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INNOVATION WORLD FESTA 2021

INNOVATION WORLD FESTA 2021 INNOVATION WORLD FESTA, co-hosted by J-WAVE and the University of Tsukuba, is Japan's most influential digital creative festival. This year, the…

World’s first flexible wearable thermoelectric device that converts body heat into electricity

Wearable electronics, from health and fitness trackers to virtual reality headsets, are part of our everyday lives. But finding ways to continuously power these devices…
2022/10/5

Using AI and machine learning to kickstart climate change fightback

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning may increase the chances of reducing carbon emissions through carbon capture or geo engineering projects. SEE MORE…
2022/9/26

Scientists unveil bionic robo-fish to remove microplastics from seas

Scientists have designed a tiny robot-fish that is programmed to remove microplastics from seas and oceans by swimming around and adsorbing them on its soft,…
2022/9/21
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Precious Metal Materials And The Future Of Vehicles / Environment

Precious Metal Materials And The Future Of Vehicles / Environment Our various precious metal materials are used in parts related to automobile environmental regulations such…

Solar-powered chemistry uses CO2 and H2O to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals

Solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and useful chemicals, an international team of researchers has shown. "If we can generate syngas from…
2022/9/16

Iron meteorites point to millions of years of chaos in early solar system

A great demolition derby, with a chaotic mess of asteroids and forming planets constantly slamming into each other, took place in the early solar system…
2022/9/12

Longer lasting sodium-ion batteries on the horizon

Cheap and abundant, sodium is a prime promising candidate for new battery technology. But limited performance of sodium-ion batteries has hindered their large-scale applications. Now,…
2022/9/7
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TANAKA Reception Party in San Francisco 2019 Report “TANAKA and the Evolving Semiconductor Industry”

TANAKA Reception Partyin San Francisco 2019 Report"TANAKA and the EvolvingSemiconductor Industry" "SEMICON West" - which is North America's biggest international exhibition of semiconductors and other…

‘Time crystals’ work around laws of physics to offer new era of quantum computing

The connecting of two "time crystals" in a superfluid of helium-3 barely one-ten-thousandth of a degree above absolute zero could be a huge step toward…
2022/8/29

The race to close the EV battery recycling loop

Nickel sulfate, black mass, cathode material, lithium carbonate, and cobalt sulfate from Ascend Elements’ recycling process.  Top Image Credit: Ted + Chelsea IN LATE OCTOBER…
2022/8/24

Scientists craft living human skin for robots

From action heroes to villainous assassins, biohybrid robots made of both living and artificial materials have been at the center of many sci-fi fantasies, inspiring…
2022/8/19
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Precious Metal Precursor

Precious Metal Precursor Semiconductors require precursors made from precious materials.Over a history spanning longer than 130 years, TANAKA Precious Metals has built up a rich…

Once seen as fleeting, a new solar tech proves its lasting power

Princeton Engineering researchers have developed the first perovskite solar cell with a commercially viable lifetime, marking a major milestone for an emerging class of renewable…
2022/8/15

NASA is setting out to develop nuclear power on the Moon

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to advance space nuclear technologies. The agencies have selected three design concept proposals for…
2022/8/10

What is VOC? Facts about volatile organic compounds

Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs are chemicals that are lighter than air at room temperature and are responsible for the characteristic smells of things like…
2022/7/25
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The role of precious metals in hydrogen energy

The role of precious metals in hydrogen energy Hydrogen energy has been attracting attention as a new age energy, and catalysts are of great importance…

Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot

Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot - and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab. Just a…
2022/7/20

Energy storage critical to deeply decarbonized electricity systems

In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is needed to keep the lights on and the electricity…
2022/7/15

Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge raises $13 million, books ride on a SpaceX rocket

AstroForge is young and very ambitious. The California-based startup, which was founded in January 2022, came out of stealth mode today (May 26), announcing that…
2022/7/11
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Direct Patternable Plating Technology that Opens the Potential of New-Generation Electronics

Direct Patternable Plating Technology thatOpens the Potential of New-Generation Electronics This technology does not require a vacuum environment or photo-resist, and can directly form low-resistance…

Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity

Glucose is the sugar we absorb from the foods we eat. It is the fuel that powers every cell in our bodies. Could glucose also…
2022/7/6

Quantum computing: Definition, facts & uses

Quantum computing is a new generation of technology that involves a type of computer 158 million times faster than the most sophisticated supercomputer we have…
2022/6/24

Blue Hydrogen: a game-changer in the energy industry

The term "blue hydrogen" pertains to hydrogen obtained from natural gas using the steam methane reforming (SMR) method. SMR combines natural gas with extremely hot steam…
2022/6/20
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Automobiles rely on precious metal materials

Automobiles rely on precious metal materials The TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS development of automotive materials is diverse, and numerous materials are used. A variety of the…

Decadal survey: Plan for planetary science in the next decade

The solar system is overflowing with fascinating destinations, but NASA can only operate so many missions. So every 10 years, the agency asks scientists to…
2022/6/15

Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls

Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction. The production of…
2022/6/10

Manufacturing born at the intersection between creativity and imagination that supports next-generation industries

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., which is a TANAKA Precious Metals company that operates a manufacturing business, developed Active Brazing Filler Metal/Copper Composite Material for power…
2022/6/7
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Application and Value of Optimal Precious Metals in Surgery and Medical Treatments that are Gentle on the Patient

Application and Value of Optimal Precious Metals in Surgery and Medical Treatments that are Gentle on the Patient Real needs from patient are most importantly…

What is global warming?

