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Arm’s Agentic AI CPU: Engineering the Next Generation of AI Data Centers

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Virtual Screening of Materials for Increased Battery Performance

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Scaling SDV Development with Virtualization

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Overcoming the Challenges of Measuring High Power NIR Lasers
Requirements for more accurate processing have turned NIR fiber lasers into a rapidly growing player in all high-power applications, including military, research, and material...

Quiz: Energy
Test Your Knowledge About Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Here is a five-question quiz to see how much you know about fuel cells. Take now!
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Blog: AR/AI
Agentic AI Moves from Hype to Reality in Automation Engineering
A purpose-built AI has been designed by Siemens to execute engineering tasks autonomously by applying multi‑step reasoning and self‑correction.
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White Papers: Medical
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A New Platform for Advanced Catheter Design: Performance Without PFAS
As medical device design grows more complex and material expectations continue to evolve, manufacturers are beginning to seek new materials that deliver dependable...

White Papers: Aerospace
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Choosing Motion Components for the Long Haul of Space Systems
A successful space mission requires not only reliable motion components, it also means partnering with a motion specialist that can ensure they work as planned on their mission. This...

Summits: Materials
Aerospace Materials & Manufacturing Digital Summit 2026
While aluminum and aluminum alloys, steel, titanium alloys, and fiber-reinforced composites continue to dominate the aerospace materials and manufacturing industry, advanced materials such...
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NASA Spinoff: Software
Saving Lives at Sea and on Land
Developed in part by NASA, the Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (SARSAT) technology carried by multiple satellites in middle- and low-Earth orbit, is now helping save lives in sea and on land.
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Blog: Design
Reciprocal Energy: A New Model for Grid-Friendly Data Centers
ARIES, the Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems platform, can simulate the electrical brains behind a single device or an entire country. Read on to learn more.
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5 Ws: Aerospace
5Ws of Perched Drones
A new robotic platform developed by Aithon Robotics enables safe, efficient work at height by combining drone mobility with human capability.
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Special Reports: Unmanned Systems
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Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles & Systems - May 2026
Defense startup unveils autonomous fighter jet…advanced radar boosts Ukrainian air defense…NASA technology powers fire‐fighting drones. Read all about it in this compendium of articles from...

Products: Software
Product of the Month
See the product of the month: Pickering Interfaces' Test System Architect, a free online graphical toolset designed to simplify signal path design for electronic test systems.
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Briefs: Power
How Electroadhesion Can Hold Materials Together
Is there a way to stick hard and soft materials together without any tape, glue, or epoxy? A new study published in ACS Central Science shows that applying a small voltage to certain objects forms chemical bonds that securely link the objects together. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Power
Yarn-Shaped Supercapacitors Promise Efficient Energy Storage
As interest in wearable technology has surged, research into creating energy-storage devices that can be woven into textiles has also increased. Researchers at North Carolina State University have now identified a “sweet spot” at which the length of a threadlike energy storage technology called a “yarn-shaped supercapacitor” yields the highest and most efficient flow of energy per unit length. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Medical
Ultrasound as a New Wireless Power Transfer Technology
A research team led by Dr. Sunghoon Hur of the Electronic and Hybrid Materials Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Professor Hyun-Cheol Song of Korea University has developed a biocompatible ultrasonic receiver that maintains its performance even when bent. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Information Technology
The Next Step in Wireless Cellular Technology: 6G
Researchers from the University of Tokyo, as part of a multi-institution team, have created an electromagnetic wave absorber for waves between 0.1–1 terahertz (THz). This greatly expands the range of the terahertz frequency which could be commercially used in the future. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Energy
The Rise of the Integrated Battery Large Model
A research team innovatively proposed the “Integrated Battery Large Model,” establishing the first AI-driven paradigm covering the entire lifecycle of the Li-ion battery industry, providing a novel technological path for the industry’s intelligent upgrade. Read on to learn more about the Battery Large Model system.
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Articles: AR/AI
COTS Edge AI Accelerators for SWaP-C Constrained Defense and Space Systems
Edge AI is beginning to incorporate compact generative approaches to support greater autonomy. This shift is accelerating the adoption of COTS edge AI accelerators as an alternative to centralized processing and legacy radiation-hardened compute architectures. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Optimizing 3D-Printed Helixes as Terahertz Optical Materials
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have optimized and 3D-printed helix structures as optical materials for Terahertz frequencies, a potential way to address a technology gap for next-generation telecommunications, non-destructive evaluation, chemical/biological sensing and more. Read on to learn more.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New on the Market
See what's new on the market, including The Imaging Source's Aptiris, USB 3.1 autofocus cameras designed for dynamic machine vision applications; Würth Elektronik's Proteus-IV and Ophelia-IV components, two new high-performance RF modules based on the latest Nordic nRF54L15-SoC semiconductor; Novotechnik U.S.'s Vert-X 13E Series of touchless rotary sensors; and much more.
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Briefs: Materials
Giving Magnets the Graphene Treatment
In an article published in Physical Review X, a team in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign showed how to engineer two-dimensional magnetic systems to obey the same equations as mobile electrons in the two-dimensional material graphene. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Connectivity
A Blueprint for a 6G Core Network
A research team from Huawei’s advanced wireless labs in Canada and China has published a blueprint for a 6G core network that can generate, update, and execute its own control procedures without human intervention. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Supersonic Spike Diffuser
A new type of spike diffuser recently developed by NASA Stennis Space Center is able to provide approximately double the pumping performance of second-throat diffusers via Pareto-efficient reduction of both core Mach number and flow deflection. Read on to learn more about it.
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Articles: Energy
Products of Tomorrow
See the products of tomorrow, including a new material that can use sunlight and water to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide; a novel design for solar-powered data centers that will orbit the Earth and could realistically scale to meet the growing demand for AI computing while reducing the environmental impact of data centers; and more.
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Briefs: Information Technology
Obtaining 6G Edge Intelligence
The race to develop sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks is accelerating, with commercialization expected by 2030. Read on to learn how some researchers are exploring the integration of edge AI and space–ground integrated networks (SGINs) to extend AI services globally.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Magnetocaloric Heat Pumps: The Future of Sustainable Cooling and Heating
A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory developed a magnetocaloric heat pump that matches current vapor-compression heat pumps for weight, cost, and performance. Read on to learn more about it.
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Briefs: Energy
A Fully Autonomous Robotic System Measures Key Properties of New Materials
Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that could boost the efficiency of solar cells and other electronics. But the pace of innovation is bottlenecked by the speed at which researchers can manually measure important material properties. A fully autonomous robotic system developed by MIT researchers could speed things up. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Energy
Porous Radical Organic Framework Improves Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
A team led by Professor Yan Lu, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, and Professor Arne Thomas, Technical University of Berlin, has developed a material that enhances the capacity and stability of lithium-sulfur batteries. Read on to learn more.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Floating Piston Valve
A valve developed by NASA Stennis Space Center consists of a solid piston floating in a medium to control the flow stream. The piston is designed to be axially and radially balanced within the flow stream whether the valve is in the open or closed position. This valve has many unique features and design advantages over conventional valve concepts. Read on to learn more.
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Products: Software
New Products
See the new products, including EBE Elektro Bau Elemente GmbH's capacitive level sensor technology based on corTEC® technology for applications where conventional level sensors reach their limits; Abaco Systems' VP241, a SOSA-aligned 3U VPX FPGA carrier card designed to deliver unmatched flexibility for next-generation embedded computing applications; Emerson's Rosemount™ QX1000 Continuous Gas Analyzer; and more.
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