NVIDIA, IBM have a plan to connect GPUs straight to SSDs
In a research paper published by Cornell, a case is made for enabling fine-grain High Throughput GPU-Orchestrated Access to storage or cutting out the middle man overhead. Unfortunately, such a CPU-centric strategy causes excessive CPU-GPU synchronization overhead and/or I/O traffic amplification, diminishing the effective storage bandwidth for emerging applications with fine-grain data-dependent access patterns like…
Scientists make ‘miracle material’ breakthrough to revolutionise solar power
Anything to increase solar power is a good thing. Using this breakthrough technique, the scientists became the first team to create a solar cell capable of performing at a similar level to silicon cells while still remaining stable. For more, check out this Independent/MSN story.
Scientists Say There’s an ‘Anti-Universe’ Running Backward in Time
The more we understand the universe, they is more that sounds like science fiction. Scientists believe there could be an “anti-universe” somewhere out there that looks like the mirror image of our own universe, reciprocating almost everything we do. If this theory holds true, it could explain the presence of dark matter. For more, check…
The Holy Grail of Energy Generation Might Finally Be Within Our Grasp
The dream of producing power by utilizing nuclear fusion power is getting closer. There are two main types of fusion that are currently being researched. The first, inertial confinement fusion, involves using lasers to put the fuel under a massive amount of pressure and heat. At the National Ignition Facility where Zylstra does his research,…
Results from particle accelerator hint at ‘new mechanism in nature’
Still discovering new things in science. One of the world’s biggest particle accelerators has produced a troubling result: the mass of the W boson – a fundamental particle that is crucial for our understanding of matter and the universe – is not what it should be. For more, check out this El Pais/MSN story.
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These Solar Cells Might Be the Answer to Nighttime Electricity Woes
Solar cells at nighttime…seems like an oxymoron. As it turns out, radiative cooling may also be our ticket to a nighttime renewable energy source for countless people across the globe…In a new study published on Tuesday in the journal Applied Physics Letters, researchers at Stanford University created a photovoltaic (PV) cell, which collects and converts…
‘Dead’ telescope discovers Jupiter’s twin from beyond the grave
NASA’s Kepler space telescope supposedly died four years ago! An international team of astrophysicists using NASA’s Kepler space telescope, which ceased operations in 2018, have discovered an exoplanet similar to Jupiter located 17,000 light-years from Earth, making it the farthest exoplanet ever found by Kepler. The exoplanet, officially designated K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, was spotted in data captured…
New discovery on the sun has captured scientists’ attention
A new object on the Sun has gained astronomer’s attention. A sunspot has emerged in recent days that is at least twice as big as the Earth, according to SpaceWeather.com. This region was named AR2975 after appearing on Wednesday…Astronomers are not only watching this area of the sun closely due to its size but also…
What Is Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox? 50-year Mystery Cracked, Experts Say
Scientists believe they have cracked one of the most pressing mysteries surrounding black holes that has boggled experts for decades. One particular characteristic of black holes has puzzled scientists for decades. In the 1970s, world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and colleagues found that black holes emit something called Hawking radiation—a faint glow of light that actually…