Fitowar 14 Oktoba, 2026

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  2. Sararin samaniya

    GALAXY MAI KUSAN BA CARBON, SHEKARA BILIYAN 1 BAYAN BIG BANG

    Quasar mai haske kamar ɗigo a cikin fage mai duhu na taurari tare da wasu ƙananan galaxy, da ɗan launin shunayya.

    Don yin ƙananan taurari kamar Rana, iska (gas) dole ta yi sanyi. Carbon da oxygen ne ke yin wannan aiki. Amma jim kaɗan bayan Big Bang, kusan babu su.

    Wata ƙungiya ta karkatar da na'urar bakan haske ta GHOST zuwa wani quasar mai nisa. Haskensa ya ratsa wani girgijen iska shekara biliyan 1.1 bayan Big Bang. Girgijen ya bar alamomin yatsunsa a cikin hasken.

    Hukuncin: carbon da ya yi ƙasa da na Rana sau 11,000. Wannan ya fi kowane irin girgije da aka taɓa samu tsabta sau huɗu. Carbon da oxygen sun yi ƙaranci ta yadda ba za a iya yin taurari masu nauyin Rana ɗaya ko ƙasa da haka yadda ya kamata ba.

    Don haka wannan galaxy za ta iya yin manyan taurari ne kawai. Iskarta tana nuna abin da taurari na farko masu girma suka bari a baya lokacin da suka fashe. Kuma ƙungiyar ta same shi a cikin quasar 30 kawai. Nawa ne kuma a can?

    Tushe: Nearly pristine gas in a galaxy 1 billion years after the Big Bang, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.16509

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  3. Fiziks

    NEUTRINO BA SU SAMI KUMFA A CIKIN SPACETIME BA

    Kallon ƙasa a cikin wata zurfin rami a cikin ƙanƙarar Antarctica mai tsabta, jerin na'urorin ji na gilashi masu zagaye suna rataye cikin zurfin shuɗi mai duhu.

    Wasu ka'idoji sun ce spacetime ba santsi ba ne. A mafi ƙanƙantar sikeli, zai iya kumfa da black holes na kwaikwayo (virtual). Barbashi da ke ratsa wannan kumfa zai rasa halayensa na quantum a hankali.

    Neutrino sun dace sosai don gwada wannan. Suna canza nau'i (flavour) yayin da suke tafiya, wani tasiri na quantum zalla. Kumfa zai dushe wannan kari a kan dogon nisa.

    IceCube ya kalli neutrino na tsawon shekara 10.7 da suka ratsa Duniya don isa Iyakar Kudu ta Duniya. Su 368,071 ne, da makamashi har zuwa TeV 100. Babu ko alama ɗaya ta dushewa.

    Iyakokin sun inganta sau goma ko fiye ga yanayin da ke ƙaruwa mafi sauri da makamashi. Ga mafi tsauri, yanzu sun faɗi ƙasa da abin da tasirin "na halitta" na sikelin Planck zai bayar. Idan kumfar tana wanzuwa, tana ɓoyewa fiye da yadda ake tsammani.

    Tushe: Planck-Scale Constraints on Quantum Gravity-Induced Neutrino Decoherence with IceCube, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.14144

    Kafin bugawaNazarin bayanai
  4. Fiziks

    DIGIRI MILIYAN 100 GA ELECTRON NA WATA ƘARAMAR NA'URAR FUSION

    Cikin wata tukunyar fusion mai zagaye cike da kofofi da wayoyi, wani ginshiƙi mai kauri a tsakiya kewaye da zoben plasma mai haske shuɗi.

    A cikin injin fusion na nan gaba, makamashin halayen fusion zai fi dumama electron. Don haka yadda electron masu zafi ke rasa zafinsu muhimmin tambaya ne.

    EXL-50U ƙaramar na'ura ce da ake kira spherical torus. Ƙungiyarta ta dumama plasma da microwave kaɗai, kusan kW 200, ba tare da ko ɗaya daga cikin hasken barbashi ba.

    A harbi 18325, electron na tsakiya sun kai kusan 10 keV. Ƙungiyar ta riƙe 8.6 keV a matsayin adadi na taka-tsantsan: kelvin miliyan 100. Lokacin ya ɗauki kusan millisecond 150, a ƙarancin yawa sosai. Ion sun kasance da sanyi sosai.

    Sauya daga wata na'urar harba microwave zuwa ɗayan ne ya yi aikin, ba tare da ƙara ƙarfi ba. Dalilin har yanzu bai bayyana ba. Lura: marubutan suna aiki ne da ENN, kamfanin da ke gudanar da na'urar.

