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Scientists Discover Important Material for Semiconductors at the Surface

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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When Assignable Cause Masquerades as Common Cause

William A. Levinson

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News

Hiperbaric and CSIRO Develop Canister for High-Pressure Thermal Processing

To be unveiled during PACK EXPO Las Vegas at the Hiperbaric booth, No. N-10857

Moraine Park Technical College and Siemens Partner to Produce Better Machinists

Educating the next generation of machinists with state-of-the-industry equipment

Pixel-by-Pixel Analysis Yields Insights Into Lithium-Ion Batteries

In a first, researchers have observed how lithium ions flow through a battery interface

NewTek Gage Head Sensors Avoid Damage Between Inspection Readings

Air-extend/spring-retract moves probe out of the way

Kyocera Unimerco Selects Aras Innovator Software

Precision cutting tools maker gains visibility and process management across product life cycles

AIMS Metrology Partners With Vision Systems Pioneer OGP

Expanded offering includes Smartscope E-series for 3-axis video measurement

CloudNC Introduces CAM Assist Software

Accelerates CAM programming time 80% to make U.S. manufacturers more productive

Exergyn Improves Solid-State Refrigerant Technology

Pioneers new shape-memory alloys

ZEISS Promotes Employee Volunteer Work

A Heart for Science initiative brings STEM to young people

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Features

Machines Can’t Always Take the Heat

Matthew T. Hughes

Srinivas Garimella

Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many...

Mobile Robots Get a Leg Up From a More-Is-Better Communications Principle

Baxi Chong

Adding legs to robots that have minimal awareness of the environment around them can help them...

Outlookicide!

Mike Figliuolo

Meetings give me a rash. A really bad one. One that not even calamine lotion can soothe. The only...

Autonomous Robotic Welding

David Suttle

You often hear about self-driving cars and their levels of autonomy. When can drivers completely...

Made by Human: The Threat of Artificial Intelligence to Human Labor

David Cantor

One of the most concerning uncertainties surrounding the emergence of artificial intelligence is...

What Does the Perfect Day at Work Look Like to You?

Daniel Marzullo

If you could experience the perfect workday, what would you be doing? Have you ever taken the time...

Future of Manufacturing: The Connected Worker as Partner to Robots and Machines

Eric Whitley

Manufacturing has come a long way from manual labor and assembly lines. The industry has evolved...

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