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Linux Kernel 5.13 Released with Initial Apple M1 Support, AMD FreeSync HDMI, and More Changes

“After a few months of development, Linux Kernel 5.13 is finally ready for prime time. It brings to the table a plethora of huge improvements, most notably the preliminary support for Apple’s M1 platform. Alongside the support for …

Longer-Lived Lithium-Metal Battery Marks Step Forward for Electric Vehicles

“PNNL scientists find solution to the sudden death common to the batteries Researchers have increased the lifetime of a promising electric vehicle battery to a record level, an important step toward the goal of lighter, less expensive and long-lasting batteries …

Making Our Computers More Secure

“Columbia Engineering researchers design new techniques to bolster memory safety; ideas are now being used by Air Force Research Lab Because corporations and governments rely on computers and the internet to run everything from the electric grid, healthcare, and water …

Microchip is First to Achieve JEDEC Qualification for a Radiation-Tolerant (RT) FPGA in a Plastic Package

“Low-power RTG4 FPGA offers new space system designers the industry’s highest reliability at lowest cost with shortest lead times Developers of small-satellite constellations and other systems used in New Space missions must deliver both high reliability and radiation protection …

NASA’s Self-Driving Perseverance Mars Rover ‘Takes the Wheel’

“The agency’s newest rover is trekking across the Martian landscape using a newly enhanced auto-navigation system. NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on Mars, the Perseverance rover, is beginning an epic journey across a crater floor seeking signs of ancient …

New 2D alloy combines five metals, breaks down CO2

“It’s first demonstrated use of a 2D, multi-metallic alloy A two-dimensional alloy material — made from five metals as opposed to the traditional two — has been developed by a collaboration between researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington …

New TI humidity sensors provide the highest reliability and built-in resistance to contaminants and harsh environments

“Engineers can optimize system efficiency and extend industrial and automotive system lifetimes with the industry’s highest-accuracy and lowest-power humidity sensors Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today introduced the first devices in a new family of humidity sensors that provide …

NIST Laser ‘Comb’ Systems Now Measure All Primary Greenhouse Gases in the Air

“Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their laser frequency-comb instrument to simultaneously measure three airborne greenhouse gases — nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and water vapor — plus the major air pollutants ozone and carbon monoxide. Combined …

NXP Brings GaN to 5G Multi-Chip Modules for Energy-Efficient Mobile Networks

“NXP Semiconductors N.V.(NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced a major industry milestone for 5G energy efficiency with the integration of Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology to its multi-chip module platform. Building on the company’s investment in its GaN fab in …

Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time

“Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease. There are certain rules that even the most extreme objects in the universe must obey. A central …