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How MIT’s Muriel Medard Pioneered the Universal Decoder

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As the head of the network coding group at the university’s Research Laboratory for Electronics , the IEEE Fellow led a team that created a silicon chip that eliminates the need for custom decoding hardware to spot signal errors. After graduating, she joined the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998 as an assistant professor.

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KERI researchers develop high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability

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Finite element analysis reveals that the structural merit and lithiophilicity of Au enable fast reversible Li operation at the designated core space of the Au@PHCF, implying that the structural design of the Li-confinable host is crucial for the stable operation of promising Li-metal batteries at a practical test level. Kang et al.

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Researchers in China, US develop binder-free high-silicon-content flexible anode for Li-ion batteries

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A team from Zhejiang A&F University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), and Stanford University have developed a binder-free, flexible, and free-standing electrode comprising an unprecedented 92% silicon content for Li-ion batteries. Si@CNT/C-microscrolls design. (a) —Wang et al. Wang et al.

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Inside the Universe Machine: The Webb Space Telescope’s Ultra-Reliable Radio

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Rather, the data and communication systems are designed to be incredibly, unquestionably dependable and reliable. It’s an ideal location for JWST to observe the universe without obstruction and with minimal orbital adjustments. But all of its data-collecting prowess would be moot without the spacecraft’s communications subsystem.

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Toyota to offer free access to THUMS virtual human body model software

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Designed to aid vehicle safety technologies’ research and development, and developed in cooperation with Toyota Central R&D Labs., THUMS was the world’s first virtual human body model software when it launched in 2000. Free access to THUMS, and subsequent use by a wider variety of users, is expected to enhance vehicle safety.

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Northvolt acquires US Li-metal battery company Cuberg; next-gen battery cells for electromobility

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Cuberg spun out of Stanford University in 2015 with the goal of commercializing next-generation battery technology based on a liquid electrolyte combined with a lithium metal anode. Testing in 2020 showed specific energy of 369 Wh/kg; specific power output of 2000 W/kg; and a C/2 cycle life of 370 cycles.

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Tsinghua team develops bio-inspired self-healing sulfur electrodes; almost no capacity decay after 2000 cycles

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By mimicking fibrinolysis, a biological self-healing process, researchers at China’s Tsinghua University have developed a self-healing sulfur microparticle (SMiP) cathode. In a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , the researchers report that the SMiP cathode attained an optimized capacity (∼3.7 mg (S) cm −2. mg (S) cm −2.

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