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The first processor without a single silicon atom is ready. It is a prototype and still its benefits are a dream

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Integrated circuits of 2 nm They will disembark in the market in style for 2025. Users know that nanometers have lost a good part of their usefulness, and that, in reality, They represent a category of semiconductors. In fact, they no longer faithfully reflect the length of logical doors or other physical parameter, such as the distance between transistors. However, the very quick development of the chips reminds us that every step we take place a little closer of the physical limit of silicon technologyalthough, in reality, this challenge is not new. The main manufacturers of integrated circuits and numerous research groups linked to some of the most important universities on the planet have been working on a solution to this challenge. Decades, even. There are currently several open research lines, and possibly the solution will require betting on one of them, but it is even more likely that the way to follow invites us to allow several of the proposals to be working on. The first 2D computer in the world is here A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) has published in Nature An interesting article in which he explains the procedure that has followed to manufacture the first functional CMOS processor using two -dimensional materials (2D) of a single thick atom. The really revolutionary thing is that they have used molybdenum disulfide and tungsten dyslelenex with the purpose of producing more than 2,000 transistors capable of executing logical operations. They have not used a single silicon atom. “We have first demonstrated a CMOS processor built completely with 2D materials” However, it is also important that we do not overlook that the materials they have used, which, as I have mentioned, have only one thick atom, maintain their properties at that scaleunlike silicon. The leader of this project, Professor Saptarshi Das, has pointed out that “silicon has promoted notable advances in electronics for decades by allowing continuous miniaturization of field effect transistors (FET or Field-Effect Transistors) “. “However, as silicon devices miniaturize their performance begins to degrade. 2D materials, however, maintain exceptional electronic properties at the atomic level, placing a promising path before us,” Explain das. “We have demonstrated for the first time a CMOS processor built completely with 2D materials combining molybdenum disulfide transistors and tungsten tungsten dysleeniuro cultivated in large areas.” All this sounds very good, but there is no doubt that for users the most relevant is to know what impact this technology will have in our experience if it becomes popular. “Our 2D CMOS processor operates with low power voltages, Minimum energy consumption and can execute simple logical operations at frequencies up to 25 kHz “, He has specified Ghoshone of those responsible for the project. This is the heart of the matter. We are only at the dawn of the technology known beyond silicon, but presumably the chips with molybdenum disulfide transistors and tungsten dislendiuro will allow the manufacture of much faster and more compact computers than the current ones, as well as perceptibly more efficient from an energy point of view. More information | Nature In Xataka | Intel and TSMC lead the revolution of photonic chips. His problem is that China has just done fully in this war

France and Italy are passing over Renfe. Your income and benefits are huge thanks to a liberalization to the letter

