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In 1962, Willis Whitfield built a room that continuously swept dust away with filtered air; the idea became essential for computer chips, NASA and modern electronicsWillis Whitfield's innovative cleanroom concept emerged at Sandia National Laboratories to combat contamination issues in engineering. By i...- ‘The future is already being built’: Anand Mahindra praises 2 IISc Bengaluru professors for pushing the boundaries of high-speed aviationIndia’s aerospace sector is experiencing a notable rise, driven by cutting-edge technology and rapid progress in aviation research. At the ...
- In 2006, Cate Blanchett bought a Prahran home for $745,000 and added solar panels and a water tank; 18 years later, the Melbourne property sold for more than $3 millionCate Blanchett and Andrew Upton have finalized the sale of their Melbourne residence for over three million dollars, a transaction that not...
- In 2000, Sandia used a 416-nanometer cheesecloth-like crystal to bend infrared light with little loss. 26 years later, the approach still guides research into faster, cooler photonic chipsSandia researchers developed a tiny structure guiding infrared light with minimal loss. This artificial crystal, made from gallium arsenide...
- In 1997, Sandia won $393,000 to make fingerprints and other organic evidence blink under flashing light. Decades later, the idea remains an example of using fluorescence to find hidden cluesIn 1997, Sandia National Laboratories secured $393,000 to solve background glare on physical crime scene evidence. By modulating light at h...
- As chip industry chases AI, US national labs look to newcomers for supercomputersAmerica's nuclear weapons program faces a computing crunch. High-precision simulations for nuclear weapons are becoming difficult to power....
- US confirms successful stockpile flight tests of B61-12 nuclear gravity bombThe United States has completed crucial flight tests of its B61-12 nuclear bomb. These tests involved the advanced F-35A fighter jet. Inert...
- NextSilicon reveals new processor chip in challenge to Intel, AMDNextSilicon's has raised $300 million in funding and its flagship "Maverick-2" chip is designed to speed up precision scientific computing ...
- Should Iran, China, North Korea and Russia be worried as US rushes to build powerful B61-13 nuclear bomb? Here’s all about the bomb that can bring world peace or massive destructionThe US is speeding up production of a new nuclear bomb, the B61-13, which is 24 times more powerful than the one used on Hiroshima. The dec...
- As World War III fears rise, why is the US building a Gravity N-bomb 24 times stronger than Hiroshima's 'Little Boy'?The US is fast-tracking production of its deadliest nuclear weapon in decades — the B61-13 — amid growing fears of global conflict. Develop...
- Can X-rays, used for broken bones, be NASA's secret weapon to help save Earth from killer asteroids? Here's what scientists sayScientists at Sandia National Laboratories have made significant strides in understanding how nuclear explosions could be employed to defle...
- Atom bombs in space are back to scare us againPresident Reagan considered deploying weapons in space, known as Star Wars, to shield America from Soviet missiles. American spy agencies w...
- US moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosionsAs early as 2027, the $1.8 billion Scorpius project will make it possible to move beyond theoretical computer modelling to study in much mo...
- US holds three tests to advance hypersonic weapon programs, Pentagon saysThe Sandia National Laboratory ran the tests from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia which will help "inform the development of the...
- US nuclear weapons agency hacked in massive cybersecurity breachThe officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Thursday started coordinating no...
- New cooling system for supercomputers could save millions of gallons of waterThe system cools like a refrigerator without the expense and energy needs of a compressor.
- New transformers may lead to flexible energy storage systemsTransportable energy storage and power conversion systems could make it cost effective to rapidly install solar, wind and geothermal energy...
- Cheap catalyst may lower fuel costs for hydrogen carsResearchers have found a way to replace the rare and expensive platinum catalyst with dirt-cheap molybdenum disulfide, or "molly", to make ...
- Failures in basic security that led to huge lossesOnline data breaches may dominate headlines, but for many, it's still the old-fashioned physical break-in that's the biggest concern.
- China has a history of hacking computersChina has a history of hacking computers not just elsewhere in the world but also in India.
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