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Microsoft and the BMW Group launch the Open Manufacturing Platform

“Companies are partners in a new initiative to drive open industrial IoT development and help grow a community to build future Industry 4.0 solutions Technology framework and open community to share smart factory solutions across the automotive and manufacturing …

NASA Awards Artemis Contract for Lunar Gateway Power, Propulsion

“In one of the first steps of the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration plans, NASA announced on Thursday the selection of Maxar Technologies, formerly SSL, in Westminster, Colorado, to develop and demonstrate power, propulsion and communications capabilities for NASA’s …

New Power Supply Unit Lets Electrical Devices Live Longer

“Scientists Have Developed a New Control Method that Significantly Increases the Service Life of End Devices. From the charging unit for smartphones to the power supply of the laptop or washing machine to LED lights or charging stations of electric …

NIST Team Demonstrates Heart of Next-Generation Chip-Scale Atomic Clock

“Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated an experimental, next-generation atomic clock—ticking at high “optical” frequencies—that is much smaller than usual, made of just three small chips plus supporting electronics and …

Polymers jump through hoops on pathway to sustainable materials

“Recyclable plastics that contain ring-shaped polymers may be a key to developing sustainable synthetic materials. Despite some promising advances, researchers said, a full understanding of how to processes ring polymers into practical materials remains elusive. In a new study, researchers …

Producing electricity at estuaries using light and osmosis

“Researchers at EPFL are working on a technology to exploit osmotic energy – a source of power that’s naturally available at estuaries, where fresh water comes into contact with seawater. In a laboratory experiment, the team reproduced the real-world conditions …

Quantum rebar: Quantum dots enhance stability of solar-harvesting perovskite crystals

“U of T Engineering researchers have combined two emerging technologies for next-generation solar power — and discovered that each one helps stabilize the other. The resulting hybrid material is a major step toward reducing the cost of solar power while multiplying …

Record-shattering underwater sound

“Researchers produced an underwater sound with an intensity that eclipses that of a rocket launch while investigating what happens when they blast tiny jets of water with X-ray laser pulses. A team of researchers has produced a record-shattering underwater sound …

Researchers gain key insight into solar material’s soaring efficiency

“The rows of blue solar panels that dot landscapes and rooftops are typically made out of crystalline silicon, the workhorse semiconductor found in virtually every electronic device. Over the last decade, Colorado State University researchers have led pioneering studies into …

Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Postal Service

“The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday started a two-week test transporting mail across three Southwestern states using self-driving trucks, a step forward in the effort to commercialize autonomous vehicle technology for hauling freight. San Diego-based startup TuSimple said its …