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Digitisation and the reliability of accurate measurement data are inherent to the constantly expanding demands of the energy distribution and production industries. And consumers are also demanding more accurate and traceable data to protect them from damage and costs as well as to continuously optimise their energy consumption. But what if systems or transformer stations are not yet linked to the digital world and time-critical data still has to...

MIT researchers have developed the first molecular clock on a chip, which uses the constant, measurable rotation of molecules — when exposed to a certain frequency of electromagnetic radiation — to keep time. The chip could one day significantly improve the accuracy and performance of navigation on smartphones and other consumer devices.Today’s most accurate time-keepers are atomic clocks.

Current satellite communication systems use static beams, with little or no options of adjusting beam capacity to a varying demand. Beam hopping, based on the DVB-S2X broadcasting standard, allows redirecting capacity between beams, making satellite systems more flexible and efficient. Working with WORK Microwave and Eutelsat, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS has successfully demonstrated beam hopping in an over-the-air test f...

An ESA project, which involves investigating a new frequency band for next-generation telecommunications, is seeing participation from Reaktor Space Lab and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. As the number of satellites and the speed required for data communications increase, transition to higher frequencies is expected to become a necessity in the near future.

In this article, Flex explores the benefits to customers of the new alliance’s existence, including the specifications that define compatibility and the benefits of 48V direct conversion in efficiency-sensitive applications such as data centres. Author: Bob Cantrell, Senior Technical Application Engineer, Flex Power Module

The Sun has always been benign towards the Earth, providing light and heat essential to the growth of civilisations. However, as our technology has advanced, so the Sun has become a threat too, with its constantly changing surface plasma creating magnetic storms. Paul Currie, Sales & Marketing Director, MPE, discusses the potential impact of these solar storms in more depth.

Five ‘new space’ companies pioneered the latest space hardware, robotics and technology share growth and partnership milestones with investors, industry leaders and British Royalty at the Harwell Campus New Space Showcase.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS has successfully demonstrated the direct transmission of sensor data from multiple transmitters via a geostationary satellite. For the test transmission, the institute employed portable, ground-based transmitters equipped with small, omnidirectional C-band antennas. Fraunhofer IIS developed this particular transmission method specifically for Internet of Things applications that use satellites ...

It doesn’t matter if it’s a forest, a soybean field, or a prairie, all plants take up carbon dioxide during photosynthesis – the process where they use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into food. During this changeover, the plants emit an energy 'glow' that is not visible to the human eye, but can be detected by satellites in space. Now, researchers at the University of New Hampshire have taken that one step further.

At the Drone World Congress in Shenzhen, China on 23rd June,Robert Garbett, Founder and Chief Executive of Drone Major Group, delivered a keynote speech.