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CATL Joins BYD in 2027 Solid-State Battery Pilot Race, Declaring ‘Industry-Leading’ Progress
Car News China China Overview Chinese battery giant CATL has announced plans to commence small-scale pilot production of solid-state battery cells by 2027, aligning with competitor BYD's timeline. The company asserted its solid-state bat... -
Nuvvon Achieves Safety Validation with Sulfide and Oxide-Free Solid Polymer Electrolyte, Drawing Global Attention
Shanghai Metals Market USA Overview U.S. company Nuvvon has achieved significant safety validation with its pure solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) system, free of sulfide and oxide nanoparticles, gaining prominent attention in the global s... -
Cornell’s IonNet AI Identifies 63,000 Solid-State Electrolyte Candidates Without Crystal Structure Data, Accelerating Materials Discovery
XenoSpectrum USA Overview Cornell University's IonNet AI has identified approximately 63,000 high-ion-conducting solid-state electrolyte candidates solely from chemical composition, bypassing the need for crystal structure data. This AI-... -
Solid Energies Secures $900,000 Federal Grant from U.S. Department of Energy for High-Energy Solid-State Battery Development
Solid Energies USA Overview Solid Energies, a pioneer in solid-state battery technology, has been awarded a $900,000 federal grant through the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E PROPEL-1K program. This funding will accelerate the develop... -
BYD Patents Six Solid-State Battery Innovations, Targets 2027 Pilot Production with Novel Interface Contact Metric
Car News China China Overview BYD has filed six new solid-state battery patents focused on reducing interfacial resistance and improving electrode design, aiming for pilot production by 2027. A key innovation is the "Re" index, which qua... -
PsiQuantum Secures $125M DARPA Contract, Integrates NVIDIA CUDA-Q for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Software
PsiQuantum News USA Overview PsiQuantum has secured a substantial $125 million contract under DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) program, marking a significant step toward realizing fault-tolerant quantum computing. Concurrent... -
Hamamatsu Photonics’ Advanced Detectors Drive CERN’s Antimatter Research
Hamamatsu Photonics Japan Overview Hamamatsu Photonics has released a new "Behind the Science" feature, highlighting its pivotal role in CERN's quest to unravel the mysteries of matter-antimatter asymmetry. Their high-sensitivity photode... -
Lightmatter Releases White Paper Advocating Integrated Supply Chain for AI Photonic Interconnects
digitimes Taiwan Overview Lightmatter unveiled an infrastructure white paper at OCP APAC Summit 2026, addressing supply chain fragmentation and adoption barriers for photonic interconnects in AI infrastructure. Bijan Nowroozi, Head of Ec... -
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Simplifies Photonic-Electronic Integration with Reconfigurable Germanium-Silicon Photodetectors Using FOWLP
Technology News | Advanced Photonics Nexus (SPIE) China Overview Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed reconfigurable germanium-silicon photodetectors utilizing a low-loss integration strategy based on Fan-Out Wafer... -
Pasqal Develops Silicon Nitride Photonic Chips for Neutral Atom Quantum Processors, Targeting 10,000 Physical Atoms and 100 Logical Qubits
Quantum Computing Report USA Overview Pasqal has unveiled an innovative silicon nitride photonic chip designed for neutral atom quantum processors, significantly reducing hardware footprint by replacing traditional bulk optics. This tech...
