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How to train your catalyst, one atom at a time

How do you keep a copper catalyst from losing its oomph? Just add a dusting of platinum, says a new study published in Nature Materials. A team of researchers, including scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, investigated a class of metal

EFF to Court: Don’t Make Embedding Illegal

Who should be directly liable for online infringement – the entity that serves it up or a user who embeds a link to it? For almost two decades, most U.S. courts have held that the former is responsible, applying a rule called the server test. Under the server test, whomever

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Pentagon stuns Silicon Valley

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Pentagon stuns Silicon Valley with Anthropic rebuke The Trump administration’s decision to cut off the government’s use of Anthropic and label the company a supply chain risk after a dispute over AI safeguards is sending

Iran’s leaders: Who was killed? Who’s in charge now?

As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran continue, the growing death toll in the Middle Eastern country includes a number of senior leadership officials. Among those killed in Iran is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled the country since 1989. In total, over 500

Rubio: 'There absolutely was an imminent threat' from Iran

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday said Iran posed an “imminent threat” to the United States following a series of strikes in the region. “There absolutely was an imminent threat, and the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked, and we believed they

Death toll rises in Trump's ‘Epic Fury’ military campaign

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Death toll rises in Trump's ‘Epic Fury’ military campaign The U.S. military said on Monday that six U.S. service members have been killed since the

5 questions for Trump amid the Iran crisis

President Trump is facing sharper questions over the war on Iran, with doubt hanging over what comes next and polls showing the U.S. assault is viewed with considerable skepticism by the public. Trump, speaking at the White House on Monday, promised “we will easily prevail” in

Iran conflict raises energy prices

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Iran conflict raises energy prices The U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran have surged oil prices, and costs for consumers at the pump are expected to rise. © Scott Olson/Getty Images The price of global benchmark

Paramount Raids Amazon for Ad Sales Veteran Danielle Carney

Paramount Skydance wants to battle Amazon and Google for digital ad dollars. And to do so, it has lured one of Amazon’s top ad sales executives to aid in the mission. Danielle Carney, who has in recent years supervised sports ad sales for Amazon Prime Video, is slated to join

The political risk in Vance’s war on fraud in Minnesota

Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story The political risk in Vance’s war on fraud in Minnesota Vice President JD Vance’s announcement of a six-month moratorium on some Medicaid funding for Minnesota