BY RICK HODGIN 07.09.2009 :: 3:40PM EDT Recently, Intel has published a page showing the step-by-step process of how a CPU is made. From sand to its final product, there are many complex steps involved. In fact, it’s absolutely amazing that semiconductor products work at all. Step 1 – Sand At about 25% (by mass), silicon is the second most frequent chemical in the earth’s crust (behind oxygen). Sand has a high percentage of Silicon Dioxide (SiO2), which is the base ingredient for semiconductor manufacturing. Step 2 – Melted Silicon SiliconRead More

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom Win Nobel in Economics for Work on Contracts By BINYAMIN APPELBAUMOCT. 10, 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded SUPPOSE that you and I are interested in opening a lemonade stand together. We agree that I will bring the materials we need (cups, stand and so forth) while you will make the lemonade. I’ll do the pouring while you mind the cashbox and at the end we will split the proceeds fairly. A doubt niggles, though. I am worried you might, at the end, try toRead More

Third Debate Guests Include Trump Tormentor, Benghazi Mom, Obama Half-Brother October 19, 201612:14 PM ET Twitter The final presidential debate is Wednesday night on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in Las Vegas. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Psy-ops in the guest box continues at the third and final presidential debate. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are both using guest tickets in a calculated effort to rattle their rivals, or at least send a signal to voters watching on TV. The in-your-face guest list includes two billionaireRead More

MIT economist Bengt Holmström wins Nobel Prize Holmström shares award with Oliver Hart for work on contract theory. Jean Tirole, a former MIT faculty member and long-time visiting MIT faculty member, and the 2014 Nobel laureate in economics, attended the press conference. Tirole co-authored a book with Holmström titled, “Inside and Outside Liquidity.” Photo: Bryce Vickmark FULL SCREEN MIT economist and Nobel laureate Bengt Holmström Photo: Bryce Vickmark FULL SCREEN MIT economist and Nobel laureate Bengt Holmström spoke at an Oct. 10 on-campus press conference. Photo: Bryce Vickmark FULL SCREENRead More

三位美国大学教授获得2016年诺贝尔物理学奖 本文为网易科学专稿，网易科学为网易科技旗下前沿科学类栏目，未经授权不得转载。 网易科技讯10月4日17点45分消息，瑞典斯德哥尔摩当地时间11时45......

Is the GOP candidate trying to win anymore, or just intent on destroying the presidency? By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE 10/20/16 05:02 AM EDT LAS VEGAS — There are three weeks left until the election, but who knows how many more before Donald Trump would concede, should he lose. And clearly, there’s no end date in his quest to undermine Hillary Clinton’s increasingly likely presidency. He wasn’t cute or coy about it Wednesday night. Asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether he’d hold true to the basic principles that have guided American electionsRead More

乐视在旧金山举行的一个活动上表示，将于11月2日在美国市场开售智能手机和智能电视。乐视表示，在美国将以399美元的价格销售64GB存储量、5.5英寸显示屏的Le Pro S3智能手机，初期折扣为......

Why Donald Trump is betting on Nevada By Maeve Reston, CNN New CNN polls: Trump, Clinton in tight swing state races 03:05 Watch the final presidential debate on CNN at 9 pm ET Las Vegas (CNN)Donald Trump returns to Nevada Wednesday for the final presidential debate in a state that is critical to his path to the White House — and one where he has remained tied with Hillary Clinton despite all the turmoil rocking his campaign. Nevada has been kind to Trump, handing him a resounding victory in thisRead More