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Forced by the European Union in a process that began in the 90s and that ended up consolidating in 2005, Renfe and Adif separated their paths. 20 years ago the separation that divided the management of trains and passengers (Renfe competition) of infrastructure maintenance (Adif competition), with the aim of fulfilling European obligations to liberalize the rail transport of people and goods on Spanish soil. That liberalization of passenger transport did not have consolidated until 2021 when Ouigo started operating On Spanish roads. Shortly after more competition with Iro would arrive. Along the way, Renfe launched his avlohigh speed Low Cost of the Spanish company. Since then, the four companies (and their three operators) They have fought their particular battle to conquer the public … inside and outside Spain. And it is where, everything indicates, France and Italy are passing over Renfe. France, far ahead of any competitor The data of the unequal result that Spain is obtaining in front of the Italian FS Italiane and, above all, the French SNCF brings them electionomista.eswhere they echo the income and, above all, the financial result they are obtaining and those that are noticed in the future. Analyzing the financial results presented by companies, the sum of Renfe and Adif (Then we will see why this is important) have generated benefits of 280.15 million euros in 2024. However, they do not compensate for the losses of almost 353 million euros they signed in 2023. Among the big European companies, Spain and France are the only ones that have had benefits in 2024 but it must be taken into account that the figure of FS Italiane in 2023 was extraordinarily good. And it is that its 208 million euros of losses are well compensated with the 1,100 million euros that obtained as a benefit in 2023. That is, between 2023 and 2024, Renfe and Adif lost around 73 million euros. In that period, Italy won almost 900 million euros with its company for the exploitation of rail services. Although the true winner is the French SNCF. The 1,310 million euros that they won in 2023 fell short if we take as a reference 2024 when the company accumulated a benefit of 1,557 million euros. The gap It can be even greater if we take into account the volume of income. Spain adds with Renfe and Adif 5,526.45 million euros. Compared to any other country of competition is a very small figure. Germany added with DB 26,211 million euros in revenue (although it is by far the country that loses more money, with 1.8 billion spatched in 2024). Italy stayed at 16,529 million euros but, as we have seen, the balance in the last two exercises is very positive. And France breaks the graph with 43,354 million euros of income. A liberalization to the letter that is decisive Although European liberalization was aimed at being talking about companies here and not countries … the truth is that we do not have to. As we said, in Spain Renfe and Adif took separate roads in 2005. We have already seen, a company in charge of infrastructure management and another of trains and trips because, in theory, they could not be the same company to guarantee competition. However, in Germany, France and Italy Companies that manage each type of business They have stayed together in the same group Business, which facilitates operations within the same country and serves as a barrier to entry to foreign competitors. A way of acting that, in fact, has been criticized by the European Union but has remained standing despite everything. Among those investigations is the one that The European Commission opened To determine if the state aid received by SNCF in 2007 and 2019 comply with the legislation. The verdicts are important because Spain (which did comply by separating Renfe and Adif from root) has accused France and SNCF from dumping. According to the government, it is the French aid that allows Ouigo to operate in Spain despite collecting losses what would reaffirm his complaint against Europe. From ouigo they have reiterated that These results are the usual in a company that is entering a new market. This way of working has also been key to putting all possible brakes at the Spanish entrance to the French market. Renfe assures that from the Gallic country The deadlines have been dilated as possible And they have squeezed the regulations to certify that the Talgo trains with which they want to operate are not valid to reach Paris, where the great business of the French railways is located. The obstacles are so many that Renfe, as he collects The avant -gardehe would be evaluating the neighboring country. Paloma Baena, general director of Renfe Operadora Global Strategy, arrived at demand in the French Senate equal treatment and pointed out that they did not expect to function normally until 2029 if everything followed. In 2024, Renfe demanded To the French transport regulator the same and SNCF took a pull of ears by its compatriots. However, nothing has changed. In Germany, Italy and France, the operators of services and railway lines are working under the same business group. This, according to electionomista.esfacilitates its expansion to other areas related to public transport and other countries. Keolis is a SNCF subsidiary and receives income abroad for services in urban and interurban transport. Eurostar squeeze the European monopoly. At this time, 38% of SNCF income They arrive from abroad. France plans to take ouigo to Italy, plan to operate in Canada and have a high speed line in Morocco. Italy, on the other hand, has managed to enter the Lyon-Paris route and stay in the Milan-París. He intends to connect the gala capital with London and Brussels while his expansion for Germany, in Munich and Berlin is scheduled. In addition, it already has services in Spain, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and operates four subway lines in Riad (Saudi Arabia). For its part, Spain barely receives income that … Read more

Mercadona has fired its benefits but has also closed stores for the first time in years. The reason: the “stores 8”

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For the first time in decades, Mercadona reduced its physical network while firing benefits 37% to 1,384 million euros. No other Spanish chain approaches that figure. The paradox has a name: “Stores 8”, a format that can double profitability but forces to close establishments incompatible with it. What is happening. The chain went from 1,681 stores in 2023 to 1,674 in 2024, closing 49 establishments compared to 42 openings. It is not crisis: it is strategy. “8” stores “need spaces of 1,500 square meters to be efficient, impossible in much smaller stores, why they will work decades ago. “We are a assembly chain and the less variability it has, the better it works,” said Juan Roig in the presentation of 2024 results, according to Valencia Plaza. A well -located store 8 absorbs customers from several nearby small stores, concentrating traffic at more profitable points. It is a calculated cannibalization. In figures: 1,431 stores already function as store 8 (85.5% of the total). 10,000 million invested in 7 years of transformation. 3.88% record marginup to foreign chains such as Walmart (2.88%) or Costco (2.95%). 419 million allocated in 2024 only to adapt stores to the new model. The context. “8” stores “are diaphanous spaces with large corridors, advanced technology and new sections such as” ready to eat. ” They reduce energy consumption by 40% and improve purchase experience, but demand specific locations with good accesses and parking. Roig admits to make “frequently unpopular decisions” closing stores due to “small size, access problems or lack of profitability.” The model prioritizes operational uniformity over territorial capillarity: better few perfect stores than many mediocre. Yes, but. Nor are they “perfect stores.” Roig himself says it And his own name says: they are called that because “to get to 10 they must still incorporate new elements and services demanded by customers.” Deepen. Mercadona is changing its commercial map by store. The objective is to complete the 100% transformation in 2026, sacrificing less efficient establishments to concentrate investment in Premium locations. Operational perfection has become its competitive advantage, even if that means leaving some neighborhoods without a merchant as hand as before. Outstanding image | Mercadona In Xataka | Juan Roig believes that cooking at home has no future. There are eight million Spaniards who are already giving the right

