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From science fiction to reality: A chip controls matter without touching it https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/from-science-fiction-t… Sound has always been something you hear. At Virginia Tech, it is now something you can use to pick things up. Researchers there have built an electronic chip that generates acoustic waves precise enough to trap, steer, and move microscopic particles and fluids without making contact with them. Their findings were published in Nature Communications in December 2025. https://stacker.news/items/1455272

Harvard Engineers Build Chip That Twists Light To Reveal Its Hidden “Handedness” https://scitechdaily.com/harvard-engineers-build-chip-tha… A twisted pair of photonic crystals integrated with MEMS can dynamically control the handedness of light on a chip. Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a chip scale device that can actively control the “handedness” of light as it moves through it, a property known as optical chirality. The system works by slightly twisting two specially engineered photonic crystals. https://stacker.news/items/1455006

This starship could keep 1000 humans alive for 250 years beyond the Solar System https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/inside-chrysa… The proposed interstellar spacecraft, called Chrysalis, can carry 1000 people on a one-way trip to deep interstellar space. https://stacker.news/items/1454989

Iran oil shock more likely to affect BTC miners through price than energy costs https://www.theblock.co/post/393531/iran-war-oil-shock-mo… Bitcoin miners may feel the effects of oil shocks linked to the war in Iran primarily through bitcoin's price volatility rather than their energy bills, according to new analysis from Luxor Technology's Hashrate Index. The research examined how a geopolitical shock affecting global energy markets could influence mining economics after coordinated strikes by the United States and Israel on Iranian targets disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. https://stacker.news/items/1454744

After self-hosting everything for a year, I learned that tech skills matter LESS https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosting-is-not-everyt… We’re often told that self-hosting is a massive technical mountain that only "experts" or "pro coders" can climb. A year ago, I decided to find out for myself. I moved my entire digital life from the big cloud platforms to my own private server, thinking my background in software engineering would be my superpower. https://stacker.news/items/1454742

TypeScript 6.0 RC arrives as a bridge to a faster future https://thenewstack.io/typescript-6-0-rc-arrives-as-a-bri… The latest release of Microsoft's popular JavaScript superset clears the decks for a ground-up rewrite — and raises the bar for how developers are expected to write code. https://stacker.news/items/1454716

Strategy's 1 millionth Bitcoin: Here's how it could happen this year https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/03/14/the-math-behi… The largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin would need to buy roughly 6,158 BTC per week, a pace its exceeded often in recent months. https://stacker.news/items/1454708

Scientists Are Trying to Train Lab-Grown Brains Which Started to Solve Problems. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a70596419… While creating organs sounds like sci-fi fodder, scientists have actually experimented with the idea for more than a century. For example, in 1907, American biologist Henry Van Peters Wilson demonstrated the foundational principles of lab-grown organs, or “organoids,” by showing how disassociated cells from a sea sponge could self-organize and regenerate in vitro. For decades, this exploration continued on in various animals until eventually, in 2009, scientists created the first 3D organoid using the intestinal stem cells of a mouse. https://stacker.news/items/1454263

Bitcoin can survive 72% of the world's submarine cables being cut https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/03/13/bitcoin-can-s… A Cambridge study spanning 11 years and 68 verified cable failures found that Bitcoin's physical infrastructure is far more resilient than previously understood, with TOR adoption actually strengthening the network. https://stacker.news/items/1454251

Scientists In China Think They Have Found A B-21 Raider US Air Force Bomber Flaw https://www.19fortyfive.com/2026/03/scientists-in-china-t… Harrison Kass, a defense journalist and former U.S. Air Force pilot selectee, evaluates the 2026 “digital duel” between the U.S. and China over the B-21 Raider. Chinese aerospace researchers at the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Centre claim to have used a new simulation platform, PADJ-X, to identify aerodynamic “flaws” in the B-21’s flying-wing design. https://stacker.news/items/1454050

Single-celled organism with no brain is capable of Pavlovian learning https://www.newscientist.com/article/2519284-single-celle… A trumpet-shaped, single-celled organism seems able to predict one thing will follow another, hinting that such associative learning emerged long before multicellular nervous systems https://stacker.news/items/1454038

White House admits Iran war burned equivalent of half the US Bitcoin reserve https://cryptoslate.com/white-house-admits-iran-war-burne… Estimating the $13B in the US's Iran war spending in Bitcoin highlights BTC's potential as a hedge against military-driven inflation and fiscal strain. https://stacker.news/items/1453896

Judge says 'no evidence' to justify Federal Reserve probe https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy6z25y7z0o A US judge has blocked efforts by the Department of Justice to investigate the Federal Reserve, delivering a victory for Fed chairman Jerome Powell, who had called the probe a "pretext" to try to pressure the central bank to lower interest rates https://stacker.news/items/1453811

Mathematics is undergoing the biggest change in its history https://www.newscientist.com/article/2518526-mathematics-… In March 2025, mathematician Daniel Litt made a bet. Despite the march of progress of artificial intelligence in many fields, he believed his subject was safe, wagering with a colleague that there was only a 25 per cent chance an AI could write a mathematical paper at the level of the best human mathematicians by 2030. Only a year later, he thinks he was wrong. “I now expect to lose this bet,” he declared on his blog. https://stacker.news/items/1453376

NASA targets Artemis II crewed moon mission for April 1 launch https://www.npr.org/2026/03/12/nx-s1-5746128/nasa-artemis… After a critical pre-flight review, NASA is targeting a launch of Artemis II as early as April 1 to send four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the moon and back. https://stacker.news/items/1453338

U.S. Air Force B-1 And B-52 Bombers Now Striking Iran From The UK https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2026/03/11/us-air… The United States is just one of three nations that still maintain a fleet of long-range strategic bombers, with Russia and China being the other two. The U.S. Air Force operates three distinct bomber aircraft, all of which can trace their development back to the Cold War. https://stacker.news/items/1453130

The 19th-century mathematical clue that led to quantum mechanics https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/26030922522… More than a century before quantum mechanics was born, Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton stumbled onto an idea that would quietly foreshadow one of the deepest truths in physics. While studying the paths of light rays and moving objects, Hamilton noticed a striking mathematical similarity between them and used it to develop a powerful new framework for mechanics. At the time, it seemed like a clever analogy—but decades later, as scientists uncovered the strange wave-particle nature of light and matter, Hamilton’s insight took on new meaning. https://stacker.news/items/1453100

Google brings more AI to navigation with 'Ask Maps' https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/12/google-brings-more-gemini… Google is adding its Gemini AI technology to a new feature in its maps app, as the company pushes its artificial intelligence tools deeper into its expansive product portfolio. The new button called "Ask Maps" will feature a chatbot that allows users to ask complex questions outside of the typical navigation topics, Miriam Daniel, a vice president at Google Maps, said in a blog post Thursday. https://stacker.news/items/1452782

Iran appears to have conducted a significant cyberattack against a U.S. company https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-appears-conducted… An Iran-linked hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on a medical tech company in what appears to be the first significant instance of Iran’s hacking an American company since the start of the war between the countries. https://stacker.news/items/1452753

Introducing The Anthropic Institute https://www.anthropic.com/news/the-anthropic-institute We’re launching The Anthropic Institute, a new effort to confront the most significant challenges that powerful AI will pose to our societies. The Anthropic Institute will draw on research from across Anthropic to provide information that other researchers and the public can use during our transition to a world containing much more powerful AI systems. https://stacker.news/items/1452739