Electronics & Software

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Podcasts: Energy

Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles

Canadian battery recycling company Li-Cycle is leveraging its sustainable process to provide an end-of-life solution for lithium-ion batteries.

Blog: Design

Internal Combustion vs. Electric Vehicles: Do the Same Design Rules Apply?

A reader asks: Is the design approach for electric vehicles similar to a vehicle with an internal combustion engine?

Application Briefs: Aerospace

Advancing Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems for Sustainable Flight

Hybrid-electric propulsion systems hold clear potential to reduce aircraft carbon dioxide emissions and support the goal of greater sustainability in aviation.

Blog: Energy

How to Make a Phase Change Material: Magnets and Rubber

The two components offer predictable responses that support new robots and new energy-absorbing materials.

Articles: Automotive

SAE WCX Preview: Staying Ahead of the Curve

SAE WCX 2022 will convene the engineering community to connect, learn, and collaborate on the biggest issues facing the mobility industry.

Briefs: Test & Measurement

New Thermal Wave Diagnostic Technique Advances Battery Performance Testing

A new technique for measuring the performance of lithium batteries uses thermal waves to measure local lithium concentration as a function of depth inside battery electrodes.

Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Going for the Gold with Aerodynamic Luge Sleds

A new approach to designing luge sleds could help shave off those extra 1/1000 of a second that can be the difference between silver and gold at the Olympics.

Blog: Data Acquisition

How Has Data Center Power Efficiency Improved?

Data centers have found a more efficient way of handling power. So, what led to the better power path?

Briefs: AR/AI

Artificial Intelligence Magnifies the Utility of Electron Microscopes

An AI framework enables scientists to improve an imaging technique, enhancing the performance of electron microscopes.

Question of the Week: Manned Systems

Are Hydrogen Fuel Cells the Future?

In the summer of 2020, The Port of Los Angeles received 10 heavy-duty trucks, each having one defining component in common: a hydrogen fuel cell.

NASA Spinoff: Lighting

LED Lighting Beyond Space

NASA’s lighting research gives people on Earth better rest and helps plants grow.

5 Ws: Energy

5 Ws of the Ocean Battery

Learn the Who, What, Where, Why, and When for an ocean battery that holds onto excess energy from offshore wind farms.

Q&A: Electronics & Computers

How to Measure High Voltage with No Physical Contact

Dr. Israel Owens and his team at Sandia National Laboratories have used a crystal smaller than a dime and a laser smaller than a shoebox to safely measure 20 million volts without making physical contact to the electrode.

Blog: Energy

Can We Expect Hydrogen Fuel Availability?

Are we really ready for hydrogen fuel cell trucks? An industry expert from Toyota talks about how hydrogen power is already being used in Los Angeles.

INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Low-Cost Radio System Could Help Trace Disease Spread

In efforts to limit the spread of disease while preserving privacy, an interdisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has designed and...

INSIDER: Imaging

Fabricating Stable, High-Mobility Transistors for Next-generation Display Technologies

The trade-off between carrier mobility and stability in amorphous oxide semiconductor-based thin film transistors (TFTs) has been finally overcome by...

INSIDER: Nanotechnology

New Photonic Effect Could Speed Drug Development

Twisted nanoscale semiconductors manipulate light in a new way. This effect could be harnessed to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving medicines as well as photonic...

INSIDER: Test & Measurement

Biosensors Using Field-Effect Transistors Show Great Promise

Demand for sensitive and selective electronic biosensors — analytical devices that monitor a target of interest in real time — is growing for a wide range of applications....

Special Reports: Test & Measurement

Test & Measurement - February 2022

From space vehicles to the modern battlefield to the human body, test innovations are improving device and system reliability while speeding time to market. Read about the latest advances – including the...