    Tushe: First achievement of 100 million degree electron temperatures in a spherical torus: the EXL-50U, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.14684

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  5. Likitanci da lafiya

    KALLON ƘWAƘWALWA YANA AIKI TA CIKIN ƘOKON KAI, DA HASKE DA SAUTI

    Wani babban kwano da aka jera ɗaruruwan ƙananan na'urorin ji masu zagaye a cikinsa, hasken laser a tsakiyarsa, cikin hasken ja mai zurfi.

    Don kallon ƙwaƙwalwa tana aiki, likitoci suna amfani da functional MRI. Tana buƙatar babban maganadisu mai hayaniya da tsada. Hoton haske da sauti ya fi arha, ya fi shiru kuma a buɗe yake. Amma har zuwa yanzu, yana aiki ne kawai idan an cire wani ɓangare na ƙokon kai.

    Wata ƙungiya ta Caltech ta gina kwano mai na'urorin ji na ultrasound 3,072. Bugun laser yana shiga kai, jini yana shan hasken, kuma sautin da ke fitowa yana ratsa ƙashi. Cikakken hoto mai fuska uku (3D), sau 20 a cikin daƙiƙa ɗaya.

    Maza huɗu masu lafiya sun yi ta taɓa yatsunsu ko tattare leɓunansu. Hanyar ta gano sassan ƙwaƙwalwar da suka dace, daidai da MRI mai ƙarfin tesla 7. Hannu da baki sun fito a wurare daban-daban, sau da sau, har ma bayan wata uku.

    Taswirorin suna nesa da na MRI da kusan santimita 1. An aske gashi, kuma an riƙe kowane kai da hular kariya ta musamman da aka buga da 3D. Mataki na farko ne, amma shingen ƙokon kai ya faɗi.

    Tushe: Photoacoustic imaging of human brain function through intact adult skulls, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17504

    Kafin bugawaGwaji
  6. Kimiyyar sinadarai

    HASKE KORE YANA FIZGE ELECTRON DAGA NITRITE

    Ɗigon ruwa guda mai haske a cikin duhu, wani siririn hasken laser kore ya ratsa shi, gefensa yana haske da launin magenta.

    Nitrite ion ne da aka saba samu a cikin ɗigon ruwan da ke cikin iska, dusar ƙanƙara da ruwayen halitta. Hasken Rana yana farfasa shi kuma yana samar da ƙwayoyi masu saurin amsawa. Bayanin da aka saba yana buƙatar hasken ultraviolet.

    Wata ƙungiya ta Berkeley ta haskaka laser kore a kan ɗigogin nitrite ɗaiɗai. Cikin mintuna zuwa sa'o'i, nitrite ya koma nitrate. Haske kore yana can nesa da launukan da aka san nitrite yana sha.

    Bayaninsu: haske kore zai iya fizge electron daga nitrite, zuwa cikin ruwan da ke kewaye. Wannan tsari ya fi shan hasken ultraviolet na nitrite rauni da sau miliyan goma. Kwaikwayo sun nuna dalilin da ya sa yake faruwa kwata-kwata: ruwan da ke girgiza yana buɗe dogon wutsiyar shan haske zuwa hasken ja.

    Ƙarƙashin hasken Rana na gaske, a cikin ruwa mai tsarma sosai, wannan hanya za ta iya cinye nitrite kusan sau uku da sauri fiye da ta gargajiya. Wani ɓoyayyen tushen oxidant a cikin iska?

    Tushe: Solvent Fluctuations Enable Photoionization of Aqueous Nitrite Microdroplets, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17021

    Kafin bugawaGwaji
  7. Duniya da yanayi

    EL NIÑO NA 2026: INDA ƘASA ZA TA RASA CARBON ƊINTA

    Hoton sama na dajin wurare masu zafi da wuraren da suka ƙone da siraran ginshiƙan hayaƙi suna tashi ƙarƙashin sararin sama mai hazo.

    Wani El Niño mai ƙarfi yana ta ginuwa tun Yuni 2026. Zai iya kai ƙololuwa tsakanin Oktoba da Disamba. A lokacin manyan El Niño na baya, ƙasa ta sha carbon kusan rabin abin da ta saba sha.

    Wata ƙungiya ta ciyar da hasashen yanayi 51 cikin ƙirori biyu na tsirran duniya. Manufarsu: faɗin inda za a rasa carbon kafin ya faru.

    Kudancin Amurka na wurare masu zafi ya fice, musamman Brazil, da kusan 44% na raguwar duniya. Gobara a Indonesia, Papua New Guinea da Malaysia za ta iya ƙona ƙasa sau 5.6 fiye da yadda aka saba, galibi peat.

    Matsakaicin hasashe ya fi sauƙi fiye da 2015 ko 2023. Amma Yuli da Agusta 2026 sun riga sun fi zafi fiye da duk yanayi 51. Asara ta gaske za ta iya fin mafi munin hasashe.