Global warming is the rise in average temperatures across the globe, which has been ongoing at least since record keeping began in 1880. Here are…
2022/6/6

Enhancing the Reliability of Precious Metals for Brazing Filler Metals in Power Devices

Welding Technology, June 2022Takaomi Kishimoto(TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.) 1. Introduction A power device is a semiconductor used to convert electric power, and its diverse applications…
2022/6/2

Copper: Facts about the reddish metal that has been used by humans for 8,000 years

Shiny, reddish copper was the first metal manipulated by humans, and it remains an important metal in industry today. The oldest metal object found in…
2022/5/30
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SEMICON West 2017 Report “The key to Miniaturization”

SEMICON West 2017 Report "The key to Miniaturization" SEMICON West is North America’s biggest international exhibition of semiconductors, MEMS, and other related industries. This year,…

Clock ticking on Swiss watches’ raw materials from Russia

Diamonds shine brightly at this year's Geneva watch fair but the sanctions slapped on Russia could soon force the Swiss watch industry to produce more…
2022/5/25

Manipulating atomic motion could make metals stronger and bendier

Platinum might look stolid on the surface, but on the atomic level, it's got as much as a marching band.Deposit Photos The Earth’s crust is…
2022/5/20

Nuclear fusion is one step closer with new AI breakthrough

The green energy revolution promised by nuclear fusion is now a step closer, thanks to the first successful use of a cutting-edge artificial intelligence system…
2022/5/16
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Bonding Technology of AuRoFUSE™ and Its Future Development

Bonding Technology of AuRoFUSE™ and Its Future Development By using AuRoFUSE™, heat dissipation and thermal expansion issues are resolved, enabling miniaturization and lower costs compared…

Stanford engineers made a tiny LED display that stretches like a rubber band

Stanford Engineers made this plastic film into a mini LED display. Bao Group Research Lab / Stanford University The screen on your smartphone or television…
2022/5/11

Safer, more powerful batteries for electric cars, power grid

Solid-state batteries, currently used in small electronic devices like smart watches, have the potential to be safer and more powerful than lithium-ion batteries for things…
2022/4/25

Electrical Properties of Supercapacitors to Augment Demand for Products in Supercapacitor Market

Supercapacitors are double-layer capacitors or ultra-capacitors. Supercapacitors use two mechanisms to store electrical energy: double-layer capacitance and pseudocapacitance instead of the conventional capacitors. Double-layer capacitance…
2022/4/20
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Flexible Touch Panel Sensors Using SuPR-NaP Printing

Flexible Touch Panel Sensors Using SuPR-NaP Printing Collaboration between industry, academia and government develops technology for manufacturing transparent flexible substrates with ultrafine wiring of 0.8…

Gold: Facts, history and uses of the most malleable chemical element

The element gold is a pirate's booty and an ingredient in microcircuits. It's been used to make jewelry since at least 4000 B.C. and to…
2022/4/15

Inside the high-powered process that could recycle rare earth metals

Researchers at Rice University successfully separated rare earth metals out of old computers and other waste. Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Look in the second row from…
2022/4/11

Light could boost performance of fuel cells, lithium batteries, and other devices

Engineers from MIT and Kyushu University in Japan have demonstrated for the first time how light can be used to significantly improve the performance of…
2022/4/6
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SEMICON West 2016 Report “Future is Flexible”

SEMICON West 2016 Report "Future is Flexible" SEMICON West is North America's biggest international exhibition of semiconductors, MEMS, and other related industries. This year, "flexible…

China Plans to Create Committee to Collaborate With Intel, AMD

News outlet Nikkei reported that China plans to create a special committee to collaborate with big-name foreign chipmakers, such as Intel and AMD. With this…
2022/3/25

Quantum Computing: Researchers Achieve 100 Million Quantum Operations

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have achieved a new record in maintaining quantum bits…
2022/3/21

First hydride superionic conductor developed, implications for sustainable energy

Superionic conductors promise clean, renewable energy - at the right temperatures. These conductors, used as solid electrolytes in batteries and fuel cells, comprise solid materials…
2022/3/16
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“Smart textiles” to evolve our lives

"Smart textiles" to evolve our lives Surpassing conventional concepts, a new method of producing conductive textiles has arrived. This new technology employs silver nanoparticles to…

How is metal 3D printing transforming space travel?

Metal 3D printing can produce the most intricate rocket parts, using combustion-resistant material. While 3D printing isn't new, how has the technology advanced to face…
2022/3/11

Breakthrough at cutting-edge laser lab brings fusion energy closer than ever

Scientists and engineers at the Lawrence Livermoore National Laboratory say they successfully created burning plasma in a laboratory that briefly sustained itself by the heat…
2022/3/7

New copper surface eliminates bacteria in just two minutes

A new copper surface that kills bacteria more than 100 times faster and more effectively than standard copper could help combat the growing threat of…
2022/2/25
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Gold with a modified shape supports simple diagnostic methods

Gold with a modified shape supports simple diagnostic methods By using gold, a precious metal, in in-vitro diagnostic kits, diseases and other conditions can easily…

Royal Mint goes Urban mining; to recover gold from smartphones and laptops in world first

The Royal Mint will begin recovering gold from discarded smartphones and laptops, it announced on Wednesday. The technology to extract the precious metal from circuit…
2022/2/21

