Events for “conduct”

Vacuum-fluctuation-enhanced superconductivity demonstrated for the first time

In a study published in Nature on Aug. 19, a research team has enhanced superconductivity through vacuum fluctuations for the first time. The achievement marks a significant advance in controlling quantum states of matter.

PDF Solutions (PDFS): A Semiconductor Software Winner Returned 52% in Q2

TSMC vs. ASML: Which Semiconductor Giant Is the Better Stock Buy?

As Navitas Semiconductor Buys Claros, Here’s How to Play NVTS Stock

High magnetic fields revive superconductivity in nickelates

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States, have uncovered that a class of nickel-based materials known as samarium (Sm)-based infinite-layer nickelates can regain their superconducting abi

Evidence for vacuum-enhanced superconductivity in NbSe 2

Nature, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11037-x Evidence for vacuum-enhanced superconductivity in NbSe 2

Semiconductor stocks drag S&P 500, Nasdaq lower: AlphaCheck

Semiconductor Stocks Slide Ahead of NVIDIA Earnings: Intel Falls 5%, AMD Slides 4%, Taiwan Semiconductor Slips 3%

The superconducting gap of an ultrathin nickelate defies expectations

Superconductors are materials that carry electrical current with zero resistance below a specific critical temperature. In conventional superconductors, the transition to superconductivity generally occurs at very low temperatures.

ECI not to conduct bypolls to five constituencies in Tamil Nadu until disposal of election petitions, Madras High Court told

Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik says there is a legal bar on conducting bypolls to the Tiruchi East, Perundurai, Ambasamudram, Viralimalai, and Karur Assembly constituencies

Watch 2 astronauts replace failed ISS antenna during spacewalk today

Two astronauts will do some repair work outside the International Space Station today (Aug. 25), and you can watch the action live. NASA's Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency will conduct a spacewalk today (Aug. 25) to replace a space-to-ground-antenna. The

California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Punish Administrators Who Fail to Vet Teachers for Misconduct

The post California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Punish Administrators Who Fail to Vet Teachers for Misconduct appeared first on ProPublica .

BLOs do the heavy lifting; group hearings to be conducted locality wise

Misconduct investigation under way into two Powerhouse Museum executives

Tamil Nadu CM Vijay announces Semiconductor Park at Kancheepuram

A FinTech Hub is to be set up at Coimbatore and a Multi-Modal Logistics Hub is to come up at Tiruchi

Gynaecologist Simon Gordon referred to tribunal over alleged misconduct

Road safety awareness drive conducted at Gudimalkapur Market in Hyderabad

3 Secret Service officials placed on administrative leave pending misconduct investigation - PBS

3 Secret Service officials placed on administrative leave pending misconduct investigation PBS Secret Service spokesman is put on leave amid investigation The Washington Post 3 Secret Service Officials Are Said to Be on Leave Amid Inquiry The New York Times 3 Secret Service offic

Show HN: Conduct, open-source guardrails for LLM and MCP tool calls

Article URL: https://github.com/sseshachala/conductai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49483173 Points: 20 # Comments: 3

3 Secret Service officials placed on administrative leave pending misconduct investigation

The three were operating in non-law-enforcement capacities and were being investigated for potential misconduct, the agency's public information office reported.

Teacher banned from teaching after sexual misconduct with former student

Could Qnity Electronics (Q) Stock Win as AI Drives Demand for Advanced Semiconductors?

EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic 'data center chemicals' — exposure to photoacid generators used for semiconductor manufacturing

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently given two new chemicals approval for use within the U.S., but the non-profit organization Earthjustice is suing the agency for not doing its job.

Sony Group (SONY) and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) Are Betting $4.7 Billion on the “Eyes” of AI Machines

U.S. considers fresh round of tariffs on semiconductors, report says

As tech giants race to beat China in the AI infrastructure buildout, the U.S. is reportedly considering enforcing tariffs on semiconductors.

Secret Service officials placed on leave in inquiry over ‘potential misconduct’ - NBC News

Secret Service officials placed on leave in inquiry over ‘potential misconduct’ NBC News See more headlines & perspectives on Google News

Nepal flash floods: Bihar CM conducts aerial survey of flood-hit areas in State

Bihar was put on alert as floodwaters from the neighbouring country entered the Gandak river and reached a barrage on August 26

Bihar Police to conduct DNA test on buffalo to settle ownership dispute

The move came following a dispute between two persons, each claiming to be the owner

War room to be set up for effective conduct of Telangana Invest

Cabinet sub-committee asks officials concerned to include experts in committees

3 Secret Service officials placed on leave amid misconduct investigation

Three U.S. Secret Service (USSS) officials were placed on administrative leave Tuesday amid an investigation into possible misconduct, a spokesperson told The Hill. The agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting the probe, and details around the investigation we

Mad scientist makes LEDs in his backyard — semiconductor wizard who made his own RAM turns his attention to using bathroom eBay laser to etch sapphire wafers

