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A look at China’s interest in the “geopolitically neutral” RISC-V open-source chip architecture, as US sanctions put the top x86 and ARM chips out of reach — When a Beijing-based military institute in September published a patent for a new high-performance chip …
Spread the love China’s Chang’e 6 mission return capsule has been transferred to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo. The return capsule made its fiery plunge through the atmosphere on June 25 before landing in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. The event brought the 53-day-long Chang’e 6 mission to a successful conclusion, delivering […]
Spread the love We finally have the first high-res images of the contents of NASA’s precious Bennu asteroid sampler container, more than 3.5 months since the OSIRIS-REx returned them to Earth. The delay is due to two pesky fasteners that were holding the sampler lid in place, and were finally opened on January 10. On […]
Spread the love Composite metal foams (CMFs) are foams that consist of hollow, metallic spheres – made of materials such as stainless steel or titanium – embedded in a metallic matrix made of steel, titanium, aluminum or other metallic alloys. The resulting material is both lightweight and remarkably strong, with potential applications ranging from aircraft […]
