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New STM32WB Wireless Microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics Deliver Affordable Convenience and Performance

“STMicroelectronics has extended its STM32WB* Bluetooth® LE microcontroller (MCU) offering with new devices that combine entry-level features with extra power savings for longer-lasting performance. The dual-core STM32WB15 and STM32WB10 Value Line pair an Arm® Cortex®-M4 processor to run the …

Nissan’s 100% electric motor-driven e-POWER technology reaches global milestone

“Nissan today announced a breakthrough in engine efficiency, reaching 50% thermal efficiency with its in-development, next generation e-POWER system. Nissan’s e-POWER system utilizes an on-board gasoline engine to provide electrical energy to the e-powertrain battery pack. Nissan …

Perseverance Rover’s SuperCam Science Instrument Delivers First Results

“Data from the powerful science tool includes sounds of its laser zapping a rock in order to test what it’s made of. The first readings from the SuperCam instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover have arrived on Earth. SuperCam …

Producing highly efficient LEDs based on 2D perovskite films

“Energy-efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been used in our everyday life for many decades. But the quest for better LEDs, offering both lower costs and brighter colours, has recently drawn scientists to a material called perovskite. A recent joint-research project …

Rapid 3D printing method moves toward 3D-printed organs

“It looks like science fiction: A machine dips into a shallow vat of translucent yellow goo and pulls out what becomes a life-sized hand. But the seven-second video, which is sped-up from 19 minutes, is real. The hand, which would …

Renesas Extends IoT Security Leadership With PSA Certified Level 2 and SESIP Certification for RA Family Devices

“RA Family of 32-bit Arm Cortex-M Microcontrollers Offers Ultimate IoT Security with Renesas’s Secure Crypto Engine and Arm TrustZone Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced both PSA Certified Level 2 and …

Robots learn faster with quantum technology

“Artificial intelligence is part of our modern life by enabling machines to learn useful processes such as speech recognition and digital personal assistants. A crucial question for practical applications is how fast such intelligent machines can learn. An experiment at …

Rolls-Royce set to power Vertical Aerospace’s all-electric aircraft

“Rolls-Royce’s ground-breaking technology is set to power Vertical Aerospace’s flagship Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft. A Rolls-Royce electrical power system will be integrated into the piloted all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle, which will carry up to …

Scientists Stabilize Atomically Thin Boron for Practical Use

“Borophane is stable outside a vacuum, opening possibilities for real-world applications. Northwestern Engineering researchers have, for the first time, created borophane — atomically thin boron that is stable at standard temperatures and air pressures. Researchers have long been excited by the …

Seeing both sides of light collection

“Combining two light-absorbing materials and optimizing the flow of current improves the performance of solar cells. Two types of materials are better than one when it comes to solar cells, as revealed by an international team that has tested a …