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Heinrich Schneider

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09 Apr: Somewhere, Every Morning, Something New Needs Power

Somewhere, every morning, something that did not exist last year is switched on for the first time. Not metaphorically. Literally. A server cluster comes online in Singapore. A new autonomous vehicle testing programme begins drawing power in Arizona. A chip fabrication hall in Germany reaches operational temperature for the first time, held there by climate control systems that will not switch off for years.

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15 Mar: Neutrinos: From Detection Physics to Conversion Engineering

Far below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, a network of sensors watches the darkness. Suspended in deep water, the instruments of the KM3NeT Neutrino Telescope search for faint flashes of light produced when a neutrino collides with matter. Such events are rare. Neutrinos, among the lightest and most elusive particles known, pass through planets, stars, and human bodies with barely any interaction. Their neutrality and near masslessness allow them to travel across the universe almost undisturbed.