict human bodies […]

The Ruling: A Pivotal Moment for AI and Defense Policy On September 25, 2026, a federal appeals court panel in Washington, D.C., delivered a 2-1 decision that upheld the Pentagon's controversial designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk. This ruling represents a watershed moment in the intersection of artificial intelligence, national security, and corporate governance, with implications that extend far beyond the immediate parties involved. The decision, written by Judge Gregory Katsas (j...

Why does a bite of pork tenderloin feel firmer than a piece of chicken breast, and why does cooking turn all of them tougher? For decades, food scientists have answered such questions with blunt instruments: compressing cubes of meat in a texture analyzer or asking trained sensory panels to score tenderness and chewiness. These methods […]

The hidden corners of the internet known as the dark web have long been a haven for illicit marketplaces, forums and data bazaars, and monitoring them has become one of the hardest problems in modern cybersecurity. Now, researchers at G.H. Raisoni University in Amravati, India, have unveiled an integrated artificial intelligence framework designed to make […]

NASA has announced that a new telescope concept called PRIMA is moving forward in consideration for a 2033 launch to look at the origins of planets and galaxies.

Reuters: Sources: OpenAI found ~24 incidents of its agents acting in undesirable ways as of mid-September; OpenAI says its agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users  —  Two months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still working to understand …

Imagine a cute little robot that can follow you around while you're biking around town. It's neat! Just so long as it doesn't run into a garbage can.

On October 1, Google’s first test satellite for Project Suncatcher is set to be launched. This is the next step in the company’s plan to build AI data centers in Earth’s orbit, according to The New York Times. The idea is, among other things, to harness solar energy in space instead of building ever-larger data centers on Earth. The first satellite, MVP, is about the size of a refrigerator and was built by the satellite company Planet Labs. On board are four of Google’s TPU accelerators, which will be used to run Gemini in space. MVP is equipped with solar panels that generate about one kilowatt. This, combined with cooling limitations, means the TPU chips can only run for 15 minutes at a time during testing. Google plans additional launches in 2027. The goal is a network of AI

A new report by a Bay Area start-up called Parse adds new details to an incident that has shocked the A.I. world and led to calls for closer government regulation.

A new report by a Bay Area start-up called Parse adds new details to an incident that has shocked the A.I. world and led to calls for closer government regulation.

Google, OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly plan an AI safety standards body. See what the proposed testing and audits could mean for enterprise IT buyers. The post Google, OpenAI, Anthropic Reportedly Plan AI Safety Standards Body appeared first on TechRepublic.

Quantum photonics could be a pivotal part of future quantum technology if the right materials can be created, a new review paper has found.

What if the universe’s biggest mystery has no answer?

Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."

Alibaba remains tight-lipped about the details as it aims to challenge Huawei and last-generation Nvidia chips in domestic markets.

Tesla Full Self-Driving’s release in Europe is set to be delayed by at least a few months. The European Union will not vote on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) on October 6. The draft agenda for the 119th meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles lists only a 25-minute “continuation of discussions” on the Netherlands’ […] The post Tesla Full Self-Driving release in the EU gets delayed appeared first on TESLARATI.

Wall Street climbed on Friday, lifted by Microsoft and other AI-related technology stocks, while high oil prices and a recent surge in U.S. Treasury yields kept investors on edge. Gains in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq capped a volatile week driven by uncertainty about what industries will win and lose from artificial intelligence, and by concerns about the U.S. war with Iran and a surge in U.S. Treasury yields. Microsoft rallied 3.3 percent, lifting its 2026 gain to 7 percent, after the software giant unveiled several new capabilities in its Copilot app, including a coding tool and an always-on AI agent. Akamai Technologies surged 6 percent after an $11.6 billion cloud services deal with AI leader Anthropic. The deal includes a warrant that could give Anthropic up to 5 percent of Akamai. "That's a positive from the standpoint that people are still investing, deals are still being done," said Thomas Martin, senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments in Atlanta. "It's another circular

Enveda raised $311 million to push its AI-discovered medicines forward, including one aimed at life after GLP-1 drugs. Here’s a number worth sitting with: an estimated 99% of the chemical diversity found in nature has never been properly studied, because isolating and testing individual compounds from plants, microbes, and the human body has historically been […] The post Nature’s chemistry, read by AI, funded at $311m appeared first on Longevity.Technology.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just gave a blockbuster interview that downplayed AI concerns, complemented China, and argued against slowdown or regulation.

A new design showcases a way for miniaturized robots to hop or swim in spite of limitations on their power output and size.

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have teamed up with pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company to uncover how storage conditions affect mRNA lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines and other treatments, and how to make them more effective.

The EU won’t vote on Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” on October 6. The draft agenda for the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) meeting lists only a 25-minute “continuation of discussions” on the Dutch request to extend its FSD approval EU-wide. The committee doesn’t meet again until December, so that’s now the earliest a Tesla FSD EU vote can happen. And Tesla had been pointing to October 6. more…

Bill Gates said artificial intelligence is powerful enough to drive events causing a billion deaths, and that self-regulation is not enough because safeguards and monitoring have to be a required thing. The European Union has required them since August 2025, and since 2 August this year the Commission has been able to fine a model […] This story continues at The Next Web

We are continuously sending information to each other, transmitting zeros and ones through a giant network of connected computers and devices. Scientists are now trying to extend this familiar concept of the internet to the quantum realm, looking for an efficient way to exchange quantum rather than classical information: qubits instead of bits. The motivation is not just scientific curiosity. Qubits can be a 0, a 1 or any superposition of the two. They can also become entangled, showing a degree of correlation that is out of reach for classical bits.

