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Browse innovative developments in materials and manufacturing that significantly impact military, medical devices, automotive, and industrial manufacturing. Advances in plastics, metals, and composites are transforming 3D printing and rapid prototyping.

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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applications include aerospace, automotive, commercial spaceflight, scuba diving equipment, and for first responders.
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Briefs: Transportation
The material, commonly found in house paint, can be used in a device to more efficiently process information.
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Briefs: Medical

Researchers have created the prototype for a handheld device to measure a biomarker for cancer. The device works much like the monitors that people with diabetes use to test their blood-sugar levels...

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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The system is filled with a patient’s skin cells.
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Products: RF & Microwave Electronics
Modules from Pickering Interfaces simulate industrial control transceivers.
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Briefs: Energy
This device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, and other portable electronics.
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NASA Spinoff: Energy
The technology could allow deep-space exploration without running out of propellant.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The system uses off-the-shelf materials combined with ultraviolet lights to decontaminate N95 masks.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering advanced materials atop traditional silicon is a promising path to eke...

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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

Electric vehicles (EVs) hold great promise for our energy-efficient, sustainable future but among their limitations is the lack of a long-lasting, high energy density battery...

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INSIDER: Energy

A simpler and more efficient way to predict performance will lead to better batteries, according to Rice University engineers. That their method is 100,000 times faster than existing modeling...

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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene’s thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.

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Question of the Week: Materials
Will RepelWrap Catch On?

A material called "RepelWrap" won this year's "Create the Future" Design Contest. The thin film, invented by researchers at McMaster University, instantly fends off viruses and bacteria when the material is placed on a surface, including a door handle or railing.

INSIDER: Semiconductors & ICs

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an...

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Blog: Photonics/Optics
Optical interference filters are critical to the overall performance of machine vision applications. So how do you select the right one?
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Your 2020 winners include a bacteria-repelling wrap, an advanced prosthetic leg, flash graphene, and more.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
A panel of experts explains how robots are playing a larger role in manufacturing.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Learn about the sensors assessing and analyzing plant equipment.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
We explore the major scientific breakthroughs achieved during 20 years of human presence on the ISS.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Mixed-signal oscilloscopes, 3D printers, DC/DC converters, and more.
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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See how Dr. Andrei Kolmakov and his team are using low-energy electron beams to 3D-print tiny gel structures in liquids.
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Articles: AR/AI
Digital technologies are enabling an "Industry Renaissance" of virtual experiences.
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Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Jacobs' scientists are helping to make contract-tracing apps, emergency-use ventilators, and even squid-bots.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This partially superconducting machine can be used as a motor or generator.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The magnetic, multi-material pump was 3D-printed all in one piece.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Method Tests Microscopic Aeronautical Materials
This process breaks the temperature barrier in small-scale materials testing.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Robotic exoskeletons, a breath-test for cancer, and plastic-eating enzymes are Products of Tomorrow.
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Briefs: Lighting
Invisible displays on walls and windows would be bright when turned on but invisible when turned off.
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Briefs: Wearables

Researchers developed a wearable technology that can hide its wearer from heat-detecting sensors such as night vision goggles, even when the ambient temperature changes. The technology...

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Webcasts

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On-Demand Webinars: Defense

From Data to Decision: How AI Enhances Warfighter Readiness

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Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace

April Battery & Electrification Summit

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Upcoming Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Tech Update: 3D Printing for Transportation in 2024

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Upcoming Webinars: Materials

Unleashing Epoxy's Potential: Ensuring Hermetic Sealing in Modern...

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Upcoming Webinars: Test & Measurement

Building an Automotive EMC Test Plan

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Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace

The Moon and Beyond from a Thermal Perspective

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