CD Projekt Red says Cyberpunk 2077"s stability is now "satisfactory"
To say Cyberpunk 2077's release was not the critical success CD Projekt Red hoped for is an understatement. The bugs, performance issues, and nearly unplayable last-gen console versions came as a huge disappointment to fans expecting one of the best.....»»
NASA’s Mars drone survives malfunction scare during sixth flight
NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, suffered a scare during its sixth flight on the red planet when the aircraft lost stability in the air......»»
Technology that predicts protein stability is released by UK university spin-out company
A cutting-edge digital tool that will make it cheaper, safer and faster for pharmaceutical companies to predict protein stability—a vital step in the development of new medicines—is being rolled out by scientists from the UK's University of Bath.....»»
Novel heterostructure nanosheet boosts efficiency of lean-electrolyte lithium batteries
Lithium sulfur (Li-S) battery technology is promising for next-generation energy storage. However, lithium polysulfide shuttling, sluggish redox kinetics, and uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth limit the cycling stability......»»
IC supply constraint may limit Taiwan export growth in 2021
Whether Taiwan's IC industry supply chain can maintain its stability will play a crucial role in the country's export growth this year......»»
New strategy improves stability of platinum group metal catalysts
Recently, a group led by Prof. WANG Junhu from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) constructed a novel type of strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) through the melamine/urea catalyst modificatio.....»»
Climate policies, transition risk, and financial stability
The way in which banks react to climate risks and uncertainty could impact financial stability as well as the world's transition to a low-carbon economy. A new study by researchers from IIASA and the Vienna University of Economics and Business explor.....»»
Two biodiversity refugia identified in the Eastern Bering Sea
Scientists from Hokkaido University have used species survey and climate data to identify two marine biodiversity refugia in the Eastern Bering Sea—regions where species richness, community stability and climate stability are high......»»
Highlights of the day: COVID surge casts shadow over Taiwan supply chain
As COVID-19 cases surge in Taiwan, concerns have been raised over the stability of chip supply from the local semiconductor value chain. No major infections have been reported among Taiwan's semiconductor and IT supply chains yet, but Pegatron has ad.....»»
Concerns rising over Taiwan chip supply stability
With Taiwan encountering a sudden rise in the number of domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections, concerns about the stability of Taiwan's IC industry supply chain have emerged......»»
Witcher Game Developer Quits Company Over Bullying Claims
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: The director of Witcher 3, the most successful video game by Polish publisher CD Projekt SA, resigned after he was accused of bullying colleagues, sending its shares to their steepest decline since.....»»
Understanding aromaticity in catalysis to unlock new opportunities
Aromaticity, a concept usually used to explain the striking stability and unusual reactivity of certain carbon-based molecules, could inspire the design of new catalysts with novel uses, KAUST researchers have shown......»»
How reef-building corals got their bones
Coral reefs provide shelter, sustenance and stability to a range of organisms, but these vital ecosystems would not exist if not for the skeletal structure created by stony corals. Now, KAUST scientists together with an international team have reveal.....»»
Webinar: Pulse Stability Measurement of Radar Signals
Pulse stability measurement of radar signals Real-life examples of how to do performance measurements with complex burst and pulse sequences with the market leading R&S®FSWP phase noise analyzers......»»
Lesson from Arctic sea-ice prediction in 2020: Subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction remains challenging
As an indicator and amplifier of global climate change, the Arctic's health and stability is the cornerstone of the stability of our climate system. It has far-reaching impacts on ecosystems, coastal resilience and human settlements in the middle and.....»»
Cyberpunk 2077 refunds barely dented CD Projekt Red’s bottom line [Updated]
$51.3 million in projected refund costs vs. 13.7 million Cyberpunk copies sold in 2020. Hard to see Cyberpunk 2077 as anything but a massive driver of a record quarter in this chart........»»
Cyberpunk 2077 refunds barely dented CD Projekt Red’s bottom line
$51.3 million in projected refund costs vs. 13.7 million Cyberpunk copies sold in 2020. Hard to see Cyberpunk 2077 as anything but a massive driver of a record quarter in this chart........»»
Learning about system stability from ants
A new type of collective behavior in ants has been revealed by an international team of scientists, headed by biologist Professor Iain Couzin, co-director of the Cluster of Excellence "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior" at the Univ.....»»
What failure? Cyberpunk 2077 helped CD Projekt break its revenue and profit records
As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, CD Projekt’s preliminary numbers for 2020 included $562 million in sales revenue, four times more than the previous year. That’s an all-time high figure for the polish company, more than two-and-a-half times the.....»»
Stability, security at risk for half of children in shared or doubled-up households, research finds
Roughly half the kids in shared households may be living as "guests" in a less stable and secure environment, according to new research from the University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy......»»
While species come and go, their ecosystems persist over millions of years
Mammal communities underwent long periods of so-called functional stability despite the waxing and waning of their constituent species over tens of millions of years, even persisting through several environmental crises. This is the main conclusion o.....»»