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The move to EVs creates large amounts of e-waste and environmentally damaging mining. The Lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese shortages could slow the EV transition and rapidly expand mining activities. There’s growing interest in…

You’ll need to hurry! The DigiKey Back2School Prize Draw sweepstakes is back, running from Sept. 12 – Oct. 30, 2023. This is one sweepstakes where entrants don’t have to wait months for winners to be announced—that will take place on Nov.…

Novice makers are increasingly fabricating their own 3D printed objects via free, open-source, user-generated 3D models they download and create on their 3D printers. However, when custom designing, the challenge is using complex and…

Soft inflatable robots are becoming more important for applications requiring safety and adaptability. Yet, integrating sensing and control systems in these robots is challenging without compromising their softness, form factor, or…

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory scientists observed a black hole in a distant galaxy repeatedly munching on a Sun-like star. Swift science uses a unique way to analyze data from the satellite’s X-ray Telescope (XRT) and adapt to new…

Although underwater imaging is used in marine exploration, oceanographic engineering, environmental protection, and identifying dangerous objects on the ocean floor, achieving good results is problematic. Image quality degrades in turbid or…

BlackBerry is launching a series of BlackBerry Radar devices – H2M IS- to aid hazardous materials carriers. Backed by an Intrinsically Safe certification designation, the asset the tracking solution targets transportation and logistics…

The European Union (EU) has chosen 22 "gatekeeper" services, run by six of the world's largest tech companies, to face new rules as part of its latest crackdown. The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) will apply to services from such companies as…

Major League Baseball is testing new technology to help settle often-occurring ball vs. strike conflicts. The tests will occur nationwide in all AAA parks. They call it the "automated ball and strike calling system," or ABS. Engineers from…

You can find out a lot in an SEC filing. For example, information such as Apple's new deal with ARM on chip technology through 2040 and beyond. ARM’s IPO will hit the NASDAQ exchange in the coming weeks at a total valuation as high as…

Optical tweezers use light to immobilize microscopic particles as small as a single atom in 3D space. The principle behind the tweezers is the momentum transfer between light and the object held. Light pushes onto objects that make the…

Researchers at Duke University and Purdue University managed the arrangement of multiple inorganic and organic layers in crystals with a novel technique, controlling energy levels of electrons and holes within perovskites. The tuning…

While vision and hearing are already digitized, the sense of smell has proven to be more complex and perplexing. Researchers at Monell Chemical Senses Center and start-up Osmo, which was spun out of machine learning research at Google…

Two studies published in the journal Nature indicate progress in the race to teach computers to translate brain signals into text. The technology is attracting millions in investment, including Elon Musk's brain-implant company, Neuralink…

The Biden administration wants a short-term extension to a science and technology agreement with China; however, U.S. lawmakers say Beijing would exploit it for a security and military advantage. The Science and Technology Agreement, signed…