Featured Editorial
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Radar Antennas: Applications, Types, And Market Dynamics
2/21/2024
Radar antennas play a vital role in various applications such as weather forecasting, traffic control, and military operations. Current market growth is being driven by increasing demand across industries, advancements in technology leading to more efficient and eco-friendly options, and government regulations. Let’s take a closer look at these unsung heroes of modern radar systems.
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Charting The Sky: Space Domain Awareness In An Evolving Space Landscape
2/7/2024
Space agencies around the world are gearing up for a busy year with numerous launches on the docket. Space domain awareness is crucial to ensure the safety and security of space operations, as well as for detecting, characterizing, and countering threats to space systems.
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Even Cables Are Beautiful: A Fascinating Journey Through The History Of Electronics
1/31/2024
Inspired by a shorted tantalum capacitor, two engineers discovered a hidden world inside electronic components, displaying the accidental beauty of their intricate designs. Hours of polishing, cleaning, and photographing resistors, capacitors, and inductors have revealed a captivating aesthetic.
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NASA Soon To Rely More On Communications Providers
1/29/2024
As NASA winds down its TDRS constellation, it has partnered with SATCOM providers to fill in the communications gaps and reduce the risk of data loss and communication delays for future missions.
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Love In The Lab: 3 Couples Who Were More Than Just Lab Partners
1/24/2024
When the scientist in Thomas Dolby’s “She Blinded Me With Science” exclaimed, “Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto, you're beautiful!” it didn’t mark the first time love found its way into a lab. Couples have been mixing amor and research for centuries and here, we take a look at five famous pairings – some of which resulted in Nobel Prizes!
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Future First: The Making Of Mobile World Congress Barcelona
1/23/2024
MWC Barcelona is a must-attend event for anyone interested in mobile technology. It is a great opportunity to learn about the latest trends, network with industry leaders, and explore new business opportunities.
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Beyond Silicon: The Potential Of Graphene In Semiconductors
1/19/2024
The first working semiconductor made of graphene outperformed one made of silicon leading to speculation that graphene could be the future of computing. But will graphene replace silicon, despite challenges such as the lack of a natural bandgap, scalability, integration with existing technologies, and long-term reliability?
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I’ll See Your Autonomous Vehicle And Raise You An Autonomous Train
1/17/2024
Autonomous trains are used in various settings, including urban transit systems, metro and subway networks, freight transportation, and high-speed rail. They offer the potential to enhance the reliability and safety of train travel.
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It’s No Secret, Q-Day Is Coming
1/11/2024
Q-Day poses a threat to infrastructure such as water, energy, electricity, health, safety, security, and national defense. The encryption schemes most susceptible to quantum attacks are those that rely on large prime numbers – or nearly all digital communication systems.
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How Amplifiers Are Improving Weather Prediction And Research
1/8/2024
Weather satellites can measure crucial meteorological data including precipitation, water vapor, and temperature more accurately than ever. Part of the reason behind this is highly sensitive amplifiers that can detect even the weakest signals from the environment, which are essential for predicting weather with more precision.