We have just found new tests of Ozempic’s benefits in another field: dementia

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Although drugs pass exhaustive controls dedicated to, among other things, detect side effects, their clinical use allows us to find out new details about their effects on the body. This includes associated risks, but also possible additional benefits we did not count on. Lower risk of dementia. Drugs destined to keep blood sugar levels under control in people with diabetes (such as Ozempic or Zepbound) They can have a positive effectreducing our risk of dementia. Several studies have deepened in this relationship, offering hopeful results in this regard. Diabetes and dementia. Diabetes is one of the Risk factors that we usually associate with the appearance of dementia, such as age, tobacco, certain genetic factors or cholesterol, among others. Diabetes It is also a risk factor in arterosclerosis and stroke or stroke, which are factors that also contribute to certain forms of dementia. Knowing this, it can be intuitive to think that drugs that help us keep diabetes at bay can have this type of effects. However, intuition is not enough, so several research groups take time to work to better understand the underlying interactions and be able to strengthen our knowledge about the issue. Two studies. A few weeks ago, the magazine Jama Neurology He published two independent studies on each other who tried to investigate this issue. Both focused on how drugs aimed at reducing the amount of blood sugar were associated with a lower risk of dementia and cognitive problems among people with type 2 diabetes. Reviewing the evidence. One of the studies It was based on the systematic review of scientific literature related to the subject, review accompanied by a meta -analysis, a quantitative study of the results compiled through the review. This analysis was carried out from 26 randomized essays among which were added about 165,000 participants. The team responsible for the study did not find a significant change in the risk of dementia when studying the set of treatments focused on glucose reduction. But he did find that agonists of the peptide receptors similar to type 1 glucagon (LPG-1), the family of compounds to which the semaglutida belongs and therefore Ozempic, were related to a risk of suffering from 45% lower. One more essay. The second of the studies mentioned focused on two drugs, the agonostas of the GLP-1 receptors (LPG-1st) and the sodium/glucose collection inhibitors 2 (SGLT2is). The team observed that both the LPG-1ras and the SGLT2is were linked to a lower risk of suffering some forms of dementia such as Alzheimer’s in contrast to other treatments destined for glycemic control. A key factor. Studying the link between diabetes and dementia can open the way to better understand a disorder as complex as dementia. There is still little that we know about cognitive deterioration associated with age and disorders such as Alzheimer’s, but in increasingly aging societies, finding ways to reduce their weight in the well -being of older people will become unavoidable. In Xataka | Ozempic is supposed to increase the risk of erectile dysfunction. Thousands of people think exactly the opposite Image | Chemist4u / Steven Hwg

Spanish bank has made a “confiscatory” tax in Confetti for its party: 8.4 billion benefits

