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Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs

Smoke stacks from a natural gas power plant stand against a blue sky.

Tech companies, including Microsoft and Meta, have been falling in love with natural gas lately, rushing to build power plants fed by the fossil fuel to drive their data centers. But their embrace might be a little too tight — the cost to build one of the facilities has spiked 66% in the last two […]

Engineering Collisions: How NYU Is Remaking Health Research

This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The traditional approach to academic research goes something like this: Assemble experts from a discipline, put them in a building, and hope something useful emerges. Biology departments do biology. Engineering departments do engineering. Medical schools treat patients. NYU is turning that model […]

Metasports Interactive raises $20 million to fund user acquisition | Start Ups

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Gaming company Metasports Interactive raised $20 million in user acquisition funding from London-based growth financing company Metica to accelerate growth for its multi-player cricket game Hitwicket.   The company said the capital will be deployed towards scaling marketing and user acquisition at a time when the firm is targeting its next phase of […]

The Verge’s 2026 Mother’s Day gift guide

Whether it’s managing a busy home or looking out for everyone around them, moms spend a lot of time every day caring for others. Mother’s Day, May 10th, is an opportunity to return the favor, so we’ve rounded up practical gadgets and little luxuries that can lighten her load. This year’s picks are designed to […]

The Hidden Tradeoffs Powering Joby’s eVTOL Motors

Electric vehicles, whether they’re cars on the road or electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, are built around similar electric motors. But there are vital differences including component costs, mass, and redundancy. Jon Wagner spent five years as the senior director of battery engineering for Tesla before joining California-based eVTOL developer Joby Aviation in […]

Power Systems Studies with Simulink and Simscape Electrical

Power Systems Studies with Simulink and Simscape Electrical This webinar explores how Simscape™ Electrical™ can be used to model and simulate power systems and power converters across different timescales. Using practical examples, we’ll move from quasi‑static studies such as 8760‑hour simulations to electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulations that include grid integration of inverter‑based resources. The session […]

Flexi-cap vs large & mid-cap funds: Diversification or hidden overlap? | Personal Finance

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At first glance, holding both flexi-cap and large & mid-cap mutual funds may look like duplication. In practice, the answer is more nuanced; the combination can either improve diversification or quietly concentrate risk, depending on how the portfolio is constructed.   How the two categories differ Flexi-cap funds are structurally unconstrained. They […]