Japan Bets Big on Bringing Semiconductor Manufacturing Home
TOKYO—To get back some of the high-tech mojo that made it an economic powerhouse, Japan is launching an ambitious program to bring back cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing, a field it ceded to Taiwan, South Korea, and China nearly 20 years ago. But will this new campaign at state-backed industrial policy succeed, and more importantly, is it […]
Aston University research to support SMEs and mid-sized companies to be ‘future ready’
‘Future readiness’ is defined as a set of capabilities and orientations that enable companies to thrive in the future Researchers say SMEs and mid-sized companies’ leadership should focus on bridging their resilience gap and exploiting their high level of agility The report found circular economy can combat environment and social impact without sacrificing economic performance. […]
Finding Common Ground: Gecko Feet and the Heat-Spring
Indium Corporation researchers often look to the natural world for inspiration and creativity in the development of the next generation of materials science. Here Indium blogger Christian Vischi gives us an example.
Developments in Semiconductor Photonics: More Data, More Quickly
As high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, and even consumers become increasingly data-hungry, hardware struggles to keep pace. In addition, the need for real-time assessments of moving data points – such as for the accurate velocity-mapping of other objects in autonomous systems and facial recognition for security systems – is crucial to an […]
China’s first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis, reports Reuters
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world. The country’s National Bureau of Statistics reported a drop of […]