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Engineers using lasers to weld ceramics without a furnace
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of California, Riverside, have developed a new ceramic welding technique that will potentially pave the way for unbreakable smartphones, metal-free pacemakers and electronics that can withstand the conditions of space and other harsh environments.
4-Watt thin film for high-power applications
The compliant silicone thin film fills near-microscopic air gaps between high-power heat generating components and heat sinks.
Purdue researchers create a water-repelling process for improving medical and electronic devices
Researchers from Purdue University have made strides with a manufacturing process for developing tiny channels for repelling water, thereby improving electronic, medical and other devices.
Recovering rare earth elements from discarded electronics
A cost-effective recycling process could offer an opportunity to recover high-value material from some of the 2.2 billion electronic devices that are expected to be shipped worldwide in 2019.
Industry 4.0 encoders from Lika
Lika Electronic has introduced a new series of Industry 4.0 rotary encoders for smart factories. Industry 4.0 encoders conform to the hardware and software requirements of a wide range of industry protocols, including CANopen, Profibus, DeviceNet, Modbus RTU, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, Powerlink and Modbus TCP. These protocols make up greater than 80% of the industrial Ethernet market share globally.
Gel-like gap filler improves cooling performance
The thermal interface material delivers a thermal conductivity of 1.3 W/m-K with a thermal resistance as low as .50° C/in2/W.
What’s inside a CubeSat?
A detailed look at the components inside the MicroMAS-1 CubeSat.
Honeywell to supply radar for prototype air taxi
Honeywell said the product represents a step toward automating the takeoff and landing of UAM aircraft.
Here's how a high-altitude nuclear blast might affect the electric power grid
The report includes results from laboratory testing and analysis of potential EMP impacts on the electric transmission system.
Poseidon Systems releases IIoT fluid monitoring system
The Trident Fluid Quality Monitoring System 2.0 has undergone extensive testing with critical equipment in multiple industries.
Revealing the brain’s mysteries, one neuron at a time
To truly understand how the brain works, scientists must study it at the small-scale level of individual cells as well as at the large scale, simulating all of the brain’s billions of neurons and trillions of synapses.
20 years after Columbine, work continues to engineer safer schools
Twenty years after the Columbine High School shootings, standards are being written to help engineers design safer schools and better enable affected communities to recover and heal. "There’s now enough fire in the belly to get it done,” one official said.
This scanner technology may speed up airport security lines
The security scanner uses millimeter wave radio frequency technology to screen passengers for concealed threats.
Video: Self-healing waterproof skin inspired by jellyfish
Researchers have taken inspiration from underwater invertebrates such as jellyfish to create an electronic skin with similar functionality.
An atomic clock for your pocket?
An advance in frequency comb technology brings the realization of compact, portable atomic clocks closer to reality.
Wearable diagnostic fashioned to improve breast cancer detection
A wearable form of MRI device with flexible imaging coils is under development to improve precision and patient comfort during examinations.
Beresheet blasts closer to the moon
Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft successfully bumped itself into a longer orbit around earth, bringing the plucky craft closer to the moon.
Laser probe uses optical polarization to pinpoint melanoma
The inexpensive tool provides the required measurements without needing complex lenses or cameras, and generates an easily interpreted numerical result similar to that of a thermometer.
Smart sensors for high temperature turbine monitoring
The temperature and dynamic pressure sensors developed through the research effort feature innovations in materials development, manufacturing processes and advanced packaging technologies.
Quantum key distribution may safeguard electricity grid data
Researchers are working to test the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution as a means of secure communication for the nation’s electricity suppliers.