V-Sync OFF Not Recommended as a Global Setting Starting?
Saw this over on Guru3D. You may not want to turn off Vsync anymore. Beginning with the NVIDIA Driver version 461.09, setting V-Sync OFF as a global setting from the NVIDIA Control Panel will likely result in tearing even when viewing content in windowed mode. The blurb goes on to explain why. For more, click…
Scientists Finally Catch Einsteinium
For the first time since the 1970s, researchers have made enough of the element einsteinium to experiment with it. Einsteinium’s shortest half life is just six seconds for the isotope einsteinium-240, but the half life for the einsteinium-254 that scientists made in this reaction is 276 days. That means scientists have a lot of study…
Martian moon Phobos could tell us what Mars was like in the past
According to new research, it turns out that Phobos, one of the Martian moons, may hold information about what Mars was like in the past. Using data from Maven, Nénon and his colleagues took a closer look and determined that the orbit of Phobos passes right through a stream of ions (charged atoms and molecules)…
‘Lift-off’ for world’s biggest telescope
More like the start of what will be the biggest telescope on Earth. The first council meeting of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory has actioned plans that will lead to the biggest telescope on Earth being assembled over the coming decade. The SKA telescope will comprise a vast formation of radio receivers. These will be…
NASA finds ‘Lost Galaxy’ shining out of Virgo’s bosom
Like our home galaxy, The Lost Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy: a vast swirl of stars with a distinct bar structure at its center. Less-poetic scientists know this galaxy as NGC 4535, one of the largest of the 2,000-or-so galaxies in the Virgo Cluster located about 50 million light-years from Earth. When viewed through…
Mysterious ‘kick’ just after the Big Bang may have created dark matter
New research suggests a mysterious “kick” in the early universe may have lead to the creation of dark matter. new research hypothesizes that early in the universe, there was a mysterious “kick” that produced more matter than antimatter, leading to today’s imbalance. And that imbalance may have also led to the creation of dark matter,…
Moon Could Be Getting Water Thanks to ‘Wind’ From Earth’s Magnetosphere
A surprising possibility is emerging that elemental rain on the Moon from our own atmosphere is being delivered by Earth’s magnetic field. To account for the surprising amount of moisture being found on the lunar surface, researchers have proposed a more dynamic form of production – a constant ‘rain’ of protons driven by the solar…
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is in the home stretch of its journey to Red Planet
Somehow, I don’t remember seeing mention of this even being launched. Perseverance is the centerpiece of NASA’s $2.7 billion Mars 2020 mission, which will break new ground in Red Planet exploration. For example, the rover will hunt for evidence of ancient Mars life on the floor of Jezero, which hosted a lake and a river…
Micron unveils 1α — their most advanced DRAM Process Technology
Micron recently announced that they’re shipping memory chips built using the most advanced DRAM process technology. But a funny thing happened a few years ago in the memory world. We stopped talking about exact numbers and started to use terms like 1x, 1y and 1z. For DRAM particularly, the name of the node usually corresponds…
Google Proposes Alternative to Cookies
Google, under fire for privacy issues, is planning next steps for transparency, choice and control in digital advertising. While Chrome explores new technologies for the web, we’re also acting on the commitment we made in May of this year to increase the transparency of digital ads and offer users more control. Over the past few…