Accelerator-on-a-chip advance steers and accelerates electrons at the microchip scale
Stanford researchers are getting closer to building a tiny electron accelerator based on "accelerator-on-a-chip" technology with broad potential applications in studying physics as well as medical and industrial uses......»»
Intel is going after Apple and Qualcomm with its new Lunar Lake chip
Intel has unveiled its new Lunar Lake chip design which is interesting as it will feature built-in RAM, a first for Intel! The post Intel is going after Apple and Qualcomm with its new Lunar Lake chip appeared first on Phandroid. For decad.....»»
SpaceX is about to launch Starship again—the FAA will be more forgiving this time
The FAA has approved a license for SpaceX's fourth Starship launch, set for Thursday. Enlarge / The rocket for SpaceX's fourth full-scale Starship test flight awaits liftoff from Starbase, the company's private launch base in Sou.....»»
Laser-based 3D printing: A powerful tool to advance optical microscopy
Today, optical microscopy is one of the most widely used methods in various multidisciplinary fields for inspecting objects, organisms, or surfaces on a small scale. However, its lateral resolution is fundamentally limited by the diffraction of light.....»»
The Motorola Edge 2024 Aims for the Midrange Throne
The phone packs a Snapdragon 7-series chip. The post The Motorola Edge 2024 Aims for the Midrange Throne appeared first on Phandroid. It’s safe to say that Motorola’s attempts at securing a top spot in worldwide smartphone mark.....»»
Towards next-gen functional materials: Nanotube crystal enables direct observation of electron transfer in solids
Electron transfer (ET) is a process in which an electron is transferred from one atom or molecule to another. ET is fundamental to electrochemical reactions with applications in many fields. Nanoscale ET, which involves the transfer of electrons in t.....»»
Enhancing green hydrogen production with robust carbon fabric electrocatalysts
A technology has been developed to address the limitations of current catalyst electrodes, resulting in the production of green hydrogen on a large scale and at a relatively low cost. The development is reported in the Journal of the American Chemica.....»»
Apple says M2 iPad Air performance claims are accurate despite GPU mix-up
Over the weekend, we reported that Apple had updated its website to say the new iPad Air’s M2 chip features a 9-core GPU, despite originally advertising it as a 10-core GPU. An Apple spokesperson has now confirmed this change to 9to5Mac, while also.....»»
Apple"s latest MacBook Air with M3 chip, 16GB RAM drops to $1,149
The upgraded M3 MacBook Air is eligible for a fresh $150 price drop at Apple Authorized Reseller B&H Photo. M2 models, meanwhile, have fallen to as low as $829.June deals are in full swing, with Apple's 13-inch MacBook Air catching our attention toda.....»»
Butts, breasts, and genitals now explicitly allowed on Elon Musk’s X
It remains unclear if X can detect nonconsensual sex images at scale. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Adult content has always proliferated on Twitter, but the platform now called X recently clarified its.....»»
A framework to construct quantum spherical codes
To reliably perform complex, large-scale calculations, computing systems rely on so-called error correction schemes, techniques designed to protect information against errors. These techniques are perhaps even more essential when it comes to quantum.....»»
Superconducting circuit for qubit control within large-scale quantum computer systems successfully demonstrated
In support of the development of large-scale superconducting quantum computers, researchers with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), one of the largest public research organizations in Japan, in collaboration.....»»
For the second time in two years, AMD blows up its laptop CPU numbering system
AMD reverses course on “decoder ring” numbering system for laptop CPUs. Enlarge / AMD's Ryzen 9 AI 300 series is a new chip and a new naming scheme. (credit: AMD) Less than two years ago, AMD announced that it was o.....»»
Apple downgrades new M2 iPad Air, now says it features a 9-core GPU instead of 10-core
Apple has made a quiet update to the tech specs of the M2 iPad Air, which first launched last month. Despite originally touting the iPad Air’s M2 chip as featuring a 10-core GPU, the company now says it features a 9-core GPU. more….....»»
Fake iPhone return scam cost Apple $12 million in losses, five people charged of fraud
We have seen these kind of scams before, but this particularly case is on a ginormous industry-like scale. Five people have been charged on counts of fraud for their involvement in a fake iPhone return scheme. Essentially, people would take near-w.....»»
Shear genius: Researchers find way to scale up wonder material, which could do wonders for the Earth
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have figured out how to take a miracle material, one capable of extracting value from captured carbon dioxide, and do what no one else has: make it practical to fabri.....»»
A new way to see viruses in action: Super-resolution microscopy provides a nano-scale look
A new, nano-scale look at how the SARS-CoV-2 virus replicates in cells may offer greater precision in drug development, a Stanford University team reports in Nature Communications. Using advanced microscopy techniques, the researchers produced what m.....»»
Researcher creates mathematical models to advance smart polymer materials
Guido Kusters created mathematical models to aid in the development of smart polymers, and he defended his Ph.D. thesis cum laude at the Eindhoven University of Technology Department of Applied Physics and Science Education on May 29......»»
Tech giants form AI group to counter Nvidia with new interconnect standard
"Ultra Accelerator Link" aims to connect high-performance GPUs and servers. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, several major tech companies, including Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, AMD, Hewlett Packard Enterpr.....»»
Tsunami sands help scientists assess Cascadia earthquake models
To better understand the scale of past earthquakes and tsunamis, scientists often use earthquake modeling or turn to evidence the tsunamis leave behind, such as sand deposits......»»
NASA releases new high-quality, near real-time air quality data
NASA has made new data available that can provide air pollution observations at unprecedented resolutions—down to the scale of individual neighborhoods. The near real-time data comes from the agency's TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Po.....»»