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mbed OS 5.6.5 released

“We are pleased to announce the Mbed OS 5.6.5 release is now available. This is the latest patch release based on the feature set introduced by Mbed OS 5.6. Summary This patch release includes new target support …

MIT researchers collaborate with Lamborghini to develop an electric car of the future

“Research from the Dinca and Hart labs, paired with Lamborghini’s “hypercar” concept, will result in the Terzo Millenio, an electric sports car for the third millennium. Members of the MIT community who passed through the Stata Center courtyard last …

Quantum Internet goes Hybrid

“ICFO researchers report the first demonstration of an elementary link of a hybrid quantum information network, using a cold atomic cloud and a doped crystal as quantum nodes and single photons as information carriers. In a recent study, published in …

Siting Sierra: Lawrence Livermore’s newest and fastest supercomputer is taking shape

“Work is moving fast and furious in the Livermore Computing Complex at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where siting and installation for Sierra, the Lab’s next advanced technology high-performance supercomputer, is kicking into high gear. Trucks began delivering racks …

The Microscopic Origin of Efficiency Droop in LEDs

“Semiconductor study shows that the coupling between electrons and thermal vibrations may be sapping energy from LEDs Light-emitting diodes—or LEDs, as they are commonly known—have been slowly replacing incandescent light bulbs in applications ranging from car taillights to …

Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus

“In an underdog city, at an underdog NASA lab, researchers are thinking hard about an undeservedly neglected planet. Venus is Earth’s cousin, closest in composition and size, but for decades it has remained veiled. NASA hasn’t sent a …

New way to write magnetic info could pave the way for hardware neural networks

“Researchers have shown how to write any magnetic pattern desired onto nanowires, which could help computers mimic how the brain processes information. Much current computer hardware, such as hard drives, use magnetic memory devices. These rely on magnetic states – the …

Hydrogen cars for the masses one step closer to reality, thanks to UCLA invention

“2-in-1 device also uses supercapacitor to store energy that could power computers and smartphones UCLA researchers have designed a device that can use solar energy to inexpensively and efficiently create and store energy, which could be used to power electronic …

Physicists design $100 handheld muon detector

“Pocket-sized device detects charged particles in surrounding air. At any given moment, the Earth’s atmosphere is showered with high-energy cosmic rays that have been blasted from supernovae and other astrophysical phenomena far beyond the Solar System. When cosmic rays …

Solar System’s First Interstellar Visitor Dazzles Scientists

“Astronomers recently scrambled to observe an intriguing asteroid that zipped through the solar system on a steep trajectory from interstellar space-the first confirmed object from another star. Now, new data reveal the interstellar interloper to be a rocky, cigar-shaped object …