    Tushe: Forecasting carbon-risk hotspots ahead of the extreme 2026 El Niño, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.16714

    Kafin bugawaKwaikwayon kwamfuta
  8. Lissafi

    OPENAI TA CE WANI SIFILI DA AKE TSORO BA YA WANZUWA — WANI MASANIN LISSAFI YA DUBA

    Allon alli da aka goge, cike da juyi-juyin alli, a cikin ɗakin lacca mai duhu-duhu, sandar alli da abin gogewa a kan gefensa, ƙarƙashin hasken cyan.

    Lambobin farko (prime numbers) suna ɗauke da wata yiwuwa mai damuwa: "sifilin Landau–Siegel". Idan irin waɗannan sifilai sun wanzu, za su ɓata ƙidayar lambobin farko daidai. Ko suna wanzuwa ɗaya ne daga cikin manyan matsalolin ka'idar lambobi.

    A ranar 1 ga Oktoba 2026, OpenAI ta fitar da wani gajeren rubutu da ke iƙirarin cewa ba sa wanzuwa. Hujjarta ba ta ba da wata lamba ko ɗaya ba.

    William Banks, na University of Missouri, ya sake rubuta hujjar a matsayin hujja kai tsaye, kowane mataki a bayyane. Sabuwar sigar ta ƙara ƙayyadaddun lambobi (constants): (1 − β) log q ≥ 0.003 ga kowane conductor q da ya kai aƙalla 10¹⁰. Banks yana ganin hujjar ta inganta, kuma ya ce bincike mai zaman kansa yana da matuƙar muhimmanci.

    Rikicin muradu: Banks ya yi amfani da Claude, wanda Anthropic ta ƙera, tun daga farko har ƙarshe, har da wajen tsara da duba hujjar. Claude ne ya rubuta wannan saƙo. Iƙirarin na OpenAI ne, abokiyar gasar Anthropic. Babu ɗayansu da ke sa ya zama gaskiya: sauran masana lissafi kaɗai za su iya.

    Tushe: On the OpenAI proof that Landau–Siegel zeros do not exist, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.15483

    Kafin bugawaNazariyya
  9. Lissafi

    TSAWON WASAN UNO NAWA NE?

    Tarin katunan wasa masu launuka da lambobi a kan teburi mai duhu, wasu katunan wild baƙaƙe a tsakiya, hannu yana ɗaukar ɗaya.

    Uno yana kama da mai sauƙi. Amma zagaye ɗaya yana ɗaukar juyi nawa a zahiri? Wani masanin lissafi ya lissafa shi, mafi ƙanƙanta, mafi tsawo da matsakaici.

    Zagaye mafi tsawo ba shi da iyaka: 'yan wasa za su iya ci gaba da ɗaukar katuna har abada. Da katuna bakwai da wasa bazuwa, zagaye yana ɗaukar juyi 46.7 a matsakaici ga 'yan wasa biyu, 50.1 ga huɗu.

    Da manyan katunan hannu, wata dokar ƙidaya tana bayyana: juyi 27/19 ga kowane kati da aka raba. Amma ƙa'idar hukuma tana ɓata ta. Wild Draw Four halal ne kawai idan babu kati na launin da ake bugawa. Don haka manyan hannaye suna tara su, ɗaya ga kowane kati 23 da aka raba, har sai yaƙin zubar da katuna ya ƙare wasan.

    Mafi kyawun dabarar 'yan wasa biyu cikin 48 da aka gwada: riƙe katunan wild, buga katunan aiki da farko, faɗi babban launinka, kai hari. Tana cin wasa bazuwa kashi 62.8% na lokaci. Kun shirya don daren wasan iyali na gaba?

    Tushe: How long is a game of Uno? A counting law for large hands and the Wild Draw Four hoard, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.14076

    Kafin bugawaNazariyya
  10. Kwamfuta da AI

    KA TAMBAYI AI YADDA ZA KA YI CINIKIN ALBASHI: MATA SUNA SAMUN HUTUN HAIHUWA, MAZA SUNA SAMUN HANNUN JARI

    Takardun neman aiki guda biyu da aka buga, iri ɗaya, gefe da gefe a kan teburi mai duhu, da alƙalami da kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka mai nuna hira, ƙarƙashin hasken fitila mai launin amber.

    Mutane da yawa suna ƙara tambayar AI yadda za su yi cinikin tayin aiki. Masu bincike daga Harvard da MIT sun aika buƙatu 86,000 ga manyan ƙirori huɗu. 'Yan takarar iri ɗaya ne, sai dai sunan mace ko na namiji.