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8,487 million euros. That is the joint benefit of the six great banks quoted in Spain during the first quarter of 2025. 27% more than a year ago, according to The economist. The most striking thing is that they have achieved it in full application of the extraordinary government of the Government, to which They called “Confiscator”, “disproportionate” and “harmful to the stability of the financial system.” That tax has ended up being a mere accounting score. A cost that can be moved, adjust, deduce. In summary: overcome. Why is it important. Because it shows a historical constant: when trying extraordinary to financial power, it reacts extraordinarily effectively. And because he talks about systemic inequality: a citizen cannot choose when and how to pay their taxes, but a bank does. And you can even earn more money along the way. In detail. Of the 1.4 billion euros that the bank tax was supposedly costing this year, only 351 million have impacted the first quarter accounts. Not because it has been repealed. But because this year is prorated. The regulations allow deductions of up to 25% of the tax base, a circumstance that financial entities have taken advantage of to optimize their results. Bankinterdirectly, will not pay anything this year or the one that comes. Thanks to the deductions of the Corporation Tax, its fiscal invoice has been zero. CaixaBankthat does pay, it is almost the one that wins the most: +46.2% benefit. He Santander It reduces its tax burden of 74%, and earns 3,402 million. And the BBVAin a context of downward types, its results improves 22.7%. Between bambalins. The strategy is double: accountant and narrative. Accounting, the tax is fractional and make up with deductions. Narratively, the sector projected a resistance image. But the reality is that the tax has not altered the fundamental: Has not stopped profitability (Rote up to 20%). It has not reduced dividends. The business trend has not changed: in Spain, banks grow 48%. The banks expressed concern about the impact, but the adaptation of their fiscal strategies has considerably damping the effect they had planned. The backdrop. In 2024, The tax was loadedand the bank raised his voice. But since then they have learned to manage it. The new design gives them air. A “fiscal air” that allows them to continue flying although in theory they carry ballast in the form of extra tax load. In addition, this fiscal relief more than compensates for the setback in the margin of interest, which falls 3.95% due to the decrease of types. But The gross margin rises 8.31%thanks especially to commissions … already the aforementioned tax adjustments. In perspective. While the general economy looks at the Iribor of side and keeps inflation, the banking sector demonstrates adaptation to the fiscal environment. They have not only avoided the coup, but continue to meet objectives before shareholders and investors. And incidentally, they leave a message to the markets: not even before a sudden tax its benefits are stopped. Outstanding image | BBVA In Xataka | The sweet moment of Revolut: Duplicates his profits in 2024 and aspires to become a whole rule

Its benefits have collapsed 71%

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“Tesla is already discarding 20 million cars in 2030”. With these words he titled Information Bloomberg In May 2024. The article refers to Impact report that the company presented last year collecting the work of 2023. Impact reports are studies carried out from within companies to sell their values ​​and strategies for the future, a habitual way of acting among companies that are part of the SP500, they explain in the economic newspaper. That promise, that of produce 20 million cars Annually, it did appear in the impact reports related to the work of 2021 and 2022. Then, the company had to begin to doubt whether, in fact, to meet the expectations of car sales by 2024. Year after yearthe company has grown meteorically since 2018 when it produced just over 254,000 vehicles. In 2023 it already stood at 1.8 million cars produced and it was expected that in 2024 it could break the barrier of the two million cars. The perspectives could not be better. In 2023, The Tesla Model and it was the best selling car In the world (of any technology) And repeated in 2024. However, the fence narrowed. Of the more than 200,000 cars that Tesla Model and accumulated advantage in front of the Toyota Rav4In 2024 the victory was minimal, certifying almost a technical draw with the Toyota Corolla (1.09 million units for Tesla and 1.08 million units for Toyota) That little more than a million units sold of Tesla Model and was the first symptom that Tesla, for the first time, was going to sell less cars than the previous year. Although he did everything possible to not happensales stayed at 1.7 million cars, weighed by the expected arrival of a renewed electric SUV and a brake in sales. Now, the financial results of 2024 throw new numbers. Tesla not only wanted to be Toyota in a decade. He assured that he could double the production of the largest car manufacturer in the world. Today, last year’s results question how far the company can grow. Some results to cover your eyes It doesn’t matter where you look at The Tesla results reportalmost all games are bad. In fact, they are worse than what Wall Street analysts pointed out despite a alarm voice given a few hours before that these will be confirmed. If we take a look at its production and deliveries, the Q1 of 2025 has been marked by the renewal of Tesla Model and that has undoubtedly weighed its best selling model. It remains to be seen to what the car update manages 16% less than in the same quarter of 2024. Their deliveries fell 12%, to 323,800 units. This fall is, without a doubt, partially placed by the last push of the company in the last months of 2024, placing cars that the company had in stock at the beginning of 2025. But the number of deliveries of “other models” is especially striking. Here are the Tesla Model S, X and Cybertruck, their vehicles that point to the luxury market. Between January and March 2025 they placed 12,881 units in total, a figure 24% lower than that of 2024 despite the fact that this quarter they are delivering to full performance the Tesla Cybertrucka car that It was promised as a success and a supervent despite his Huge cost For the client. In January 2024, the car still arrived with happiness regarding the deliveries they can make today. With these sales figures, Tesla has gotten into the worst results since 2022 and, as far as economic returns are concerned, Since 2021. His profitability was not so low for four years. Its income from the sale of cars has been 13,967 million dollars, far from the 17,378 million dollars of the same quarter of 2024 (the first is usually the weakest for the company) and very far from the 19,798 million dollars of the last quarter of 2024. Although its energy business continues to grow, the fall in sales has been so large and the decisions taken to maintain their rhythm (very attractive discounts or financing) have led the company to earn 409 million dollars. 71% less that in the same quarter of last year, when he got a benefit of 1,390 million dollars. Throughout the year a growth of the same should be expected since the first quarter of 2024 was far from the third and fourth quarter when benefits of more than 2.1 billion dollars were achieved. However, the figure gives another alarm. If it is not for the purchase of regulatory credits, Tesla would be in losses. It is where in Forbes They put the focus. The company has only earned just over 400 million dollars and has entered 595 million dollars, which are “free” because they do not generate any cost by being payments that other companies do to comply with emission regulations in the United States. Without them, Tesla would have entered losses. To the results we must add the drop in the price of the shares in recent months and serious damage to the company’s brand image since Elon Musk was part of the United States government. To the point that the company’s own director has confirmed that will leave part of your government work to focus on the company of electric vehicles, which has been held by investors with a slight climb in the last hours of the day. Tesla said power fold Toyota’s productive capacity. But it begins to verify what happens when the competitive advantage in the sector begins to be lost. Until now, their forecasts have been based on the fact that it could always be kept ahead of the competition. But that competition begins to press strong. They are offering cars that are approaching (and much) in the autonomy/price relationship to what Tesla offers. Your brand image is not stained by a CEO that has starred multiple political controversies In recent months. And, in addition, it is having trouble getting … Read more

