Here's How To Tell If A CR2032 Battery Is Bad

Found in Apple AirTags, the CR2032 button cell battery, also known as a coin battery, is actually surprisingly easy to test ...
Interesting Engineering

The uncomfortable truth behind the hype around 2D semiconductor performance

A common lab setup can inflate 2D transistor performance by up to five times, raising questions about how future chips are ...

Do Water Filter Pitchers Work on PFAS? How to Check Claims

Checking up on the claims of water filter makers can be a discomfiting maze. Here's how to verify independent water filter ...
Nanowerk

Common lab design inflates 2D transistor performance by up to six times

Lab architecture used to test 2D semiconductors artificially boosts performance metrics, making it harder to assess whether these materials can truly replace silicon.

Most lab testing quietly inflates 2D transistor performance, research reveals

For nearly two decades, two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors have been studied as a complement or possible successor to silicon transistors, promising smaller, faster and more energy-efficient ...

Resident Evil Requiem's path tracing is tough on GPUs but it probably won't take as long as ray tracing did to become a mainstream option in games

Path tracing can make a game look absolutely astonishing, and although it will still hammer GPUs like nothing else for a good ...
Duke Pratt School of Engineering

Study Finds Next-Generation Transistor Performance Inflated in Most Lab Testing

Duke engineers show how a common device architecture used to test 2D transistors overstates their performance prospects in real-world devices.

Hot laptop? Do this to check for fan failure

To update the drivers, start by accessing the Device Manager in the Control Panel. Locate the section for the cooling fan, right-click on the device, and select “update driver” from the drop-down menu ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Atom-thin electronics shrug off space radiation and could orbit for centuries

A team led by Peng Zhou at Fudan University has built a radio-frequency communication system from atomically thin molybdenum ...
Nanowerk

MXene membrane acts like a transistor to control ion flow in real time

A new electrically controlled MXene membrane tunes ion separation on demand, opening doors to more efficient water treatment, ...

Inside the Race to Achieve the Singularity—Before Moore’s Law Runs Out

AI optimists envision a future where artificial general intelligence (AGI) surpasses human intelligence, but the path remains riddled with scientific and logistical hurdles.