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Stepper motors selection: Understanding some key terms and parameters
Key terms and parameters relating to stepper motor selection are explained.
Watch how material cloaks soldiers, makes them invisible to thermal imagers
Material masks soldier's heat signatures.
Flex circuit connectors attach to lead wires using reliable F-crimp
Connectors for flexible circuits eliminate soldering and welding when attaching wires to foil and film substrates.
Researchers using crime scene tape to recover microplastics for analysis
Tape used at crime scenes also proving effective in environmental applications.
Integrated motors simplify motion system design
Simplify design by replacing multiple components with a compact all-in-one motor and electronics package.
New tech promises to tackle supply chain fraud
Sensors and machine learning track anomalies in supply chain transport.
Video: DNA database proposed to avoid child labor, environmental abuses along cocoa supply chain
Database could let consumers and governments avoid products with ties to forced labor, environmental abuses.
Watch magnets pull critical elements from wastewater
The technology may help convert waste streams into sources of critical materials.
Fundamentals of gas injection for food packaging
Applying gas injection to food packages has the capacity to extend the shelf-life of food and beverages to help manufacturers maximize profits.
Open-source software simulates power system dynamics
The computational approach is designed to accurately reflect modern grid structure characteristics for utility-scale renewable power systems.
Study: The renewable energy-employment nexus in 2050
Compliance with the Paris Agreement will increase net jobs in the renewable energy sector by about 8 million by 2050, primarily due to gains in the solar and wind industries.
Crystalline layers lead to 1,000x boost in photovoltaic power
The solar panel efficiency gain is achieved with alternating layers of barium titanate, strontium titanate and calcium titanate.
Video: Portable high capacity home battery launches
The emergency power consumption of an average family can be covered for a week with just one charge.
New method extracts metals from industrial waste
The new method allows for the simultaneous recovery of multiple metals from waste oxides in a single process.
New multi-use spherical joint hinge with industry standard mounting attachment
New mounting options allows easy integration into electronics designs.
Video: Coal waste as a remedy for coal mine and water reclamation
A by-product of coal mining can be of value in remediating land and water resources despoiled in that mining process.
Watch how quantum computing technology can target space debris cleanup
A combination of quantum-inspired computing and artificial intelligence is being engineered to achieve the efficient removal of space debris.
Enzyme-based PET recycling could significantly reduce supply chain energy use
Researchers from the BOTTLE Consortium identified an enzyme that could create a sustainable approach to recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics.
Keep workers comfortable and safe in extreme temperatures
The newly redesigned Vortec Cooling Vest directs cold air around the torso for continuous body cooling.
Watch as this pneumatically actuated soft robot plays the piano
The team devised a pneumatic random access memory (RAM) chip featuring microfluidic valves in lieu of electronic transistors.