
By Doug Dixon The electronics manufacturing industry has always thrived on innovation but rarely has the pace of change and the intensity of challenges been as steep as they are today. Shrinking form factors, rising performance demands, and supply chain disruption are converging at a time when customer expectations have never been higher. For leaders…

Premier Foods is making summer hotter with Bisto’s Fiery new launch – Peri-Peri Gravy Granules. With an 8% growth in takeaway-style chicken meals (source: Kantar, Usage Panel, Total Food & Takeaway Style Chicken (Chicken & Chips, Processed Chicken), Occasion change, 52 w/e 20th April 2025 vs 3YA) and only 1.5% featuring gravy or pour-over sauces…

FloZein, a US-based developer of coatings for food and health supplements, is highlighting the benefits of its domestic production model. As the US imposes new tariffs on imported confectionery ingredients, domestic manufacturers are facing increased supply chain costs and longer lead times. Flo Enterprises’ MasterCoat line of glazes, polishes, and release agents offers a reliable,…

Image: SGN British gas distributor SGN and tech company Utonomy have completed a six-month demonstration of the impact of advanced pressure control in reducing methane emissions from the gas grid. Over the period, SGN and Utonomy project a 16% methane emissions reduction using intelligent pressure control, with the gas distribution governor pressure safely reduced by…

Nordson Test & Inspection today announced plans to present on Day 2 at the Heterogeneous Integration Global Summit (HIGS), during SEMICON Taiwan at the TaiNex in Taipei, Taiwan from September 8-12. Nordson Test & Inspection is a platinum sponsor and will also be demonstrating state-of-the-art Optical, X-Ray and Acoustic Inspection & Metrology systems and sensors…

Nehrybka Solar. Image © R.Power Photon Energy Trading PL Sp. z o. o. has signed an agreement with renewable developer R.Power Renewables for the optimisation of a hybrid solar+storage asset in Nehrybka, Poland. According to Photon Energy, this project marks one of the first hybrid assets in the county, and will aid in increasing the…

Image courtesy 123rf Electricity demand across the Lower 48 states set new peak records twice in July, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Hot weather, combined with the underlying trend of demand increases, pushed coincident peak demand for the Lower 48 to a high of 758,053MW on July 28, between 6pm and 7pm…

Music is a powerful tool for conveying mood, whether heard via a live performance or movie soundtrack, making it an effective medium for understanding how people identify and respond to emotions. Studies have found that children ages 5 to 11 show increasing accuracy in recognizing specific emotions in music. However, research on emotion recognition in…

A blink of an eye seems natural and instantaneous, but is it? Without a functioning eyelid, the eye can become dry, irritated and eventually lose the ability to see clearly. Now, a team of UCLA biomechanical engineers and ophthalmologists has uncovered new details about the muscle that controls blinking, offering a pathway toward developing blink-assisting…

Rowan University and Sentrimed®, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing safer, orally dosed oncology therapies, today announced results from a National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded clinical trial evaluating MASL® in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The Company’s lead product candidate, MASL, is a novel lectin-based therapeutic licensed from Rowan University. Results from…