Science story behind the James Webb Space Telescope’s golden mirror

Have you seen images online of a giant, golden honeycomb poised to launch into space? That's the iconic mirror that will allow the James Webb…
2022/2/16

2022 could be the year of QD-OLED — here’s why

If you’ve been eyeing up a new OLED TV to buy this year, and for good reason, you might want to hold fire. That’s because…
2022/2/10
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Future Power Generating System using Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Future Power Generating System using Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells In the renewable energy sector, dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) has been a recent focus of considerable attention…

From PlayStations to SUVs: Sony joins the electric car race

The global automotive industry had a bit of a bumpy ride in 2021 and it “may never be the same” after massive changes were sparked…
2022/2/7

All new buildings in England to have electric car charge points from 2022

Boris Johnson will seek to boost the UK’s clean energy credentials after a tricky UN climate crisis conference by announcing that all new buildings in…
2022/1/26

New multifunctional catalysts realize carbon-neutral future

Multifunctional catalysts that transform captured carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels and other valuable petrochemicals have been developed at KAUST and are set to enable a…
2022/1/21

Precious metals on the Earth were born from collision of neutron stars !?

Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "Ask a Spaceman" and "Space Radio," and author of "How…
2022/1/17

“Super-deep diamond” holds never-before-seen mineral

Miners digging for diamonds in the 1980s in Botswana’s Orapa mine, one of the biggest diamond mines by area, found what was to them a…
2022/1/12

Real “Armagedon”!? NASA’s asteroid-deflecting mission just launched

NASA just sent a spacecraft on a one-way mission to an asteroid — and once it gets there, it's going out with a bang. At…
2022/1/7

TANAKA Accelerates Global Expansion of Plating Solutions Business
and Launching Production in China for the Semiconductor Industry

November 22, 2021 The Chemical Daily (Kagaku Kogyo Nippo) TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo’s Advanced Plating (AP) Company is accelerating global expansion through its plating business. With…
2021/12/22

Hydrogen high street: could these homes change the way we keep warm?

In the remote hills of Cumbria, a few miles north of Hadrian’s wall, three nondescript terrace houses stand side by side, quietly offering a glimpse…
2021/12/17

Shape-shifting materials with infinite possibilities

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a shape-shifting material that can take and hold any…
2021/12/13

Smart material switches between heating and cooling in minutes

As anyone who has ever parked a car in the sun on a hot summer day knows, glass windows are great at letting sunlight in…
2021/12/8

350,000 prize for creative idea: “The Palladium Challenge”

The world's largest producer of the metal has partnered with the International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) to launch the Palladium Challenge with a prize pool…
2021/12/3

Environmental and economic concerns over urban mine

October 7, 2021 is International E-Waste Day 2021. The purpose of this event is for businesses and governments to join in efforts to transfer obsolete…
2021/11/29

Hydrogen fuel production could be cheaper, and with less precious metals

Researchers have discovered a way to use mining waste as part of a potential cheaper catalyst for hydrogen fuel production. Water splitting reactions that produce…
2021/11/24

Laser solid-phase synthesis of precious metal nanoparticles

Laser fabrication of nanoparticles offers a powerful and flexible alternative to the purely chemical approaches. In recent years, laser synthesized precious metal nanoparticles are becoming…
2021/11/19

Carbon dioxide reactor makes Martian fuel

Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel to address climate change and get astronauts home from…
2021/11/15

Platinum catalyst converting subtle human body motions

A team of bioengineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has invented a novel soft and flexible self-powered bioelectronic device. The technology converts human…
2021/11/10

IEA: $1.2 trillion in low-carbon hydrogen funding needed to reach global net zero emissions by 2050

Dive Brief: Global electrolyzer capacity for producing hydrogen could reach up to 89 GW by 2030 thanks in part to $37 billion in government spending…
2021/11/5

TANAKA Applies Ruthenium to Film Deposition in Semiconductor Front-end Processes

The Chemical Daily (Kagaku Kogyo Nippo), September 24, 2021 TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. is proceeding with commercialization of a ruthenium film deposition material for semiconductor…
2021/11/1

Strengthening the Bonding Wire Business – TANAKA Denshi Kogyo

The Chemical Daily (Kagaku Kogyo Nippo) , August 19, 2021 TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K., part of TANAKA Precious Metals, holds the largest share of the…
2021/10/27

Disinfection robots and thermal body cameras: welcome to the Covid-free office

Not so long ago it may have seemed more like a futuristic vision of the workplace – or a hospital. But the hands-free door handles,…
2021/10/22

New technique for large-scale energy storage developed by polymer scientist

The sale of electric vehicles (EV's) has grown exponentially in the past few years as is the need for renewable energy sources to power them,…
2021/10/18

The Observer view on the pros and cons of deep-sea mining

Deep-sea mining has become one of our planet’s most divisive problems. By stripping the ocean floor of its vast mineral wealth, proponents say we can…
2021/10/13

The dream artificial photosynthesis technology ventures from the laboratory

Korean researchers are striving to turn artificial photosynthesis technology into reality to achieve carbon neutrality or accomplish a net carbon emission value of 0. Artificial…
2021/10/8

Making clean hydrogen is hard, but researchers just solved a major hurdle

For decades, researchers around the world have searched for ways to use solar power to generate the key reaction for producing hydrogen as a clean…
2021/10/4

Sweat-proof “smart skin” takes reliable vitals, even during workouts and spicy meals

MIT engineers and researchers in South Korea have developed a sweat-proof "electronic skin" - a conformable, sensor-embedded sticky patch that monitors a person's health without…
2021/9/27

