Theranos founder Holmes ordered to prison, pay victims
Fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes must begin serving prison time after a judge denied her latest request to remain free while appealing her fraud conviction.
May 17, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Designing lightweight glass for efficient cars and wind turbines
A new machine-learning algorithm for exploring lightweight, very stiff glass compositions can help design next-gen materials for more efficient vehicles and wind turbines. Glasses can reinforce polymers to generate composite ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Engineering
Energy-efficient power electronics: Gallium oxide power transistors with record values
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) has achieved a breakthrough with transistors based on gallium oxide (ß-Ga2O3). The newly developed ß-Ga2O3-MOSFETs (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) provide a high breakdown ...
Aug 27, 2019
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Apple accused of mishandling sex misconduct complaints: report
Over a dozen women accused Apple of mishandling sexual misconduct claims they lodged while working for the iPhone maker, according to a Financial Times report out Thursday.
Aug 4, 2022
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Hardware
A self-healing and self-concealing silicon chip 'fingerprint' for stronger, hardware security
A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel technique that allows Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) to produce more secure, unique 'fingerprint' outputs at a very low cost. ...
Apr 15, 2020
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Engineering
Light, flexible, efficient: Perovskite-based tandem solar cells
Roof tiles are becoming a thing of the past: Today, more and more Swiss roofs boast large black and blue rectangles that convert sunlight into electricity. The blueish color comes from silicon crystals, as the majority of ...
May 2, 2024
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Elon Musk says Tesla will move HQ from California to Texas
Tesla will relocate its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, though the electric car maker will keep expanding its manufacturing capacity in the Golden State, CEO Elon Musk said Thursday.
Oct 8, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Tunneling recombination layer boosts efficiency of tandem solar cells
Prof. Ye Jichun's team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), along with researchers from Soochow University, have developed a polycrystalline silicon ...
Nov 14, 2023
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Who is Sam Altman, OpenAI's wunderkind ex-CEO, and why does it matter that he got sacked?
On Friday, OpenAI's high-flying chief executive Sam Altman was unexpectedly fired by the company's board. Co-founder and chief technology officer Greg Brockman was also removed as the board president, after which he promptly ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Detecting early-stage failure in electric power conversion devices
Power electronics regulate and modify electric power. They are in computers, power steering systems, solar cells, and many other technologies. Researchers are seeking to enhance power electronics by using silicon carbide ...
Oct 19, 2020
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