Circle of Circuits
The Big Picture features technology through the lens of photographers. Every month, IEEE Spectrum selects the most stunning technology images recently captured by photographers around the world. We choose images that reflect an important advance.....»»
Here"s something rare: A Mars crater that isn"t a circle. What happened?
Most impact craters are usually circular and fairly symmetric, but not all. This oddly shaped crater on Mars is obviously an impact crater, but it has a unique oblong shape. What happened?.....»»
Nomad raises $22.4 million to address the growing need for more secure blockchain interoperability
Nomad announced that it has raised approximately $22.4 million in seed funding. The round was led by Polychain Capital, with additional investors including 1kx, Ethereal Ventures, hack.vc, Circle Ventures, Amber, Robot Ventures, Hypersphere, Figment,.....»»
Circle Will Apply for US Crypto Bank Charter in "Near Future"
The crypto payments startup Circle Internet Financial said it's closer to submitting an application to operate as a bank in the U.S., pushing forward with a months-old plan even as regulators make it more difficult for crypto companies to secure this.....»»
Inferring the size of a collective of self-propelled Vicsek particles from the random motion of a single unit
Collective dynamics are ubiquitous in the natural world. From neural circuits to animal groups, there are countless instances in which the interactions among large numbers of elementary units bestow surprisingly complex patterns of tantalizing beauty.....»»
Harvard Researchers Build the First Integrated Laser on a Lithium Niobate Chip
Harvard University's school of engineering has an announcement. "For all the recent advances in integrated lithium niobate photonic circuits — from frequency combs to frequency converters and modulators — one big component has remained fr.....»»
Printing circuits on rare nanomagnets puts a new spin on computing
New research artificially creating a rare form of matter known as spin glass could spark a new paradigm in artificial intelligence by allowing algorithms to be directly printed as physical hardware. The unusual properties of spin glass enable a form.....»»
Astronomers spot a vast, mysterious circle in space
Astronomers have spotted an enormous and mysterious object more than a million light-years across, called an odd radio circle......»»
HubSpot Hack Leads To Data Breaches at BlockFi, Swan Bitcoin, NYDIG and Circle
A data breach at HubSpot, a tool used by many companies to manage marketing campaigns and on-board new users, has affected BlockFi, Swan Bitcoin, NYDIG and Circle. From a report: However, all the companies said their operations were not affected and.....»»
How Do You Like Ubuntu"s New Logo?
Slashdot reader mmanciop reminded us that Ubuntu released a new version of its "circle of friends" logo this week (which its designer says gives it "a more contemporary look and feel.") From the Ubuntu blog: We proudly present to you the transfor.....»»
Ultra-compact integrated photonic device could lead to new optical technologies
Photonic integrated circuits are essential to many technologies, including fiber-optic communications, mapping systems, and biosensors......»»
Manipulating the dark states of superconducting circuits in a microwave waveguide
Experimental physicists led by Gerhard Kirchmair, together with theoretical physicists at the University of Oulu, Finland, have succeeded for the first time in controlling protected quantum states—so-called dark states—in superconducting quantum.....»»
Chinese researchers create the world"s smallest transistor gate
For several decades, scientists and engineers have been shrinking transistors to the point where their tiniest features are only comprised of tens of atoms. Ever since the first integrated circuits in the 1950s, the rate of progress in miniaturizing.....»»
MotoGP 22 Comes To PS4, PS5 In April 2022 With 120 Riders & 20 Circuits
MotoGP 22 is officially coming to PS4 & PS5 in April 2022. Get the first details on Milestone's new racer here. The post MotoGP 22 Comes To PS4, PS5 In April 2022 With 120 Riders & 20 Circuits appeared first on PlayStation Universe. Milestone ha.....»»
Researchers take "protein circuits" a step closer to cell-to-cell communication
Through synthetic biology, scientists can add novel functions to cells, such as the ability to produce new materials or detect and respond in specific ways to diseases. Though the applications are exciting, the process suffers from some inefficiencie.....»»
Taiwan PWM IC suppliers reluctant to switch to 12-inch wafer fabrication
Power management integrated circuits (PWM ICs) using mature processes remain in short supply, but suppliers - particularly those mainly engaged in the consumer electronics sector - are still reluctant to transition to 12-inch wafer manufacturing for.....»»
Google Chrome browser logo gets revamped, but can you spot the difference?
Elvin Hu, a designer for Google Chrome, showed off the new logo and revealed some of the thinking behind its design on Twitter. The overall shape and the red, yellow, green, and blue colors remain the same, though the blue circle in the middle is now.....»»
Crypto Firms Launch Coalition To Promote Market Integrity
A group of major cryptocurrency firms including Coinbase, Circle, Anchorage Digital and Huobi Global are forming a new coalition aimed at cracking down on market manipulation in an effort to instill trust in the burgeoning digital asset industry. Fro.....»»
Nanowires under tension create the basis for ultrafast transistors
Smaller chips, faster computers, less energy consumption. Novel concepts based on semiconductor nanowires are expected to make transistors in microelectronic circuits better and more efficient. Electron mobility plays a key role in this: The faster e.....»»
Polestar 2"s ‘Arctic Circle’ concept is made for icy roads
Swedish carmaker Polestar 2 has finally lived up to its name.On Tuesday the Volvo spinoff company unveiled its modified EV dubbed "Arctic Circle" to show how an electric vehicle can handle icy conditions. While the car isn't expected to go into produ.....»»
LED packaging specialist Brightek diversifying biz: Q&A with company chairman Jack Huang
The focus of Brightek Optoelectronic has been on LED packaging, and the company intends to differentiate its offering from fellow makers' offerings by integrating LED chips with ICs or sensors to reduce complexity in external circuits and space occup.....»»