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Are the Possibilities for Squid Proteins 'Potentially Endless?'

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Next-Generation Design for Automotive and Transportation Industries

The pace of innovation in the automotive and transportation industries has never been greater. Electrification, connectivity, autonomous driving, and lightweight construction are changing vehicles and the way that people interact with them. The next generation of vehicles...

Question of the Week : Manufacturing & Prototyping
Are the Possibilities for Squid Proteins 'Potentially Endless?'

Our second INSIDER story today featured a new switching effect for thermal conductivity.

Professor Patrick Hopkins and his colleagues discovered that a responsive protein from squid ring teeth contained properties supporting an on-and-off kind of thermal regulation. When the...

INSIDER : Electronics & Computers
Doubling Performance with Lithium Metal that Doesn’t Catch Fire

A rechargeable battery technology developed at the University of Michigan could double the output of today’s lithium ion cells, drastically extending electric vehicle ranges...

INSIDER : Energy
New App Will Extend Smartphone Battery Life

The built-in multi-window feature released with the new Android operating system allows users to have multiple windows and files open at the same time, similar to a laptop, but this results in...

INSIDER : Energy
Boron Nitride Separation Process Could Facilitate Higher Efficiency Solar Cells

A team of semiconductor researchers based in France has used a boron nitride separation layer to grow indium gallium nitride (InGaN) solar cells that were then...

INSIDER : Transportation
EV Charging in Cold Temperatures Could Pose Challenges for Drivers

New research from Idaho National Laboratory suggests that electric vehicle drivers could face longer charging times when temperatures drop. The reason: cold temperatures...

Videos : Robotics, Automation & Control
Gaze-Tracking Glasses Control Drone to Fly Wherever You Look

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and New York University have developed a pair of lightweight gaze-tracking glasses and a...

On-Demand Webinars : Test & Measurement
Thermal Application Leak Test Solutions

Unintentional leakage is undesirable for many reasons: quality or process performance; product damage or lifetime; economics; spillage and environmental damage. The leak detection method chosen is determined by the maximum allowable quantity of gas or liquid that may be permitted to flow through a leak or...

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