The Low Power Double Data Rate 6 (LPDDR6) memory may be introduced with data rates starting from 10.667 Gbps and bandwidth of 32 Gbps. This is the new information coming from the JEDEC presentation, as revealed by Synopsys and published Darkmont. The presentation touches on several topics, including LPDDR, DDR and CAMM standards.

The LPDDR5 standard is already 5 years old, it is time for an update. The mid-product update from Samsung and SK Hynix in a form of LPDDR5X and LPDDR5T are not good enough anymore and in 1–2 years demand for higher bandwidth will unquestionable. Especially given the progress in integrated graphics solutions, which heavily rely on fast system memory.

Can the very locations that fossil fuels are mined also be used to extract rare earth elements (REEs) for renewable energies? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers of Earth Science hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how coal mines could be exploited for REEs whose metals could be used for technology applications and renewable energies throughout the world. This study holds the potential to help scientists, miners, and conservationists better understand previously unknown avenues for pursuing REEs within the United States, as REEs are traditionally imported from other countries.

“The model is if you’re already moving rock, could you move a little more rock for resources towards energy transition?” said Dr. Lauren Birgenheier, who is an associate professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah and a co-author on the study. “In those areas, we’re finding that the rare earth elements are concentrated in fine-grain shale units, the muddy shales that are above and below the coal seams.”

Using NASA ’s MMS mission data, SwRI explores unusual substorm events in Earth’s magnetotail to better understand magnetic reconnection and its effects on the global magnetosphere.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is investigating an unusual event in the Earth’s magnetotail, the elongated extension of the planet’s magnetosphere trailing away from the Sun. SwRI scientists are examining the nature of substorms, fleeting disturbances in the magnetotail that release energy and often cause aurorae, using data from NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission.

Scientific discovery doesn’t always require a high-tech laboratory or a hefty budget. Many people have a first-rate lab right in their own homes—their kitchen.