The ALPACA measurement device being aligned using red and green lasers. Credit: Laszlo Horvath / PPPL Creating heat from fusion reactions requires carefully manipulating the properties of plasma, the electrically charged fourth state of matter that makes up 99% of the visible universe. Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics […]
ALICE’s new subdetectors, Forward Calorimeter (left) and components of the Inner Tracking System 3 (right). Credit: ALICE Collaboration Two detector upgrades of ALICE, the dedicated heavy-ion physics experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), have recently been approved for installation during the next long shutdown of the LHC, which will take place from 2026 to […]
Espera-se que o mercado geral de ferramentas de fabricação de SiC WFE (Wafer Fab Equipment) atinja um pico de US$ 5 bilhões até 2026 devido à enorme expansão da capacidade. Tendo em vista a previsão de crescimento da receita dos dispositivos SiC, os players têm investido quantias significativas antecipadamente. As propriedades intrínsecas do material SiC requerem ferramentas e processos específicos. Transição de […]
Fully qualified and released for volume production utilising SkyWater’s Technology as a Service (TaaS) model, Lumotive’s product represents the first ever programmable optical metasurface that has been commercialized into a mass-producible chip. Optical beamforming is used in a range of applications, from laser communications and LiDAR to imaging and remote sensing. Lumotive’s Light Control Metasurface […]
HMI, the analogue and power management specialist, has launched its HL8518, a single-chip 80 mΩ high-side switch ideal for automotive applications needing power switch for low wattage lamp, high-side relays and valves, and general resistive, inductive, and capacitive loads. The HL8518 is a single-channel, high-side power switch with 80mΩ (typical) Rds(on) power FET. It combines […]
After more than 35 days onboard the International Space Station, SpaceX’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services Mission for NASA successfully splashed back to Earth off the Florida coast earlier this week. The projects returned include space-manufactured optical fibers (ZBLAN), a novel gene therapy to prevent vision loss from age-related macular degeneration, and a study of mechanisms […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Microsoft and Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management have struck an agreement for the development of renewable energy that could make one of the biggest corporate purchases of green energy to date, the companies said on Tuesday. Under the “first of its kind” agreement, Brookfield said it plans to develop over 10.5 gigawatts […]
Ukrainian sentenced to 13 years in US prison for role in REvil ransomware attacks. A Ukrainian man was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison in Texas on Wednesday for his role in ransomware attacks by the notorious Russia-based REvil hacking group, the US Justice Department said. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 24, who was extradited to […]
Heisman Trophy-winner and former Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III is greeted by Holly Johnson on the Baylor campus, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Waco, Texas, where he posed for photos for EA Sports NCAA Football 13 video game to be released in July. Video-game developer EA Sports is breaking back into the college football world […]