niron-magnetics-receives-$10-million-grant-for-us-permanent-magnet-facility

US-based magnet manufacturer Niron Magnetics has been awarded a $10-million grant from the Minnesota Forward Fund to support the construction of its production site for iron nitride-based rare earth-free permanent magnets in Sartell, Minnesota. The financing will help the company advance the development of Plant 1, a 190,000-square-foot facility. ConstructionContinue Reading

Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS caught streaking through the solar system on Aug. 27 by the Gemini South telescope in Chile.  (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Shadow the ScientistImage Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)) Comet 3I/ATLAS is extremely irradiated from billions ofContinue Reading

The Interplanetary Race to Study Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

When Comet 3I/ATLAS roared into the solar system this summer, it launched a scientific scramble to study what astronomers were quickly able to determine was only the third known interstellar object to zip through our celestial neighborhood. And that science quickly went interplanetary. In early October, just three months after astronomers first spotted Comet 3I/ATLASContinue Reading

airbus-vs.-boeing:-which-has-the-greatest-global-presence?

Over the years, the commercial aviation industry has changed significantly. In the early 20th century, commercial air travel was utilized only by the wealthy as a niche mode of travel. However, as the decades passed, the commercial aviation market has evolved into a global network that connects billions of passengersContinue Reading

toyota-material-handling-invests-in-advanced-charging-technologies-to-advance-electric-equipment

Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA), composed of the Raymond Corporation and Toyota Material Handling brands, has made a strategic investment in Advanced Charging Technologies (ACT). ACT, a provider of battery charging solutions to both Raymond and Toyota, develops advanced charging technologies specifically for the material handling sector. The investmentContinue Reading

the-engineer’s-guide-to-battery-defects

Sponsored by Lumafield. EV-battery engineers wrestle with defects they can’t see until a pack fails. The Engineer’s Guide to Battery Defects lays out how industrial CT surfaces those threats in minutes. As the paper states, “Industrial CT scanning allows battery engineers to visualize and analyze specific issues related to anodesContinue Reading