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Microsoft’s next Xbox is codenamed Project Helix, a PC‑centric, open hybrid console built around AMD’s Magnus SoC. Under new CEO Asha Sharma, Microsoft aims to blur console and PC lines by letting Helix boot Windows 11 and run PC stores like Steam and Epic, delivering a PC‑like experience with Xbox gaming at its core. Details are scarce and a release window isn’t announced, but the plan signals a bold shift toward an open, versatile platform.
Biophysicist Greg Huber and his team explored the reasons behind the prevalence of chirality in biological structures such as DNA and alpha helices by studying the sphinx tile, an asymmetric shape with intrinsic handedness. Their study, "Entropy and chirality in sphinx tilings," published in Physical Review Research, revealed unexpected properties related to chirality, shedding light on the mysterious preference for right-handed helices in biological systems and the connections between geometry, chirality, and biology.