Low-cost, sustainable, readily available plasma technology could replace one of the world’s rarest materials

A team led by a researcher from the University of Sydney has developed a low-cost, sustainable, and readily available technology that can dim the screens…
2021/9/22

The lessons we learn from self-driving will drive our robotics future

Robotics is entering an exponential growth phase. There are increasingly new and diverse applications for robots, both the inspiring and the mundane. Just within the…
2021/9/17

Finding the cause of a fatal problem in rocket engine combustors

Rocket engines contain confined combustion systems, which are, essentially, combustion chambers. In these chambers, nonlinear interactions among turbulent fuel and oxidizer flows, sound waves, and…
2021/9/13

Selenium may support deep microbial life in Earth’s continental crust

International drilling efforts over the last decades into the seafloor have provided increasing evidence for the existence of an extensive deep biosphere below the seafloor.…
2021/9/8

Catalysts – Recycling is the need of the times

Electric vehicles driven by fuel cells generate their own electricity. Replenishment of the required hydrogen takes place as quickly as the refueling of conventional internal…
2021/9/3

Scientists convert used plastic bottles into vanilla flavouring

Plastic bottles have been converted into vanilla flavouring using genetically engineered bacteria, the first time a valuable chemical has been brewed from waste plastic. Upcycling…
2021/8/30

Amazon, UPS say hydrogen is further down the road than electric

Dive Brief: Amazon expects hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles to be lighter, fuel faster and have longer range than battery-electric vehicles, Middle Mile Fleet Leader Tiffany…
2021/8/25

The Greatest Adventure by Colin Burgess review – a history of human space exploration

At the end of July. 2021, the second richest man in the world, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, plans to blast himself into space, a project that…
2021/8/20

Contribution: Current State and Future Outlook of Brazing

Development of Low-temperature Cd-free Silver Brazing Alloy with Reduced Silver Content - Good brazability with cemented carbide - Welding Technology, June 2021 Kotaro Matsu, Kangdao…
2021/8/16

Tesla AI chief explains why self-driving cars don’t need lidar

What is the technology stack you need to create fully autonomous vehicles? Companies and researchers are divided on the answer to that question. Approaches to…
2021/8/10

Setting gold and platinum standards where few have gone before

Like two superheroes finally joining forces, Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine - generator of the world's most powerful electrical pulses - and Lawrence Livermore National…
2021/8/4

A new water treatment technology could also help Mars explorers

A team led by UC Riverside engineers has developed a catalyst to remove a dangerous chemical from water on Earth that could also make Martian…
2021/7/28

Intel sees bright future for silicon photonics, moving information at light speed in datacenters and beyond

This article is part of the Technology Insight series, made possible with funding from Intel. It’s getting harder to improve the performance of electrical connections…
2021/7/23

Denmark’s largest battery – one step closer to storing green power in stones

Pea sized stones heated to 600?C in large, insulated steel tanks are at the heart of a new innovation project aiming to make a breakthrough…
2021/7/19

Description: Recycling Process for Precious Metals

Clean Technology, May 2021 Hirotaka Ikuta, TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. Introduction Precious metal is a generic term for gold, silver and platinum-group metals (platinum, palladium,…
2021/7/14

Hydrocracking our way to recycling plastic waste

Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills every year. It's a big societal problem and an even larger environmental threat. In the United…
2021/7/9

No batteries, no sweat, wearable biofuel cells now produce electricity from lactate

Wearable electronic devices and biosensors are great tools for health monitoring, but it has been difficult to find convenient power sources for them. Now, a…
2021/7/5

Ikea to invest £3.4bn in renewable energy by 2030

Ikea plans to accelerate its investment in renewable energy by spending an extra €4bn (£3.4bn) by the end of the decade to build wind and…
2021/6/28

What’s next after mmWave networks? – Madden

Mobile traffic demand continues to grow at 50% every year. Where will this ride end?   At Mobile Experts, we have been forecasting strong growth for millimeter…
2021/6/23

In first, Perseverance Mars rover makes oxygen on another planet

NASA's Perseverance rover keeps making history. The six-wheeled robot has converted some carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into oxygen, the first time this has…
2021/6/18

Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history

Carbon dioxide emissions are forecast to jump this year by the second biggest annual rise in history, as global economies pour stimulus cash into fossil…
2021/6/9

Global chip shortage affects more than cars

Image Credit: Shutterstock (Reuters) — From delayed car deliveries to a supply shortfall in home appliances to costlier smartphones, businesses and consumers across the globe…
2021/6/4

World’s first market-ready diamond-based quantum accelerator set for release

Quantum Brilliance, a venture-backed Australian quantum computing startup from The Australian National University, will install the world's first diamond quantum accelerator at the Pawsey Supercomputing…
2021/5/31

Huge potential for electronic textiles made with new cellulose thread

Electronic textiles offer revolutionary new opportunities in various fields, in particular healthcare. But to be sustainable, they need to be made of renewable materials. A…
2021/5/26

Shining light to make hydrogen

Decarbonizing the economy and achieving the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies is one of the most urgent global challenges of the 21st century.…
2021/5/21

The Challenges of TANAKA Precious Metals
– Strategy for Rapid Expansion in Automobiles and Semiconductors –

(3)The strongest bonding wire Mar. 1, 2021, Electronic Device Industry News The semiconductor industry is maintaining its growth despite the COVID-19 pandemic. It grew by…
2021/5/17