More than half of the population in Spain has vitamin D. A study now question the benefits of supplementation

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Vitamin D, in reality, is not strictly a vitamin. It is a prohormone. Even so, in this article we will continue to identify it as a vitamin by familiarity. Anyway has a fundamental role in the proper functioning of our body. Our body is able to produce it When we expose ourselves to sunlightalthough we can also get it from some foods or Taking supplements. Its importance lies in its ability to favor the absorption of calcium and phosphorus inside our intestine, so without it our bones would become fragile. However, this is not all. It also has the ability to improve muscle function, to activate some defensive cells of our immune system, to regulate blood pressure, and even reduce the level of inflammation of our body. In many regions of Spain, the Sun abounds for a good part of the year, and, even so, more than half of the Spanish population, between 50 and 60%, has an insufficient level of vitamin D (less than 30 ng/ml). This is the percentage defended by a good part of the most recent studies, such as, for example, the one prepared by the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition In 2023, although this figure varies depending on the age and sex of the people collected in the report. Unfortunately many of these studies are not available publicly, but most of them argue that up to 60% of the general population has an insufficient level From this prohormone, as we have just seen. And if we stick to people 65 years of age or older, this figure is triggered until 80%. Vitamin D supplements are in question It is not easy to explain why in a country as sunny as Spain so many people of all ages have an insufficient level of vitamin D, but the most reasonable thing is to assume that it is due to a combination of several factors. On the one hand, many people avoid exposing themselves to sunlight during those hours in which this radiation source is more intense to prevent the appearance of skin cancer. And when they do they protect with solar creams that are capable of blocking up to 95% of the synthesis. In addition, a part of the population has acquired habits that invite you to spend more time at home and less outdoors. The intake of calcifediol supplements is the solution that doctors usually opt for to remedy the vitamin D deficit The diet can help us fight this lack, but the figures given by scientific studies show that in Spain we do not consume with the necessary abundance foods rich in vitamin Dsuch as wild salmon, sardines, cod liver oil or mushrooms. In these circumstances, the intake of calcifediol supplements, which is one of the types of vitamin D that circulate in our blood system, is the solution by which doctors usually opt to remedy this deficit. However, during the last decades Several scientific studies They have questioned the efficacy and benefits of the intake of vitamin D through supplementation. One of the most recent It has been led by Dr. Cynthia Thompson, of the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Public Health College of the University of Arizona (USA), and is very interesting because it tries to statistically evaluate two consequences of taking vitamin D supplements that other studies had only insinuated: the possibility that they reduce the risk of having cancer, but, at the same time, they increase that of suffering a heart disease. This random essay has lasted seven years and involves 36,282 women. Those who were randomly assigned the vitamin D supplementation and calcium supplementation experienced a 7% reduction in the cancer mortality rate. However, those same people also experienced a 6% increase in mortality from cardiovascular diseases. These figures are significant From a statistical point of view, but they do not allow us to reach a definitive conclusion in regard to general mortality. According to Dr. F. Perry Wilsonfrom Yale University (USA), vitamin D supplementation probably does not affect mortality, although it could slightly reduce the risk of some forms of cancer. However, it could also increase the risk of heart disease presumably due to the calcification of arteries. Whatever it is important that we keep in mind that the results of this study, and of those who have preceded it, are not conclusive, although, yes, they give us valuable clues that are worth taking into account. Image | Darina Bellonogova More information | Medium In Xataka | We have found some supplements capable of improving memory in the elderly: prebiot promising

