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The ‘Redox Flow’ Battery Poised to Solve the Electricity Storage Problem

The ‘Redox Flow’ Battery Poised to Solve the Electricity Storage Problem

A battery designed by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) could be used to resolve the issues facing large-scale renewable energy storage make it inefficient.


News Apr 14, 2020 by Luke James
Cell Towers Burn, Telecom Engineers Harassed as Conspiracy Spreads of COVID-19 and 5G Link

Cell Towers Burn, Telecom Engineers Harassed as Conspiracy Spreads of COVID-19 and 5G Link

Amidst conspiracies that 5G perpetuates COVID-19, some telecom engineers are experiencing a backlash.


News Apr 14, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Enabling Thinner and Higher Quality Cameras and Imaging Systems for Electronics Development

Enabling Thinner and Higher Quality Cameras and Imaging Systems for Electronics Development

A research team from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in partnership with Oblate Optics, Inc. have developed an ultra-thin lens that could be used in the next generation of cameras and imaging equipment.


News Apr 13, 2020 by Luke James
The FCC Releases New Wi-Fi 6 Rules—And NXP’s Wi-Fi 6 Portfolio Is Ready to Meet Them

The FCC Releases New Wi-Fi 6 Rules—And NXP’s Wi-Fi 6 Portfolio Is Ready to Meet Them

What does Wi-Fi 6, including its new rules, mean for designers?


News Apr 13, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
“Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload”: A Call for Engineers to Help Send Mini Rovers to the Moon

“Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload”: A Call for Engineers to Help Send Mini Rovers to the Moon

NASA is headed to the moon again, and this time, they're reaching out to the public engineering community for help.


News Apr 13, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Hyaline: A Bio-Fabricated Film for More Sustainable Electronic Systems

Hyaline: A Bio-Fabricated Film for More Sustainable Electronic Systems

A bio-based electronics film which has already been successfully used in flexible circuits, printable electronics, and display touch sensors could reimagine electronics as we know it.


News Apr 12, 2020 by Luke James
New Evidence Supports the Existence of Pair Density Waves in Cuprate Superconductors

New Evidence Supports the Existence of Pair Density Waves in Cuprate Superconductors

Roughly 50 years ago, researchers first proposed the existence of pair density waves—a unique state of matter previously shrouded in mystery.


News Apr 10, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
Photonic Breakthrough: A New Light-Emitting Silicon Eliminates Heat in PCB Design

Photonic Breakthrough: A New Light-Emitting Silicon Eliminates Heat in PCB Design

Can you imagine a world in which heat wasn't an issue when designing with silicon data chips?


News Apr 10, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
A Significant Achievement in Solid-State Digital Control of Electricity

A Significant Achievement in Solid-State Digital Control of Electricity

Engineers at Amber Solutions have achieved the solid-state control of electricity with impressive switch technology IP which the company has now patented.


News Apr 10, 2020 by Luke James
The Longer the PCB Trace, the Greater the Signal Distortion. Redrivers Can Help

The Longer the PCB Trace, the Greater the Signal Distortion. Redrivers Can Help

Laptop or desktop PC designers know the woes of USB signal loss down a 12-inch PCB trace. The good news is there's a device purpose-built to strengthen signals the whole way across.


News Apr 10, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
The Ethics of E-Waste: Are Engineers Culpable for the 50 Million Tons of Electronic Waste?

The Ethics of E-Waste: Are Engineers Culpable for the 50 Million Tons of Electronic Waste?

What's an engineer's responsibility in mitigating the effects of e-waste? Researchers take this question to EE classrooms.


News Apr 09, 2020 by Lisa Boneta.
Trade Shows Go Virtual: Showcasing Show Booths and Conference Materials Online

Trade Shows Go Virtual: Showcasing Show Booths and Conference Materials Online

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, trade shows across the world are starting to go virtual with events streamed from company headquarters.


News Apr 09, 2020 by Luke James
Stay-at-Home Orders are Overburdening Data Centers. Micron’s New NAND Tech May Help

Stay-at-Home Orders are Overburdening Data Centers. Micron’s New NAND Tech May Help

With classes and work moving online, people are spending more time at home gobbling up bandwidth—pushing data centers to their brink.


News Apr 09, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Researchers Scale HF Signal Capability to Achieve Terabits-Per-Second Data Links

Researchers Scale HF Signal Capability to Achieve Terabits-Per-Second Data Links

Researchers have developed a prototype system that in theory could increase data transfer speeds to highs of 10 terabits per second.


News Apr 08, 2020 by Luke James
What Prevents Many EE Students from “Making It” to Professional Careers?

What Prevents Many EE Students from “Making It” to Professional Careers?

Forty to fifty percent of engineering students don't complete their degrees. What gives?


News Apr 08, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
Improving the Measurement of Electron Spin Qubits to Develop Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

Improving the Measurement of Electron Spin Qubits to Develop Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan have successfully taken repeated "non-demolition" measurements of the spin of an electron in a silicon quantum dot (QD), without changing its spin in the process.


Maxim’s PMIC Rocks the Hearables Market, Slashing BoM by 40% and Bumping Battery Life 20%

Maxim’s PMIC Rocks the Hearables Market, Slashing BoM by 40% and Bumping Battery Life 20%

Designing hearables can be tricky enough, considering the constraints on power, space, electrical noise, and heat dissipation. Maxim says they're leveling up a new PMIC for the job.


News Apr 08, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Harvesting Unused Energy to Power Sensor Networks

Harvesting Unused Energy to Power Sensor Networks

Researchers at Penn State University have developed a device which turns wasted magnetic energy from household devices into electricity that can power sensor networks.


News Apr 07, 2020 by Luke James
Are Perovskite LEDs an Up-and-Comer on the Display Scene?

Are Perovskite LEDs an Up-and-Comer on the Display Scene?

Maybe you've heard of perovskite for solar cells. But what about perovskite LEDs? Can a team of researchers make them a viable alternative to organic LEDs or quantum-dot LEDs?


News Apr 07, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Transphorm and Microchip Highlight the Virtues of GaN for Bridgeless Totem-Pole PFC

Transphorm and Microchip Highlight the Virtues of GaN for Bridgeless Totem-Pole PFC

The new evaluation board opens a discussion on the pros and cons of continuous conduction mode PFC circuits and bridgeless totem-pole PFC circuits. What's your take?


News Apr 07, 2020 by Gary Elinoff