A team from the Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers at Laval University, Quebec, Canada, has come up with an optical chip that can transfer massive amounts of data at ultra-high speed, offering unrivaled energy efficiency.
This video describes how Nitinol works and shows examples of artistic applications. Courtesy of Jessica Hou.
For much of the past decade, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have been designing major optical components for the world’s newest telescope. Located on a mountaintop in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will repeatedly scan the sky for 10 years and create an ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of the universe—the Legacy Survey of […]
Tokamak Energy and Furukawa Electric Group, Tokyo, Japan announced that they will establish a joint operational base in Japan to manufacture high-temperature superconducting magnets critical for fusion power plants. The facility will support the Fusion Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (FAST) development project, which aims to demonstrate electricity generation from fusion by the 2030s, under a private-sector […]
Johnson Matthey, London, England announced that the platinum market will remain in deficit in 2025 while palladium moves back into balance, according to its 2025 PGM Market Report released ahead of London Platinum & Palladium Market week. The company forecasts a 3% decline in primary platinum output due to operational restructuring, extreme weather and maintenance […]
