Copper has reigned in the chips industry for decades. It already has an unbeatable substitute: Ruthenium

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Rare earth monopolize the prominence in the field of semiconductors and other industries since they began The tensions between the US and China. Gallic, Germanio and antimony do not belong to this group of exotic chemical elements, but they are also being used as exchange currency For these two great powers To assault yourself. Anyway, in the domain of integrated circuits there is a chemical element that is much more humble, but that is also essential. And it is not the essential silicon. It is copper. This transition metal is not one of the most abundant chemical elements on our planet, but it is not uncommon either. And fortunately, it is relatively simple to extract and process it. It stands out for its high electrical conductivity and good thermal conductivity, as well as its ductility and corrosion resistance. These properties have caused it to be one of the essential elements in the manufacture of semiconductors for decades, but little by little an alternative is being made that seems to be called to unseat it. And it is really exotic. Ruthenium is making its way in the integrated circuit industry Before we investigate the properties of Ruthenium, it is good for us to know precisely what the chips manufacturers use the copper. And they use it first of all in the connections of the transistors within the integrated circuits. Copper links are responsible for transmitting electrical signals between some transistors and others, so their intervention is essential within the semiconductors. In fact, the electrical properties that I have highlighted in the previous paragraph are responsible for this metal having such a relevant role. However, its adoption was initially not simple. And it was not because copper can be filtered in silicon. This process is known as the diffusion of copper in silicon, and is similar to the electromigration of which We talk to you in this other article To explain why this last phenomenon represents a threat to our electronic devices. In any case, during the diffusion the copper atoms move and infiltrate the crystalline structure of the silicon, degrading it and conditioning its physicochemical properties. “Now I think the industry is probably considering ruthenium as the next great advance in interconnections beyond copper.” Fortunately, IBM found the solution to this problem in 1998. His researchers realized that it was possible copper infiltrate silicon. This strategy was so effective that the semiconductor industry adopted it and has maintained it so far. However, innovation makes its way, and Ruthenium, as I mentioned a few lines above, seems to be called to replace copper in connections between transistors. Jon Yu, the person in charge of the Newsletter The Asianometryhe has suggested very rightly During the conversation who has maintained with Ben Thompson, the author of the interesting publication Stratechery. “The entire industry followed the steps of IBM And copper had to be treated in an innovative way that has worked well for more than 20 years. Now I believe that the industry is probably considering ruthenium as the next great advance in interconnections beyond copper. “ Like copper, Ruthenium is a transition metal. The two properties that make it so interesting to occupy the place of copper within the integrated circuits are its high electrical conductivity and its excellent corrosion resistance. However, we cannot overlook something very important: Ruthenium is very scarce in the earth’s crust. Very scarce. Only 0.0000002% of the cortex of our planet is Ruthenium. The main reserves of this metal are found in South Africa, Russia, Zimbabue, Canada and the US. We will see if it is finally consolidated as one of the essential ingredients of The next generation of integrated circuits. If so, in all likelihood it will become another object of desire for the great powers. Image | TSMC More information | The Asianometry Newsletter In Xataka | The 2 Nm chips race will start in 2025. And it will be the most fierce of all

