Scientists struck a crystalline material with ultrafast pulses of laser light and then used X-rays to probe how its magnetic order changes. Image: Cameron Dashwood, University College London. What happens when very short pulses of laser light strike a magnetic material? A large international collaboration led by researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE)'s […]
The result is very exciting because it adds significant new support to the idea that high pressure shocks whether occurring in space in the early solar system, in a lab by firing projectiles at a target, or in an atomic blast can lead to new forms of matter that were not known before in this […]
There’s an old adage which suggests that you shouldn’t reinvent the wheel when attempting to solve a problem, but if you did decide to pursue this course, you’d have to go back to 3,500AD when this invention was first introduced during the Bronze Age, writes Craig Harbour from Protyre. While one can also trace the […]
Last weekend was the first electronics recycling event in Manhattan since the before times — pre-Covid-19, that is. I scoured shelves and drawers and headed off to the midtown location with three overstuffed bags of electronics detritus and the carcass of a desktop PC — all accumulating since the last time I recycled about three […]
The concrete world that surrounds us owes its shape and durability to chemical reactions that start when ordinary Portland cement is mixed with water. Now, MIT scientists have demonstrated a way to watch these reactions under real-world conditions, an advance that may help researchers find ways to make concrete more sustainable. The study is a […]
Today, many industrial organizations face a common question when considering how to adopt new technology, “To be successful, what is the best way to install, manage, monitor and maintain technology?” which quickly leads to the related question, “If I embrace new technology, should the information technology (IT) or operations technology (OT) function be responsible for it?” And finally, “Do we have the knowledge and expertise […]
FDT Group, an independent, international, not-for-profit industry association supporting the evolution of FDT technology, today announced that in cooperation with the OPC Foundation it has developed an update to the FDT OPC unified architecture (UA) companion specification merging the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) domains within a new server-level universal device information (DI) Model. […]
A recent discussion explored the possible risks and benefits and the need for more research
The rollercoaster ride that is the graphics chip market is likely to see an abrupt end to pandemic-driven surge demand driven by seasonal factors, a supply chain “hangover” and rampant speculation. The volatility also extends to the graphics add-in board (AIB) attach rate for PCs, signaling that last year’s personal computer boom is unsustainable. “The […]
Data center AI chip and system startup SambaNova hit the headlines recently with an enormous Series D funding round of $676 million, pushing the 100-person company’s valuation above $5 billion, a staggering amount for a young company which only emerged from stealth at the end of 2020. The company is now one of the best-funded […]