Plane rides of the future could be fueled by table scraps

Commercial aviation alone contributes around three percent of total global carbon emissions. But the industry is actively looking for green solutions in the form of…
2021/5/11

Use of perovskite will be a key feature of the next generation of electronic appliances

Quantum dots are manmade nanoparticles of semiconducting material comprising only a few thousand atoms. Because of the small number of atoms, a quantum dot's properties…
2021/5/6

A design to improve the resilience and electrical performance thin metal film based electrodes

Flexible electrodes, electronic components that conduct electricity, are of key importance for the development of numerous wearable technologies, including smartwatches, fitness trackers and health monitoring…
2021/4/30

The SMART Tire Company announces Mars Rover tires to become available for use on Earth

TOP image: SMARTタイヤ. Credit: The SMART Tire Company The SMART Tire Company has revealed its first space-age tire, soon to be available to the general…
2021/4/26

Full Speed Automation raises $3.2M for no-code solutions that accelerate industrial digitization

For all the talk about the factory of the future and Industry 4.0, manufacturing systems can still be antiquated and fragmented when it comes to…
2021/4/22

Investigating the role of cobalt in rechargeable batteries to develop more effective cobalt-free cathodes

Many automotive companies worldwide are currently investing in the development of electric vehicles, which could help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Electric vehicles require large…
2021/4/19

The Challenges of TANAKA Precious Metals
– Strategy for Rapid Expansion in Automobiles and Semiconductors –

(2)The underlying strengths of precious metal materials for automobiles Feb. 25, 2021, Electronic Device Industry News TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo is well known for its pure…
2021/4/15

Double-duty catalyst generates hydrogen fuel while cleaning up wastewater

Hydrogen is a pollution-free energy source when it's extracted from water using sunlight instead of fossil fuels. But current strategies for "splitting" or breaking apart…
2021/4/7

Human-made materials now outweigh Earth’s entire biomass – study

The giant human footprint stamped across the world in 2020 is greater than the impact on the planet of all other living things, research suggests.…
2021/3/29

The Challenges of TANAKA Precious Metals
– Strategy for Rapid Expansion in Automobiles and Semiconductors –

(1)World’s leading fuel cell catalyst February 18, 2021, Electronic Device Industry News New catalyst using electrolyte film has four times higher durability On January 14,…
2021/3/22

New synthetic route for biofuel production

A German-Chinese research team has found a new synthetic route to produce biofuel from biomass. The chemists converted the substance 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) produced from biomass…
2021/3/2

Sustainable, abundant and low-cost: why lignin might just be a miracle manufacturing material

One day we could be riding bicycles and driving cars made from wood. We aren’t talking about eccentric steampunk contraptions, but high-tech, lightweight machines of…
2021/2/10

Precious Metal Recycling Market Is Uncertain

by MAURA KELLER This article was originally published by American Recycler. A year ago the idea of a global pandemic completely altering life as we…

NASA astrobiologists prepare to probe Ryugu asteroid dust

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 On Dec. 6 local time (Dec. 5 in the United States), Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 dropped a capsule to the…
2020/12/24

Commercial battery cells that can monitor their own chemical and thermal state

Battery technology can sometimes be unstable and volatile, two characteristics that impair its safety and reliability. Actively monitoring the chemical and thermal state of battery…
2020/12/16

Study uncovers the role of exciton lifetimes in enabling highly efficient organic solar cells

  The equipment used by Andrej Classen to measure the exciton lifetime. Credit: Classen et al. Organic photovoltaics are a third-generation solar cell technology made…
2020/11/26

Meteorite study suggests Earth may have been wet since it formed

St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 31, 2020   A new study finds that Earth's water may have come from materials that were present in the…
2020/11/18

Energy firm says its nuclear-waste fueled diamond batteries could last thousands of years

A cellphone power source that lasts nine years. An auto-battery pack that lasts nearly a century. A pacemaker that is powered to last 28,000 years.…
2020/11/11

Artificial materials for more efficient electronics

Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 19, 2020   We are surrounded by electronic devices. Transistors are used to power telephones, computers, televisions, hi-fi systems and game…
2020/11/4

Transparent solar panels for windows hit record 8% efficiency

Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Aug 18, 2020   In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources, a team led by University of…
2020/10/28

Reviewing recent advancements in the development of neuro-inspired computing chips

The future roadmap of NVM based neuro-inspired computing chips. Credit: Zhang et al. In recent years, many research teams worldwide have been developing computational techniques…
2020/10/22

A brain-inspired architecture for human gesture recognition

Bioinspired somatosensory–visual associated learning framework. Credit: Wang et al. Researchers at Nanyang Technological University and University of Technology Sydney have recently developed a machine learning…
2020/10/2

A new chemical analysis upends conventional explanation for global cooling

Houston TX (SPX) Aug 03, 2020   Scientists have long known the earth cooled dramatically about 13,000 years ago, dropping temperatures by about 3 degrees…
2020/9/28

Using drones to reduce disease-spreading mosquito populations

Credit: N. Culbert/IAEA. Vector-borne diseases are illnesses that can be transmitted to humans by blood-feeding insects, such as mosquitoes, ticks and fleas. Mosquitoes are known…
2020/9/23

World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France

The world’s largest nuclear fusion project began its five-year assembly phase on July 28 in southern France, with the first ultra-hot plasma expected to be…
2020/9/16

We can soon thank butterfly tongues for better cancer treatments and vaccines

For more than 130 million years, butterflies have graced our planet. For much of our own history we’ve enjoyed them, but never knew much about…
2020/8/28

MIT CSAIL teams propose grippers with a humanlike sense of touch

In a pair of recently published technical papers, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) propose new applications of soft robotics —…
2020/8/24

Nvidia and Mercedes-Benz detail self-driving system with automated routing and parking

On June 23, Nvidia shed light on an expanded collaboration with Mercedes-Benz to roll out an in-vehicle computing system and AI infrastructure starting in 2024,…
2020/8/21

After Covid-19, just how high will prices go in the 2020 gold rush?

