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With the rapid development of digital finance, CBDC, stablecoins, and tokenized treasuries have become three paths for currency digitalization. The article compares their governance models, political economy implications, and social trade-offs, and discusses the different choices made by the United States and the European Union.
From accelerating materials discovery to optimizing supply chains, ASU is making breakthroughs in quantum computing and training the next generation of quantum scientists.
The deep tech sector experienced explosive growth in 2026, with the global total of companies surpassing 96,000 and annual financing reaching as high as $375 billion, with the United States holding absolute dominance. This article outlines key data such as company distribution, financing stages, and top investors.
NSF awards UC San Diego a six-year, $18 million MRSEC grant to support research and development of quantum materials. The center will focus on two major research directions: quantum metamaterials and chemically tailored two-dimensional superlattices, while integrating high-performance computing and talent cultivation to advance quantum computing and low-power electronics.
Based on the WIPO report, this article outlines the patent landscape for land, sea, air, and space transportation, provides an in-depth analysis of technology trends, major patent holders, and geographic distribution in land transportation, and explores the future transformation direction of transportation.
This week's chip industry news roundup: UC Berkeley questions the necessity of large-scale data centers; OCP launches CPO system architecture initiative; ASE and Lam Research expand production capacity; Sony and TSMC collaborate on image sensors; Nvidia's $500 billion AI infrastructure financing plan sparks heated debate; enterprise SSD share in the storage market rises; Intel secures $20 billion in financing, etc.