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II‐VI has signed renewable energy contracts for powering over 30 sites around the world, including more than two dozen that now cover 100% of their annual electricity usage with renewable sources. This includes nine of its sites in the United States with 100% renewable electricity, representing 20 million kWh of…

Researchers at MIT in the US have developed a new way to shape thin metal surfaces to create highly accurate mirrors in different, and changing, shapes. Space telescopes, X-ray mirrors, semiconductor lithography and display panels rely on lightweight, high-precision optical systems, but the surfaces of mirrors and plates with microstructures…

SABIC has launched a poly-sulfide plastic material for 5G base station dipole antennas and other electronic applications. The LNP Thermocomp OFC08V compound enables lightweight, cost-effective, all-plastic antenna designs for the deployment of 5G infrastructure. This is a glass fibre-reinforced material based on polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin with excellent plating performance using…

Keysight Technologies has launched the industry’s first oscilloscope for the CAN XL (Controller Area Network eXtra Long) protocol. The D9010AUTP automotive protocol trigger/decode system enables engineers to verify and debug low-speed automotive serial bus protocols and simplify the development and troubleshooting of systems including CAN/CAN FD (Flexible Data Rate) and…