Aerospace

The Indo-Pacific is becoming the world’s first operational space theater

The Indo-Pacific is becoming the world’s first operational space theater

In modern military history, the world powers focused primarily on land, sea, and air battles. Space served merely as a support system, providing communication and intelligence from orbit to support the ground operations. However, the century-old idea that whoever controls the sky controls the battle...

AI & Robotics

Jensen Huang spent two weeks in Asia securing two things Nvidia can’t build without

Jensen Huang spent two weeks in Asia securing two things Nvidia can’t build without

Jensen Huang landed at Taipei's Songshan Airport on May 23 and told reporters he had "a lot to do." He left after doing much more than just "a lot."Over the next sixteen days, Nvidia's CEO traveled through Taiwan and South Korea. The trip appeared to be a celebration, but it had a clear purpose ...

Energy

Europe is trying to industrialize stellarators before anyone else

Europe is trying to industrialize stellarators before anyone else

For decades, fusion energy has stayed in labs as a tough physics problem involving magnets and math. Now, Europe seems ready to see if this science can become real-world energy systems.Proxima Fusion, a Munich-based startup spun out of Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, has signe...

Hi-tech

A new way to grow diamonds could cool the next generation of chips

A new way to grow diamonds could cool the next generation of chips

One of the biggest challenges in advanced electronics today is keeping devices cool. Chips can get so hot that heat removal now limits performance more than the number or speed of transistors.Researchers at Rice University have demonstrated a new way to grow diamond structures directly on semico...