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Japan’s Fugaku gains title as world’s fastest supercomputer

“The supercomputer Fugaku, which is being developed jointly by RIKEN and Fujitsu Limited based on Arm® technology, has taken the top spot on the Top500 listThe webpage will open in a new tab., a ranking of the world’s fastest …

Lincoln Lab transfers integrated circuit process to industry

“Fabrication technique will enable SkyWater Technology to manufacture a range of electronics that can withstand harsh radiation environments. High levels of radiation, such as those occurring naturally in space and at high altitudes on Earth, can wreak havoc on electronics …

NASA’s TESS, Spitzer Missions Discover a World Orbiting a Unique Young Star

“The system, known as AU Mic for short, provides a one-of-a-kind laboratory for studying how planets and their atmospheres form, evolve and interact with their stars. “AU Mic is a young, nearby M dwarf star. It’s surrounded by a …

New Technique Allows 3D Printing of Flexible Materials

“Engineers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a new approach to 3D printing that allows printing of finely tuned flexible materials. By using a droplet-based, multiphase microfluidic system, the team was able to efficiently print materials with potential …

Newly observed phenomenon could lead to new quantum devices

“Exotic states called Kohn anomalies could offer clues to why some materials have the electronic properties they do. An exotic physical phenomenon known as a Kohn anomaly has been found for the first time in an unexpected type of material …

Physicists Publish Worldwide Consensus of Muon Magnetic Moment Calculation

“For decades, scientists studying the muon have been puzzled by a strange pattern in the way muons rotate in magnetic fields, one that left physicists wondering if it can be explained by the Standard Model — the best tool physicists have …

Researchers cut nanometer-sized patterns into 2D materials

“EPFL researchers have developed a high-precision technology that enables them to carve nanometric patterns into two-dimensional materials. With their pioneering nanotechnology, EPFL researchers have achieved the impossible. They can now use heat to break the links between atoms with a …

Synthetic materials mimic living creatures

“Northwestern University researchers have developed a family of soft materials that imitates living creatures. When hit with light, the film-thin materials come alive — bending, rotating and even crawling on surfaces. Called “robotic soft matter” by the Northwestern team, the materials …

Ultra-Reliable Arm Cortex-M4F Microcontroller from Maxim Integrated Offers Industry’s Lowest Power Consumption and Smallest Size for Industrial, Healthcare and IoT Sensor Applications

“Reduce power consumption and size while increasing reliability of industrial, healthcare and internet of things (IoT) applications with the MAX32670 low-power Arm® Cortex®-M4 microcontroller (MCU) with floating-point unit from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). This device protects all …

Using Jenga to explain lithium-ion batteries

“Tower block games such as Jenga can be used to explain to schoolchildren how lithium-ion batteries work, meeting an educational need to better understand a power source that has become vital to everyday life. While lithium-ion batteries are abundant in …