The benefits of Chips chips manufacturer have fallen 45% in 2024. US sanctions have injured

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In the middle of last January we tell you that during 2024 the semiconductor industry of China has produced 12.5% more than in 2023. Not bad at all, especially if we are in mind that US sanctions And his allies prevent Chinese integrated circuit manufacturers access lithography equipment for extreme ultraviolet (UVE) produced by the Dutch company ASML. And since the beginning of 2024 they cannot buy more machines from deep ultraviolet lithography (UVP). At the current situation it is reasonable that we ask ourselves what kind are the integrated circuits that Chinese manufacturers are massively producing. And the answer is very revealing: these are chips derived from mature integration technologiesusually 28 nm or less advanced. After all, the semiconductors that we find mostly on electronic devices, appliances or cars, among other products, have been produced using them. The sanctions hinder the production of avant -garde chips to SMIC A good part of Chinese chip manufacturers, such as Hua Hong Semiconductor, China Resources Microelectronics or Guangzhou Zensemi, is manufacturing integrated circuits of 28 Nm or with even more mature technologies. And the company Beijing Yandong Microelectronics (YDME) will build A plant of 4.6 billion dollars expressly to produce 28 Nm semiconductors in 300 mm wafers. It is evident that these companies would not turn in this way in the manufacture of mature chips if it was not a profitable strategy, and, above all, necessary to support the Chinese industry of the integrated circuits at such a critical moment as the current one. SMIC has the ability to manufacture integrated 7 nm circuits. And probably also 5 nm However, the business of SMIC (Semiconductor manufacturing international corp), which is the largest Chinese manufacturer of semiconductors with a fee in the world market of about 5%it goes for other paths. This company currently has the ability to manufacture Integrated 7 Nm circuits. And probably also 5 nm. We know it with total certainty because this company manufactures, for example, the soc Kirin 9000s integrated into the smartphone Mate 60 Pro of Huawei, which has been scrupulously analyzed by several laboratories aligned with the US, such as the Canadian Techinsights. Unlike most of Chinese integrated circuit manufacturers, SMIC does not live from mature chips. Your business revolves around the avant -garde semiconductors. To manufacture the 7 NM circuits that is delivering to Huawei and other customers using the UVP lithography equipment that has in its possession has been forced to resort to a technique known as Multiple patterning. And this strategy has two problems: it has an upward impact on the cost of chips and the decrease in production capacity. In addition, it is important that we do not overlook that the sanctions deployed by the US and the Netherlands prevent SMIC from buying more UVP teams from ASML. And it also does not have access to some maintenance and support services. These circumstances have caused their performance and competitiveness for 2024 They have deterioratedand as a consequence Its benefits have fallen 45%: Of the 902.5 million dollars that reached in 2023 to 492.7 million in 2024. There is no doubt that it is a hard blow for a company with the size that SMIC has, so it will be interesting to verify how it reacts for 2025 To improve your competitiveness. More information | SCMP In Xataka | China prepares for the worst scenario: fears that the US prevents TSMC to give it chips for cars and smartphones

Google has more money, users and benefits than ever. It is also more scared than ever

