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Designing Tiny Filters to Solve Big Problems

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In his lab at MIT, Zachary Smith is designing membranes with tiny pores that can filter tiny molecules based on their size. Here, Smith holds a “membrane coupon,” which is a small piece of polymer that can filter gas molecules selectively. Credit: Jodi Hilton

For many industrial processes, the typical way to separate gases, liquids, or ions is with heat, using slight differences in boiling points to purify mixtures. These thermal processes account for roughly 10% of the energy use in the United States.

AI in Medical Device Manufacturing

In April 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic system, a software program used to detect diabetes-related vision loss.

How Testing Automation Reduces Risk and Elevates Quality Assurance

Back in 2023, only 15% of businesses had adopted AI-augmented software testing tools. By 2027, that number is expected to leap to 80%.

The ‘Form’ of Complexity

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Understanding distinctions and boundaries gives you a better grasp of the form of complexity. Photo by Michael Jasmund on Unsplash

In this article, I’m exploring complexity through the lens of George Spencer-Brown’s Laws of Form (Cognizer Co., 1994).

NIST Accomplishments: A Look Back at the Past Three Years

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Photo by James Orr on Unsplash

So much has changed since I walked onto the Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) almost three years ago to begin my term as its director and U.S. Commerce Undersecretary for Standards and Technology.

MIT Engineers Grow ‘High-Rise’ 3D Chips

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MIT engineers have developed a method to seamlessly stack electronic layers to create faster, denser, more powerful computer chips. The team deposits semiconducting particles (in pink) as triangles within confined squares, creating high-quality electronic elements directly atop other semiconducting layers (shown in layers of purple, blue, and green). Credit: Cube 3D Graphic

The electronics industry is approaching a limit to the number of transistors that can be packed onto the surface of a computer chip. So chip manufacturers are looking to build up, rather than out.

The Crucial Role of Work Execution in a Unified Namespace

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Photo by Wai Siew on Unsplash

In the evolving landscape of industrial digital transformation, the unified namespace (UNS) has emerged as a transformative approach to enterprise data management.

Decoding AI Adoption

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Photo by Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash

Gemini, O1, Grok, Claude, Llama, Yi, and Mistral: The number of large language models (LLMs) seems to have grown exponentially since OpenAI’s ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness in late 2022.