As the semiconductor industry approaches the physical and material limits of traditional scaling, the demand for energy-efficient, high-performance devices has intensified. Among the promising alternatives, Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors (TFETs)…
Category: Engineering
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Experimental study on the influence of ground temperature and pore water pressure on the mechanics of excavation unloading sandstone
Stress–strain curve
The deviatoric stress-strain curves of the rock samples are show in Fig. 6; experimental results show that confining pressure is a critical factor affecting the strength and deformation of rock samples. Under the same…
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Investigation mechanical properties and on surface roughness during WEDM machining of nano Cr2C3-MoS2 hybrid metal matrix composites
The use of aluminum and aluminum alloys are rapidly increasing in the various fields and manufacturing industries because of their lightweight properties and high strength-to-weight ratio with good corrosion resistance. In aerospace and defense,…
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US firm’s world-largest sodium phosphate battery offers record savings
A New York-based company has delivered the first grid-scale, sodium-ion battery storage system in the United States. Peak Energy announced the launch and shipment of its sodium-ion battery energy storage system (ESS). The solution delivers a…
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Scientists rewrite life’s code to create virus-resistant bacteria
In a landmark feat of genetic engineering, researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge have created a strain of Escherichia coli that functions with just 57 codons, down from the 64 used by virtually all known…
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Jury orders Tesla to pay $243M in deadly Autopilot crash case
A federal jury in Miami has found Tesla partly responsible for a 2019 crash that killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her boyfriend.
The ruling, which holds Elon Musk’s company accountable for failures in its Autopilot driver…
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German firm’s 250-ton Typhoon rocket combustion engine tested
A German company has completed a six-week test of its full-flow staged combustion rocket engine. Named Typhoon, the engine’s oxygen-rich preburner was tested at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Lampoldshausen site. The Exploration Company’s…
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Labor Market Loses Momentum: July Adds 73K, Prior Months Slashed by 258K
Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in July, increasing by an anemic 73,000 jobs—well below the consensus forecast of a 110,000 gain—while the unemployment rate held at 4.2%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported…
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New $5 wound sensor tracks healing without removing dressings
A team of researchers from RMIT University in Australia has developed a wearable wound-monitoring device that could transform how clinicians track healing — and reduce infection risks in the process.
Unlike traditional methods that require…
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Nuclear reactors to power AI data farms in US’ first private HyperGrid
Fermi America has enlisted South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) to design and build the nuclear heart of a vast private power grid aimed squarely at fueling next-generation artificial-intelligence workloads in…
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