Illinois researchers demonstrate monolithic 3D silicon integration via ultrathin membranes, achieving high yields within a tight thermal budget and signaling a scalable path to extend Moore’s Law with potential industrial adoption.
Solar-desalination breakthrough uses laser-textured panels to produce freshwater without brine, recovers most dissolved minerals (including lithium) as solids, and has been tested with seawater from three oceans, showing potential for scaling.
Proposed OMB rules would give political appointees final say on federal research grants, centralizing control and potentially sidelining peer review, with broad regulatory implications for NIH/NSF funding.
Reported dismissal of the National Science Board by the Trump administration signals a major regulatory/policy shift affecting NSF oversight and funding dynamics.
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