Engineering News

MIT engineers have created a new material that was inspired by natural materials that feature the advantages of live cells and their ability to respond to their environment. This new material was demonstrated using bacterial cells that were coaxed to produce biofilms that can combine with nonliving materials.

A team of electrical engineers from the University of Utah has developed the smallest plasma transistors that can endure high temperatures and ionizing radiation. Measuring one to six microns long, these new transistors are 500 times smaller and operate at one-sixth of the voltage of current microplasma devices.

Reportlinker.com has released a new market research report for the test and measurement in the global electronics manufacturing services market. The report found that product complexity and quality assurance are driving test opportunities.

The AAA Automotive Research Center in Southern California performed a research study to better understand the effects of climate on electric vehicle batteries. The study concluded driving range could be reduced on an average of 57% depending on the temperature.

$1.4 million in funding has been awarded by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to six companies that are advancing battery and energy storage technology. The funding will help develop prototypes that prove the ability of advanced energy storage systems.

A team of researchers has developed a detector that converts radio waves to light and reduces background noise better than current methods. The device was created by researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) at the University of Maryland, the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark.

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a new technology that generates power every time an electronic device is touched or rubbed. The team created a new material called triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that harnesses static electricity.

A draft directive was proposed by MEPs to define consistent rules for introducing radio equipment – mobile phones, car-door openers and modems to the market. The goal of the new directive is to safeguard that these items do not interfere with each other while maintaining health and safety conditions.

Reportbuyer.com has released their latest research report on the global trends, estimates and forecasts for 2011-2018 for the telecommunication electronics market. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the market based on geography and strategies for future investments.

University of California Berkeley researchers have demonstrated that the flow of cells into formations can be controlled by an electrical current. The researchers were able to direct the cells into the shape of the University’s mascot, a bear.