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LATEST ARTICLES FROM 3D Printing Progress

Optomec Customer Carnegie Mellon Develops 10-Second COVID Test
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a low-cost sensor that can identify COVID-19 antibodies in approximately 10 seconds. The novel sensor is based on a special structure of tiny gold electrodes that are 3D printed using the...
3D Printing Method Jump-Starts Tiny Medical Devices for the Body
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. Published in a new paper, it has the potential to create complex structures with nanometer-scale precis...
Oxygen-Releasing Bioink for 3D Bioprinting
Engineering new tissues can be used to alleviate shortages of organs in transplantation, as well as to develop physiological models for drug discovery applications. One of the emerging approaches to building tissues is through 3D Printing, where cell...
Down to the Wire for Metal Additive Manufacturing
Metal powders are the most common feedstock used in metal additive manufacturing. There are lots of application and scope for using powder but also barriers in rate, scale, cost, and other factors like safety, re-use, and supply chain maturity. Alter...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Advanced Batteries & Energy Storage Research

Lithium Metal Battery with a Protective Layer
Delft University of Technology researchers, in collaboration with researchers from Tsinghua University, have taken an important step towards a new type of Li-ion battery, which can be found in our smartphones, laptops and electric cars, among other t...
Plugged-in: Huge Demand for Electric Vehicle Charging
Plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) are approaching an inflection point as battery costs fall, driving range improves and consumer awareness and acceptance increases. But larger batteries and longer range alone is not going to address range anxiety for c...
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Stena Gives Volvo Bus Batteries a Second Life
The commercial service lives of bus batteries are significantly extended and natural resources are conserved. That is the result of a new cooperation between Volvo Buses and Stena Recycling subsidiary Batteryloop. After the batteries are removed from...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Artificial Intelligence Research

Direct Liquid Cooling for Data Centres
Direct liquid cooling was the dominant form of data centre thermal management in the 1960s. With the rise of CMOS technology, in more recent times, air cooling is the most common approach. With increasing chip power and applications like edge computi...
Shell to Supply Renewable Energy to Microsoft
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited and Microsoft Corporation, building on a history of three decades of working together, are embarking on a new strategic alliance to support progress towards a world with net-zero emissions. This builds on...
Drug Research and Development Platform Assists Biomarker Discovery
AI & Medicine, one of the forerunners in AI-assisted drug research and development, announced that its platform can significantly facilitate biomarker discovery, which is traditionally a very time-consuming and resource-intensive process. Disea...
AI Tool Promises Faster, More Accurate Alzheimer's Diagnosis
By detecting subtle differences in the way that Alzheimer's sufferers use language, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have developed an AI algorithm that promises to accurately diagnose Alzheimer's without the need for expensive scans or...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Electric Vehicles Research

Power Electronics: Trends and Failure Points in Electric Vehicles
As we expect more from electric vehicles, the core components - electric motors, energy storage, main inverter - need to get more powerful. This means managing higher temperature operation. One of the key barriers to this is the use of conventional S...
Electric Vehicles: Covid-19 Impact Through 2022
This article explores the impact of covid-19 on the global electric vehicle industry, with IDTechEx's prediction for recovery through 2022...
Autonomous Shuttles: The Future of Last-mile Mobility
The autonomous mobility industry is tackling part of the last-mile problem that many commuters encounter when using public transportation by replacing large, diesel buses with a fleet of electric, self-driving shuttle buses that transport small group...
Multipurpose 48V + HV PHEV transmission
Some see 48V mild hybrids and separately high voltage HEV powertrains as ongoing options. Some see 48V full hybrids obsoleting HV HEV. Some even see them taking share from conventional HV PHEVs. However, in late 2020, PSA set up a joint venture with ...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Global Biotechnology Insights

Genome Editing Technologies Could Revolutionise Agriculture
21st century agriculture is facing some major challenges. The global population is projected to increase to 10 billion by 2050. Feeding this many people will require a 70% increase from today's global food production. However, available agricultural ...
Optomec Customer Carnegie Mellon Develops 10-Second COVID Test
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a low-cost sensor that can identify COVID-19 antibodies in approximately 10 seconds. The novel sensor is based on a special structure of tiny gold electrodes that are 3D printed using the...
Manchester Hospital Uses Versius for First Robotic Keyhole Surgery
CMR Surgical Ltd announced the introduction of its next-generation surgical robotic system, Versius at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Versius becomes the first ever surgical robot to be used to p...
3D Printing Method Jump-Starts Tiny Medical Devices for the Body
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. Published in a new paper, it has the potential to create complex structures with nanometer-scale precis...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Off Grid Energy Independence

