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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: Materials
This material could have applications such as mixing and delivery in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Briefs: Materials
This coating could lead to safely reusable personal protective equipment.
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Briefs: Energy
The technology could lead to production of fuels, building materials, and other products in a carbon-neutral way.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
A neural stimulator, a battery testing device, and a strain sensor.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Smart adaptive clothing can lower the body temperature of the wearer in hot climates.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These biosensors could lead to improved glucose monitors for millions of people who suffer from diabetes.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An ultrafast image sensor with a built-in neural network can be trained to recognize certain objects.
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NASA Spinoff: Energy
The NASA-funded nanoparticle lubricant also works in satellites and space vehicles.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Bacteria-Based Hydrogel Beads Clean Up Contaminated Groundwater
Beads that contain bacteria and a slow-release food supply to sustain them can clean up contaminated groundwater for months on end, maintenance-free.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This approach could lead to entirely new and more efficient logic switches for computer chips.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The hydrogel could be made into a contact lens that effectively treats corneal melting.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A new roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
This highly porous sponge absorbs more than 30 times its weight in oil and can be reused up to several dozen times.
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Briefs: Energy
Organic Lithium-Powered Batteries
These batteries are more environmentally friendly while retaining performance, stability, and storage capacity.
Briefs: Materials
The technique could easily be translated into existing medical device manufacturing processes for use in orthopedic implants.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Data storage boards, modular plugs, equipment enclosures, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
Using ceramic material and graphene, the toughness of solid-state lithium-ion batteries can be doubled.
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Briefs: Transportation
Lithium batteries made using this electrode type could be much safer than typical lithium metal-based batteries.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Power switches, battery pack adhesives, supercapacitor modules, and more...
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Articles: Automotive
Cell chemistries, thermal dynamics, vehicle packaging, and even weather present challenges for optimizing electric vehicle battery functional safety.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The battery design increases the number of possible cycles from tens to more than 100 with little degradation.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Drop-in replacements for lithium ion batteries would not pose a fire danger.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A number of battery-related innovations have been assisted by a joining technology: ultrasonic metal welding.
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Briefs: Energy
A “butter-like” interlayer material boosts current density and increases safety.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The device brings lithium metal batteries one step closer to commercial viability.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A new method manufactures complex shapeshifters for soft robots and biomedical implants.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Positioning devices, vibration transmitters, brushless DC motors, and more.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This technology can help robots walk up to 40 percent faster on uneven terrain such as pebbles and wood chips.
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Briefs: Motion Control
Inspired by a coral polyp, this plastic mini robot moves by magnetism and light.
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