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Application Briefs: Materials
The applications that require dewatering are too numerous to list in their entirety. Dewatering is a process that — as its name suggests — separates fluids from solids, often converting what would otherwise go down the drain or end up in a landfill into saleable products. Read on to learn more about it and how gear motors come into play.
Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Los Angeles-based plastics contract manufacturer Kal Plastics deployed UR10e trimming cobot for a fraction of the cost and lead time of a CNC machine, cut trimming time nearly in half, and reduced late shipments to under one percent — all while improving employee safety and growth opportunities. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Materials
The triple-layer solid electrolyte features a robust middle layer that boosts the battery’s mechanical strength, while its soft outer surface ensures an excellent electrode contact, facilitating an easy movement of lithium ions. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Power
A research team led by Dr. Daeho Kim and Dr. Jong Hwan Park at the Nano Hybrid Technology Research Center of the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute has developed a groundbreaking process technology that enables ultrafast, 30-second preparation of hard carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries, using microwave induction heating. Read on to learn more.
Blog: Materials
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has introduced a new way to improve textile-based filters by coating them with a type of two-dimensional nanomaterial called MXene.
White Papers: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Benefits of Light Duty Coiled Spring Pins in Soft and Brittle Materials
Light Duty Coiled Spring Pins offer a variety of advantages in many applications including ease of installation, high retention, host material protection, and lower...Blog: Semiconductors & ICs
An international team has developed a novel approach to maintain special quantum characteristics, even in 3D materials.
INSIDER: Propulsion
An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny droplets that can propel a spacecraft. These miniature engines are...
Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
Robotics & Motion Control - March 2025
From the operating room to the family farm to your next hotel stay, advances in robotics and automation are impacting a wide range of industries. Read all about it in this compendium of articles from the...Special Reports: Defense
Test & Measurement - March 2025
Testing the “eyes” of NASA's next space telescope…mass‐manufacturing photonic sensors at the quantum limit…driving zero defects in today's intelligent vehicles. Read about these and other applications...Blog: Physical Sciences
A team has developed a method to grow artificial muscle tissue that twitches and flexes in multiple coordinated directions. As a demonstration, they grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially.
White Papers: Medical
Mixing Technologies in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Industries
This white paper presents an overview of mixing technologies implemented across many of today’s highly competitive pharmaceutical and medical industries, as well as new...On-Demand Webinars: AR/AI
With advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, we are seeing increased integration of AI into design and manufacturing processes throughout the...
Blog: Energy
A cathode material put forward by the Dincă Group, a layered organic solid called bis-tetraaminobenzoquinone (TAQ), outperforms traditional lithium-ion cathodes in both energy and power densities in a technology that is truly scalable.
On-Demand Webinars: Materials
Whether they are enhancing aesthetic appeal or optimizing functional performance, forward-thinking designers stay vigilant for practical tips and expert guidance to improve their...
White Papers: Materials
The Battery of The Future Needs State-of-the-Art Laboratory Equipment
As battery technology advances to meet the growing demand for energy storage, the need for state-of-the-art laboratory equipment has never been greater. Precision,...News: Electronics & Computers
Watch this video from Aerospace & Defense Technology to learn how Intel has been advancing the development of prototype computer chips for defense applications in recent years, as well as insights about their Intel18A technology.
Quiz: Materials
Engineers are constantly looking for metals to solve their design dilemmas. Bonded dissimilar metals offer vastly improved performance while minimizing the design trade-offs of single metals. How much do you know about bonded dissimilar metals? Find out with this quiz.
Blog: Materials
Researchers have been working on a method to detect and investigate the dissolution of the metal ion in a cathode. Using nuclear MRI, they were able to directly observe the dissolution in real time. Read on to learn more.
White Papers: Motion Control
Important Success Factors for Dry-running Bearings in Construction Machinery
Choosing between plastic and metal bearings for construction machinery is a decision many manufacturers have to make. However, it’s a deceptively simple choice, as...News: Aerospace
Recent successes in cultivating human heart tissue, knee cartilage, and pharmaceutical crystals in space have relied on technology that was initially developed decades ago with support from NASA.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Oxide-ion conductors enable oxide ions (O2-) to be transported in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), which can run on diverse fuels beyond hydrogen, including natural gas,...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
As population growth and extreme temperatures strain the United States power grid, utilities and equipment manufacturers are looking for ways to increase the amount of...
Special Reports: Medical
Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - March 2025
Researchers achieve near‐void‐free 3D printing…how new laser joining technology is improving implantable device reliability…tips and techniques for adhesive bonding of plastics. Read...Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Last December, Tech Briefs readers were asked to select one product from our 2024 Products of the Month to be named Readers’ Choice Product of the Year. Thanks to all of our readers who cast their votes. Read on to learn the 2024 winners.
Products: Software
See the product of the month: IDEC Corporation's FS1B Safety Controller, an upgrade of the popular FS1A.
Briefs: Energy
Researchers have developed a strategy to design luminescent polymers with high light-emitting efficiencies from the start that are both biodegradable and recyclable. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Energy
A PNNL research team used a simple mixed-salt water-based solution and their knowledge of metal properties to separate valuable minerals in continuously flowing reaction chambers. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Manufacturing More Efficient Spintronics Devices
Researchers have developed a breakthrough process for making spintronic devices that has the potential to become the new industry standard for semiconductors chips that make up computers, smartphones, and many other electronics. The new process will allow for faster, more efficient spintronics devices that can be scaled down smaller than ever before. Read on to learn more about it.
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