NASA X-ray spacecraft stares into the ‘eye of the storm’ swirling around supermassive black holes

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(Main) An illustration of the supermassive black hole M87* (Inset) the NASA/JAXA mission XRISM (Image credit: S. Dagnello/NRAO/AUI/NSF/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab) Scientists have dived deeper into the “eye of the storm” swirling around supermassive black holes than ever before. This unprecedented investigation of the turbulent and violent conditions around theseContinue Reading

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Five Years Ago This week in 2021, we looked at how state laws around community broadband were harming communities during the pandemic, just as one Congressional representative introduced a new such law to do so nationwide. Minneapolis joined the list of cities banning facial recognition tech, while it was revealedContinue Reading

danisense-extends-range-of-dn1000id-current-transducers-for-ev-testing-systems

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Danisense, which produces high-accuracy current sense transducers for demanding applications, has expanded its DN1000ID current transducer product family with the introduction of the new DN1000ID-CP02 model. The DN1000ID-CP02 current transducer features a significantly increased creepage and clearance distance of 38 mm, compared with 11 mm for the standard DN1000ID version.Continue Reading

heycharge-wins-e2.5-million-grant-to-develop-its-offline-ev-charging-solution

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HeyCharge, a Munich-based EV charging technology company backed by BMW i Ventures, Statkraft Ventures and Y Combinator, has been awarded a €2.5-million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. The grant will fund HeyCharge’s SecureCharge FLEX project, which seeks to eliminate two barriers to deploying conventional EV chargers inContinue Reading

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Earlier this year, Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines announced the Kahu’ewai Hawai’i Investment Plan, which will invest over $600 million over five years. This would modernize the airline’s infrastructure and guest experience, whilst being committed to the local community and sustainability goals. This includes airport renovations, including the lobbies, gates,Continue Reading

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Chinese battery giant CATL won the MINDS Award at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for its Intelligent Cell Design project. By using deep learning from more than 100,000 battery cases, 600 TB of test data and EV aftermarket data, CATL has built an intelligent cell design platform thatContinue Reading