In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to meet policy makers and space agencies at the industry’s largest gathering, a look at the exploration and exploitation of space Good morning. This week Glasgow hosts one of the UK’s largest ever gatherings of the space industry at Space-Comm. With representatives of...
Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments
Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcher As a child, Miquel López GarcÃa was fascinated by the conch shell, kept in the bathroom, that his father’s family in the southern Spanish region of AlmerÃa had blown to warn...
Samsung unveils ferroelectric NAND breakthrough to cut power use by up to 96%
As the AI boom fuels massive data-center buildouts, demand for memory keeps climbing – and with it, the notoriously high power consumption of today's NAND. Samsung's researchers are pitching a new architecture that could sharply reduce those energy costs. Mobile devices might also benefit if the findings catch on. Read...