The Dr. Semiconductor YouTube channel only has a few videos, but the man is quickly making a name for himself. He's built a semiconductor cleanroom in his backyard and made his own RAM cells there . Matthew Hartensveld (his real name) needs to figure out a way to package (cut and

China strategically slows exports of critical materials used in semiconductor fabrication to Taiwan — germanium and quartz exports to the region also threaten o

China is slowing or restricting shipments of materials based on germanium and quartz to Taiwan, which creates supply constraints for multiple industries on the island, according to Nikkei . Companies are reporting problems obtaining germanium- and quartz-based materials as well a

Stone quarries put Assam semiconductor plant at risk

Green activists and local organisations have petitioned the government on flash floods and air pollution caused by the quarries and crushers within 5 km of the Tata chip plant, which needs to be insulated from microscopic dust, according to the Indian Semiconductor Mission

Uproar after Allahabad High Court refer Divisional Commissioner's conduct for criminal contempt

in a letter to the District Judge, said she received repeated calls while on leave on July 15, 2026 from a number linked to the Commissioner’s office.

Could Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM) Be the Biggest Long-Term Winner From the AI Chip Boom?

Pressure mounts on Ethics Committee to speed up misconduct probes as midterms loom

Democrats and Republicans are pressing the House Ethics Committee to move more quickly on investigations involving allegations of sexual misconduct or domestic abuse, as a string of high-profile cases and the looming midterms have renewed scrutiny of the secretive panel’s process

Beyond Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom: Why This Chip Stock Will Emerge as the Biggest Winner of the AI Semiconductor Boom

Food safety drive finds labelling, hygiene violations at sweet manufacturing units across Karnataka

Inspections were conducted in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Greater Bengaluru Authority limits, Mysuru, Dakshina Kannada, Belagavi, Kalaburagi, and Hubballi-Dharwad

Kozhikode Corporation to invite expressions of interest for Beach Food Street waste management amid hygiene concerns

A joint inspection conducted recently by the Food Safety department and the Kozhikode Corporation’s Health wing found several lapses in the way food was stored and served at stalls at the Beach Food Street

Trump loses bid to transfer New York hush money case to federal court

Trump's conviction in the hush money case relates to conduct that preceded the 2016 presidential election, which led to his first term in the White House.

'Like uprooting tree stumps'—pulling nanoscale anchors creates tiny pores that could speed biosensor manufacturing

A new manufacturing method could help move the production of nanoscale sensors from specialized fabrication facilities to conventional semiconductor manufacturing plants.Publishing in Science Advances, researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology liken their technique to up

Innovative etching method for silicon: Higher precision through interlayer

In micro- and nanotechnology, highly precise components with tall, narrow structures (high aspect ratios) made from semiconductor materials like silicon are important. A promising fabrication method is gas-phase metal-assisted chemical etching (MacEtch). In this plasma-free proce

Parents are increasingly abusive toward teachers and principals. How can schools respond?

Some private schools have begun asking parents to sign a code of conduct to try to stop abusive behavior toward teachers.

Adaptation and a 'Noah's Ark for trees' offer hope for endangered black ash

With the invasive emerald ash borer beetle decimating black ash across North America, according to the U.S. Forest Service, a team led by researchers at Penn State conducted an expansive study of genetic diversity in black ash seeds collected across the tree's geographic range an

LST-1 and MAGIC telescopes shatter distance record for the very high-energy blazar OP 313

On Aug. 15, the CTAO LST Collaboration and the MAGIC Collaboration released findings from observations of OP 313, the most distant very-high-energy blazar ever recorded. The paper, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, presents in-depth observations conducted with the prototype

DMK chief Stalin moves High Court challenging TVK candidate V.S. Babu’s victory in Kolathur

He also sought a direction to the authorities to conduct 100% counting of VVPAT slips relating to Kolathur Assembly constituency and the checking and verification of all 286 machines deployed in Kolathur constituency.

LG enters chip packaging arena with Laser Direct Imaging machine, as TSMC's CoWoS remains constrained — maskless machine is designed to pattern fine interconnec

As advanced packaging technologies like EMIB and CoWoS become yet another battlefield in the semiconductor industry, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) companies are trying new tools in a bid to offer services that others do not. This week, LG Electronics Productio

Amid labor crunch, Japan firms hiring foreign nationals even as Takaichi tightens rules

In a survey conducted last year by Japan's labor ministry, 68.2% of companies said they hired foreign nationals to ease a labor shortage.

MeToo part deux is coming to U.S. politics

Activists are driving a renewed MeToo‑style reckoning in U.S. politics, pushing parties and lawmakers toward stronger accountability for sexual misconduct.

South African airline defends dramatic low-level flyby before rugby union clash

Cape Town stunt sparks major debate over safety risks Airlink insists flyby conducted according to regulations A pre-game stunt involving two passenger jets flying dramatically low over a stadium in South Africa drew huge cheers from the estimated crowd of 56,000 people, but also

Porsche Finds Yet Another Way to Shed Weight, and It’s in Sound Systems

More efficient semiconductors will make amplifiers in Porsche's next-gen audio systems smaller and lighter—without compromising power. The post Porsche Finds Yet Another Way to Shed Weight, and It’s in Sound Systems appeared first on The Drive .