The businessman explained that artificial intelligence could be used by people "with bad intentions"

Hitting its goal of making 20,000 Optimus robots per week is reportedly proving tricky for Tesla. The Information reports that Tesla produced "several hundred robots a week" last month, after it repurposed its Model S and Model X production lines for Optimus earlier this year. However, this strategy is reportedly creating manufacturing snags, like issues lining up parts precisely, as The Information notes: "Not only are the Optimus production lines new, but the Optimus parts are much smaller and have to fit together far more precisely than car parts." It reports that even in the "V3" Optimus robots it's currently producing, the hands and f … Read the full story at The Verge.

Meta previews Muse Charm, a pocket-size AI device with cameras and 5G, as the company tests how dedicated AI hardware could fit into everyday phone use. The post Meta Previews Muse Charm: What You Could Do With This AI Device on the Go appeared first on TechRepublic.

Meta's $1,299 VR Glasses combine 5K displays, AI, gesture controls and virtual desktops in a lighter headset powered by a separate compute puck. The post Meta Unveils $1,300 VR Glasses With AI, Eye Tracking and Virtual Workspaces appeared first on TechRepublic.

Google is testing a Gemini feature on Pixel 11 phones that can call businesses, navigate menus, wait on hold and speak with employees for users. The post Google Tests Gemini Calling Feature That Talks to Businesses for You appeared first on TechRepublic.

AGIBOT and Chimelong are deploying more than 300 robots across a Chinese theme park and hotel, testing embodied AI in real commercial operations. The post AGIBOT Deploys 300-Plus Robots Across Chinese Theme Park appeared first on TechRepublic.

Our brains don’t finish developing until we’re well into our 20s. That matters when deciding who gets the death penalty.

The Fox News AI Newsletter covers the latest artificial intelligence technology advancements, including the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.

The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope plunged back to Earth on Friday less than three months after launching on the bold mission.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers led by the University of Maryland identified water, methane and ammonia in the atmosphere of HATS-6 b, a giant planet 500 light-years from Earth. The observations also revealed that HATS-6 b may be significantly cooler than standard calculations predict—suggesting that the planet's relationship with its star may be far more complicated than previously thought.

Tire shops can't hang on to workers, so San Francisco startup PitPro Automation installed its first robotic system.

Many liver and lung cancers arise in tissue that's already been scarred by chronic disease, such as hepatitis, cirrhosis or long-term lung damage. That scarring creates an environment that suppresses nearby immune cells, so by the time a tumor takes hold, it's often already shielded from the immune system and immunotherapy.

Elon Musk says that the Colossus 2 will receive 220,000 GB300 GPUs by next week, with another two tranches of the same amount expected to arrive later this year. This will put the site at over a million AI GPUs, finally hitting the goal the billionaire set two years ago.

Several companies have made significant headway toward nuclear fusion propulsion drives. Is humanity on the brink of a revolution in spaceflight?

Scientists have often thought of cells as small, bustling cities with parts that resemble factories, power grids and shipping systems. While past research has illuminated the individual components of these cell cities, scientists haven't had the tools to probe more deeply into how those elements interact.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have designed an artificial intelligence model that could predict an individual's risk of developing pancreatic cancer years before diagnosis. The research was presented at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2026 in Washington, Sept. 26–29.

Tesla is now building several hundred Optimus humanoid robots per week at Fremont, roughly 10 times its Q2 output, according to a new report. But the robots coming off the line still can’t handle generalized tasks – limiting their usefulness. The report also describes fragile hands, misaligned parts on the assembly line, and suppliers that can’t hold quality at volume. Those are the two problems that decide whether humanoid robots make money: generalization and reliability. more…

The COVID-19 pandemic clearly demonstrated the importance of rapid and reliable diagnostic methods for detecting and monitoring infectious diseases. Nucleic acids, including RNA, are key biomarkers used in the detection, monitoring and treatment of a wide range of diseases. However, isolating nucleic acids from biological samples can be challenging, particularly when they are present at very low concentrations.

Extended reality has spent a decade proving that it can work in professional settings. Surgeons plan operations in virtual models, maintenance technicians follow augmented overlays on factory floors, and engineers walk through digital twins of plants that do not yet exist. Yet despite these demonstrations, immersive technology remains a marginal presence in most daily workflows, […]

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Researchers have shown that exotic quantum particles called non-Abelian anyons can perform the full range of operations needed for universal quantum computing. Using 54 qubits on Quantinuum’s H2 processor, they combined braiding and fusion to unlock capabilities that braiding alone could not provide.

Researchers used CRISPR to remove CD33 from donor stem cells, potentially giving doctors a way to attack aggressive blood cancers without destroying the healthy cells patients need after a transplant. In a 30-patient trial, the edited cells successfully took hold and appeared to shield blood cells from a CD33-targeted cancer treatment.

CERN has started replacing some of the Large Hadron Collider’s most important magnets as part of its High-Luminosity upgrade. The new superconducting magnets will produce fields about 40% stronger, allowing particle beams to be squeezed more tightly before they collide. That should create far more collisions for the ATLAS and CMS experiments to analyze, giving physicists a much larger window into the fundamental workings of the universe.