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Why MilliporeSigma’s sustainability lead sits in on sales pitches

MilliporeSigma’s 40-person sustainability team reports to the chief strategy and transformation officer of parent company, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. That means environmental considerations are automatically included in product design and packaging decisions, and the lead sustainability executive for the life sciences company often accompanies sales representatives to meetings with strategic

poLight and IQL launch Raspberry Pi TLens Studio platform

poLight ASA and Image Quality Labs announced the development of an M12-based Raspberry Pi TLens Studio evaluation and development platform, utilizing the new line of TLens off-the-shelf (OTS) focusing camera lens. This platform enables machine vision design engineers to quickly and easily evaluate high speed, constant field-of-view focusing functionality on their existing embedded

Tesla Cybercabs spotted testing, unsurprisingly with steering wheels

A new sighting of Tesla Cybercab prototypes in Austin, Texas, is fueling the ongoing debate about the vehicle’s design. While the prototypes were spotted with steering wheels, which is standard for testing, it raises questions about whether Tesla can actually stick to its plan to launch the vehicle without them

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 anodes

Nexeon commissions silicon-carbon plant in South Korea

Silicon battery materials manufacturer Nexeon has brought its silicon-carbon facility in Gunsan, South Korea to production-ready status. Construction started last spring at the location in a key industrial hub in South Korea, which was chosen to ensure Nexeon has supply chain security. It has a reliable pipeline supply of monosilane

Seyond showcases full LiDAR portfolio and Hummingbird at CES 2026

Seyond is showcasing its complete end-to-end LiDAR portfolio at CES 2026, highlighting deployment-ready solutions spanning ultra-long-range, long-range, and fully solid-state sensing for automotive, robotics, and intelligent infrastructure applications. With a full-spectrum portfolio covering the entire perception stack, Seyond enables customers to source all LiDAR requirements from a single, trusted partner.

Kempower deploys MCS electric truck charging in Scandinavia and California

The Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is an emerging EV charging standard that (despite the name) allows commercial electric vehicles to charge at rates of up to 3.75 megawatts—fast enough for heavy-duty EVs to top up their batteries during mandated driver breaks or during loading and unloading. EVSE manufacturer Kempower has

Tesla Cybertruck undergoes interior mod that many owners wanted

Tesla Cybertruck is significantly different from traditional pickups on the market in a lot of ways. However, one feature that was recently modified with its interior was a highly requested characteristic that is present in other trucks, but was void from Cybertruck. Tesla went with a five-seat configuration with Cybertruck:

HighPoint launches RocketStor 8631D PCIe Gen5 accelerator enclosure

HighPoint Technologies, Inc. has announced the RocketStor 8631D, an external accelerator enclosure designed to provide PCIe Gen5 x16 bandwidth and sustained power for AI, HPC and professional media workflows. The RocketStor 8631D is intended for use cases where conventional expansion options, tunneling protocols such as Thunderbolt, or power-limited enclosures can

CATL and SAIC Commercial Vehicles collaborate on battery swapping

Chinese battery giant CATL and automaker SAIC Commercial Vehicle have formed a strategic partnership focused on joint technology research and development, commercial EV ecosystem building and global expansion. The collaboration will include jointly building an integrated smart battery swapping ecosystem and green transportation capacity system encompassing “vehicle, battery, station and

Grace under pressure: What will define sustainability in 2026

It’s a tough time for corporate sustainability. Budgets are tighter, teams are smaller and many companies are more reluctant to speak publicly about the work they’re doing. The focus has shifted from bold vision to practical results.  A pattern has emerged in conversations that my colleagues and I at Trellis

Supermicro unveils liquid-cooled SuperBlade with Xeon 6900

Supermicro Inc. is announcing the latest addition to its SuperBlade family with the SBI-622BA-1NE12-LCC, a high-density, direct liquid-cooled blade server powered by dual Intel Xeon 6900 series processors with up to 256 P-cores. This new SuperBlade solution delivers outstanding compute density, power efficiency, and performance. This new SuperBlade solution delivers outstanding

After 10,000 miles, here’s what happened to this electric bike

One of the biggest unanswered questions for many folks considering an e-bike isn’t how a bike rides on day one, but rather how it holds up after years of daily use. Reviews and first impressions are everywhere, but genuine long-term ownership stories are surprisingly rare. That’s why a recent shared

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