There are 2,838 kilometers of high risk and these are its locations

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In 2024, 1,154 people died on Spanish roads, according to DGT data. It is the highest figure since 2018 and slightly higher than 2023 when 14 deaths were counted less. According to traffic accounts, 323 of these people died in rapid accidents and 831 deaths were counted on secondary roads. These ways are traditionally the deadliest. Although it is mandatory to drive more slowly and You can no longer exceed 90 km/hthe characteristics make an error paid. The road out It is still the main cause of death, with 479 deaths, followed by the frontal collision, with 252 dead. Both circumstances are common in accidents with fatalities on this type of roads. In recent years, the DGT has focused on the Mobile phone usedistractions And the speed. But from other organisms they also try to reinforce other ideas: the maintenance of some concrete roads or sections is insufficient. To do this, Race makes a report called Evaluation of the accident on the state road network. It analyzes which are the most dangerous sections in Spain and adjusts its accidents depending on the volume of traffic that goes through them to understand where it is more likely to suffer a fatal accident. The most dangerous routes in Spain According to the data collected by Race, 2024 was a bad year on Spanish roads. They point out that in Spain there were 3,510 fatal or serious accidents (there has been some fatal victim or some person has been seriously injured). It is a rebound of 17.51% compared to 2023 when 2,987 accidents that met these characteristics were recorded. The data is the highest since 2020 and breaks a downward trend which had been producing since 2009. In the last 15 years, only in 2019 there was a small increase in these accidents compared to the previous year and was only 0.30%. All these data are analyzed by Race who cross the number of accidents and their severity with the number of vehicles that circulate in that same section. In addition, they take into account some additional characteristics such as the maximum permitted speed limit, if the senses of the march are physically separated or the number of intersections and if they are at the same level or at different levels. Adding all these variables, a number that indicates the risk level is achieved. The highest corresponds to a value above 90, qualifying these sections as a high -risk section and where it is more likely to suffer an accident. The second range ranges from 53 to 90 points and is qualified as a medium-high risk section. Below, there are medium, half-low and low risk sections. Taking all this into account, Race ensures that 9.2% of the Spanish road network can be qualified as high or medium-high risk. In total, they total 2,838 kilometers distributed throughout Spain. Of these, 1,411.66 kilometers enter into the stretch category with a high risk of suffering an accident. The risk is much greater when we enter conventional roads. According to their data, there are 153 sections in Spain where the risk of suffering an accident is high, representing 8.37% of the kilometers that can be traveled by secondary road. And 148 sections are medium-high risk (8.10%). That is to say, 16.47% of the kilometers of a secondary road in Spain are framed within the medium-high or high risk category. With all these data, Race points out that the most dangerous sections of the Spanish roads (with more than 5 km in length and a average daily circulation greater than 2,000 vehicles) are the following: Road Home and End Autonomous Community Risk Index N-260 187,70-193.84 Catalonia 163.9 N-340 940.77 952.40 Valencian Community 159.7 N-6 516.30 523.40 Galicia 152.8 N-110 154.50 162.10 Castilla y León 152.8 N-345 0.00 7.20 Murcia 139.1 N-340 1,133,02 1,138.90 Catalonia 133.0 N-4 566.20 570.90 Andalusia 124.2 N-323 181,20 187.10 Andalusia 124.0 N-211 311,20 318.40 Aragon 118.8 N-111 234.70 244.60 Castilla y León 114.0 A-1A 40.60 46.60 Madrid 112.0 N-630 87.11 99.10 Castilla y León 111,1 N-630 556.50 565.30 Estremadura 110.7 N-631 0.00 5.00 Castilla y León 108.1 N-6 49.08 56.98 Madrid 107.4 N-325 9.00 20.15 Valencian Community 103.9 N-340 1,065.30 1,073.70 Catalonia 102.4 N-634 581.20 588.80 Galicia 100.1 N-123 8.00 14.60 Aragon 98.4 N-623 5.90 11.50 Castilla y León 97.7 N-123A 21,37 29.00 Aragon 94.5 Photo | Pricob ioan In Xataka | Spanish road numbers are not randomly placed: they obey a system that dates back to 1760

The National Police has arrested the alleged author of a cyber attack against NATO: it is linked to 40 more intrusions

