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Access the latest news and technical advancements impacting Mechanical and Fluid systems. Explore articles and technical briefs about fastening, joining, mechanical components, fluid handling, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMs).

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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Various components are used to assemble robots that are more aware of their surroundings.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Ultra-thin SiC microstructures enable batch fabrication of MEMS, NEMS, pressure sensors, and biosensors.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
If you want to pursue in-house PCB prototyping and testing, there are several routes you can take.
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Products: Communications
Processors, imaging sensors, dimensioning systems, and more.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Recovery of Mercury and Rare Earth Elements from Fluorescent Lamp Phosphors
This method will enable safer fluorescent light recycling.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
The device can be used to pre-screen for the virus using gene-editing assays before those infected can travel and expose others.
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Briefs: Energy
This approach is a cost-effective way to convert carbon dioxide gas into methane.
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Briefs: Motion Control
This microbot can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA and universities from across the country are teaming up to support a continued human presence on the Moon and ultimately Mars.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
These advances are useful for transportation, infrastructure, and aerospace.
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Briefs: Aerospace
This technique lowers airstream noise generated at the side edges of deployed flaps, elevons, or slats.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A carbon nanotube heat shield can better protect extremely fast aircraft.
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Q&A: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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Briefs: Software
The Planetary Tides Simulation Facility for Simulation Tidal Strain in Planetary Ice Analogs
Applications include modeling of tidal stress response of icy satellites as well as fatigue of terrestrial ice shelves.
Articles: Photonics/Optics
Increased laser capacity has enabled, and will continue to enable, new manufacturing possibilities.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Photopolymer films, LED light engines, measurement systems, and more.
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Blog: Aerospace
If a satellite breaks in orbit, there's not much that can be done. A professor envisions a new idea for refueling and repair.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Stronger and flexible, polyimide aerogels provide insulation and structural support.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology has applications in sonar, range measuring, directional-force sensors, flow meters, and vibration/noise sensing and control.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Transport Method Boosts Capacity of Heat Exchangers
A simple modification can improve the capability of turbulent heat exchangers by 500%.
Articles: Aerospace
Top prizes in the 2019 contest were awarded on November 8 in New York City.
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Briefs: Defense
This low-profile ankle exoskeleton integrates into a shoe and fits under clothing.
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Q&A: Photonics/Optics
Changing directions of twist and coiling changes whether a material cools or heats.
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Briefs: Automotive
This invention is a highly stable, heat-treatable, and tunable material.
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Briefs: Energy
This multifunctional hybrid laminate composite can be used for residential and commercial construction.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The simulator could help in the development of new back braces.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This retractable de-orbit device facilitates targeted re-entry, attitude and orbital control, and collision avoidance.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This hands-on, educational tool highlights the properties of SMA wire.
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