March 15, 2024 — According to reports, GlobalFoundries will complete personnel reorganization this year and lay off some positions in Singapore and Taiwan region, such as procurement, finance, etc., and plans to re-recruit these positions in India. The report pointed out that despite GF’s strong third-quarter financial performance and solid fourth-quarter financial forecast, the company […]
The algorithm enables robots to navigate complex environments efficiently by identifying shortcuts and minimizing travel time, offering potential in exploration and rescue missions. MIT researchers developed an algorithm that can automatically select the best shortcuts for a robot to take on its way to a destination that will reduce the overall travel time while limiting […]
Muonspectrometer of ATLAS. Credit: CERN / Science Photo Library. High-energy neutrinos are extremely rare particles that have so far proved very difficult to detect. Fluxes of these rare particles were first detected by the IceCube Collaboration back in 2013. Recent papers featured in Physical Review D and The Astrophysical Journal Letters found that nearby supernovae, […]
Technology-related subjects included the use of AI in the NHS, connectivity from space, a quantum computing error correction programme, and funding for the SaxaVord Spaceport, along with mentions of drones and facial recognition systems. For example, one of the budget announcements involved a Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit (CLEO) programme: the government is confirming up […]
Photo of KTU Professor Darius Viržonis by Vygintas Skaraitis. Key things to know: Innovative gravimetric sensors developed by Lithuanian scientists at Kaunas University of Technology offer a cost-effective solution for detecting greenhouse gases. Utilising ultrasonic transducers, these sensors can detect trace amounts of gases like CO2, methane, and water vapour with high sensitivity and low […]
March 4, 2024 — According to reports, TSMC founder Chang Chung-mou mentioned in a recent interview that some customers expressed the hope that TSMC can build ten new wafer fabs for artificial intelligence (AI) chips. The report pointed out that due to the booming demand for AI processors, NVIDIA was unable to meet the market […]
Conceptual diagram of this work. Credit: Kou Li, Yukio Kawano et al., Chuo University A research group at Chuo University, Japan, led by Assistant Professor Kou Li (Faculty of Science and Engineering), in collaboration with National Institute of Informatics, have developed a novel non-destructive inspection technique by effectively combining their own multi-functional photo monitoring device […]
A comparison of experimental annular dark field (ADF)-scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and electron ptychography in uncorrected and aberration-corrected electron microscopes. In the ADF-STEM image from the uncorrected STEM (top left), the resolution was sufficient to visualize the lattice of the sample but too poor to resolve individual atoms. In contrast, the ptychographic phase image […]
A concept may be elegant and even possible to implement, but the actual benefits are dubious — especially with the stress it gives to users. You’re probably somewhat familiar with the idea of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) automobile energy transfer. It’s been a “hot” topic for the last few years, largely due to the increase in the […]