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Access the technical resources for a range of materials and coatings. Design engineers can browse news, technical briefs, and applications for plastics, composites, rubbers, elastomers, and metals.

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Blog: Semiconductors & ICs
UCLA engineers have demonstrated successful integration of a novel semiconductor material into high-power computer chips.
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Special Reports: RF & Microwave Electronics
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Space Technology - October 2021
A new era of space exploration is set to begin with Artemis 1, the first in a series of increasingly complex NASA missions that will take humans back to the moon and then on to Mars. Read all about it in this...

Articles: Materials
Learn seven key design considerations for implementing electrohydraulic valves.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Motion controllers, electric cylinders, cobot brakes, and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technology could improve the control of prosthetic hands and provide a sense of “touch” for amputees.
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Briefs: Materials
The soft and stretchable device converts movement into electricity and can work in wet environments.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The tiny motors mimic how rock climbers navigate inclines.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Vibration-absorbing resonators could better soundproof walls and make vehicles more streamlined.
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Application Briefs: Materials
Ewellix (Gothenburg, Sweden) has developed a planetary roller screw that's now on Mars.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Laser-distance sensors, light monitoring, flow meters, and more.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Pellistor/Catalytic Bead (CB) sensors can respond to flammable gases such as hydrogen, oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, methane, butane, propane, and carbon monoxide.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This combination of technologies could enable developments for many optical applications.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
The system could one day replace LiDAR and cameras in automated manufacturing, biomedical imaging, and autonomous driving.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The method could be applied to carbon waste streams.
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Facility Focus: Unmanned Systems
Today, Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering performs research in robotics, cyberphysical systems, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, energy, and other topics.
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Briefs: Imaging
The ultrathin magnet could advance new applications in computing and electronics.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The protective coating works like body armor for the atomically thin materials.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
High-voltage direct current cables can more efficiently transport electricity over long distances.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
These technologies provide a tantalizing glimpse into the future of manufacturing automation.
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Battery-pack test systems, data management, connector clips, and more.
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Briefs: Energy
A new anode for aqueous batteries uses seawater as an electrolyte.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The approach achieves near 100% light emission efficiency at all brightness levels.
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UpFront: Energy
NASA reveals winners of a CO2 conversion challenge.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Fano Resonance Optical Coatings (FROCs) can both transmit and reflect the same color simultaneously.
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NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A bulk metallic glass could slash prices of collaborative robots and lead to advanced 3D-printed metals.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The process produces rapid, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly material.
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5 Ws: Communications
Who The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is still a major threat to public health. Wearing a facemask is a step in protecting against infection; the new facemask also diagnoses the wearer with COVID-19.
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Briefs: Materials
Growing large-area graphene on optical substrates enables use in photonics devices.
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