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A Li-ion Battery Material for Faster, More Efficient EV Charging

ORNL researchers recently developed a Li-ion battery material that not only recharges 80 percent of its capacity in 10 minutes but keeps that ability for 1,500 charging cycles.

DoD's First Electric Aircraft Charging Station is a BETA Supercharger

The first Department of Defense (DoD) electric aircraft installation will be a Level 3 supercharger provided by Vermont-based electric vertical takeoff and landing...

Production Ready B-21 Bomber on Track for First Flight This Year

During a panel discussion at the 2023 Air Force Association (AFA) Air, Space and Cyber conference, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics President Tom Jones said the first B-21 stealth...

Eurofighter Typhoons to Receive Touchscreen Cockpit Display Upgrades

BAE Systems has confirmed its selection of Collins Aerospace as the provider of the large area cockpit display upgrade for future Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. According...

iW Series High-Reliability PCB Connectors

AirBorn's iWSeries are a range of High-Reliability board-to-board and cable-to-board connectors based on Mil-Spec, but built for Industrial applications. Featuring a rugged contact design with 3...

Ecomate Plastic and Metal Connectors

Amphenol Sine’s ecomate® family of circular, multiway connectors provide an IP65-69K rating range (in mated condition) for indoor/outdoor industrial applications and feature robust, durable, plastic or...

Morphing Drone Made Possible by Melting Metals

In Michael Bartlett’s Virginia Tech lab, morphing materials have made it possible to create a drone that changes modes by using melting metals. Watch this video to see, among other things,...

The Toroidal Propeller — A Quiet, Closed-Form Drone Propeller Design

The toroidal propeller allows a small multirotor unpiloted aircraft, or drone, to operate more quietly than current drones. By enabling a drone that is less of an acoustic...

Meet RoboAgent: Enabling Robots to Acquire Manipulation Abilities

The way babies learn and explore their surroundings inspired researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Meta AI to develop a new way to teach robots how to simultaneously...

How Much Do You Know About Wind Energy?

Wind energy is a big part of the mix of renewable energy sources. It brings to mind images of fields of giant windmills, but not a lot of detailed understanding. How good is your knowledge about our wind energy? Take this quiz to check it out.

DNA Biosensor Offers Early Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer

Researchers have developed an electrochemical DNA biosensor with enhanced sensitivity for effective HPV detection with high specificity. The biosensor uses a graphitic...

Ultrathin Nanotech Promises to Help Tackle Antibiotic Resistance

Researchers have invented a nano-thin superbug-slaying material that could one day be integrated into wound dressings and implants to prevent or heal bacterial infections. The...

Nanopores + Electronic Signals = Disease Protection

In living organisms, cells have a very high capacity to process and communicate information by moving molecules or ions through tiny channels that span the cell membrane. Researchers have...

Fuel Cell Testing Made Easy by EA Elektro-Automatik

Do you want to test key metrics of a fuel cell such as resistance, performance, and lifetime quickly and cost-efficiently? The solution is the EA-ELR 10000 series of regenerative loads, which...

Using Coffee to Reduce Waste from 3D Printing

Researchers have already experimented with using coffee grounds to 3D print jewelry, pots for plants, and even, fittingly, espresso cups. The technique is also simple enough that it will work on most low-cost, consumer-grade 3D printers.

Medtech’s New Normal

Medtech companies must adapt to a landscape that is now data-centric systems vs. equipment-centric.

Battery Education Infrastructure Requires Huge Effort and Wide Coordination

China is stunningly ahead of the United States in the support and education of the future EV battery workforce. That was the stark message at the start of a 2023...

New 'Lightning' System Combines Light and Electrons for Faster, Greener Computing

Computing is at an inflection point. Moore’s Law, which predicts that the number of transistors on an electronic chip will double each year, is slowing down...

Can This New Camera Enable Lower Cost High-Speed Imaging?

Recording crystal-clear images of fast movements like falling water droplets or molecular interactions requires ultra-fast cameras that are capable of capturing millions of images...

Quantum Dot Breakthrough Could Create Cheaper Infrared Sensors

Scientists from the University of Chicago have demonstrated a way to create infrared light using colloidal quantum dots. The researchers said the method demonstrates great...

New Products: September 2023 Photonics & Imaging Insider

LWIR Thermal Imaging Cores LightPath Technologies Inc. (Orlando, FL), has introduced through its subsidiary Visimid Technologies, new high framerate long wave infrared ("LWIR")...

3D-Printed Ceramics Can Increase Gas Turbine Efficiency

Professor Stephen Lynch, of Penn State’s College of Engineering, along with colleagues at Michigan State University and the University of Wyoming, have developed a process for 3D printing a high-temperature ceramic gas turbine part.

Managing the Evolution of the EV Charging Standard

SAE International announced in late June, 2023, that it intended to standardize the Tesla-developed North American Charging Standard (NACS) EV charging connector for North America. SAE...

Sterling Medical Devices and RBC Medical Innovations Rebrand as Vantage MedTech

Sterling Medical Devices and RBC Medical Innovations has rebranded the combined company as Vantage MedTech. According to the company, leveraging decades of industry...

Speedy Robo-Gripper Reflexively Organizes Cluttered Spaces

Looking to give robots a more nimble, human-like touch, MIT engineers have developed a gripper that grasps by reflex. The team’s robot adapts in the moment to reflexively roll, palm,...

Battery-Free Robots Use Origami to Change Shape in Mid-Air

University of Washington researchers have developed small robotic devices — “microfliers” — that can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded...

A-Maze-ing Soft Robot Navigates Complex Layouts Sans Brain

Researchers at NC State University reported an intelligent soft robot that can self-escape from challenging mazes sans a human-like brain. The mazes include multi-channeled mazes, a...

MULTIGIG RT VITA: Future-Ready Connectivity

Discover the future of connectivity with TE Connectivity's MULTIGIG RT VITA. This cutting-edge product offers lightning-fast data transfer speeds, ensuring seamless performance for your applications....

Excelitas Technologies to Acquire Heraeus Noblelight Business

Excelitas Technologies Corp., which produces photonic solutions for the industrial and medical markets, has signed a definitive agreement with Heraeus Group (Hanau, Germany) to...