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SemiconductorsMagazineFeature

Future Chips Will Be Hotter Than Ever

Technologies coming into production now mean new problems with handling heat

9 min read
Close-up of a computer processor with a glowing center, surrounded by a smoky background.
AerospaceNewsTransportation

Airbus's Fuel-Cell Airliner Could be Superconductivity's Killer App

7 min read
A futuristic medium-size passenger aircraft is shown flying over a large city.
AIMagazineFeature

AI Goes Fishing

11 min read
This Alphabet Spin-off Brings “Fishal Recognition” to Aquaculture
EnergyMagazineFeature

Four Ways Engineers Are Trying to Break Physics

13 min read
Abstract geometric design with red spheres, spirals, and circular patterns on blue background.
EnergyNewsConsumer Electronics

Stretchable Battery Can Survive Even Extreme Torture

2 min read
Two gloved hands twist and warp a stretchable hydrogel battery patch.
AINews

Google Leads with LLMs, Meta & OpenAI Falter

4 min read
An android mobile phone amongst a pattern of logos from Google Gemini, Meta AI and Open AI.
TelecommunicationsMagazineFeatureCareers

Henry Samueli: Digital Broadband Pioneer

15 min read
A smiling mustachioed man in a suit stands in front of a building that says Broadcom.

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TelecommunicationsNews

Remote E-Learning Powered by Open-Source, Solar Tech

Swiss startup brings offline-first e-learning to world’s remote locations

4 min read
Robotic arm with suction cups lifting a cardboard box at an Amazon warehouse.
RoboticsSponsored Article

The Future of AI and Robotics Is Being Led by Amazon’s Next-Gen Warehouses

The company’s robotics systems are redefining warehouse efficiency

Human sparring with an advanced humanoid robot in a boxing ring, both wearing gear.
RoboticsNewsHumanoid Robots

Video Friday: Robot Boxing

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

4 min read
How Ukraine’s Drones are Beating Russian Jamming
AerospaceFeature

Ukraine Pins Its Hopes on Autonomous Drones

Killer drones spot landmarks as they fly to their targets

9 min read
An aerial view of Nokia Bell Labs' campus. The building has east and west wings, and a lush forest behind the property.
History of TechnologyNews

Bell Labs Turns 100, Plans to Leave Its Old Headquarters

The lab will relocate to a modern facility elsewhere in New Jersey

4 min read
Equipment featuring CFE technology and AI Image Recognition from Applied Materials.
SemiconductorsAISponsored ArticleComputing

Navigating the Angstrom Era

How advanced defect detection is enabling the next wave of chip innovation

Shimadzu has commercialized a US $3 million optical-lattice clock that will lose only one second over 10 billion years
ComputingNews

For Sale: The World’s Most Precise Clock

It’s the size of a fridge, costs US $3.4 million, and will deviate just one second over 10 billion years

3 min read
Zoomed-in optical microscope image showing a single die consisting of 5,900 molybdenum disulfide transistors, with input and output pads placed around the periphery.
SemiconductorsNews

A 2D Chip with Thousands of Transistors

New circuits might find use in edge-computing chips

2 min read
Develop Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Systems with Modeling and Simulation
TransportationWhitepaper

Develop Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Systems with Modeling and Simulation

Leverage EV Batteries for Enhanced Grid Efficiency and Reduced Power Plant Dependence Through V2G and V2B Systems

iPhones on display at an Apple retail store.
Consumer ElectronicsInterview

The Many Ways Tariffs Hit Electronics

5 questions for IPC chief economist Shawn DuBravac

4 min read
Colorized portrait of a young Yvonne Clark silhouetted against a background of mechanical drawings.
The InstituteHistory of TechnologyIEEE HistoryArticle

Meet the “First Lady of Engineering”

Yvonne Y.Y. Clark blazed a trail for Blacks and women in STEM

5 min read
A large red robot moves down the aisle of a dairy barn, dispensing feed to cows lined up to eat
RoboticsMagazineFeature

Robots Transforming Dairy Farming

Everyone’s happier when robots handle milking, feeding, and ear scritching

14 min read