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Japan’s electric vehicle transition by 2035 may be insufficient to combat the climate crisis, but there are solutions

“Materials just atoms in thickness, known as two-dimensional (2D) materials, are set to revolutionize future technology, including in the electronics industry. However, commercialization of devices that contain 2D materials has faced challenges due to the difficulty in transferring these extremely …

JEDEC Publishes GDDR7 Graphics Memory Standard

“Cutting-Edge Standard to Enhance Memory Performance in Graphics, Gaming and AI –JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, is pleased to announce the publication of JESD239 Graphics Double Data Rate …

KiCad Version 8.0.0 Released

“The KiCad project is proud to announce the release of version 8.0.0. Despite coming only a year after KiCad 7 was released, version 8 is packed with new features, improvements, and hundreds of bug fixes. We hope you …

Linux Kernel 6.8 Released, This is What’s New

“After several solid months of development the Linux 6.8 kernel has been officially released. This kernel is of particular note to Ubuntu users as it’s the version chosen to ship in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS – i.e., as …

Magnesium Protects Tantalum, a Promising Material for Making Qubits

“Thin-film coating prevents oxidation that impairs superconductivity and quantum coherence Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that adding a layer of magnesium improves the properties of tantalum, a superconducting material that …

Magnetite Nanoparticles: A Gateway to Innovative Optics and Nanophotonics

“A study by Dror Fixler of the BIU Institute of Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials (BINA) in the Faculty of Engineering explores the applications of magnetic nanofluids in the fields of optics, nanophotonics, and magnetic imaging. Nanotechnology, the manipulation of materials at …

MIT engineers 3D print the electromagnets at the heart of many electronics

“The printed solenoids could enable electronics that cost less and are easier to manufacture — on Earth or in space. Imagine being able to build an entire dialysis machine using nothing more than a 3D printer. This could not only reduce …

MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make vaccines more powerful

“Study shows metal-organic particles can both deliver vaccines and act as an adjuvant to generate a strong immune response at a lower dose. Many vaccines, including vaccines for hepatitis B and whooping cough, consist of fragments of viral or bacterial …

New Class Of 2D Material Displays Stable Charge Density Wave At Room Temperature

“This exotic quantum phenomena could prove useful as a transistor in either classical or quantum computing, acting as a gate to control voltage flow. Quantum materials have generated considerable interest for computing applications in the past several decades, but non-trivial …

New high-speed microscale 3D printing technique

“A new process for microscale 3D printing creates particles of nearly any shape for applications in medicine, manufacturing, research and more – at the pace of up to 1 million particles a day. 3D-printed microscopic particles, so small that to the …