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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Oct-2026 20:17 ET (24-Oct-2026 00:17 GMT/UTC)

13-Oct-2026

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance earns Drone Operations Award

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Business Announcement

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has won the Academia & Research category at the inaugural 2026 Global Drone Operations Awards, hosted by SPH Engineering. The award recognizes senior scientist James Sheppard and the team for developing innovative research methods to study the highly endangered Southern Resident killer whale population.

13-Oct-2026

New platform tackles critical material risks in electric motors

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed Motor Decide, a Super Intelligence-driven platform that helps manufacturers compare electric motor technologies based on performance, material availability, supply chain stability, technology maturity and resilience to changing market conditions.

13-Oct-2026

New holographic neural network uses light to perform multiple AI tasks at once

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Announcing a new publication from Opto-Electronic Technology; DOI 10.29026/oet.2026.260019.

13-Oct-2026

New optical encryption technique uses light to strengthen information security

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Announcing a new publication from Opto-Electronic Technology; DOI 10.29026/oet.2026.260018.

13-Oct-2026

Researchers develop on-chip light source that emits light nearly vertically

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Announcing a new publication from Opto-Electronic Technology; DOI 10.29026/oet.2026.260011.

Journal: Opto-Electronic Technology

13-Oct-2026

Startup from Penn State research to scale-up domestic critical mineral recovery

Penn State
Grant and Award Announcement

Old electronics and solar panels could become a new, domestic source for critical and strategic materials through Intel-E-Waste, a startup whose technology builds on foundational research from Penn State.

Funder: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

13-Oct-2026

Advances in laser spectroscopy open new possibilities for faster, more precise molecular detection

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Announcing a new publication from Opto-Electronic Technology; DOI 10.29026/oet.2026.260015.

13-Oct-2026

Overcoming packaging challenges could bring photonic chips closer to mass production

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Announcing a new publication from Opto-Electronic Technology; DOI 10.29026/oet.2026.260006.

13-Oct-2026

Ultrafast lasers enable precise copper circuits on flexible and curved surfaces

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Announcing a new publication from Opto-Electronic Manufacturing; DOI 10.29026/oem.2026.260002.