What the public thinks of the Supreme Court

The Marquette Law School Poll, which I direct, conducts six polls each year that track approval of the court and ask for the public’s view on the outcome of cases.

Delhi draft electoral roll out: How to check your name

As many as 47.7 lakh electors out of the 1.45 crore of the national capital’s voters were excluded in the draft roll. Delhi’s SIR was conducted from June 20 to August 17, 2026.

Minor girl gang-raped inside moving bus during Noida-Delhi journey after being offered lift amid heavy rain

The driver and conductor were arrested after the girl was allegedly abandoned near Kashmere Gate ISBT; the sleeper bus has been seized and sent for forensic examination

AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”

Donald Trump may be preparing to announce sweeping new semiconductor tariffs at the absolute worst time, the tech industry fears.

Japan to send SDF helicopters to wildfire-hit Indonesia

The helicopters will be used for firefighting activities — the first time the SDF will conduct such operations overseas.

Guntur’s plastic challenge: Ban on single-use items, but used water bottles pile up in drains

The GMC has initiated measures to enforce the ban on prohibited single-use plastic items, with public health officials and sanitary inspectors conducting field-level monitoring and imposing fines through the ‘Swachh App’

Trump administration weighs expanding chip tariffs to laptops, consoles, and servers, report claims — January's data center exemptions may be scrapped

The Trump administration is weighing a second round of semiconductor tariffs that would extend duties beyond chips to products built with them, including laptops, gaming consoles, and data center servers, eight unnamed sources familiar with the talks told POLITICO in a report pub

Not holding bypolls in Tamil Nadu will deprive people of elected representatives: CM Vijay tells Madras High Court

He urges the court to vacate an interim stay imposed on the conduct of bypolls to the Tiruchi East, Perundurai, Ambasamudram, Viralimalai, and Karur constituencies

Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary announces the establishment of Bihar’s first women’s university

The Bihar government today also agreed to the main demand of protesting students for conducting Teacher Recruitment Examination-4 (TRE-4) in a single phase

Karnataka to submit memorandum to Centre by month-end seeking drought assistance

In the first phase, 101 taluks will get drought-hit tag while the decision on adding more taluks will be taken after the review to be conducted every 15 days

Space: Sophie Adenot recounts her two spacewalks

🇫🇷 👩‍🚀 Sophie Adenot, the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk and the second female French astronaut to go to space, gave an exclusive interview to #FRANCE24 and #RFI from the International Space Station.

Consent forms, notices, prison terms: Maharashtra anti-conversion law | Explained

Government’s stated case for the law is the need to curb conversion obtained through force or fraud but sections of the Christian and Muslim communities have set out the opposite concern: that a wide reading of terms such as inducement could reach conduct that has nothing to do w

7 bad leadership patterns that drive good employees away, and how to fix them

Managers rarely wake up intending to drive away talented employees . Yet every week, employees quietly decide they’ve had enough —not because of one terrible meeting or one bad day, but because they’ve experienced the same behaviors and conduct over and over again. Gallup has rep

Observing the vibrations of neighboring atoms with an atomic-scale double slit

Efficiently controlling heat generation has become a major challenge as the semiconductors used in smartphones, computers and similar devices have become higher-performing and more miniaturized. The way heat is transmitted is determined by the vibration of the atoms that constitu

Why banks in Ghana make little use of AI for climate action decisions

Artificial intelligence could help evaluate climate protection projects more effectively and channel funding more precisely to where it is needed. Nevertheless, banks and insurance companies in Ghana have so far made very little use of the technology. A new study conducted at the

Vaporization trick enables ‘tandem’ solar cells to be made at lower temperatures

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02469-6 A clever approach for evaporating a compound used to make perovskite semiconductors tackles a vexing challenge in scaling up next-generation solar cells.

Nigeria’s president orders rescue operation after mass kidnapping at mosque

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered security agencies to conduct a rescue operation after the mass kidnapping of worshippers during an attack on a mosque in the north-central Niger State last week. Local authorities were still trying to verify the number of missing

IEEE Publishing Ethics Team Upholds Research Integrity

Given a rising number of publishing misconduct allegations , IEEE in 2022 created the Publishing Ethics Team as a centralized department to assist in handling claims. The group also works to increase the organization’s visibility in the broader publishing ethics area and helps IE

2 US military refueling aircraft depart Bulgaria amid anger from Iran over deployment

Two U.S. military refueling aircraft departed Bulgaria last week amid Iran’s anger over the planes’ deployment to Bezmer Air Base. Two Air Force KC-135 planes left the air base located in the southeast of Bulgaria on Friday, and the flights they conducted were for training purpos

Bipartisan majorities in US favor banning glyphosate

Two-thirds of Americans favor banning the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup, on crops grown in the United States, according to a nationally representative survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the U

Diarrhoea situation in A.P.’s Vuyyuru under control, says State government

State-level medical team visits affected areas to conduct a field-level assessment, a preliminary report has been submitted to Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav