White Papers: Electronics & Computers
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Enable Decision Superiority
The DoD is seeking to achieve decision superiority through JADC2 “to produce the warfighting capability to sense, make sense, and act at all levels and phases of war,...
INSIDER: Connectivity
Two NASA CubeSats designed to study tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, are in orbit after a successful launch.
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
NASA will launch Israel’s first space telescope mission, the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT). ULTRASAT, an ultraviolet observatory with a large field...
INSIDER: Research Lab
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)’s historic achievement of fusion ignition Dec. 5 at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) positions the United...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Imagine a technology that can convert, amplify, limit, filter, control, and transform electricity in countless ways to supply power to the electrical grid. These are power electronics, and...
White Papers: Electronics & Computers
Network Digital Twins Add Necessary Fidelity to Constructive Simulations
Successful constructive simulations used for wargaming in an era of strategic fluidity and rapid change depend on high-fidelity models to correctly predict scenario...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Gears are sophisticated parts that play a vital role in cars, airplanes, construction and mining equipment, food processing, clock making, and more. And, companies are still trying to make them better...
INSIDER: Transportation
Carnegie Mellon University's Corey Harper, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Heinz School of Public Policy, led a study that...
INSIDER: Government
The days and weeks following a natural disaster are a critical time for residents, emergency response teams, and government entities to recover and rebuild infrastructure....
Blog: Imaging
Question of the Week: Government
Will Urban Air Mobility ‘Take Off?'
A Tech Briefs TV video demonstrates NASA’s rotary-wing “air taxi” concept. The vehicles, in theory, have the capacity for vertical take-off and landing, eliminating the need for long runways.
Articles: Imaging
For six decades, NASA has led the peaceful exploration of space, making discoveries about our planet, our solar system, and our universe. At home, NASA research has made great advances in aviation,...
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Articles: Software
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Faster Photons Could Make Data Totally Secure
Transferring data using light passed along fiber optic cables has become increasingly common over the past decades, but each pulse currently contains millions of photons. That means that in principle, a portion of these could be intercepted without detection. Secure data is already encrypted, but if...
5 Ws: Government
PHADE could be used by government agencies to enhance public safety; for example, the government can deploy cameras in high-crime or high-accident areas, and warn specific users about potential...
Facility Focus: Energy
This year, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) marks 75 years as a research institution. Located in Oak Ridge, TN, ORNL is the largest US Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and...
Facility Focus: Nanotechnology
Sandia National Laboratories — headquartered in Albuquerque, MN, with a principal lab in Livermore, CA — is operated and managed by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (a wholly owned...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Panoramic irradiators are commonly used to disinfect and sterilize products such as medical supplies, cosmetic raw materials, food, food containers, and medical supplies. The irradiators...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Food allergies are extremely common. In the US, Federal regulations require packaged foods to disclose the presence of some of the most common allergens such as gluten, nuts, and milk products, which is...
News: Government
"We want to build on the spirit of innovation in the USA," said President Barack Obama in his opening speech at the Hannover Messe trade fair in Germany. Following the official...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
NASA’s Leading Edge Asynchronous Propeller Technology (LEAPTech) project will test the premise that tighter propulsion-airframe integration, made possible with electric power, will deliver...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A Detroit-area based consortium of 60 companies, nonprofits, and universities and a Chicago-based consortium of 73 companies, nonprofits, and universities are partnering with the...
News: Government
Screening System Detects Wafer Defects
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed an instrument that puts pressure on wafers to find which ones are too fragile to make it through the manufacturing process. The device then kicks out weak wafers before they go through their costly...
News: Energy
The U.S Department of Energy has recently announced up to $4 million available this year to accelerate the development and deployment of wireless charging systems for light-duty electric...
News: Government
Projects funded through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI) — a joint program through the USDA and the DOE — will help develop economically and environmentally sustainable...
News: Green Design & Manufacturing
Offshore wind is an enormous potential resource for the United States - with strong, consistent winds located in the Atlantic, Pacific, the Great Lakes, and the Gulf of Mexico. As part of a planned...
News: Government
$12 Million Funding Opportunity to Spur Solar Innovation
Through the DOE's SunShot Incubator program, over $12 million in funding is available to accelerate innovation in solar energy and manufacturing - supporting advancements in hardware, reductions in soft costs, and the development of pilot manufacturing and production projects.
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INSIDER: Energy
EV Battery Recycling Still Being Defined
Videos: Manufacturing & Prototyping
4D Printing with Smart Materials
Blog: Energy
Zinc-Air Batteries: A Cheaper, Safer Alternative to Li-ion Batteries
News: Power
2023 Battery Show North America Opens as Automakers, Suppliers Intensify...
INSIDER: Energy
Leaders Optimistic North America Lithium Supply Gap Can be Eliminated
Quiz: Unmanned Systems

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Blog: Artificial Intelligence: Meet Human Intelligence
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Software Solutions for Battery Management System Applications...
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Choosing a Silicone for Operation in Harsh Thermal Environments
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Scan-Based and Project Design for Medical
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Introduction to the Integration of Electronics Switching and...