Keyword: Research Lab

INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

The U.S. electric grid is more than just power plants and transmission lines — it’s a web of connections among millions of small components, working together to allow you to...

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INSIDER: Test & Measurement

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) intern Jake Guidry has developed a cybersecurity research tool that could improve the security of electric vehicle charging. The AcCCS tool provides...

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Quiz: Information Technology
Think you know quantum computing? Test your knowledge about it with this quiz.
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INSIDER: Motion Control

A Cornell-led collaboration harnessed chemical reactions to make microscale origami machines self-fold — freeing them from the liquids in which they usually function, so they...

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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

Purdue University engineers have developed a patent-pending tool to make the manufacture of ultrathin semiconductors more consistent, controllable, and...

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INSIDER: Unmanned Systems

Inspired by centipedes, Georgia Tech researchers have developed many-legged robots that can move across uneven surfaces without any additional sensing or control technology.

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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

Cornell researchers have developed an optical neural network (ONN) that can filter relevant information from a scene before the visual image is detected by a camera, a method that...

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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

There is extensive research on how a fixed-position flap affects lift in the realm of fluid-structure interaction. However, taking the conversation in a new direction, researchers...

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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

Everyone is talking about the newest AI and the power of neural networks, forgetting that software is limited by the hardware on which it runs. But it is hardware, says USC...

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Blog: Energy
The first study on how purified boron nitride nanotubes remain stable in extreme temperatures in inert environments.
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INSIDER: Software

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)’s historic achievement of fusion ignition Dec. 5 at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) positions the United...

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Q&A: Electronics & Computers
Mateus Corato Zanarella is the lead author of a Nature Photonics article describing the creation of tunable visible lasers of very pure colors from near-ultraviolet to near-infrared that fit on a fingertip.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

True to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the 1960s. But this trajectory is predicted to soon plateau because silicon — the...

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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new nanoelectronics platform based on graphene — a single sheet of carbon atoms.

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Blog: Design
A flapping-wing robot that can land autonomously on a horizontal perch using a claw-like mechanism.
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INSIDER: Imaging

On Dec. 5, 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Nuclear Ignition Facility (NIF) made history, demonstrating fusion...

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Q&A: Research Lab
Researchers have developed a theory that predicts the limits to which metals can be subjected to cyclic stress before failing.
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Facility Focus: Design
The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign was established in 1868.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers have developed a shape-shifting material that can take and hold any possible shape.
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INSIDER: Materials

Diodes allow directed flows of current. Without them, modern electronics would be inconceivable. Until now, they had to be made from two materials with different characteristics. A...

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INSIDER: Materials

The challenge of fabricating nanowires directly on silicon substrates for the creation of the next generation of electronics has finally been solved by...

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INSIDER: Government

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...

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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
DiaMonTech used the Ophir Pyrocam to measure and characterize all their laser developments.
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Facility Focus: Research Lab
The Florida Institute of Technology is a private research university in Melbourne, FL. The university was founded in 1958 as Brevard Engineering College to support NASA in providing advanced education for professionals working in the space program.
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Briefs: Medical
The new microscope is called a hybrid open-top light-sheet (OTLS) microscope.
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White Papers: Research Lab
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How to Select and Evaluate Clean Room Movement Systems: A 7-step Guide

This paper provides a road map that makes it easier to determine the appropriate method to move machinery and tools in clean rooms. As you walk through the short but...

Quiz: Design
How well do you know nanotechnology? Find out with this quiz?
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Facility Focus: Research Lab
The school's research centers have played a major role in development of multiple technologies, including early development of the internet.
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On-Demand Webinars: Test & Measurement
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Under certain off-nominal conditions, Li-ion cells can generate excessive heat and gas due to the initiation of several exothermic decomposition...