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Recovering scientist now a happy science writer, blogger, speaker. Author, Hollywood Science, Digital People, Empire of Light, Universal Foam, Slow Light, more.
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Art and Science in a Grain of Sand

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By Sidney Perkowitz Verified
| Nautilus Verified
Science and art are, in many ways, parallel forms of inquiry: They arise from the human imagination, profoundly shape our understanding of the universe, involve experimentation, and rely on manipulating Earthly materials. These commonalities are the focus of writer and director Mark Levinson’s award-winning 2024 documentary The Universe in a Grain of Sand.
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For Faster Memory Devices, Just Add Light

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By Sidney Perkowitz Verified
| IEEE Spectrum Verified
You may not know it, but chances are you use spintronics every day. Spintronics is the technology that uses the magnetic spin states of electrons to store and process data. It appears in the magnetic processes that store data in multi-terabyte desktop hard drives; and in the magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) at the heart of microprocessors that likely run your car’s electronics and its black box event recorder.
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Noise-cancelling headsets use AI to make zones of silence

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By Sidney Perkowitz Verified
| IEEE Spectrum Verified
It’s an experience we’ve all had: Whether catching up with a friend over dinner at a restaurant, meeting an interesting person at a cocktail party, or conducting a meeting amid office commotion, we find ourselves having to shout over background chatter and general noise. The human ear and brain are not especially good at identifying separate sources of sound in a noisy environment to focus on a particular conversation.
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