The price of gold soared to a record $2,047 (£1,538) on Aug 5, as investors panicked by fears of a second wave of the coronavirus…
2020/8/17

How IBM Q Network taps partners to advance quantum computing

As quantum computing advances, IBM has been one of the key players pushing the boundaries of this next-generation computing architecture. To accelerate this work, the…
2020/8/12

3GPP completes latest 5G NR spec with Release 16

In a milestone for 5G, global wireless standards body 3GPP finalized Release 16 on July 3, its second set of specifications for 5G New Radio…
2020/8/6

The next era of space travel should include nuclear-powered rockets

Iain Boyd is a professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. This story originally featured on The Conversation. With dreams of…
2020/7/29

The five: robots helping to tackle coronavirus

Boston Dynamics Singapore park-goers have been reminded of their social distancing obligations by Boston Dynamics’ yellow “dog”. The robot hound is equipped with numerous cameras…
2020/7/23

3 smart device trends and their impact on manufacturers in the COVID-19 economy

Consumer expectations are evolving at lightning speed — and so are their relationships with technology. Given the sweeping effects of COVID-19 on consumers, TANAKA Precious…
2020/7/20

Tesla’s secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid

(Reuters) — Electric carmaker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery into its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early…
2020/7/17

Renewable energy should be at the heart of virus recovery plans: IEA

The International Energy Agency on May 20, 2020 called on governments to put clean energy at the heart of their coronavirus economic recovery plans, as…
2020/7/13

Essential Science: Self-repair ‘smart’ satellites in development

The idea of self-repair satellites will not be the subject of science fiction for much longer, as aerospace technologists are working on technology that can…
2020/6/30

The promising growth of low- and zero-emission vehicles

These are unsettling times for the UK car market. Figures released every month by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) chart a steady…
2020/6/24

Essential Science: How robotics is reshaping surgical practice

The application of robots in medicine, especially surgery, has developed in recent years. Examples include the use of robotic assistants to performing intricate procedures in…
2020/6/18

After coronavirus, AI could be central to our new normal

When we came out of the financial crisis of 2008, cloud computing kicked into high gear and started to become a pervasive, transformational technology. The…
2020/6/15

Nasa picks Bezos’s Blue Origin and Musk’s SpaceX to build new lunar landers

Nasa has selected three private space companies to lead the development of lunar landers for its forthcoming moon landings. The three companies are Blue Origin,…
2020/6/10

NASA’s plan to build stuff in space just took its first step

Wherever humans go, they build. Civilization blossomed from clusters of homes and paths, and has more recently swelled to include skyscrapers, power lines, plumbing, and…
2020/5/26

AI program could check blood for signs of lung cancer

Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence program that can screen people for lung cancer by analysing their blood for DNA mutations that drive the disease.…
2020/5/21

10 Covid-busting designs: spraying drones, fever helmets and anti-virus snoods

Designers, engineers and programmers have heard the klaxon call. The last few weeks have seen a wave of ingenuity unleashed, with both garden-shed tinkerers and…
2020/5/19

Technologists develop ‘smart glue’ for underwater use

The basis of the chemical is catechols, which are synthetic compounds designed to be analogous to the wet-but-still-sticky proteins that help mussels fixed to wet…
2020/5/15

Driven to distraction: how cars that take control are helping drivers

Who hasn’t found their attention straying behind the wheel? Modern life is riddled with distractions that fight tooth and nail for our attention – whether…
2020/5/13

These lunar rover tires mimic camel hooves for maximum traction on the moon

When the Apollo 15 mission first brought a lunar rover to the surface of the moon in 1971, it allowed astronauts to cover more than…
2020/5/11

Rust and light lead to improved hydrogen fuel production

The main application with hydrogen is with fuel cells. A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel. With…
2020/5/7

This is the best way to shop if you want to help the environment

We’re shopping online more than ever now, including for mundane personal care and pantry items. Of U.S. internet users, one-third do it at least once…
2020/5/1

Elisa demos 5G remote vehicle controls and architectural 3D on phones

February 2020’s cancellation of the mobile industry trade show MWC 2020 deprived European carriers of the opportunity to show their latest 5G innovations to a…
2020/4/28

We’re approaching the limits of computer power – we need new programmers now

Way back in the 1960s, Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, observed that the number of transistors that could be fitted on a silicon chip…
2020/4/17

Meteorite-eating microbes could help us look for alien life

What might alien life look like, and what traces would it leave behind? If extraterrestrial plant and plankton analogs fill their planet’s atmosphere with oxygen,…
2020/4/15

Technology in 2050: will it save humanity – or destroy us?

