Researchers have unlocked a method to dramatically boost the intensity of high-power lasers, opening the route toward light-induced matter creation.

Webworm added EchoCreep and GraphWorm in 2025, using Discord and Microsoft Graph API C2 to expand stealth operations.

Microsoft released mitigations for YellowKey, a publicly disclosed BitLocker bypass tracked as CVE-2026–45585 with a CVSS score of 6.8.

Scientists have developed a new statistical model that predicts winter weather up to six months in advance by forecasting the behavior of the stratospheric polar vortex. [ https://www.labroots.com/trending/earth-and-the-environment/…g-method-2](https://www.labroots.com/trending/earth-and-the-environment/…g-method-2)

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Can weather forecasts speed up predictions to help better prepare for inclement weather? This is what a recent study published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres hopes to address as an international team of scientists from Florida State University and China investigated a new method for providing better predictions of winter weather forecasts. This study has the potential to help sci better understand winter weather patterns and provide more in-depth and accurate predictions, enabling communities to better prepare for worst case scenarios.

This study is a secondary study in a series for this team, who published a first study also in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres focusing on the yearly weather patterns of the Northern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex (SPV). For this study, the researchers focused on developing a new method for predicting SPV weather patterns months in advance of the winter season.

Using a series of statistical models involving historical atmospheric data, the researchers ascertained to produce a statistical model capable of predicting winter weather patterns months in advance. In the end, the models demonstrated that forecasts could be made up to six months in advance.

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Earth’s continents are continuously reworked deep beneath the surface, offering fresh insight into how continents have evolved over billions of years.

The study focuses on what happens after two continental plates collide to form major mountain ranges such as the Himalayas and the Alps. While geologists have long known that continental collisions build mountains and deform the crust, the new research shows that portions of continental crust can also be dragged deep into Earth during subduction before rising again and mixing with mantle rocks.

Ghareeb, A.E., Chang, B., Mitchener, L. et al. A multi-agent system for automating scientific discovery. Nature (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10652-y.

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A threat actor targeting Microsoft 365 and Azure production environments is stealing data in attacks that abuse legitimate applications and administration features.

Microsoft tracks the actor as Storm-2949 and says that the purpose of the attacks is “to exfiltrate as much sensitive data from a target organization’s high-value assets as possible.”

Storm-2949 used social engineering to target users with privileged roles, such as IT personnel or members of senior leadership, and obtain their Microsoft Entra ID credentials to gain access to data in Microsoft 365 applications.

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Artificial neurons based on printed molybdenum disulfide nanosheet networks achieve multi-order spiking dynamics that operate on physiologically relevant timescales, offering a platform for next-generation biohybrid interfaces.