2024 was the best year ever for robotics, which I’m pretty sure is not something that I’ve ever said before. But that’s the great thing about robotics—it’s always new, and it’s always exciting. What may be different about this year is…
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TSMC’s Arizona Plant to Start Making Advanced Chips
After years of planning, building, geopolitical wrangling, and workforce challenges, the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is officially starting mass production at an advanced…
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MP Materials is Trying to Ease Dependence on China for Neodymium Magnets
Wielding a shiny chrome scoop, Michael Rosenthal leans over and digs into the powder in a half-filled 55-gallon drum. He holds up the scoop and takes a pinch in his fingers and smooshes it to show me the texture. It’s like talc, but it’s an…
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Spectrum’s Take on Transportation Tech—Year in Review
IEEE Spectrum‘s transportation coverage drew just under half a million visitors in 2024. Readers came to learn the latest news about advances in electric vehicles and battery technology, sustainable energy alternatives, transit infrastructure…
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New Research Sheds More Light on Genetic Makeup of Tea
Free amino acids (FAAs) positively determine the tea quality, notably theanine, endowing umami taste of tea infusion. However, their concentrations vary significantly across different tea varieties, affecting both the flavor and nutritional…
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Scientists Magnetize Antiferromagnetic Material with Terahertz Laser Light
Physicists at MIT have directly stimulated atoms in an antiferromagnetic material using a terahertz laser, a light source that oscillates more than a trillion times per second. Their results provide a new way to control and switch…
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Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Teleportation over Fiberoptic Cables Carrying Internet Traffic
Northwestern University researchers have successfully achieved quantum state transfer over a 30.2-km fiber carrying 400-Gbps C-band classical traffic. The ability for quantum and conventional networks to operate in the same optical fibers…
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Top Consumer Electronics Stories of 2024
2024 was a year of paradoxes in consumer electronics. While artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and cutting-edge display technology changed how people use their devices, the year also saw a surge in demand for simple, tactile controls and…
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Nanostructured Filaments Produce Bright Light Waves that Twirl as They Travel
Bright, twisted light can be produced thanks to nanostructured filaments with twisted geometry, according to scientists at the University of Michigan.
Planck’s law ignores but does not prohibit black-body radiation (BBR) from being…
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Power Beaming and Nuclear Fusion Top Energy Stories of 2024
IEEE Spectrum’s most-read energy stories of 2024 centered on creative ways to produce, store and connect more carbon-free energy. Our readers wanted to know more about power beaming, new kinds of nuclear fusion, vertical solar farms, powerful…
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