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Every bit of weight on an aircraft increases the fuel, emissions and money required to put it in the air. NASA and Boeing have been working together to design a longer, thinner and lighter wing – so different from typical commercial transport aircraft wings that it requires a brace, or truss, to provide the wing extra support.

Wolfspeed has released a 28V, 30W GaN HEMT bare die at this year’s IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), which took place April 11 – 13th, 2016 in Clearwater Beach, Fla. Designed for up to 8GHz operation, the 28V GaN HEMT die exhibits 12dB typical small signal gain at 8GHz, 17dB typical small signal gain at 4GHz, and 30W typical PSAT.

The ultra-sensitive, highly precise Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb telescope) beat its most stringent requirements during Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) testing, which is now complete. Lockheed Martin built the instrument for the University of Arizona and NASA to serve as both the primary science instrument and the primary mirror-alignment sensor aboard the telescope.

As part of a project to improve safety in the energy pipeline industry, researchers have successfully flight-tested a miniature methane gas sensor developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, on a Vertical Take-off and Landing small unmanned aerial system (sUAS). The sensor, similar to one developed by JPL for use on Mars, enables detection of methane with much higher sensitivity than previously available for the industry ...

Next week’s Hannover Messe trade fair taking place in Germany will see Viking Cold Solutions launch its second generation thermal energy storage system, which combines thermal storage with solar PV, making it possible for cold storage facilities, supermarkets and utilities to intelligently store and deploy refrigeration to help balance electricity networks.

IDTechEx announces today that Europe’s largest event on emerging technologies, the IDTechEx Show! held in Berlin on 27-28 April, grew 27% vs. last year’s event. This year’s exhibition and conference featured attendees from 57 countries with 171 exhibitors and 2,300 attendees. The event covered a number of interrelated emerging technologies, including printed electronics, wearable technology, IoT, advanced materials, energy stora...

NASA has selected two proposals for new Earth science investigations that will put new instruments in low-Earth orbit to track harmful particulate air pollutants and study the development of tropical cyclones. Observations of small atmospheric aerosols from the MAIA will be combined with health information to determine the toxicity of different particulate matter types in airborne pollutants over the world's major cities. David Diner of NASA's JP...

Campus Party, the biggest tech festival in the world, is coming to the Netherlands. From May 26th through May 29th, the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht will be flooded with students, tech talent, young professionals, innovators and startups, to experience innovations such as virtual reality, drones, 3D printing, robotics and digital entertainment. With various challenges, dedicated zones, an indoor campsite and awesome keynote speakers, this first edition i...

Wolfspeed, A Cree Company, announced that its GaN-on-SiC RF power transistors have completed testing to demonstrate compliance with NASA reliability standards for satellite and space systems. Wolfspeed’s proven GaN-on-SiC fabrication processes have demonstrated industry-leading reliability and performance, delivering more than 100bn total hours of field operation with a best-in-class FIT rate of less than-5-per bn device hours for discrete ...

Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are set to use computer models to investigate the results of experimental testing at NASA'S Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville to develop an engineering tool to design missions using a new type of long-distance space propulsion. The Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System Electric Sail (HERTS E-Sail) is entering basic research testing at Marshall.