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Caribbean islands are moving away from importing fossil fuels in favor of using their abundant sun and wind power for electricity. Frequent hurricanes, however, are problematic for solar energy generation. Researchers at the Department of…

San Jose, Calif. – May 21st, 2024 Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI), the leader in gate driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, today announced the launch of the SCALE-iFlex™ XLT family of dual-channel…

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EPC is launching a 100 V, 1 mOhm EPC2361, the lowest on-resistance GaN FET on the market. The FET doubles the power density of its previous products. The EPC2361 has a typical RDS(on) of just 1 mOhm in a thermally enhanced QFN package…

Researchers at the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST have achieved a significant milestone in solar energy by creating the world's most efficient quantum dot (QD) solar cell. The team utilized an innovative ligand exchange…

Japan is now the fifth nation to make a soft lunar landing. Its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) successfully landed on the moon, but its solar panel failed to generate power, posing a challenge. According to the Japan…

DigiKey announced that the EFUSE-48V100A reference design from Vishay is now available globally from DigiKey. The eFuse features TrenchFET MOSFETs and handles continuous current up to 100 amps. Operating continuously at maximum current with…

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory scientists observed a black hole in a distant galaxy repeatedly munching on a Sun-like star. Swift science uses a unique way to analyze data from the satellite’s X-ray Telescope (XRT) and adapt to new…

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will launch ComPair aboard a high-altitude balloon from Fort. Sumner, New Mexico Aug. 10. The ComPair mission instrument measures and detects gamma-ray…

In the relentless pursuit of sustainable urban development, the fusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) has paved the way for the revolutionary concept of Smart Cities. As the global population continues to…