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One year on this giant, blistering hot planet is just 16 hours long

“A newly discovered “ultrahot Jupiter” has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant. The hunt for planets beyond our solar system has turned up more than 4,000 far-flung worlds, orbiting stars thousands of light years from Earth. These …

Parker Solar Probe Completes a Record-Setting Swing by the Sun

“Blazing along at space-record speeds that would get it from Earth to the Moon in under an hour, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 10th close approach to the Sun on Nov. 21, coming within 5.3 million miles …

Plumbing the Depths: Defect Distribution in Ion-Implanted SiC Diodes

“Silicon carbide (SiC) unipolar semiconductors are in wide commercial use, but their operations are limited by a trade-off relationship between breakdown voltage and specific resistance of the drift layer, or specific on-resistance. Including a super junction structure, which refers to …

Purdue researchers test 3D concrete printing system as part of NSF-funded project

“Transitioning to clean wind energy could become more cost-efficient as Purdue University researchers test a new technology created by an international startup to anchor offshore wind turbines. RCAM Technologies, which has offices in the U.S. and U.K., received …

Renesas and Panthronics introduce new cost- and space-saving design for secure mobile PoS terminals

“Streamlined design for EMVCo 3.0-compliant contactless payment terminal is based on PTX100R NFC reader and Renesas RA Family secure MCU, avoiding the need for a discrete Secure Element or a dedicated – and expensive – PoS system-on-chip Panthronics AG, a fabless …

RFID/NFC Door Lock

“Oftentimes, we need to secure a room at our home or office (perhaps a secret dexters laboratory) so that no one can access the room without our permission and ensure protection against theft or loss of our important accessories and …

Project  Scoppy

Scoppy

“Scoppy is an oscilloscope and logic analyzer powered by your Android phone/tablet and Raspberry Pi Pico. Signals are measured by the Pico and the waveforms are displayed on the Android device. No programming is required and both the app …

Shifting colors for on-chip photonics

“The ability to precisely control and change properties of a photon, including polarization, position in space, and arrival time, gave rise to a wide range of communication technologies we use today, including the Internet. The next generation of photonic technologies …

‘Spirit of Innovation’ stakes claim to be the world’s fastest all-electric vehicle

“We believe our all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft is the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft, setting three new world records. We have submitted data to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) – the World Air Sports Federation who control and certify world …

STMicroelectronics Expands Connectivity for Smart-Metering Applications with FCC Certification of G3-PLC Hybrid Chipset

“STMicroelectronics has extended the certification of its ST8500 G3-PLC (Power-Line Communication) Hybrid communication chipset, now covering the US FCC (Federal Communications Commission) band plan from 10kHz to 490kHz, in addition to the CENELEC-A 9kHz-95kHz European band. The move …