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Last Tuesday, agents of the National Police and the Civil Guard moved stealth through the streets of Calpe, in Alicante, until the domicile of the alleged responsible for tens of High Profile cyberbrains. THE LIST OF OBJECTIVES released by the authorities in a press release It includes institutions and organizations such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United States Army and the National Currency and Timbre Factory. During the registration, which materialized after months of previous research, cryptocurrencies and a variety of computer devices that are already being analyzed by the specialists were intervened. The name and age of the suspect have not been announced by the official roads, but police sources They have told the 20 minutes newspapers and the avant -garde that it is an 18 -year -old man who used to hide his true identity under the pseudonym “Natohub”. An attacker that aimed the institutions The detainee is accused of several crimes, including discovery and revelation of secrets, illicit access to computer systems, computer damage and money laundering. The National Police investigation started last year, after the complaint of a Madrid business association which detected in a cybercrime forum to someone who claimed to have stolen information from their website. In the system, the attacker had left a sign as proof of intrusion. {“Videid”: “X9DKWB6”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “The National Police stops a suspect to infiltrate in NATO databases”, “Tag”: “Cybersecurity”, “Duration”: “60”} According to the authorities, the investigated continued with criminal activity, focusing on international organizations and government organizations. Thus, among its victims was the National Currency and Timbre Factory, the Public State Employment Service, the Ministry of Education, Professional Training and Sports, different Spanish universities, the United States Army, the General Directorate of Traffic, the Directorate General of Traffic, and the Generalitat Valenciana. The suspect, in the custody of the agents | Photo: National Police Natahub, they explain, changed pseudonym frequently to avoid being tracked, but it was possible to follow its track on the Dark Web, an area where all kinds of illegal content are shared. There he claimed to have a NATO database And he claimed attacks against the Generalitat Valenciana, the United Nations, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Ministry of Defense and one of the Spanish security forces that participated in its persecution, the Civil Guard. In Xataka The Depseek online version has been publicly exposing users’ chats, according to Wiz. This is what we know The operation was developed with the collaboration of the National Cryptological Center (CCN) of the National Intelligence Center (CNI) in Spain. In the international arena, Europol and the United States Investigations (HSI) of the United States were involved. Now, the detainee is no longer behind bars. According to sources that spoke with reasonthe case entered into the orbit of the Court number 1 of Alicante, which left him provisional, although with the withdrawal of his passport. We will have to wait to see how the case evolves, especially because of the possible evidence that can be found in the intervened devices. Images | National Police | Home Office In Xataka | The Bank of Spain alerts a malware capable of “capturing bank credentials.” His name: Trickmo (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || ; – The news The National Police has arrested the alleged author of a cyber attack against NATO: it is linked to 40 more intrusions It was originally posted in Xataka by Javier Marquez .

‘The island of temptations’ had been without great successes for years, but it has revived thanks to an unusual memes reef: Montoya

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‘La Revuelta’, in La1, coincides a couple of days a week with ‘The island of temptations’, the tronado reality of TV5 of couples who undergo high pressure tests to demonstrate their love. On January 29, Broncano and her guest, singer NIA, chatted for a while of the abundant plots that the Mediaset program has generated: that is the level of the eighth edition of the program, commented to In its direct competition. Or as with Retraca they recognized in one of the subtitles of the program, “the debate of ‘The island of temptations’ is in La1. TV in Spain is more complex than Marvel Multiverse” Ascent audiences. The audiences with which this edition of ‘The island of temptations’ started They were not especially high. Although it is still to see the average audience of the season, which currently is around 15.4% of Share (something less than last year), in recent weeks its audiences are exceeding 16%, as its content is viralized in networks: its maximum was obtained this last Monday, with a remarkable 18.5%. In any case, it remains far from those stratospheric audiences of 24.1%, 22.5% and 26.3% of the first three editions. What makes this edition different? Without a doubt, their contestants, who have managed to generate viral content without a price. Let’s briefly remember the rules of the contest. A series of couples come to an island, where they separate in two large groups: boys and girls will be tempted in their respective residences, and their partners will later see the images of nonsense, erotic games, dances and falls in plate in temptation. Of course, the more exaggerated the reactions of their partners seeing them “sin”, the more television it results. And thus, the Sevillian Jose Carlos Montoya has become a living meme with his exorbitant reactions to the behavior of his girlfriend Anita. What Montoya has done now. In these weeks that the eighth edition of the program has been running, there have already been criticism for the High level of toxicity of one of the couplesbut Montoya like for that imposed drama, almost an involuntary parody of the Latin character. That personality of an advertisement of colony that has led to Open several shirts to pull As a gesture of spite, literalizing so many couplets about misfortunes, passionate (not knowing that “breaks the shirt” is sometimes also a metaphor); to run aimlessly and finally collapse in the sand of the beach between shoutsas in a karaoke video; And as a great final number, break into the house of the brides to catch her In fraganti in bed, crazy whose conclusion will be seen on the night of February 5. A meme that crosses borders. Montoya’s clear precedent on the island are contestants from other editions that ranged from the cartoon jealousy (“Manué, La Manita Relajá“) or the passions that spread much further further and their weak human wrappings (that cristofer scream”Estefaníaaaaa! “In the first season and that closes the circle with the escape of Montoy Trochants Memesnext to threads that review their life out of the island and inside. But Montoya also transcended borders: It is not necessary to understand Spanish to alone in your body expressiveness of MUPPET in love. A dead end. Montoya is the perfect example of all the needs, attractions and problems of the program: it is very hilarious to contemplate its naked behavior, but we all know that it is creating show. There is an abyss between Montoya and the Primal “Who puts my leg on me“From the first edition of ‘Big Brother’, disarming in its naive ‘Blind trust’ that was crowned as the best reality Spanish of all time. Here we all know the rules of the game, and that makes it more wild, but in essence, much less human. Header | Mediaset In Xataka | Japan had a real “Truman show”. And it was starred by a man locked up, naked and forced to survive with coupons

The impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 has risen to 1.6%. The UN has already activated a special protocol

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In just a few days of observations, the probability that The 2024 YR4 asteroid Impact with the Earth has risen from 1.2 to 1.6%. Once otherwise, there is a 98.4% chance that the newly discovered object passes by long. But the risk of not doing so is high enough for the UN to activate, for the first time, its planetary security protocol. Revised calculations. 2024 YR4 was discovered on December 27 by the latest land impact alert system (Atlas) from Chile, but did not caught the attention of astronomers until it automatically appeared on the NASA Sentry list on December 31 by its impact risk (then just above 1%) with the planet Earth. According to the Updated data which published yesterday the Coordination Center of Objects close to Earth (NEOCC) of the European Space Agency (ESA), the 2024 YR4 asteroid measures between 40 and 90 meters in diameter and has a 1.6% chance of impacting with the Earth on December 22, 2032. He would do it near Ecuador, at some point that goes from northern South America to northern India, passing through central Africa. Meetings in NASA and ESA. We can agree that the probability of impact is still very small, but has put in suspense the Space Missions Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) of the UN, the committee that coordinates the response to asteroids of more than 50 meters with an impact probability of more than 1% in the next 50 years. With the planetary security protocol officially activated2024 YR4 has triggered, for the moment, two SMPAG meetings. One with the NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Officeand another in Vienna with the experts of the ESE Planetary Defense Office. What the experts have decided. Actively observe the asteroid and meet again at the end of April or early May (or before, if the risk of impact increases significantly) to reassess the situation. The probabilities can change in favor or against time as astronomers make more observations and refine the calculations of the asteroid trajectory. If the asteroid remains greater than 50 meters and the probability of impact is maintained above 1% for the next meeting, the SMPAG will issue a recommendation on future actions to the United Nations External Space Affairs Office (oneo). We will definitely need offices with acronym that is easier to remember if Armageddon comes true. We have some practice. Let’s not forget that humanity has already successfully diverted an asteroid. NASA did as proof of concept in September 2022 with the Dart mission, a ship that Dimorphos’ trajectory slightly divertedthe small moon of the asteroid Didymos. The European Mission Hera He now goes there to study the impact result. Everything we can learn from this test (And the one that China will do in a few months) It could make a difference in future planetary defense missions, the case may be. Images | Astrophyscia Institute of the Canary Islands, NASA/JPL In Xataka | Dart has been a success. The question is whether it will really save us when an asteroid goes to Earth

Of the seven wonders of the ancient world, there is one that we do not know where it is. That makes it the most fascinating of all

