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25 Jan 23

COMSOL News 2022

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Read about how engineers, researchers, and scientists around the world are using COMSOL Multiphysics® for simulation-based product development, design optimization, and more. Topics covered: Additive manufacturing & simulation apps Automotive audio Battery management systems Viscoelastic modeling of ice sheet behavior Automotive drivetrain design Sustainable wastewater treatment Photonic MEMS phase shifters…

25 Jan 23

Stacking Turns Organic Transistors Up

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

Organic electronics appear to be, as the name might imply, quite good at interacting with a biological body and brain. Now scientists have created record-breaking, high-performance organic electronic devices using a potentially cheap, easy, and scalable approach that adopts a vertical architecture instead of a flat one, according to a…

25 Jan 23

Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. “Laws, Whitehouse received five minutes signal. Coil signals too weak to relay. Try drive slow and regular. I have put intermediate pulley. Reply by coils.” Sound familiar? The message above was sent through the first transatlantic telegraph cable between Newfoundland and…

24 Jan 23

Portable Life-Support Device Provides Critical Care in Conflict and Disaster Zones

Biotechnology & Biomedical

This is a sponsored article brought to you by LEMO.A bomb explodes — medical devices set to action.It is only in war that both sides of human ingenuity coexist so brutally. On the one side, it innovates to wound and kill, on the other it heals and saves lives. Side…

24 Jan 23

Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Civil, Structural & Architecture

With the combination of requiring all new light-duty vehicles sold in New York State be zero-emission by 2035, investments in electric vehicles charging stations, and state and federal EV rebates, “you’re going to see that you have no more excuses” for not buying an EV, according to New York Governor…

23 Jan 23

UK Space Agency announces £50m for next-gen satellite coverage

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The agency said projects could be integrated with 5G networks for upgraded infrastructure that enables new services such as drones, driverless haulage and space-based networks that could rival cable-based terrestrial ones. Britain is currently the leading non-US manufacturer of satellites, with 47,000 people employed in its space industry and plans…

23 Jan 23

Designing a Miniaturized Wastewater Treatment Plant for Micropollutant Degradation

Biotechnology & Biomedical

This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. The 1985 action-adventure TV series MacGyver showcased the life of Angus MacGyver, a secret agent who solved problems using items he had on hand. For example, in one episode, he made a heat shield out of used refrigerator parts. In another,…

20 Jan 23

EVs Are Essential Grid-Scale Storage

Civil, Structural & Architecture

Electric-vehicle batteries may help store renewable energy to help make it a practical reality for power grids, potentially meeting grid demands for energy storage by as early as 2030, a new study finds.Solar and wind power are the fastest growing sources of electricity, according to climate think tank Ember. However,…

20 Jan 23

Picosecond Accuracy in Multi-channel Data Acquisition

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Timing accuracy is vital for multi-channel synchronized sampling at high speed. In this webinar, we explain challenges and solutions for clocking, triggering, and timestamping in Giga-sample-per-second data acquisition systems. Learn more about phase-locked sampling, clock and trigger distribution, jitter reduction, trigger correction, record alignment, and more.Register now to join this…

20 Jan 23

RF-Induced Heating of Implanted Medical Devices in MRI Systems

Biotechnology & Biomedical

This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL.Over 80 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are conducted worldwide every year. MRI systems come in many different shapes and sizes, and are identified by their magnetic field strength. These scanners can range from below 0.55 tesla (T) to 3 T…