Shell to Supply Renewable Energy to Microsoft
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited and Microsoft Corporation, building on a history of three decades of working together, are embarking on a new strategic alliance to support progress towards a world with net-zero emissions. This builds on...
Energy Harvesting Related Webinars Available to Watch On-Demand Today
Free expert-led webinars from IDTechEx, providing up-to-date insights on emerging technologies and markets. Please see below a list of energy harvesting related webinars available to watch on-demand today (with slides available to download). Ene...
Plugged-in: Huge Demand for Electric Vehicle Charging
Plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) are approaching an inflection point as battery costs fall, driving range improves and consumer awareness and acceptance increases. But larger batteries and longer range alone is not going to address range anxiety for c...
Stena Gives Volvo Bus Batteries a Second Life
The commercial service lives of bus batteries are significantly extended and natural resources are conserved. That is the result of a new cooperation between Volvo Buses and Stena Recycling subsidiary Batteryloop. After the batteries are removed from...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Printed Electronics World

Direct Liquid Cooling for Data Centres
Direct liquid cooling was the dominant form of data centre thermal management in the 1960s. With the rise of CMOS technology, in more recent times, air cooling is the most common approach. With increasing chip power and applications like edge computi...
Agiler and Ynvisible Join Forces to Make Public Spaces Safe & Sterile
Ynvisible Interactive is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Agiler Oy, a Finnish high tech company, to prototype a trailblazing smart label technology to verify that the surfaces in public spaces, such as mass transit vehicles, have been ...
Thermal Management for 5G Smartphones
Printable Organic Transistors
High-definition roll-up televisions or foldable smartphones may soon no longer be unaffordable luxury goods that can be admired at international electronics trade fairs. High-performance organic transistors are a key necessity for the mechanically fl...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Robotics Research

Autonomous Shuttles: The Future of Last-mile Mobility
The autonomous mobility industry is tackling part of the last-mile problem that many commuters encounter when using public transportation by replacing large, diesel buses with a fleet of electric, self-driving shuttle buses that transport small group...
Manchester Hospital Uses Versius for First Robotic Keyhole Surgery
CMR Surgical Ltd announced the introduction of its next-generation surgical robotic system, Versius at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Versius becomes the first ever surgical robot to be used to p...
Medical Robotic Hand? Rubbery Semiconductor Makes it Possible
A medical robotic hand could allow doctors to more accurately diagnose and treat people from halfway around the world, but currently available technologies aren't good enough to match the in-person experience. Researchers report in Science Advances...
Robotics Related Webinars Available to Watch On-Demand Today
Free expert-led webinars from IDTechEx, providing up-to-date insights on emerging technologies and markets. Please see below a list of robotics-related webinars available to watch on-demand today (with slides available to download). Robotic Surg...
 

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Wearable Technology Insights

An Introduction to Displays in Augmented and Virtual Reality
Augmented and Virtual Reality are present in many aspects of both work and life. They are used for remote assistance, training, and gaming for example. Improvements to these devices will come from a variety of factors, including improvements to displ...
Better Material for Wearable Biosensors
Biosensors that are wearable on human skin or safely used inside the body are increasingly prevalent for both medical applications and everyday health monitoring. Finding the right materials to bind the sensors together and adhere them to surfaces is...
Flexible Electronics in Wearable Cardiac Monitoring Technologies
In today's digital age, focus on digital health and the quantified self have led to the rapid rise of heart rate monitoring technologies through wearables such as fitness trackers and smartwatches. Such devices have already proven their ability in de...
Wearable Related Webinars Available to Watch On-Demand Today
Free expert-led webinars from IDTechEx, providing up-to-date insights on emerging technologies and markets. Please see below a list of wearable related webinars available to watch on-demand today (with slides available to download). Wearables in...