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2025

Solid-State Batteries 2026-2036: Technology, Forecasts, Players

IDTechEx Report: Dr Xiaoxi He

Ion Storage Systems

Ion Storage Systems LLC, a US-based battery manufacturer, has developed a super-thin solid-state electrolyte. The electrolyte was first reported at the University of Maryland Energy Innovation Institute in 2016, which was made by tape casting, a conventional ceramic-manufacturing technique, followed by sintering at high temperature.

Materials Informatics 2025-2035: Markets, Strategies, Players

IDTechEx Report:

2024

Wearable Sensors Market 2025-2035: Technologies, Trends, Players, Forecasts

IDTechEx Report: Dr Tess Skyrme and Dr Jack Howley

Helium for Semiconductors and Beyond 2025-2035: Market, Trends, and Forecasts

IDTechEx Report: Dr Shababa Selim and Dr Tess Skyrme

Flexible Batteries Market 2025-2035: Technologies, Forecasts, and Players

IDTechEx Report: Daniel Parr and Dr Xiaoxi He

IonQ

IonQ was founded in 2015 and is developing a trapped ion-based quantum computer. IDTechEx interviewed the Director of Product Marketing at the Economist Impact Commercialising Quantum event in June 2024.

Pixelligent

Pixelligent is a Baltimore-based manufacturer of tunable high refractive index nanocrystal formulations. It produces its own nanocrystals via a proprietary process. Applications of its formulations include nanoimprint resins for diffractive optical elements in AR waveguides and brightness enhancement for OLED displays.

2023

Flexible Hybrid Electronics 2024-2034

IDTechEx Report:

2022

MaterialsZone

Materials Zone describes itself as "the materials informatics platform". It provides a platform and flows to go from raw material data to visualization and insight. IDTechEx spoke to Amir Barnea, VP of Business Development.

Sustainable Battery has Biodegradable Electrolyte Made From Crab Shell

Accelerating demand for renewable energy and electric vehicles is sparking a high demand for the batteries that store generated energy and power engines. But the batteries behind these sustainability solutions aren't always sustainable themselves. Scientists have now created a zinc battery with a biodegradable electrolyte from an unexpected source—crab shells.

New Research to Minimise Impact of Wind Energy on Migratory Birds

The development of wind energy is expanding worldwide in an effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change. However, locations ideal for harvesting wind energy often overlap with wildlife concentrations, potentially leading to collisions and habitat loss. Researchers have found that data collected by weather radar networks could be used to reduce collisions and minimize habitat-related impacts of wind turbines on nocturnally migrating birds.

Gene Editing Breakthrough in Ticks to Help Combat Lyme Disease

Reducing tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, may now be possible thanks to two new gene editing methods. The methods could allow scientists to alter parts of the tick genome that are involved in harboring and transmitting pathogens.

First Successful Transplant of Pig Heart into Adult Human

In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease received a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart and is still doing well five days later. It was the only currently available option for the patient.

2021

EVs Provide Lower Carbon Emissions Through Additional Channels

Study finds electric vehicles provide lower carbon emissions through additional channels.

Soft Semiconductors that Stretch Like Human Skin

Semiconductors are moving away from rigid substrates, which are cut or formed into thin discs or wafers, to more flexible plastic material and even paper thanks to new material and fabrication discoveries. The trend toward more flexible substrates has led to fabrication of numerous devices, from light-emitting diodes to solar cells and transistors.

Materic: 3D Printing

Materic is an advanced materials company based out of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. IDTechEx discussed Materic's 3D Printing activities with Stephen Farias (CEO), Colin Harmer (Business Development Specialist), and Chris Ewing (Director of Sales and Marketing).

Material Derived From Trees for Electrolytes in Next-Gen Batteries

In pursuit of batteries that deliver more power and operate more safely, researchers are working to replace the liquids commonly used in today's lithium ion batteries with solid materials. Now, a research team has developed a new material for use in solid-state batteries that's derived from an unlikely source: trees.

3D Printed Soft Robotic Hand Can Play Nintendo

This research demonstrates a promising innovation in the field of soft robotics, which centers on creating new types of flexible, inflatable robots that are powered using water or air rather than electricity. The inherent safety and adaptability of soft robots has sparked interest in their use for applications like prosthetics and biomedical devices. Unfortunately, controlling the fluids that make these soft robots bend and move has been especially difficult - until now.

Autonomous Excavators Ready for Around the Clock Real World Deployment

Researchers have introduced an autonomous excavator system that can perform material loading tasks for a long duration without any human intervention while offering performance closely equivalent to that of an experienced human operator.