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Range anxiety may finally be a thing of the past. A team of Penn State engineers is looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries with a range of 250 miles and the ability to charge in 10 minutes. According to Chao-Yang Wang, William E.…

Arguments in the landmark case Environmental Health Trust (EHT) Children’s Health Defense (CHD), et al vs. the FCC are scheduled for January 25. The plaintiffs want the court to order the FCC to remand, vacate, and update its 25-year-old…

Monolithic Power Systems launched a new family of 48V – 6V digital DC-DC power modules for data centers using eGaN FETs from EPC. The MPC1100-54 is the first in the new product family to include modules in an LLC topology using eGaN FETs…

While we rely on our senses of sight and smell to determine that a grilled chicken breast is “perfect,” but in large restaurants and industrial kitchens, they need more help to determine perfection. Skoltech researchers are using…

Description: From warehouse robots to delivery robots to automated golf carts, automation is an integral part of our lives. When it comes to designing these robots, engineering considerations range from structure and heat transfer…

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science engineers created a robot that can visually predict how a partner robot will behave—and the result is a smidgeon of empathy. Columbia’s “Robot Theory of Mind" concept predicts…

In quantum computing, entanglement is the method used to fuse individual quantum systems into one, which exponentially increases their total computational capacity. Scientists from Finland, Russia, China, and the USA demonstrated that…

COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems is wrapping up final development and build of electron beam 3D metal printing systems targeting future in-space, lunar, and Martian applications. Funded by an SBIR contract from NASA to support the…

As chaotic as 2020 was, the electronics industry remained tough. Though it faced some challenges with the worldwide lockdowns, disruptions in supply chain, and long lead times, the industry began to come out of the unknown and find its…

Diamond, at 10 on the Mohs scale, is the hardest material in nature. Now, the results of joint research led by the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) shows potential for the use of strained diamonds in advanced functional devices in…