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Of the Seven wonders of the world Old, alone The Great Guiza Pyramid is still standing. The others, destroyed since ancient times, They have left archaeological traces or detailed historical records. Except for one: The pendant gardens of Babylon. The structure is still involved in an enigma: without conclusive archaeological evidence or mentions in contemporary Babylonian inscriptions, its existence is a subject of speculation among historians. Between the myth and the lost wonder. The pendant gardens of Babylon have been for centuries A symbol of greatness and ingenuity of antiquity. The best known version says that They were supposedly built by King Nebuchadnezzar II in the sixth century ac As a gift for his wife Amytis, who missed the vegetation of his homeland. We talked about gardens that were described as a feat of engineering, with terraces covered with lush vegetation and an advanced irrigation system. The problem? That as we said, despite their status as One of the seven wonders of the ancient worldwe don’t have Not a single conclusive archaeological test that once existedwhich has generated a debate about whether they were a tangible reality or simply a historical exaggeration. Moreover, Not even Herodoto, the “father of history”, mentions them in His descriptions of Babylon. Plus: The sources that support this theory are Greek and Roman, written centuries after the supposed existence of the gardens. In this regard, Flavio Josephus, based on the Babylonian Babylonian priest, described a “pendant paradise” within the walls of Babylonbut, again, without contemporary evidence, this story remains uncertain. Babylon: the city (above); The pendant gardens of Babylon (below) The mystery of its location. Although tradition places the gardens in Babylon, near the current to Hillah in Iraq, excavations have not found concrete evidence of it. The German archaeologist Robert Koldewey thought he had found his foundations in a vaulted structure In the South Palace, with robust walls and evidence of wells, but today most experts rule out this theory, suggesting that it was actually a warehouse. Gardens Representation Another hypothesis. Raised by academic Stephanie Dalleyfrom the University of Oxford, the story suggests that the hanging gardens They were not in Babylon, but in Nineive, north of Mesopotamiaand that they were the work of King Assyrian Senaquerib. According to their analysis of cuneiform inscriptions and reliefs that show channels and vegetation in Nineveh, the Assyrians would have built monumental gardens with an advanced system of aqueducts and water elevation. The “but”: the confusion in this case, Dalley holdsit originated when the Assyrians conquered Babylon in the 689 AC, Reboutizing Nineve. In other words, this theory raises the possibility that ancient historians confused the monarchs and territories in their stories. So myth or reality? As we said, the descriptions of the gardens They speak of a series of terraces supported by stone columns and a complex hydraulic system that allowed irrigation in full desert. Some scholars consider that such structure would have been difficult to sustain with the technology available at the time, which reinforces the possibility that its existence could have been a propaganda myth to enlarge the power of Babylon. The unfathomable wonder. Thus, if the gardens really existed, their disappearance remains a real mystery. Estrabón mentioned that for the first century ac were in ruinsand some suggest that Alexander the Great planned to restore them before his death. Over time, as some point, changes in the course of the Euphrates River could have buried any evidence underwater. If you want also, and despite uncertainty, The legend of hanging gardens He has endured as a kind of symbol of human ambition to create beauty in hostile environments. Be a myth or a lost wonder, its history continues to captivate generations of explorers, historians and dreamers. At least, a privileged place in history has been secured as The most enigmatic of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Image | Fantasy Art, Wikimedia, Dorotheum In Xataka | 7 Wonders of Antiquity today Derrupted, rebuilt in these fantastic GIFS In Xataka | Ancient Egypt had something more impressive than its pyramids: a colossal death industry

