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Researchers Successfully Test PACMAN AI Software Across Five Fusion Experiments

Inside some fusion energy systems, particles hotter than the core of the sun can become unruly in a few thousandths of a second, far faster than any human operator can react.

7 Sep 2026

Semplor Introduces NANOS EBSD, Bringing Integrated Crystallographic Analysis to the Tabletop SEM

Semplor has introduced NANOS EBSD, a tabletop scanning electron microscope (SEM) with integrated Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) capability, bringing crystallographic analysis into a compact and intuitive SEM platform.

From Semplor 7 Sep 2026

Semplor Introduces ONYX, the Largest- Stage Tabletop SEM

Semplor has launched ONYX, a new tabletop scanning electron microscope (SEM) designed to give laboratories greater flexibility when working with large or multiple samples and higher-throughput workflows.

From Semplor 7 Sep 2026

Engineers Create World-First Floating Titanium

Australian engineers have created a strong and lightweight titanium material that floats in water, even after severe damage, revealing a promising new material for marine infrastructure.

3 Sep 2026

Making Trains and Airplanes Recyclable

“No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris,” aviation pioneer Orville Wright once said. What even the visionary Wright brothers considered impossible is now a reality – thanks in part to new materials that make modern aircraft and engines possible in the first place.

2 Sep 2026

‘Supermaterials’ Startup Eyes US Expansion with Launch of Silicon Valley Office

A UK startup that has found a novel way to make advanced heat-resistant materials is targeting further expansion in the US with the launch of an office in Silicon Valley.

From HTMS Ltd. 2 Sep 2026

New Wind Turbine Dataset Advances Automated Coating Defect Detection

Researchers developed CoatingDet, a publicly available dataset containing 5,416 high-resolution images of wind turbine tower coatings captured under real manufacturing conditions, with annotations for critical defects and benign surface particles. Validation with YOLOv11n and RT-DETR showed the dataset can support reproducible deep learning-based inspection while highlighting the importance of lighting conditions and class imbalance for reliable deployment.

28 Aug 2026

Next-Generation Secure Semitrailer Slams Into Barrier During Rocket Test

With rockets propelling it down the sled track at Sandia National Laboratories, a semitrailer loaded with mock nuclear weapons slammed into a barrier.

18 Aug 2026

Beyond Raman: New Dimensions in Multimodal Chemical Imaging

Join us for an afternoon live webinar broadcast of our ICORS 2026 (International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, 2026) Workshop exploring the latest advances in multimodal chemical imaging, powered by photothermal detection.

From Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp 13 Aug 2026