A closer look at hairpin motor windings
Hairpin windings squeeze more copper into a motor’s stator, but the gains depend on frequency, current, insulation and process cost. The evocatively-named hairpin winding has been touted by various motor manufacturers as the next step in the evolution of EV traction motors for, oh, a good 10-15 years at thisContinue Reading
TDK launches new DC-link film capacitors for high-frequency SiC power converters
TDK has introduced the B25696H series, a family of MKP DC-link film capacitors engineered for the higher switching frequencies and faster voltage transitions of SiC-based power converters. The series covers capacitance values from 47 µF to 1280 µF across rated DC voltages from 900 V to 2,000 V, designed forContinue Reading
Developing innovative alternatives to conventional carbon capture methods
Carbon capture is an important climate change mitigation strategy, but it faces technological barriers and can be energy-intensive and expensive. To help make necessary advances in this area, a team of MIT researchers, with support from the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC), are exploring energy-efficient and scalable alternatives toContinue Reading
Scientists discover vast hidden structure beneath Antarctica’s ice
A giant fan-shaped network of hidden basins has been discovered beneath East Antarctica, revealing that several well-known subglacial features are actually part of one massive geological structure. The finding sheds new light on Antarctica’s ancient tectonic history and could help scientists better understand how the ice sheet behaves today., ReadContinue Reading
ASTRA Initiative Seminar, June 12, 2026
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community ASTRA Initiative Seminar,… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources ASTRA Initiative Seminar : Ground and Space-Based Astronomy in the 2030s/2040s 4 June 2026 We welcome everyone to the next ASTRA seminar toContinue Reading
HWO Call for Papers
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community HWO Call for Papers About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources Call for Papers: Habitable World Observatory Mission Concept Development Software, Tools, and Methodologies 4 June 2026 https://academic.oup.com/rasti/pages/habitable-world-observatory?login=true To prepare forContinue Reading
NASA-DARES Draft Strategy Open for Public Comment
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community NASA-DARES Draft Strategy Open… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources NASA-DARES Draft Strategy Open for Public Comment 4 June 2026 Comment Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 2nd, 2026. DearContinue Reading
Watch This Important Scott Pelley Speech
Scott Pelley gave an impassioned speech a year ago that’s worth watching today. Kudos to him and other 60 Minutes correspondents and staff for defending the media and our democracy.Continue Reading
Save Our Endangered Kelp Forests
Warming waters are imperiling the world’s oceans.Continue Reading
Gaza’s Athletes Under Fire
Israel’s war on Gaza has devastated organized sports in the enclave.Continue Reading
Anderson Cooper Nails Hard Truth About The Traitor’s Attack On CNN Colleague Kaitlan Collins
The CNN anchor was so outraged by the president’s “completely unwarranted” behavior toward his associate that he devoted a segment to it., Read MoreContinue Reading
One in four births in England is now emergency caesarean, BBC analysis shows
1 hour ago Catherine Burns, Health correspondent and Maryam Ahmed, BBC Verify BBC sees emergency C-sections in maternity unit A quarter of all babies in England are now delivered by emergency caesarean operations, BBC analysis shows – marking a significant rise over the last five years. The unplanned surgeries haveContinue Reading
Marco Rubio’s Flippant Greenland Reply Sparks Warning From Authoritarianism Expert
Ruth Ben-Ghiat tore into “lawless plunderers” who “are in control of the U.S. government.”, Read MoreContinue Reading












