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Royal DSM has introduced Akulon PA66 Ultraflow for use in thin-wall electrical connectors, further expanding its broad range of thermoplastic resins targeting the fast-changing automotive electronics sector.

Richard Fleischner, who directed the 1966 cult film Fantastic Voyage, would have been delighted with Bradley Nelson’s research: similar to the story in Fleischner’s film, Nelson wants to load tiny robots with drugs and manoeuvre them to the precise location in the human body where treatment is needed, for instance to the site of a cancer tumour. Alternatively, the tiny creatures could also be fitted with instruments, allowing operatio...

Intuition suggests that a sample of material compressed uniformly from all sides should reduce its dimensions. Only a few materials subjected to hydrostatic compression exhibit the opposite behaviour, expanding slightly in one or two directions. Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have developed a material with exceptionally high negative compressibility via a previously unknown mechanism.

According to modern archaeology, one of the earliest examples of a composite material was the carefully soaked layers of linen and plaster used for the Egyptian practice of mummification. Here, John Cove, marketing manager of test and measurement specialist, Starrett, explains the complexities of modern composites and the software needed for effective test and measurement applications.

A future of soft robots that wash your dishes or smart T-shirts that power your cell phone may depend on the development of stretchy power sources. But traditional batteries are thick and rigid—not ideal properties for materials that would be used in tiny malleable devices. In a step toward wearable electronics, a team of researchers has produced a stretchy micro-supercapacitor using ribbons of graphene.

Love them or hate them, 'listicles' are here to stay. Last month, TIME assembled a team of journalists to compile the ultimate tech catalogue counting down 50 of the most influential gadgets of all time. That got me walking down memory lane so I put together a list of five of the most iconic products to use MIPS. By Alexandru Voica, Senior Marketing Manager, Imagination Technologies.

Stellar growth over the coming decade is forecast by IDTechEx for the EV business resulting in nearly one trillion dollars sales at ex-factory prices in 2026. About half of that will probably be the 48V mild hybrids first launching in 2017 when they will not be EVs i.e. propelled by electric motors some or all of the time. By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx.

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have created what they say is the most efficient-walking humanoid ever created. While most machines these days are hunched at the waist and plod along on flat feet, Georgia Tech's DURUS strolls like a person. Its legs and chest are elongated and upright. It lands on the heel of its foot, rolls through the step and pushes off its toe. It's even outfitted with a pair of size-13 trainers as it walks under ...

Researchers in MIT's Media Lab have found a way to bypass a major design step in 3D printing, to quickly and efficiently model and print thousands of hair-like structures. Instead of using conventional CAD software to draw thousands of individual hairs on a computer—a step that would take hours to compute—the team built a software platform, called "Cilllia," that lets users define the angle, thickness, density, and height of thousands...

There are few more demanding production environments than on automotive assembly lines. Often running 24/7, downtime has to be avoided at all costs. A stoppage on one machine in one part of the plant can bring production to a halt across the whole site. The consequent costs can be staggering, while the loss of production and disruption to schedules may take days or weeks to recover from.