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New Open-Source Software Predicts Energy Transfer Between Tiny Defects in Solid Materials

Connecting atomic-scale behavior to larger-scale material properties to predict the performance of real optical devices

Newswise — The performance of many next-generation devices depends on controlling how energy flows at extremely small scales. In the field of microelectronics — where devices continue to shrink and new materials are introduced — small imperfections in solids can strongly influence how a material stores, transfers or loses energy. Those processes can either be used to improve device performance or create problems such as energy loss, information loss, signal disruption or reduced reliability. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have developed PyRET, an open-source software tool that helps scientists understand and predict how energy is transferred between tiny defects in solid materials. These defects can behave like small, light-responsive centers. Scientists are studying them for use in optical memory devices, quantum information systems and advanced microelectronics.

tl;dr: There's no evidence the interview that this was mentioned in even exists, no evidence the route of the cable has ever changed, and the whole story seems to originate from one dude's podcast.

Sure they ain’t picnicking at a public hanging anymore but you seen how many more missing posters there’s been the past few years in particular right? How so many Black and Brown children are just fuckin disappearing too and never making anything more than a Facebook missing post?

Yes. Mainly by law enforcement or people working with them. We watch us disappear into human trafficking and mass graves and we can do literally nothing about it besides hope one of our loved ones wasnt one of them when we get news they’ve disappeared.

The law doesn’t exist to protect Black people, it exists to kill us.

Turns out, an off duty cop stuck and hit the son with an SUV. Was ruled "an accident"*, yet took months for them to notify her. She was in contact with them, offering leads, checking progress. *They didn't test the cop for drugs or alcohol, and deny he broke any traffic laws. He HAD HIS WALLET on him, with a state ID. A prescription bottle with HIS NAME ON IT. The coroners office was able to confirm his ID in a matter of days and shared that info with police.

When they exhumed his body, the wallet was still in his jeans, found by an independent examiner. The mayor claims there was no ID.

This isn't incompetence, this is malice.

Crump is a civil rights lawyer