A battery to feed robots from the heat of the human body

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Of all the submundos on the Internet, my favorite is that of youtubers who dedicate months to an engineering project of doubtful profitability for the simple fact of trying. The Matrix. There is a whole generation of adults that in 1999 saw ‘Matrix’ in the cinema. The Matrix, the concept of engineering from which the science fiction film of the Wachowski sisters starts, is a machine that uses humans as batteries to extract from their body the energy that feeds the robots. With the AI ​​advancing at runaway, it does not seem like a project that we want to materialize precisely now. But would it work? To verify it, someone is needed with the motivation and the determination of carrying out a project or too useful, or too profitable. Exact: You need a youtuber. Basically Homeless’s human battery. This is the name of the Nicka Zetta channel, the youtuber and inventor that concerns us. Inspired by matrix, Zetta designed a special suit that takes advantage of the heat generated by the human body to produce electricity. The premise is simple: the side of the suit that is in contact with the skin is heated when the person is active, because his body generates heat, while the other side, exposed to the cold air of the environment, remains fresh. That temperature difference can be used to produce electricity. How it works. To convert the temperature difference into electricity, it is enough to use a thermoelectric generator, a device with two conductive materials, one on the hot side and one on the cold side, which generate a potential difference (that is, an electrical voltage) to take advantage of The Seebeck effect: electrons move from the hot to cold, creating a current flow (that is, electricity). The problem is that the human body does not generate too much heat, nor does it at a specific point, so many thermoelectric generators were needed to achieve a non -despicable amount of energy. The limitations. During the suit tests, Nick managed to generate electricity peaks that soon down because the temperature difference with the outer side of the suit was matched. To avoid this problem, he devised a way of producing “heat pulses”: great temperature differences in short periods that allowed him to obtain more electricity. The body is heated when exercising, but also (not trying at home) when drinking alcohol or ingesting spicy meals with a lot of capsaicin. If at the same time the outer air is cold, the temperature difference is important. Feeding a robot with the suit. Although the invention failed to generate enough energy to load a mobile, it did produce electricity in small quantities that were enough to move a small robot on a table. Maybe it is not the matrix that science fiction fans imagined, but remember that the film’s robots could not obtain electricity from the sun with photovoltaic cells, which would be much more efficient, because humans had darkened the sky in an attempt to end the energy of the robots. Images | Basically Homeless, Warner Bros.

It is full of art and in a town in the Sierra with less than one hundred inhabitants

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Art creates curious travel companions. The Sierra del Rincónin the Community of Madrid, leave a fantastic example. There, in the middle of La Puebla Valley, there is a town of just A hundred neighborsstone houses and narrow alleyways, which has won the nickname “The Madrid Osaka”. And in a more than justified way. Its surroundings does not resemble that of the bustling port metropolis of Japan, but Valle de la Puebla It is twin With her and has become one of her ambassadors in Europe. And all for art. The Madrid Osaka? That’s how it is. If you are looking for In Google either In networks You will find a handful of publications headed with those two words, “OSAKA MADRILEÑO”. Who does not know what is behind will probably imagine a neighborhood of the Spanish capital full of cherry trees, neons, Japanese architecture, skyscrapers and a large community of Japanese. A kind of ‘Little Japan’ in full Iberian Peninsula. Reality has nothing to do with that. The nickname of ‘Osaka Madrid’ has earned it (already pulse) a small village of the Sierra del Rincón located about one hundred kilometers from the Puerta del Sol de Madrid. His name: Puebla de la Sierra. And although in these cases that kind of nicknames are usually forced, in this the title fits wonderfully. With 93 neighbors, but international. That the ‘title’ has fallen precisely in Puebla de la Sierra is striking for several reasons that are summarized in a simple way: the small Madrid villa and the bustling Japanese metropolis cannot be more different. Puebla de la Sierra has 93 neighbors. In Osaka live more than 2.7 million of people, fact that we shoot if we take into account their metropolitan area. Its population densities per square kilometer have absolutely nothing to do (in Puebla it is from only 1.44) and while the Madrid town is in the middle of the Sierra, hundreds of kilometers from the closest coast, Osaka is A port city endowed with one of the most important terminals in Japan, epicenter of an intense flow of merchant ships. The architecture of both enclaves, the environment and their leisure offer and gastronomy are also quite different. And despite that … In spite of all the above Puebla de la Sierra presume of being twin with Osaka and hosting a Japanese museum “Pioneer in Spain”with a large collection of contemporary Japanese paint. In addition the village maintains a link With Reijinsha, an artistic entity based in Osaka created more than 30 years ago and has between Its objectives “Serve as a bridge between society and art.” As if that were not enough, the Puebla Museum includes an interesting collection of contemporary Spanish painters and the twentieth century, including pieces of stream, Tàpies, Feito, Picasso, Barceló or Antonio López. From the Commonwealth Sierra del Rincón Remember In addition they have preparatory drawings and sketches Alejo Veragreat representative of naturalism, romanticism and historical painting. Why’s that? For art. Puebla del Valle may not have many neighbors, but has managed to carve a name in the artistic circuits thanks to a large extent to one of its star initiatives: the ‘Valley of Dreams’an outdoor museum formed by dozens and dozens of sculptures. The pieces are distributed over a kilometer and a half and include contributions from Federico Erguía, Lucía Loren, Karfer, Antonio Garza and Joaquín Manzano, among others. The itinerary was created in 2005at the initiative of the artist Federico Erguíaand over time it has been thickening its outdoor collection until it overcome the long hundred pieces. That, among other things, leads to his City Council to show off Another title: be “the town with more works of art per inhabitant”. Whether or not, the undeniable thing is that the “Valley of Dreams” has aroused interest far beyond the municipality thanks to iconic sculptures, such as ‘Minotauro’, by Jorge Egea, or ‘Meira’s giant chair’piece of more than five meters from Xulio Lago and Roberto Brañas. A name and a bridge. In the cultural explosion of the town there is a code name, the Eguíapoet, sculptor, painter, illustrator and promoter of exhibitions that has exhibited his work (individually or in collective samples) in other parts of Spain, Europe, America and Asia, including Japan. The artist also has its roots in Puebla. There he promoted the “Valley of Dreams” in a town that ended up endowing in addition to a Japanese museum hand in hand also of eguía. In their rooms they are exhibited dozens of works donated by the Japanese artistic entity, although the town hall of the town ensures on its website that the collection will soon expand. Who wants to want more art and culture can also enjoy the works of Spanish artists from the twentieth and twenty -first centuries or even, leaving the museum, of the museum, People’s heritagewhich includes buildings between the XVI and XVII with an important historical interest. Among those who come to enjoy the area also include Japanese groups. And all by the work of art. Images | Tuscasasrralos (Flickr) 1 and 2, Nomadic Julien (UNSPLASH) and Puebla de la Sierra City Council In Xataka | 90 years ago a plan to convert a town in Zaragoza into capital was launched. Its objective: the New Spanish Delhi

A Japanese study is being able to transform methane into a clean energy source: turquorogen turquorogen

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Green hydrogen is the best known for its production from renewable energy, becoming One of the cleanest options. However, there are other types of hydrogen that can be of less to more pollutants. Among which we are going to highlight turquoise hydrogen, because it has aroused interest in its production process from methane without emitting CO₂. Turquoise hydrogen. The Japanese company Ebara has begun to investigate The main benefits of using turquoise hydrogen in front of other types of hydrogen. In his studies he has found in this gas a clean alternative that comes from methane contained in natural gas or biogas. The National Institute of Materials Sciences and the University of Shizuoka participate in the project, as well as the Taiyo Koko material manufacturer. In addition, the initiative is part of the Organization for the Development of New Energies and Industrial Technologies, promoted by the Japanese Government. How is the process? The Japanese company has concentrated its work on the pyrolysis of methane, that is, in trying to separate hydrogen and solid carbon into different reactors. From this work, more efficient hydrogen can be produced without compromising the quality or amount of carbon generated. In addition, when separating solid carbon, the possibility of using it in a variety of industries, such as the manufacture of tires, carbon fibers for cars and airplanes, among others, is opened. What happens in Spain? If we have to talk about hydrogen and methanewe can talk about Spain, but before that a recent report has detailed that the Iberian Peninsula leads the energy transition with 82% of clean electricity. Spain has stood out for ambitious initiatives, such as the H2Med corridorwhich aims to create an infrastructure for the distribution of green hydrogen between Spain, France and other countries in Europe. For its part, the biomethane It is presented As an interesting option in the context of the transition towards cleaner and sustainable energy, being one of the sources to produce hydrogen without CO₂ emissions, as demanded by the growing energy industry. Turkish hydrogen forecasts. The future of turquoise hydrogen seems promising and Spain could become a great energy hub if combines the different projects that are underway. For its part, the Ebara company hopes to have its production process ready for marketing around 2026. In addition, the combination of clean hydrogen with solid carbon industrial applications opens new opportunities for the use of these materials in key sectors, such as automotive and aviation, which could transform not only energy, but also entire industries. Everything remains in Navarra. Apart from producing hydrogen through methane, there are also other investigations to continue taking advantage of this gas. A group of engineers from the same Autonomous Community managed to develop A solution by transforming the way clean energy occurs from methane. This research, focused on a technique of decomposition of methane, promises to offer a sustainable natural gas alternative without generating carbon dioxide emissions (CO₂). Image | Pixabay Xataka | The largest recorded methane is just a warning: we have been underestimating this greenhouse gas for decades

