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Range anxiety may finally be a thing of the past. A team of Penn State engineers is looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries with a range of 250 miles and the ability to charge in 10 minutes. According to Chao-Yang Wang, William E.…

Arguments in the landmark case Environmental Health Trust (EHT) Children’s Health Defense (CHD), et al vs. the FCC are scheduled for January 25. The plaintiffs want the court to order the FCC to remand, vacate, and update its 25-year-old…

Monolithic Power Systems launched a new family of 48V – 6V digital DC-DC power modules for data centers using eGaN FETs from EPC. The MPC1100-54 is the first in the new product family to include modules in an LLC topology using eGaN FETs…

While we rely on our senses of sight and smell to determine that a grilled chicken breast is “perfect,” but in large restaurants and industrial kitchens, they need more help to determine perfection. Skoltech researchers are using…

The University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory achieved a first-of-its-kind scientific control. They demonstrated real-time control of the…

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science engineers created a robot that can visually predict how a partner robot will behave—and the result is a smidgeon of empathy. Columbia’s “Robot Theory of Mind" concept predicts…

In quantum computing, entanglement is the method used to fuse individual quantum systems into one, which exponentially increases their total computational capacity. Scientists from Finland, Russia, China, and the USA demonstrated that…

CES, online from January 11 through 14, is prompting companies to adapt to the realities of an online format, and ROHM Semiconductor is no exception. ROHM is making available three video case studies to demonstrate its product portfolio…

COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems is wrapping up final development and build of electron beam 3D metal printing systems targeting future in-space, lunar, and Martian applications. Funded by an SBIR contract from NASA to support the…

While digital transformation explodes, efforts often fail due to poor software engineering practices. In a proverbial nutshell—software quality is lagging behind the goal of delivering value at high speed. The Cost of Poor Software…

Diamond, at 10 on the Mohs scale, is the hardest material in nature. Now, the results of joint research led by the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) shows potential for the use of strained diamonds in advanced functional devices in…

The Université de Genève‘s ( UNIGE) recent study indicates good news for all of you mobile online daters. Criticism of mobile dating apps includes their propensity for casual dating vs. long-term commitment, and that they were little…

Honeywell announced that it will acquire privately-held Sparta Systems for $1.3 billion. Sparta Systems provides enterprise quality management software (QMS), including a next-generation SaaS platform, for the life sciences industry. The…

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation announced a new line of power management integrated circuits (PMICs) with its first UHD display panel PMIC for laptops. Frequently used to power space-constrained devices where high-efficient and compact…

451 Research’s 2021 industry outlook report forecasts the long-term COVID-19 impact on work, technology, mergers and acquisitions, and the cloud. 451 Research, now a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, looks at the pandemic and the…