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University of Sheffield, ITM Power Announce Green Hydrogen Gigafactory

The University of Sheffield and ITM Power have launched a pioneering collaboration to advance the hydrogen sector, including an agreement for a new ITM Gigafactory and a joint plan to launch a National Hydrogen Research, Innovation and Skills Centre.

LanzaTech

LanzaTech is a biotech company developing gas fermentation technology to create valuable products - such as jet fuel and high-value chemicals - using waste gas streams. In November 2021, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr. Hydra Rodrigues spoke to Babette Pettersen, vice-president (Europe) at LanzaTech.

Mining and Concrete Industries Central to New Massive Energy Storage

The new need for massive amounts of delayed electricity will provide major new business for the mining and cement industries while helping them to clean up their act and generate new earning streams.

ChargedEVs: Electric Motors and Materials

The ChargedEVs online conference presents many topics around the electric vehicle (EV) market. In this subscriber-only article, IDTechEx cover the presentations that focussed on motors and their materials.

What Is Required for a True Digital Transformation in Materials R&D?

Digital transformation is the buzzword in every sector; materials science and chemistry R&D is behind the curve but certainly no exception. The prospects are, of course, very attractive, but the reality far, far harder. This article looks at the status of this transformation, the enabling solutions, and those unresolved pain points.

Blue Origin Completes Second Human Flight to Space and Back

Blue Origin successfully completed its second human spaceflight on board New Shepard. The flight included four astronauts, Dr. Chris Boshuizen, Glen de Vries, Audrey Powers, and William Shatner, as well as thousands of postcards from Blue Origin's foundation, Club for the Future.

TOF Sensor for Patient Monitoring: Track Human Skeletal Movement

Omron engineers have worked hard to create long lasting and reliable sensing products for manufacturers and product designers. With continued growth of smart sensor demand within the touchless market and for the medical industry, Omron has continued improvements on their latest sensing product, the B5L Time of Flight sensor.

OMRON B5L Time-of-Flight Sensor Module for Real-Time 3D Vision in AMR

Innovative technology continues to improve and advance the possibilities for autonomous mobile robots (AMR). To view the environment around them, AMRs often require multiple, high-accuracy sensors that can offer stable and reliable detection along with a long life and high durability in a range of environments.

OMRON Touchless Sensors for Innovative Solutions

As a leading innovator in the realm of sensors and sensing products, Omron continues to develop solutions to best suit the growing needs of a touchless society. With Smart Home and Building, Internet of Things (IoT), and Healthcare in mind, Omron introduces the B5L Time of Flight Sensor and new versions of theB5W Light Convergent Sensor to meet the high demand.

Polish-Japanese Smart Grid Demonstration Project in Poland Completed

The project consisted of the implementation of the Special Protection Scheme system and the hybrid Battery Energy Storage System located at the Bystra Wind Farm in northern Poland and started the full-scale operation gradually. These systems will be used continuously for enhancing the management of Polish power grid.

Highview Power Closes Growth Capital Funding Round with $70 Million

This round of funding enables Highview Power to continue its aggressive global expansion and rapidly moves additional projects into the commercialization phase. There was tremendous demand for the company's long duration energy storage solution in 2020, and Highview Power is entering the new year with a late-stage pipeline of over 4GWh of projects across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. This is in addition to the current 700MWh of projects currently under development.

Exscientia

Exscientia has developed a range of computational algorithms to accelerate and facilitate drug discovery. Unlike most companies, which often focus on a particular stage of drug development (eg: target identification, hit screening, etc), Exscientia is considered a "full-stack" AI company as it focuses on all stages of drug discovery up to (and including) lead identification and optimisation.

Cynora

Cynora is a German company focused on the development of more efficient emissive materials for OLED displays primarily utilizing TADF rather than phosphorescence. This update article discusses developments at Cynora since our previous update in 2016.

Forge Nano

Forge Nano are developing atomic layer deposition techniques and tools for coatings various materials, including catalysts and powders for additive manufacturing but with a particular focus on Li-ion electrodes.

4R Energy Corporation

4R Energy is a joint venture between Nissan and Sumitomo to develop end-of-life solutions for electric vehicle batteries including battery second-life, remanufacturing and recycling.

Partnership to Expand Cryogenic Long-Duration Energy Storage Globally

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd and Highview Power are pleased to announce that the two companies have partnered to expand cryogenic energy storage projects globally.

New Drug Created Using AI Begins Clinical Trial

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd. and Exscientia Ltd announce that a phase I clinical study of DSP-1181, that was created using Artificial Intelligence, has been initiated in Japan for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder as an initial indication.