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INSIDER: Aerospace
NASA’s trans-sonic truss-braced wing (TTBW) reduces drag during flight, which in turn reduces fuel consumption by up to 10 percent. This concept is part of an ongoing initiative by NASA,...
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INSIDER: Aerospace
Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory developed and demonstrated additively manufactured, multi-material conformal control surfaces for aircraft wings. The technology offers...
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News: Energy
The voice of the customer was clearly heard during Toyota’s development of the all-new, third-generation Tundra pickup. “We had multiple focus groups early on to hear directly...
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Imaging
Imaging spectroscopy can help predict water stress in wild blueberry barrens, according to a University of Maine-led study.
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INSIDER: Design
Anticipating the increased need for better oxygen concentrators as the fight against COVID-19 rages on, researchers have laid a computational framework to design the most...
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Energy
Researchers have developed a simple lab-based technique that allows them to look inside lithium-ion batteries and follow lithium ions moving in real time.
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Sensors/Data Acquisition
Head impacts experienced during football practice are associated with changes in brain imaging of young players.
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INSIDER: Medical
In the early days of the pandemic, with commercial COVID tests in short supply, researchers at Rockefeller University developed an in-house assay to identify positive cases...
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INSIDER: Medical
A textile-based implant containing cartilage derived from stem cells reduced pain and restored hip joint function to baseline levels in a study of dogs with symptoms of...
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Photonics/Optics
Images from patients with malignant and benign nodules and analyzed them with artificial intelligence.
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INSIDER: Design
A flexible polymer composite microneedle array can overcome the physicochemical bacterial biofilm present in chronic, nonhealing wounds and deliver both oxygen and...
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News: Test & Measurement
One of GM’s top battery experts has confirmed that the root cause of 13 Chevrolet Bolt EV battery fires, which caused GM to recall every Bolt sold since 2017, is...
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Question of the Week: Energy
Will Our Buildings Store Energy Like Giant Batteries?
Our September issue of Battery Technology highlighted rechargeable cement-based batteries that can be utilized as functional concrete. The achievement from Chalmers University of Technology, according to the battery’s developers, lays the groundwork for entire buildings that could someday...
News: Energy
PACCAR executive Phil Stephenson discussed at SAE COMVEC 2021 the why, how and when of commercial-vehicle electrification, but also put in a plug for e-fuels.
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Blog: Electronics & Computers
An industry expert explains why automotive manufacturers are turning to a "floating" board-to-board connection.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
An intelligent robot being uses A.I. and sophisticated navigation to find good peaches and remove them from trees.
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Videos: Automotive
"Eliana" is the 15th solar car created by Team PrISum of the Iowa State University College of Engineering, and displays nearly 4 years of collaborative efforts. The team made several design...
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News: Automotive
General Motors’ leadership has advised the world that the company is going battery-electric, full stop. Investments topping $35 billion during the first half of this decade...
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Videos: Automotive
Cornell aims to reduce greenhouse emissions by a considerable percentage with its inventive path towards the wireless charging of electric vehicles. The team strives to accomplish this by exploring a way...
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Videos: Automotive
With uncertainty surrounding in-person competitions due to the global pandemic, members of the Purdue Baja Racing team spent hundreds of hours designing and building a single-seat race car to compete...
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INSIDER: Medical
Tiny tumbling soft robots that can be controlled with rotating magnetic fields can climb slopes, tumble upstream against fluid flow, and deposit substances at precise...
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers are reporting a breakthrough in the field of materials science and engineering with the development of an electrochemical actuator that uses specialized organic semiconductor...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer, a newly improved robotic cane could offer blind and visually impaired users a...
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INSIDER: Communications
Suppose a U.S. Navy destroyer is operating in the Western Pacific and is impacted by the effects of a massive solar flare that has caused a ripple effect across the globe,...
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INSIDER: Communications
A new solution compresses and offloads critical data from battlefield machines more efficiently, enabling faster AI processing and decision-making on the battlefield.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A team of Sandia National Laboratories engineers developed a new testing capability in support of its nuclear weapons mission. The team completed their first...
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Continued innovation is at the heart of the medical device industry, with new technology supporting critical outcomes such as earlier and...
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Videos: Energy
Equipped with a built-in transducer, the B-RAD BL S makes torquing and logging easier and more efficient with its ability to read and display torque in real time. With torque and angle...
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News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
SAE International is inviting global participation in its AeroTech® aerospace and defense technology conference and exhibition, which is for the first time...
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Ask the Expert

Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components
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Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.

Inside Story

Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.