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Google has just announced financial results that at any other time would be a reason for celebration. Income by 12% higher, benefits fired by 28% and their cloud division growing at 30%. But Wall Street has responded with A 7% drop in its action In pre -opening. Google had never had so much, but it is also when you have to lose. Between the lines. The investment of 75,000 million dollars in AI for 2025, 47% above expected, is not read as a demonstration of strength but as a defensive reaction. Google is spending more than ever to defend its territory, while competitors like Deepseek have shown that it can be innovated in the much less. In figures. The numbers are overwhelming: Income: 96,470 million dollars (+12%). Net profit: 26,540 million (+28%). Google Cloud: 11,960 million (+30%). Investment in AI: 75,000 million planned for 2025. The backdrop. For the first time in its history, Google is on the defensive. The threat of generative AI to its search business is real and the company is forced to react to innovations of smaller competitors. An unthinkable scenario two years ago. The giant who changed the Internet is now chasing others, with competitors such as Deepseek demonstrating that competitive models can be created with a fraction of investment. Turning point. The turn in its principles of AI, eliminating restrictions on military use and mass espionageIt is a good reflection of this transformation. Google argues that “democracies must lead in AI”, an veiled way of expressing their concern for Chinese competition. The turn in its philosophy also arrives at a very specific moment: China has just announced An antimonopoly investigation against Googleand the company He has just lost a similar case in the United States. And now what. The paradox is clear: the more Google grows, the more vulnerable it seems. The 7% drop in the stock market after exceptional results confirms it. Investors see in the investment plan not a muscle demonstration, but the confirmation that even the almighty Google fears for their future. In Xataka | Google Photos has more than 1,000 million users. But at first Google did not want to hear about the project Outstanding image | VORTEXMAN1234 With Midjourney

We have been listening to the benefits of Omega-3 for years. Now we know that it also rejuvenates us

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Surely we have heard more than once about the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. This compound has a well -documented positive effect on our cardiovascular health, but perhaps its positive impact is more complex (and more extensive). Stop the clock. A new study has observed that omega-3 fatty acids is able to slow down our epigenetic clock, that is, biological aging. The participants in the study were subject to different treatments that combined not only Omega-3 supplements, but also vitamin D and exercise. Omega-3. The Omega-3 They are a group of polyunsaturated fatty acids that we usually associate with fish consumption (especially species such as northern north or white tuna, mackerel, salmon, sardines and trout), but which can also be found in other types of food, from Linaza oil nuts, through soybeans or chia seeds. Over the years, we have found a beneficial impact of omega-3 fats on our cardiovascular health: they decrease the presence of triglycerides (other types of fat present in our blood), as well as the possibility of developing arrhythmias and the accumulation of plate in the arteries. Omega-3 can also help reduce blood pressure. 777 participants. The study conducted A follow -up of 777 participants over three years in the context of the DO-HEALTH project. Participants were 70-year-old or older adults to whom a combination of a gram per day of Omega-3, 2,000 International units (IU) of vitamin D and/or an exercise program at home (three 30 -minute weekly sessions). The details of the study were published In an article For the magazine Nature Aging. Four measures. The team used four biological age measures, the “watches” Phenage, Grimage, Grimage2 and Dunedinpace. They observed that the Omega-3 fats had an effect on three of these four measures (Phenage, Grimage2 and Dumedinpace). On the other hand, they did not observe remarkable effects when vitamin D applied as the only treatment. The team also quantified the measure to which the Omega-3 “slowed down” the passage of time in our body. During the three years of study, those who consumed this supplement saw their aging in the equivalent of Between 2.9 and 3.8 months. “This result extends our previous findings of the DO-HEALTH study, in which these three factors (Omega-3, vitamin D and exercise) combined had the greatest impact by reducing the risk of cancer and preventing premature fragility in a period of three years, to reduce the rhythm of the biological aging process ”, explained in a press release Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, who led the study. Stop the clock. Measure ours biological age It is not a simple task. In his research the team combined different measures to achieve a precise image of the real aging of people but even this is, they admit, a strategy with limitations. That is one of the reasons why the team intends to continue investigating the interactions between the consumption of fatty acids and the improvements in our hope and quality of life. An approach that goes beyond concrete diseases and focuses on something much more generic but of first importance. In Xataka | What food supplements really work and which are not, in a great graphic Image | Alesia Kozik / Gabin Vallet

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