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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These barrier coatings protect high-performance components in extreme environments.
Briefs: Energy
A solvent leaches cobalt and lithium for reuse from spent batteries.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties.
Briefs: Motion Control
This microbot can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applying a surface-active agent makes metal easier to cut and shape into parts and pieces.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
These robust materials convert excess heat energy into electricity.
Briefs: Wearables
This electronic skin can track heart rate, respiration, muscle movement, and other health data.
Briefs: Materials
This thin film can be used for ground-based and airborne applications in aircraft, balloons, and other flight missions.
Products: Communications
Processors, imaging sensors, dimensioning systems, and more.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The non-destructive coating has applications in structural health monitoring, aerospace, automotive, and military/defense.
Briefs: Materials
This technology enables methane metabolism by yeast.
Articles: Semiconductors & ICs
If you want to pursue in-house PCB prototyping and testing, there are several routes you can take.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Ultra-thin SiC microstructures enable batch fabrication of MEMS, NEMS, pressure sensors, and biosensors.
Briefs: Imaging
Various components are used to assemble robots that are more aware of their surroundings.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This plant-based material can be manufactured using water as a solvent instead of other harmful solvents.
Briefs: Aerospace
Load-bearing structures in cars and airplanes could be manufactured from the metal foam.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
According to the United Nations, 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and the majority live in developing nations. A process was developed...
NASA Spinoff: Test & Measurement
Isolators used to control semiconductor manufacturing keep the James Webb Space Telescope steady.
Briefs: Wearables
These stickers wirelessly beam health readings to a receiver clipped onto clothing.
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Manufacturers in almost every industry are looking to design lighter parts. Here are five lightweighting strategies.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This technology is a novel, rugged, and economic diagnostic and sensor platform technology.
Question of the Week: Materials
Can Gels Stop Wildfires?
A preventive treatment developed by Stanford researchers could greatly reduce the incidence and severity of wildfires. The cellulose-based, gel-like fluid protects against fires and stays on target vegetation through rain, wind, and other environmental exposure. Watch the demo on Tech Briefs TV.
Blog: Energy
Tech Briefs in 2019 celebrated historic NASA anniversaries, new ways to power electronics, and innovative hacks of our “smartest” technologies.
INSIDER: Power
The challenge of building an energy future that preserves and improves the planet is a massive undertaking. Scientists and politicians have recognized the...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A highly sensitive rectifying element in the form of a nanowire backward diode can convert low-power 100 nanowatt microwaves into usable electricity. The newly developed...
INSIDER: Materials
A new concept for an aluminum battery has twice the energy density as previous versions, is made of abundant materials, and could lead to reduced production costs and environmental impact. The...
Blog: Medical
Parylene coatings are being used in the medical industry and even space. Our expert explains why.
Blog: Electronics & Computers
New ceramics expand on ways to more efficiently use heat radiation.
INSIDER: Materials
Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small...
Top Stories
Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Aerial Microrobots That Can Match a Bumblebee's Speed
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Turning Edible Fungi into Organic Memristors
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Revolutionizing the Production of Semiconductor Chips
News: Energy
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
World’s Smallest Programmable, Autonomous Robots
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Webcasts
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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
How Sift's Unified Observability Platform Accelerates Drone Innovation
