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Special Reports: Transportation
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Vehicle Electrification - January 2020
Demand for electric vehicles is accelerating, presenting new design, manufacturing, and infrastructure challenges. To help you keep pace with the rapid changes in vehicle electrification technology, we...

Briefs: Photonics/Optics
A new laser-based system offers an efficient way to detect fires in challenging environments such as industrial facilities or large construction sites.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
For disease diagnosis, a microchip maps the back of the eye.
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Articles: AR/AI
SPIE Photonics West 2020 returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 1 through February 6
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A system senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner.
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Briefs: Materials
A nanoantenna-enabled detector boosts the usable signal of a thermal infrared camera by up to three times.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Increased laser capacity has enabled, and will continue to enable, new manufacturing possibilities.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
AM is an especially good fit for products that require a high level of customization.
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Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
See how software supported the design of an advanced antenna.
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Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
NASA and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) recently tested a new way to see the Sun
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The Planetary Tides Simulation Facility for Simulation Tidal Strain in Planetary Ice Analogs
Applications include modeling of tidal stress response of icy satellites as well as fatigue of terrestrial ice shelves.
Briefs: Defense
Chromium Removal from PVC Filters
The process does not cause any structural changes to the PVC filter membrane.
Q&A: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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Briefs: IoMT
This electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.
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Briefs: Wearables
System Allows Diabetics to Monitor Blood Sugar Without Drawing Blood
The self-contained technology is similar to the smart watches that monitor heart rate.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A carbon nanotube heat shield can better protect extremely fast aircraft.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This technique lowers airstream noise generated at the side edges of deployed flaps, elevons, or slats.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA and universities from across the country are teaming up to support a continued human presence on the Moon and ultimately Mars.
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Briefs: Materials
These barrier coatings protect high-performance components in extreme environments.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
A solvent leaches cobalt and lithium for reuse from spent batteries.
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Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
See how NOAA provides daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings, climate monitoring, and more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This microbot can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater.
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Briefs: Energy
This approach is a cost-effective way to convert carbon dioxide gas into methane.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device can be used to pre-screen for the virus using gene-editing assays before those infected can travel and expose others.
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Briefs: Defense
Applying a surface-active agent makes metal easier to cut and shape into parts and pieces.
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Briefs: Lighting
Recovery of Mercury and Rare Earth Elements from Fluorescent Lamp Phosphors
This method will enable safer fluorescent light recycling.

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