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15 Mar 23

Charging an EV from pole to pole

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

By the time they reach ninety degrees south, Chris and Julie Ramsey will have driven over 27,000km (17,000 miles) through 14 countries across three continents. In exploration terms, such journeys would normally barely register with purists who still rate Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ 1979-82 Transglobe longitudinal circumnavigation as the benchmark. But…

15 Mar 23

UK urged to ‘transform’ 11 ports to support floating offshore wind boom

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

A report by the Global Wind Energy Council's (GWEC) Floating Offshore Wind Taskforce contains a series of recommendations which could see 34 gigawatts (GW) of floating wind installed in UK waters by 2040 if “decisive action” is taken by the government. Ministers have so far set a target to install…

15 Mar 23

Optimised propeller design cuts noise pollution from electric aircraft

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Electric aviation typically has to battle with the dilemma that the more energy-efficient an electric aircraft is, the noisier it gets. Electrification is seen as a way to reduce emissions from aviation in the future, but due to the challenges posed by longer ranges, interest is chiefly focused on electric…

14 Mar 23

Silvaco TCAD Enables Rapid Development of SiC and GaN Power Devices

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

Power devices based on Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) are driving a rapid market transition to meet the challenging requirements of Automotive, 5G, Industrial, Consumer, High Performance Computing, Aerospace, and Defense markets. Implementing designs with next generation materials such as SiC and GaN is not without its own…

14 Mar 23

Carbon Storage and Hydrogen: Match Made in Heaven?

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

About three dozen facilities around the world today capture carbon dioxide from power plants and factories and lock it away underground. They store 45 megatons of carbon dioxide a year. What we need to reach net-zero carbon emissions is to store at least 1 gigaton a year by 2030. At…

14 Mar 23

Superconducting Diodes For Dissipationless Electronics

Computer & Information Technology

Diodes, in which electricity flows in just one direction, are among the most common components in modern electronics. Scientists have long sought to create superconducting diodes to help build faster computers that burn less energy. Now a new study reveals the smallest possible superconducting diodes made using single magnetic atoms,…

14 Mar 23

Shutdown of two nuclear power stations delayed until 2026

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear power stations (pictured) are now expected to close in March 2026 – two years later than previously forecast. The extensions are expected to add 6TWh to Centrica’s electricity generation volumes between 2024 and 2026 which equates to around 70 per cent of Centrica’s total nuclear…

13 Mar 23

Cat Toys, Toaster Bots, and Scolding Lamps

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The 2023 ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference (HRI) is taking place this week in Stockholm, with the theme of “HRI for all.” It’s a good theme, promoting diversity and inclusion, but it’s also a good reminder that all robots have (or should have) some thought put into how they interact with…

13 Mar 23

Increase Confidence in Your RF SatCom Design

Aerospace & Aeronautical

With satellite competition growing exponentially, advanced virtual prototyping and design techniques are needed to keep pace. Join our webinar to hear from Dr. Wilfredo Rivas-Torres of Keysight Technologies. He will cover 3D/conformal phased array analysis and dynamic mission performance simulations. Learn how to: Analyze a SatCom link budget Integrate dynamic…

13 Mar 23

How C-V2X Is Bolstering Automotive Safety

Civil, Structural & Architecture

The automotive industry is undergoing a paradigm shift, away from a world where vehicles are fully controlled by their manufacturers and toward a world where every vehicle is connected to each other as well as road infrastructure. Certain aspects of a vehicle's performance—particularly safety features—will depend on other entities, from…