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It now costs between $3bn-4bn to build a silicon chip fabrication plant (fab plant), and consequently, there are relatively few fabs around the world.-from 2019.

UK companies get ahead of the curve with investments in R&D and fabrication infrastructure for next-gen electronics. Andy Sellars, Chief Business Development Officer, UK Catapult, explains the strategy.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing require compound semiconductors to achieve full commercialisation.

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A “sex peptide” transferred from male to female fruit flies during mating interferes with the female’s biological clock, reducing her chances of mating again.

The influenza virus is an recurring nightmare, killing thousands of people each year. Learn how the virus attacks its host, why it’s nearly impossible to eradicate, and what scientists are doing to combat it.
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This portable unit needs less power to operate than a cell phone charger and could make it much easier for those in resource-poor areas to desalinate water.

China’s ByteDance is using data from TikTok to track journalists and this is now raising eyebrows. There is growing fears that security concerns over TikTok might actually be true. The Chinese ByteDance wants to know which of its employees are speaking to the media.

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An 11-year-old boy has come up with a ChatGPT game that has taken the internet by storm. This text-based chatbot game uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate game scenarios. It has already been played by thousands of people and has been featured on the front page of Reddit.

TOM20 protein production rescued nerve cells damaged in Parkinson’s due to the toxic build-up of alpha-synuclein protein, a rat study found.

Researchers unveiled a picture of humanity’s genealogy based on 3,601 modern genomes and eight ancient genomes going back 2 million years.

The physicists, constructing “time crystals”, happened on an error correction technique for quantum computers. The rest is the story we all wish we were in.