Zooming in additional, there’s one explicit sort of insulating materials positioned between the chip and the construction beneath it; this materials, known as dielectric movie, is produced in sheets as skinny as white blood cells.

For 30 years, a single Japanese firm known as Ajinomoto has made billions producing this explicit movie. Rivals have struggled to outdo them, and right now Ajinomoto’s merchandise are utilized in every little thing from laptops to knowledge facilities. 

Now, a startup primarily based in Berkeley, California, is embarking on a herculean effort to dethrone Ajinomoto and convey this small slice of the chipmaking provide chain again to the US. However success is much from assured. Learn the total story.

—James O’Donnell

The hassle to make a breakthrough most cancers remedy cheaper

CAR-T therapies, created by engineering a affected person’s personal cells to combat most cancers, are sometimes reserved for individuals who have exhausted different therapy choices. However final week, the FDA permitted Carvykti, a CAR-T product for a number of myeloma, as a second-line remedy. Meaning persons are eligible to obtain Carvykti after their first relapse.

Whereas this implies some a number of myeloma sufferers within the US will now get earlier entry to CAR-T, the overwhelming majority of sufferers across the globe nonetheless gained’t get CAR-T in any respect. These therapies are costly—half 1,000,000 {dollars} in some circumstances. However have they got to be? Learn the total story.