Futurism is a mug’s game: if you’re right, it seems banal; if you’re wrong, you look like the founder of IBM, Thomas Watson, when he…
2020/4/13

New form of uranium found that could affect nuclear waste disposal plans

A new form of uranium has been discovered which is likely to have implications for current nuclear waste disposal plans, say scientists. Many governments are…
2020/4/10

NASA May Have Found the Goldilocks Planet of Goldilocks Planets: TOI 700 d

If you ask astronomers how many planets in the universe harbor life, they will likely say there are only two possible answers: one or infinity.…
2020/4/3

Samsung’s fancy new fridge prototype promises to grow your food for you

From across a room here at the Consumer Electronic Show, Samsung’s Bespoke Plant fridge looks like a typical high-end refrigerator. Walk up to the door,…
2020/3/16

Dinner As We Know it Is Hurting the Planet. But What If We Radically Rethink How We Make Food?

Farmers have grown food in roughly the same way for thousands of years: planting seeds and watching them grow; raising animals from birth to slaughter;…
2020/3/16

Australia’s historic bushfires could impact the world’s biodiversity forever

The bushfires in Australia are so widespread they can be seen from space. On the ground, haunting images of burned wildlife and decimated forests have…
2020/3/16

U.S. Emissions Fell Last Year But Progress on Climate Action Is Bleak

The U.S. notched a 2.1% decline in greenhouse gas emissions last year after rising sharply in 2018, according to a preliminary estimate. Two decades ago,…
2020/3/16

‘How can we compete with Google?’: the battle to train quantum coders

There is a laboratory deep within University College London (UCL) that looks like a cross between a rebel base in Star Wars and a scene…
2020/3/16

Kyoto Considers Entering Japan’s Nascent Local Green Bond Market

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s most-popular tourist city is exploring a possible sale of debt to finance environmental, social and governance projects, in what may be the…
2020/2/18

Climate Change Is a Financial Crisis, Too

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The people who oversee America’s financial system seem to think that climate change isn’t their problem. As one official quipped in recent…
2020/2/18

Apple Plans Standalone AR and VR Gaming Headset by 2022 and Glasses Later

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is working on a range of augmented and virtual-reality devices underpinned by a new 3-D sensor system, according to people familiar…
2020/2/18

China’s Rare-Earth Boost Threatens U.S., Australia Growth Plans

(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here.  Surging rare-earth production in China is…
2020/2/18

Electric Vehicle Communication Controller Market is Projected to Surpass $553.4 Million By 2024: P&S Intelligence

Electric Vehicle Communication Controller Market Research Report: By System (EVCC, SECC), Charging Type (Conductive, Inductive), Geographical Outlook (U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden,…
2020/2/18

Why It’s Time to Take Electrified Medicine Seriously

When the disease plaguing her digestive system was at its worst, Kelly Owens once had to rush to the bathroom 17 separate times in the…
2020/2/3

Volvo Cars Goes for Blockchain Tech to Avoid Unethical Cobalt

(Bloomberg) -- Volvo Cars will use blockchain technology to trace the origin of cobalt used in its batteries in an effort to avoid supplies produced…
2020/2/3

Nobel Prize Winner Says Battery Recycling Key to Meeting Electric Car Demand

(Bloomberg) -- Recycling batteries is the key to securing enough raw materials to power the surge in electric vehicle demand, according to a winner of…
2020/2/3

Google Has Achieved ‘Quantum Supremacy.’ Just What the Heck Is That?

Here’s a quick bit of topical multiple choice: What is “quantum supremacy?” a) The next blockbuster film in the James Bond series, coming to theaters…
2020/2/3

The Real Reason Google Is Buying Fitbit

In announcing its planned $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness tracking company Fitbit, Google said the deal will “help spur innovation in wearables” — at least,…
2020/2/3

Facebook to Buy Startup for Controlling Computers With Your Mind

(Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. agreed to acquire CTRL-Labs, a technology startup that is building software to let people control a digital avatar using only their…
2019/11/28

How China is Cornering the Lithium-ion Cell Recycling Market

The commonly held view that lithium-ion batteries are not being recycled is not true. It's just that China has pretty much cornered the market, experts…
2019/11/28

Apple to use recycled rare Earth materials in new iPhones

Apple has requested that its iPhone manufacturers uses recycled rare Earth elements in the Taptic Engine part of the new iPhone 11 variants. The Taptic…
2019/11/28

Why doesn’t anyone live on the moon yet?

Solar storms, sharp sand, and near-weightlessness are just the tip of the iceberg. Short trips don't require too much baggage, but what about an extended…
2019/11/28

Apps for Healthcare Monitoring: Interview with Artem Petrov, CEO of Reinvently

Reinvently, a mobile app development company based in Palo Alto, California, has created a number of healthcare apps, including those which collect, collate, and display…
2019/11/28

Washable, breathable and stretchable – the next generation of smart fabrics

Until now, there have typically been two ways of making clothing conductive: either wrap fibers in fine metallic wire (or stitch it in), or apply…
2019/3/20

Palladium Reaches Another Record as JPMorgan Sees More Upside

(Bloomberg) -- Palladium held gains after rocketing through $1,400 an ounce for the first time, extending its gravity-defying rally even amid signs that global vehicle…
2019/3/20

Ion age: why the future will be battery powered

Why have batteries become important? In a world increasingly anxious about climate change, the surge in the generation of renewable energy over the past 20…
2019/3/20

Nanomaterials are changing the world – but are they safe?

