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Background Escalating complexity thwarts industrialization of non-nuclear radioisotope productionBallooning cooling requirements killed ASML’s concept to manufacture radioisotopes outside nuclear reactors. Not because the system doesn’t work, but because it was getting too expensive. |
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Headline Dutch export limits announced, ASM affected as wellThe Dutch government has finalized export restrictions for semiconductor manufacturing equipment used in the production of advanced ICs. |
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Headline China restricts exports of gallium and germaniumStarting 1 August, Chinese suppliers of gallium and germanium, as well as compounds containing these elements, will be subject to licensing requirements. |
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News EU’s scaling of battery manufacturing capacity in trouble, says auditorLack of access to raw materials and fierce global competition threaten to sink European efforts to become self-sufficient in battery technology, the European Court of Auditors fears. |
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Headline Circular solar panels and batteries find Growth Fund investmentIn a third funding round of the National Growth Fund, the Dutch government has approved proposals from four high-tech consortia. |
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Headline EU mandates recycled content for batteriesThe new rules include a mandate for battery makers to meet certain levels of recycled content for critical minerals found in batteries, such as cobalt, lithium and nickel. |
In other news |
| ‘ASML may release China-specific versions of lithography tools’ (Tom’s Hardware) |
| NXP considers impact of Chinese export curbs (Reuters) |
| Boffins shrink atomic beam clock to size of a postage stamp (The Register) |
| 4 tips for programmers to stay ahead of generative AI (IEEE Spectrum) |
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Opinion There’s no such thing as: 15 mental trapsWe tend to use concepts that represent ideas, but we often mix the map with the underlying landscape and ignore the limits of our abstractions. 15 concepts that are often misused or taken too literally, to our detriment. |
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Opinion Electron optics in the Netherlands – deep tech at its bestPhilips Electron Optics left a lasting impression on the Dutch high-tech ecosystem, observes Maarten Buijs. |
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Headline Prodrive in search of new CEOProdrive plans to appoint a new CEO before the end of the year as the current top executive Pieter Janssen is shifting his focus to technology and markets. |
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News IBM: the era of quantum utility is nearBy mitigating errors that result from the inherently fragile nature of quantum systems, IBM scientists believe they’ve shown the way to making them do something that’s actually useful. |
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News Battery pioneer and oldest Nobel laureate ever John Goodenough diesThe tireless researcher with an uncanny nose for cathode materials paved the way for a revolution in electronics portability. |