Editor Blogs
March 2025
Robotic functions, fabrication, and characterization of PBs.
Researchers at Seoul National University and Gachon University have developed a shape-shifting robot that can fit into tiny crevices, behave like a cell, and perform seemingly impossible functions for an artificial being.
The scientists describe their Particle-armored liquid roBot (PB) as “a liquid blob coated with unusua
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Date:
03/31/2025
Chinese Researchers Develop Method to Extract Nearly 100% of Critical Materials in Used Li-Ion Batteries
Chinese researchers have developed a method to recover 99.99 per cent of the lithium, 96.8% of the nickel, 92.35% of the cobalt and 90.59% of the manganese in spent lithium-ion batteries.
The key to extracting these critical minerals is apparently the use of an amino acid – glycine, specifically – which
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Date:
03/24/2025
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
By the time you read this, the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) should’ve began in earnest, and amongst the usual litany of wide band-gap semiconductors, power supplies, and the newest star of the show, AI, the event is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
As such, the conference is asking everyone to share
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Date:
03/17/2025
Hackathon Project Enables AI Agents to Communicate with Each Other
Have we finally gone too far? Have we passed the point of no return with AI, where it’s poised to supplant biological life and rule the globe?
Not quite, but we are busy shoring up their capabilities – like a weekend hackathon project that allowed AI agents to talk to each other in their own language
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Date:
03/10/2025
Volvo's New EV Sedan to Sport Range of 435 Miles
As we move inexorably towards our all-electric future, automakers are attacking range anxiety from several directions – and of course, the most direct way, as the name implies, is increasing EVs’ range. If their range will satisfy all but long-ish road trips, the anxiety will theoretically disappear.
A
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Date:
03/03/2025
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