Experts Shareen Doak, Martina G Vijver and Martin Clift explain the problems of ensuring nanomaterials are safe for environment - and us... NANOTECHNOLOGY may well…
2019/3/20

How Orkney leads the way for sustainable energy

It seems the stuff of fantasy. Giant ships sail the seas burning fuel that has been extracted from water using energy provided by the winds,…
2019/3/20

Scientists develop 10-minute universal cancer test

Scientists have developed a universal cancer test that can detect traces of the disease in a patient’s bloodstream. The cheap and simple test uses a…
2019/2/7

Arm Holdings unveils chip aimed at self-driving car sensors

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Arm Holdings, the chip technology firm owned by SoftBank Group Corp, on Tuesday pushed deeper into the automotive world with chip…
2019/2/7

10 tech trends and innovations for 2019

1 Automation and artificial intelligence (Al) A new level of self-training is allowing robots to draw their own conclusions and make deductions that haven’t been…
2019/2/7

37% of Tech Experts Worry Artificial Intelligence Will Make Humanity Worse by 2030

More than a third of AI experts surveyed by Pew Research said they are concerned that artificial intelligence will leave humanity worse off in 2030…
2019/2/7

Russia Looks to Hydrogen as Way to Make Gas Greener for Europe

(Bloomberg) -- Russia is looking at how to develop a market for hydrogen in Europe, a move that would help maintain demand for one of…
2019/2/7

Gold Infused Cotton Threads as Electrodes for Glucose Biofuel Cells

Safe and powerful biofuel cells may help power future medical implantables, and researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and Korea University are helping to make that…
2019/1/9

China’s Fight Against Smog Makes Palladium 2018’s Best Metal

(Bloomberg) -- Palladium prices are shattering record highs, and investors are betting that tight supplies mean that the bull run is just getting started. The…
2019/1/9

Swap gas boilers for hydrogen or miss emission targets, UK told

Millions of gas boilers will need to be replaced with hydrogen alternatives and coupled with electric heating devices if Britain is to hit its carbon…
2019/1/9

Electric Vehicle Revolution Goes Underground With Mine Truck

(Bloomberg) -- Electric vehicles are reaching global markets far and wide -- and deep. Swedish mining equipment maker Epiroc AB now aims to electrify all…
2019/1/9

Ex-Apple engineers show their startup’s self-driving car sensor

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two former Apple Inc engineers on Monday gave new details about the sensor system their startup company, Aeva Inc, is making…
2019/1/9

Mercedes-Benz Rolls Out Fuel-Cell SUV to Tackle Tech Hurdles

(Bloomberg) -- Mercedes-Benz will soon start handing over its latest fuel-cell electric car to fleet customers to keep a toe-hold in a promising technology that’s…
2018/12/3

A golden ticket to faster muscle recovery

Skeletal muscle tissue. Credit: University of Michigan Medical School Anyone who has ever torn or injured a muscle knows that swelling, redness, and pain soon…
2018/12/3

Germany launches world’s first hydrogen-powered train

Germany has rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier…
2018/12/3

This bacteria could boost solar panels on cloudy days

Solar panels　Pexels Researchers are using bacteria to give solar an energy boost. There are a lot of things to like about solar power. It helps…
2018/12/3

This Metal Just Hit a Record. Here’s Why Palladium Is Soaring

(Bloomberg) -- Palladium, a precious metal widely used in the automotive industry, has hit an all-time high. The rally has been fueled by concern over…
2018/12/3

Electric Vehicles and the Semiconductor Boom

The rise of electric cars can be seen as more charging stations pop up around the country but battery life is still a concern for…
2018/11/6

Exclusive first look: Daisy is Apple’s new robot that eats iPhones and spits out recyclable parts

A two-minute journey through this machine renders a smartphone into recyclable materials. Apple Daisy robot This is the battery-removal station in which cells are frozen…
2018/11/1

“Golden Sandwich” Solar Cell Converts 85% Of Sunlight To Electricity

Clean Power   Published on September 13th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley September 13th, 2018 by Steve Hanley  Scientists at the Research Institute for Electronic…
2018/11/1

Graphene ‘a game-changer’ in making building with concrete greener

The novel “supermaterial” graphene could hold the key to making one of the oldest building materials greener, new scientific research suggests. Graphene has been incorporated…
2018/11/1

Booming electric car sales drive lithium rush in Portugal

Mining firms are racing to open new lithium mines in Portugal, already Europe's biggest producer of the commodity, thanks to the surge in popularity of…
2018/11/1

Smallest Robots Ever Developed to Sense Their Environment

The reality of being able to inject microscopic robots into the bloodstream that are capable of performing meaningful clinical tasks is now a little bit…
2018/11/1

6 Top Nanotechnology Applications

  What are the top nanotechnology applications? We run through six ways nanotechnology makes a difference in daily life. While there's been plenty of focus…
2018/10/15

How Australia can use hydrogen to export its solar power around the world

Recent innovations in hydrogen generation, storage, transport and use could transform it into the ultimate source of clean energy Nearly a century ago, British scientist…
2018/10/15

Palladium Leading the Platinum-group Metals Market and Beyond

  Palladium's strong fundamentals lead the pack for platinum-group metals. Platinum-group metals (PGMs) are six similar transitional metals that include palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium…
2018/10/15

Scientists Develop Recycling Process That Could Lead To “Zero Waste” Cell Phones

  Published on May 22nd, 2018 | by Nexus Media May 22nd, 2018 by Nexus Media  Originally published on Nexus Media. By Marlene Cimons How…
2018/10/15

The 3 Biggest Trends That Will Drive Gold in the Next 30 Years

  The World Gold Council recently released an insightful report titled, Gold 2048: The Next 30 Years for Gold. This report looks at overarching demographic,…
2018/10/15
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