energy-fuels-to-acquire-rare-earth-magnet-maker-vac-for-$1.9-billion

US critical materials producer Energy Fuels has signed a definitive agreement to acquire permanent magnet maker Vacuumschmelze (VAC) in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.9 billion. Energy Fuels says the acquisition combines its rare earth mining and processing assets with VAC’s magnet manufacturing to create a fully integrated “mine-to-magnet”Continue Reading

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As electric vehicle manufacturers scale production, quality teams face a difficult challenge: critical defects are often hidden inside batteries, castings, connectors, welds, electronics, and other high-value components. Traditional inspection methods can miss internal issues, require destructive teardown, or create bottlenecks that make comprehensive inspection impractical. Industrial CT gives manufacturers andContinue Reading

A meteorite crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024. Inside it were life’s building blocks.

A meteorite fragment crashed through a New Jersey home’s roof in 2024. Researchers now now its chemical composition. Credit: SETI Institute Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to ourContinue Reading

Raspberry sugar spotted in interstellar space, a sweet discovery that could reveal clues about life’s origins

The Milky Way’s galactic center, as captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared. One new study has found sugar in interstellar space near the center of our galaxy. (Image credit: NASA/Caltech/Susan Stolovy (SSC, Caltech)) Is space … sweet? As it turns out, interstellar space has sugar — and it’s the same type of sugarContinue Reading

firefox-will-update-twice-as-often-from-september

Mozilla is changing Firefox’s release schedule from September, with new stable versions planned every two weeks instead of once a month. The faster release cadence will, Mozilla says, make the schedule more predictable and allow features and improvements which are ready to ship to do so sooner. Fancy testing? OMG!Continue Reading

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Weston 16.0 released with major advances in HDR, color management, and Wayland protocol support. After about five months of development, the Weston project has officially released Weston 16.0, the reference Wayland compositor. This version brings important improvements that will help desktop environments like GNOME, KDE, and Enlightenment achieve better andContinue Reading