Dr. Shirley Meng: The Push for Petajoule-Scale
Dr. Y. Shirley Meng, is one of the world’s leading experts in nanomaterials for energy storage. She is a professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago and Chief Scientist for Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science.
May 28, 2024 • 8 min read Future Materials
Derek Stewart: Material Frontiers in the Age of AI
Derek Stewart is the resident theorist for emerging non-volatile memory in Western Digital’s R&D. He is an expert in the computational modeling of new materials and nanostructures, taking the theoretical to the tangible.
May 23, 2024 • 9 min read Future Materials
Dr. Anna Ploszajski: Explaining the Future of Materials
Dr. Anna Ploszajski is an award-winning materials scientist, storyteller, and author. She blends craft-making and groundbreaking materials science research to help us understand our relationship to materials and how they impact our world.
May 21, 2024 • 7 min read Future Materials
Inside CERN’s Exabyte Data Center
Image of LHC tunnel during LS2n by Brice, M. courtesy of CERN Tucked beneath the countryside on the outskirts of Geneva lies the world’s largest and most powerful particle-smashing machine: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Run by the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the LHC probes the universe’s origins by recreating the conditions that existed just […]
April 30, 2024 • 7 min read Technology
Software-Defined Vehicles are Revving Up
As the automotive industry and consumers await fully autonomous vehicles, increasingly software-defined vehicles (SDVs) are evolving. What used to be a mostly mechanical product is becoming progressively more software driven. An analysis of seven major automakers found that they are each currently allocating 25% to 30% of their R&D budgets to software. This massive amount of software […]
April 17, 2024 • 6 min read Technology
What is the 3-2-1 Backup Strategy?
As World Backup Day approaches, this is the perfect time to reinforce the importance of data protection and equip yourself with simple, straightforward strategies. One of the most prevalent approaches to safeguarding data is the 3-2-1 backup strategy—a foundation in helping protect your irreplaceable data. This is the 3-2-1 backup strategy, explained. What is the […]
March 26, 2024 • 3 min read Data
Maria Kala: Community and Mentorship
Since her childhood in Kenya, Maria Kala has always been fiddling with hardware. Born the third of four sisters, Kala became the de facto IT support in the home, which is how she made her way into the field of engineering. “Growing up, I was always consulted when the VCR broke or when we needed […]
March 19, 2024 • 5 min read People
What’s Your Create: Aradhita Parasrampuria
Aradhita Parasrampuria’s career in fashion was never in doubt, even as a little girl in Gujarat, India. Her hometown is a center of the fashion industry in India, so from an early age she was surrounded by artistry and design. “My whole childhood I was immersed in the world of fashion,” Parasrampuria recalled. “I thought […]
March 12, 2024 • 6 min read People
Empowering Women Across Land, Ocean, Atmosphere, and Beyond
For women embarking on scientific careers midway through the 20th century, stepping into these spaces also meant treading significant obstacles. These explorers, be it land, ocean, or atmosphere, first required persistence to break societal barriers that limited women to more domestic domains. Geodesist Dr. Gladys West, oceanographer Dr. Katsuko Saruhashi, and meteorologist Anna Mani are […]
March 5, 2024 • 4 min read People
A Green Start: The Data Center’s Role in Climate Change
Just as factories fueled the growth of the Industrial Revolution, the data center is at the core of the Information Age. Entertainment, public services, and private communications are all stored or mediated by it, and as more users join virtual spaces, the demand for fast and reliable digital services grows. But, data centers come with […]
February 27, 2024 • 6 min read Data