As David Patterson observed in 1980, “A RISC potentially gains in speed merely from a simpler design.” Patterson’s principle of simplicity underpins a new alternative to speculation: A deterministic, ...

Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

Measuring blood flow in the brain is critical for responding to a range of neurological problems, including stroke, traumatic ...

In Julian Huxley's 1927 short story "The Tissue-Culture King," a scientist becomes lost in the jungle and is captured by a tribe. He soon discovers that the tribal leader has developed a way to ...

This video explains how diodes function as directional components in electronic circuits. Diodes allow current to flow in ...

This video explains how transistors work as switches and amplifiers in electronic circuits. Transistors control the flow of ...

Block operates two separate ecosystems that target different customers, and management is working on Bitcoin projects. Mastercard’s global network is incredibly hard to disrupt, and it supports ...

Schneider Electric's Altivar Solar ATV320 variable speed drives — available at RS — increase the reliability, sustainability, energy efficiency, and ...

The conservative-leaning Supreme Court signaled that it could limit the use of race as a factor in drawing congressional districts, a move that could allow red states to redraw districts, potentially ...

The U.S. military has killed at least 21 people in recent strikes on small boats that it says were smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela. President Trump justified the attacks by saying the ...

The mystery behind the famous 1977 “Wow!” signal has gained renewed attention after a Harvard astronomer proposed that the newly observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be linked to the event. The ...