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Welders for ITER Tokamak Face Component Assembly Challenges 

August 4, 2026 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Welders for ITER Tokamak Face Component Assembly Challenges 

Making a custom magnetic assembly often calls for an orchestration of intricate design engineering and skillful fabrication. Perhaps that is truer nowhere than at ITER in France where engineers and technicians are wrestling with the demands of building a massive magnetic tokomak for the purpose of generating fusion energy. They are developing welding procedures for crafting first-of-a-kind components and devising strategies for welding in the confined spaces of a revolutionary creation, helping to define the techniques and standards that may shape fusion projects for decades to come.  […]

e-Power Technology

ABB Electrifies Maritime Fleets

August 3, 2026 Editorial Staff Comments Off on ABB Electrifies Maritime Fleets

With a growing roster of full-vessel systems engineering projects along with discrete product launches, ABB is electrifying diverse maritime fleets around the world. Recent notable undertakings include:  […]

Electromagnetics

NVE Develops 1.5V Chip-Scale Magnetic Switch Sensors; Names New CEO 

July 29, 2026 Editorial Staff Comments Off on NVE Develops 1.5V Chip-Scale Magnetic Switch Sensors; Names New CEO 

Spintronics developer NVE Corporation has launched the first parts in its new AHT9xx-20E line of ultraminiature wafer-level chip-scale package (WLCSP) magnetic switch sensors. Also, in a planned leadership transition, the company is promoting Peter Eames to be its new CEO.  The new switch sensor versions […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Phoenix Tailings Acquires Machinery Partner for AI-Driven Rare Earth Production; New Funding Adds Minerals Trader Traxys 

July 28, 2026 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Phoenix Tailings Acquires Machinery Partner for AI-Driven Rare Earth Production; New Funding Adds Minerals Trader Traxys 

“Rare earth processing is ultimately a technology race,” says Nick Myers, CEO and co-founder of Phoenix Tailings, an emerging builder of a fully integrated rare earth production platform spanning extraction, separation, refining and metallization with a […]

Test and Measurement

Commercial Traction Builds for Cerca Magnetics Brain Scanner; New Mobile Lab for the Military to Assess Impact of Explosives

July 27, 2026 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Commercial Traction Builds for Cerca Magnetics Brain Scanner; New Mobile Lab for the Military to Assess Impact of Explosives

Cerca Magnetics, the British developer of a wearable brain scanner using quantum sensors to measure neural activity, is gaining traction commercially with recent investment funding, a military-backed project and continued placements. The scanner uses an array of optically pumped magnetometers positioned into a flexible helmet. […]