Engineers and technicians working with test data often struggle with spreadsheet limitations: frozen screens on large datasets, manual copying of data between files from different DAQ systems and hitting data size limits. Wrestling with Excel for measurement evaluation is detrimental to efficiency a

The AI tool built at the University of Michigan draws on tests of earlier batteries to predict the performance of new designs. (Image: Xin Zou, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Tech Briefs: What motivated you to start this project? Ziyou Song: I have been working in both academia and industry, so I

Overview The March 2026 Test & Measurement Special Report highlights cutting-edge advancements and practical challenges across aerospace, defense, and scientific instrumentation, emphasizing the critical role of testing in technology development and deployment. A key feature discusses the Europe

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Most engineers have experimented with AI by asking for code snippets and pasting them into their workflow. While this approach is useful, it barely scratches the surface of leading techniques for agentic code development. AI-assisted instrumentation is no longer speculative or distant — it’s emergin

What happens when a battery is pushed to its limits? Battery abuse testing plays a critical role in understanding how batteries respond when subjected to conditions beyond normal operation. These tests help engineers evaluate safety, identify potential failure modes, and observe battery behavior und

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Many engineers rely on external switch matrices to extend 2-port VNAs for multi-channel measurements — but this approach comes with tradeoffs in speed, accuracy, and system complexity. Understanding when these tradeoffs matter is critical as RF and high-speed digital systems continue to scale. This

Andrew Corselli The team fit sensors built with their new field-effect transistor design onto integrated circuit boards, like the one pictured here, in order to test sensing accuracy and sensitivity. They found that their approach facilitates sensors that are not only responsive, but highly resistan

Overview The Military & Maritime Uncrewed/Autonomous Systems Special Report (March 2026) explores cutting-edge advancements, challenges, and strategies critical to the development and deployment of unmanned and autonomous military systems across air, maritime, and underwater domains. Key themes

Overview This March 2026 Special Report on ADAS, Connected & Automated Vehicles offers a comprehensive overview of the current advancements and challenges in autonomous driving technology. It highlights significant trends shaping the industry, notably the integration of AI into vehicle electrica

Electronics & Sensors INSIDER This image shows the silicon, silicon dioxide and hafnium oxide layers inside a transistor channel. (Image: Cornell.edu) Cornell researchers have used high-resolution 3D imaging to detect, for the first time, the atomic-scale defects in computer chips that can sabot

Electronics & Sensors INSIDER (Image: Stonybrook) The State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University) researchers led a new study published in Physical Review Letters that overturns long-standing assumptions about how capacitors operate when engineered at the nanoscale, offe

Helix Silicon Carbide Inverter. (Image: Helix) In an electrical circuit, flowing electrons bump into the atoms in the conducting material and cause those atoms to vibrate. Thermal energy is the total kinetic and potential energy of particles within a region of space, so this transfer of energy from

University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, Chicago, IL Jing Wang, a postdoctoral researcher working with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Argonne National Laboratory, is the first author of a new paper that uncovered some of the root causes

The Lynk & Co 06 Relive compact SUV will use an A-PHY-spec SerDes chipset. (Image: Lynk X Co.) Physical AI may have been the dominant keyword at CES 2026, but behind all the hype around that, there were still plenty of companies on hand in Las Vegas focused on less flashy headlines. Here are som

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX ARC ANGEL’s active control system can automatically offload the weight of various handheld tools, staving-off arm fatigue during sub-1G training. (Image: NASA) Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) have developed an Earthbound robotic training system called

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA Berkeley Lab scientists developed an intelligent sensor that first “sniffs” out spectral features of interest in example objects — here a type of crop (above) or leaf (below). It then seeks out the specified targets in a new environment — one it ha

The demand for efficiency and cost-effectiveness in electrical systems is driving the adoption of 48V systems across industries. These higher-voltage systems offer a more optimal alternative to conventional 12- or 24-V architectures, particularly where high power delivery is essential. Industrial au

Electronics & Sensors INSIDER A pixel array of organic nano light-emitting diodes displays the ETH logo with a resolution of 50,000 pixels per inch. (Image: Jiwoo Oh / ETH Zurich; Nature Photonics) Miniaturization ranks as the driving force behind the semiconductor industry. The tremendous gains