Materials/Manufacturing

Capturing Rare Earth Material from Hard Disk Drives – At Scale by Industry Leaders 

Disk-drive leader Western Digital, along with Microsoft and others are collaborating in a rare earth element recovery and circular recycling program using environmentally friendly chemistry to help build up critical rare earth element reserves and […]

e-Power Technology

Seeking the Ultimate in Marine Stealth: DARPA Pursues Quest to Finally Make Magnetohydrodynamic Drive a Practical Reality 

Since the 1960s, academic, commercial and military researchers have attempted to realize a novel form of maritime propulsion involving no moving parts – no propeller, no drive shaft, no seals – just magnets and an electric current that silently propel a boat or submarine through water. It has been an elusive goal but tests are being conducted at Navy facilities this summer with an aim toward developing a practical, workable system.  […]

Electromagnetics

Ultraminiature Magnetic Switch Sensors & Temperature-Stable GMR Sensors Introduced by NVE 

Spintronics company NVE Corporation has introduced two new sensors that provide enhanced capabilities for design engineers working in nanotechnology-level magnetic sensing. One is an ultraminiature wafer-level chip-scale package switch sensor for logic power or battery […]