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CircuitPython 8.1.0 Released

“This is CircuitPython 8.1.0, the latest minor revision of CircuitPython, and is a new stable release. Notable changes to 8.1.0 since 8.0.0 - Silicon Labs (SiLabs) MG24 microcontroller family port (silabs), contributed by Silicon Labs …

Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power

“Researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as drop-in fuel. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, harnessed the power of photosynthesis …

Electron Dynamics in Real Time

“Making the dynamics of an excited molecule visible is only possible using computationally intensive simulations. A research team led by Sandra Luber from the University of Zurich has now developed a method that speeds up these complex simulations. Theoretical chemist …

Flexing Crystalline Structures Provide Path to a Solid Energy Future

“A team of researchers at Duke University and their collaborators have uncovered the atomic mechanisms that make a class of compounds called argyrodites attractive candidates for both solid-state battery electrolytes and thermoelectric energy converters. The discoveries — and the machine learning …

Helping robots handle fluids

“Researchers create a new simulation tool for robots to manipulate complex fluids in a step toward helping them more effortlessly assist with daily tasks. Imagine you’re enjoying a picnic by a riverbank on a windy day. A gust of …

High-quality 2D films could be one-drop away

“A research group led by Professor Minoru Osada (he, him) and postdoctoral researcher Yue Shi (she, her) at the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS), Nagoya University in Japan, has developed a new technology to fabricate nanosheets, thin …

Intel Agilex® 7 FPGAs with R-Tile Deliver Industry-Leading Bandwidth for CPUs – Now in Production

“As innovations drive new connectivity and processing models from the edge to the cloud, there is a growing need for flexible hardware solutions. With the ever-increasing bandwidth requirements across markets, the need for faster and more flexible devices has never …

ISOLDE takes a solid tick forward towards a nuclear clock

“The observation at CERN’s nuclear physics facility of a long-sought decay of the thorium-229 nucleus in a solid-state system is a key step towards a clock that could outclass today’s most precise atomic clocks Atomic clocks are the …

Keeping time with an atomic nucleus

“Nuclear clocks could allow scientists to probe the fundamental forces of the universe in the future. LMU researchers have made a crucial advance in this area as part of an international collaboration. Atomic clocks measure time so precisely that they …

Latest Top500 List Highlights World’s Fastest and Most Energy Efficient Supercomputers are Powered by AMD

“Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) showcased its high performance computing (HPC) leadership at ISC High Performance 2023 and celebrated, along with key partners, its first year of breaking the exascale barrier. AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ accelerators continue to be …