3D-printed designs and 3D-woven clothing by tech startup Unspun hints at what the fashion industry’s sustainable, zero-waste future could look like.
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Levi’s® Tests 3D Printing Technology
Over 50 years ago, the classic Levi’s® Trucker jacket was introduced. But we are not one to rest on past accomplishments.
Now, the brand is turning to futuristic modes of innovation in manufacturing, pioneering a new approach in denim design.
Fast Company joined Levi’s® Head of Global Product Innovation, Paul Dillinger, at the Autodesk Pier 9 Workshop in San Francisco to witness how Levi’s® has been experimenting with 3D printing, creating digital renderings of the denim jacket which is essentially a shell of what the “real” thing could look like.
Sebastien Bubeck — A Combinatorics Problem — IPAM at UCLA
Recorded 10 February 2026. Sebastien Bubeck of OpenAI presents “A Combinatorics Problem” at IPAM’s AI for Science Kickoff. Learn more online at: https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/sp… AI for Science Kickoff 2026: This inaugural event brings together the pioneers who are defining how AI will accelerate scientific discovery — from Nobel and Fields Medal laureates to the leaders shaping AI innovation across academia, research labs, and industry. The event features keynote talks by leading AI Scientists and Mathematicians, as well as panel discussions focusing on perspectives on AI from three sides: Mathematics, Higher Education, and Industry. This event is organized jointly by IPAM, the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences, the SAIR Foundation and the World Leading Scientists Institute.
Helion hits new fusion milestone: D-T fusion and 150M°C plasma temperatures
Helion has achieved a significant milestone in fusion energy by successfully demonstrating deuterium-tritium fusion with plasma temperatures reaching 150 million degrees Celsius.
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A: Polaris became the first privately funded fusion machine to demonstrate measurable deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion while reaching plasma temperatures exceeding 150 million degrees Celsius, proving the ability to compress and hold fusion plasma for more pressure, more heat, and more fusion.
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Studies show 11 genetic variants affect gut microbiome
In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do there. Only two genetic regions were previously known. Some of the new genetic variants can be linked to an increased risk of gluten intolerance, hemorrhoids and cardiovascular diseases.
The studies are published in the journal Nature Genetics.
The community of bacteria living in our gut, or gut microbiome, has become a hot research area in recent years because of its great significance for health and disease. However, the extent to which our genes determine which bacteria are present in the intestines has been unclear. Until now, it has only been possible to link a few genetic variants to the composition of the gut microbiome with certainty.
Antarctica sits above Earth’s strongest ‘gravity hole.’ Now we know how it got that way
Gravity feels reliable—stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over Earth’s surface. And it is weakest beneath the frozen continent of Antarctica after accounting for Earth’s rotation.
A new study reveals how achingly slow rock movements deep under Earth’s surface over tens of millions of years led to today’s Antarctic gravity hole. The study highlights that the timing of changes in the Antarctic gravity low overlaps with major changes in Antarctica’s climate, and future research could reveal how the shifting gravity might have encouraged the growth of the frozen continent’s climate-defining ice sheets.
“If we can better understand how Earth’s interior shapes gravity and sea levels, we gain insight into factors that may matter for the growth and stability of large ice sheets,” said Alessandro Forte, Ph.D., a professor of geophysics at the University of Florida and co-author of the new study recreating the Antarctic gravity hole’s past.
Brain mechanism behind ‘flashes of intuition’
Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, termed “one-shot learning,” have remained unknown. A mysterious type of one-shot learning is perceptual learning, in which seeing something once dramatically alters our ability to recognize it again.
Now a new study, the researchers address the moments when we first recognize a blurry object, a primal ability that enabled our ancestors to avoid threats.
Published in Nature Communications, the new work pinpoints for the first time the brain region called the high-level visual cortex (HLVC) as the place where “priors” — images seen in the past and stored — are accessed to enable one-shot perceptual learning.
“Our work revealed, not just where priors are stored, but also the brain computations involved,” said co-senior study author.
Importantly, past studies had shown that patients with schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease have abnormal one-shot learning, such that previously stored priors overwhelm what a person is presently looking at to generate hallucinations.
“This study yielded a directly testable theory on how priors act up during hallucinations, and we are now investigating the related brain mechanisms in patients with neurological disorders to reveal what goes wrong,” added the author.
The research team is also looking into likely connections between the brain mechanisms behind visual perception and the better-known type of “aha moment” when we comprehend a new idea. ScienceMission sciencenewshighlights.