Employees value both teleworking that they would be willing to lower their salary: specifically up to 25%

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100% remote work is becoming a model with less and less presencesince companies are adopting hybrid days at best, and the return to the face -to -face in many others. In that context, A study From the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) I have revealed that employees are willing to give up a percentage of their salary, or accept offers with a lower salary, if that allows them keep working from home. Up to 25% salary cut. He NBER study He has analyzed how much the employees of the technological sector value remote work, using concrete data and comparing it with their salary. This assessment allows to measure the real value that employees give to teleworking in a context in which face -to -face work and hybrid work models have become the most common option. The result has been surprising since the employees came to assume discounts of up to 25% on average in exchange for not having to go to the office. As I know resigned from teleworking daysthe salary amount to which they were willing to resign was also reduced, going down to the strip from 15 to 20% of the total salary. A much higher cuts than expected. The National Bureau of Economic Research is not the first study that addresses this valuation of teleworking, but the estimates of the previous studies resulted in a much smaller percentages fork that placed the cut that were willing to assume between 5% and 10% of your total salary. As an example, we find The study carried out in January 2024 by the University of Barcelona and the “La Caixa” Foundation, which set this percentage in 8% salary cut. However, something that must be taken into account is that teleworking options have been maintained In high qualification profiles and higher wages, so this cut already part of a salary range with a high percentile. The law of supply and demand. According to Report data ‘IV Radiography of Teleworking in Spain 2024’ prepared by Infojobs, 7.6% of employed people work more than half of their weekly day from home. However, The study ‘State of Remote Work’ of 2023 prepared by Buffer, revealed that 98% of employees preferred to work from home for the constant interruptions and by the displacements to the office. On the other hand, as the Infojobs study pointed out, the offers that included some teleworking modality has been reduced by 2024, representing 14% of the total employee vacancies published. This percentage has only declined since in 2021 it reached its 21% peak, which was reduced to 19% in 2022 and 18% of the total in 2023. According to the NBER study, reduction in the remote employment offer has caused remote work to be perceived as a much more valuable modality than was estimated in previous studies, especially between technological industries. A justification for charging less? The study opens an important debate on compensatory differentials between employees. Employees with teleworking days do not show substantial salary differences With respect to their peers who go to the office. That would leave the door open to companies could reduce salary for remote roles under the principle of compensatory differentials. That is, pay less in exchange for non -salary benefits such as hourly flexibility, which their classmates do not enjoy with a face -to -face day. Something that is not happening. According to the authors of the study, this salary equalization suggests that technology companies are still adjusted to this New labor reality and compete to retain talent by offering similar wages, regardless of whether the work is remote or face -to -face. Telefajo: an advantage for SMEs. As the ADECCO IT & DIGITAL SALARIAL GUIDESMEs cannot compete with the salary ranges offered by large technological ones. That is why teleworking offers you an opportunity To attract a talent that finds no remote employment offers in large technological ones, which they have given by amortized Your adventure with teleworking. Nber’s study demonstrates a trend in which qualified employees would be willing to collect a lower salary that would perceive it in a large multinational, in exchange for being able to work from home. This implies a factor that balances the opportunities to capture talent for SMEs. In Xataka | After this year one in three young people will have changed their jobs: it is nothing personal, it is only salary Image | Unspash (Half Profile)

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