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New Li-Ion Batteries May Last Three Times Longer Than Current Technology

A team of researchers at the University of Texas (UT; Austin, TX) has developed what may be a breakthrough in lithium-ion (li-ion) battery technology for portable devices. Led by 94-year-old John...

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New 3D Printing Methods Can Create Shape-Shifting Objects

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta) and two other institutions have developed a new 3D printing method to create objects that can permanently transform into a range of...

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Proactively Addressing Cyber Liability and Insurance

In a few short years, many multinational companies have shifted their priorities from preventing cyberattacks altogether to mitigating their damage. For good reason: cybersecurity experts often advise...

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Graphene-Nanotube Hybrid Boosts Li-Ion Batteries

Lithium metal coats the hybrid graphene and carbon nanotube anode in a battery created at Rice University. The lithium metal coats the 3D structure of the anode and avoids forming dendrites.Scientists...

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Printed, Flexible, Rechargeable Battery Powers Wearable Sensors

Rajan Kumar is the co-first author of the Advanced Energy Materials paper and leads a team to commercialize the technology.Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the...

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NAMRI/SME Highlights Research Innovations at NAMRC Conference

Manufacturing academics were honored for their service, contributions and outstanding manufacturing research during the annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), held by the...

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Cold Sintering Process Saves Energy, Material

Researchers at Penn State University (University Park, PA) have devised a novel method for sintering, a widely used manufacturing process for powdered materials. The new process, which uses much less...

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Remembering a Manufacturing Legend, Dick Morley

Richard E. MorleyThe manufacturing industry has lost another of its giants, with the news that Dick Morley, considered the “Father of the PLC,” an SME Fellow and former SME board member, passed away on...

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Manufacturing’s Present, and Future, on Display at SOUTH-TEC

Patrick Waurzyniak Senior EditorThe strength, and future promise, of manufacturing throughout the Southeast region shone brightly with myriad presentations on additive manufacturing, smart...

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NIST Devises Method of Measuring Fuel-Cell ‘Printing’

While hydrogen-powered cars might seem to be in the far-off future, it might not take as long as previously thought for hydrogen-cell cars to be a viable option. A team of researchers including...

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Microscopic Defects May Make Batteries Better

Scientists at Rice University (Houston) have found that high-performance electrodes for lithium-ion batteries can be improved by paying closer attention to their defects, and then capitalizing on them....

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UNCC’s Hands-On Approach to Manufacturing Research

Starting this month, TechFront has a new format that spotlights manufacturing research programs at key universities, followed by summaries of recent research in SME’s Journal of Manufacturing Systems,...

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Designing, Building an Engineering Powerhouse

At the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech; Atlanta), there’s both a whole lot of innovation and some major renovations going on at the university’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical...

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Storied UIUC Engineering Program Tackles Tough Manufacturing Problems

By Patrick WaurzyniakSenior EditorThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC; Urbana, IL) has a long, distinguished history and tradition in mechanical and applied engineering sciences, and...

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Printed, Flexible, Rechargeable Battery Powers Wearable Sensors

Rajan Kumar is the co-first author of the Advanced Energy Materials paper and leads a team to commercialize the technology.Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the...

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NAMRI/SME Highlights Research Innovations at NAMRC Conference

Manufacturing academics were honored for their service, contributions and outstanding manufacturing research during the annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), held by the...

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Cold Sintering Process Saves Energy, Material

Researchers at Penn State University (University Park, PA) have devised a novel method for sintering, a widely used manufacturing process for powdered materials. The new process, which uses much less...

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Remembering a Manufacturing Legend, Dick Morley

Richard E. MorleyThe manufacturing industry has lost another of its giants, with the news that Dick Morley, considered the “Father of the PLC,” an SME Fellow and former SME board member, passed away on...

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Manufacturing’s Present, and Future, on Display at SOUTH-TEC

By Patrick WaurzyniakSenior EditorThe strength, and future promise, of manufacturing throughout the Southeast region shone brightly with myriad presentations on additive manufacturing, smart...

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NIST Devises Method of Measuring Fuel-Cell ‘Printing’

While hydrogen-powered cars might seem to be in the far-off future, it might not take as long as previously thought for hydrogen-cell cars to be a viable option. A team of researchers including...

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