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On 26 September 1991, eight people locked themselves inside a three-acre world of glass and steel in the Arizona desert " and two years later emerged gaunt, oxygen-deprived, and having discovered that the building's own walls had been slowly stealing the air
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (850+ words) Published June 26, 2026 On 26 September 1991, eight people entered Biosphere 2, a sealed glass and steel structure in Oracle, Arizona, built to test whether a human-made ecosystem could keep people alive for two years. The first mission lasted until 26 September 1993. The story is…...
Japan's $4. 6 Billion Bet on TSMC's 3nm Chips Is Really a Bet on Alliance-Based Industrial Policy
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (875+ words) TSMC's decision to upgrade its second Kumamoto facility from mid-range chip production to cutting-edge 3nm technology is the clearest signal yet that semiconductor manufacturing is being reorganized around geopolitical alliances rather than market efficiency. What had been positioned as a mature-node…...
Lunar soil test chamber paves way for future moon construction
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (465+ words) Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 - Before any building rises on the Moon, engineers will need to understand the soil beneath their structures just as they do on Earth. To address this challenge, a recent ESA Discovery project led by Lunar soil…...
Aegis Aerospace and United Semiconductors plan in orbit semiconductor materials plant
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (273+ words) Space Daily Aegis Aerospace and United Semiconductors plan in orbit semiconductor materials plant The Aegis Advanced Materials Manufacturing Platform, or AMMP, is being developed to use the microgravity environment of low Earth orbit to demonstrate how semiconductor and other advanced…...