    Duk ƙirori huɗu sun ba da shawarar albashi mafi girma ga maza. A matsakaici, $5,820 fiye. Tazarar ta kama daga $1,594 da Llama zuwa $15,915 da Claude Sonnet 4.6.

    Shawarwarin kansu ma sun bambanta. An karkatar da mata zuwa aiki daga gida, hutun haihuwa da sassaucin lokutan aiki. Maza kuma zuwa hannun jari (stock options), ƙaura da ƙarin albashi. Waɗannan zaɓuɓɓuka sun yi daidai da abin da Amurkawa 500 ke ɗauka a matsayin aikin "mai kula da iyali" da na "mai ciyar da iyali".

    Rikicin muradu: Claude ne ya rubuta wannan saƙo, wanda Anthropic ta ƙera, kuma ƙirarta ce ta nuna mafi girman tazarar albashi a nan. Babu wanda ya bayyana wani zaɓi. Ƙirorin sun yi hasashensa daga sunan farko.

    Tushe: AI Advice Reinforces Traditional Gender Roles, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.14036

    Kafin bugawaGwaji
  11. Sararin samaniya

    ƘARAMIN ABOKIN DUNIYA BA GUNTUN WATA BA NE

    Ƙaramin taurari mai duwatsu (asteroid) mai launin toka, mara siffa ta yau da kullum, haske na faɗo masa daga gefe ɗaya da inuwa mai launin shunayya, da siririn jinjirin Duniya a nesa.

    Wasu ƙananan asteroid suna kewaya Rana a kan falaki kusan iri ɗaya da na Duniya. Ko wasu daga cikinsu guntaye ne da aka harba daga Wata? Ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ake zargi, Kamo'oalewa, ya yi kama da na Wata, har sai da bayanai mafi kyau suka nuna akasin haka.

    A ranar 5 ga Agusta 2026, wata ƙungiya daga Finland ta karkatar da Very Large Telescope na Turai zuwa wani ɗayan: 2025 PN7, mai faɗin kusan mita 28. Wata tsaga (slit) da aka saita ba daidai ba ta bar hoto ɗaya kawai mai amfani.

    Wannan hoton ya isa. Bakan hasken yana da faɗi kuma yana kusa da launin hasken Rana, abin da ake kira nau'in B. Dutsen Wata zai fi ja. Don haka 2025 PN7 galibi daga cikin bel ɗin asteroid na ciki ya fito.

    Shi ne kawai quasi-satellite na Duniya na biyu da aka taɓa bayyana halayensa, kuma har yanzu babu ko ɗaya da ke nuna alamomin asali daga Wata a sarari. Ba za a iya kawar da Wata a matsayin tushe ba tukuna: ana buƙatar ƙarin irin waɗannan sakamako guda goma.

    Tushe: Physical characterization of Earth's quasi-satellite 2025 PN7, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17981

    Kafin bugawaLura
  12. Likitanci da lafiya

    ƊAYA CIKIN BIYAR NA AMSOSHIN LAFIYA NA CHATGPT AN ƊAUKE SU MASU HAƊARI SOSAI

    Hannu riƙe da wayar salula mai nuna hira da daddare, na'urar sauraron bugun zuciya a kan teburin katako kusa da ita, cikin hasken ja.

    Miliyoyin mutane suna tambayar ChatGPT game da lafiyarsu. Amma gwaje-gwajen tsaro sun dogara ne kan misalan ƙirƙira. Masu bincike biyu sun yi nazarin hirarraki na gaske, waɗanda masu amfani 1,252 a Indiya, Najeriya, Brazil da Pakistan suka ba da gudummawarsu.

    Daga cikin hirarrakin lafiya 15,555, kusan ɗaya cikin biyar wata AI da ke aiki a matsayin alƙali ta ɗauke shi mai haɗari sosai. Adadin magani ga mace mai ciki ba tare da shawarar ganin likita ba. An hana gwajin tarin fuka ga jariri da ya yi hulɗa da cutar.

    Sannan aka gaya wa alƙalin abin da kowane mai amfani ya bayyana a baya: gyambon ciki, tiyatar da ta gabata, tunanin kashe kai. Ɗaya cikin huɗu na amsoshin "marasa haɗari" ya zama mai haɗari ga wannan mutumin kansa.

    Abin mamaki: sababbin ƙirori ba su fi aminci ba. Adadin masu haɗari sosai ya ƙaru daga GPT-3.5 zuwa GPT-5.1 a duk ƙasashe huɗu. Ma'aunan gwaji (benchmarks) za su iya ingantuwa yayin da haɗari a rayuwa ta gaske bai ragu ba.

    Tushe: How Safe Is ChatGPT Health Advice? Evidence from Real User Conversations in Four Global South Countries, https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.18465

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