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Advanced Energy Announces STEM Scholarships for 2025-2026 Academic Year
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. today announced the launch of its 2025 – 2026 Advanced Energy STEM Scholarship Program.

Bruker Introduces Neuroscience Research Solution with High-Speed OptoVolt Voltage Imaging
At the Neuroscience 2024 conference, Bruker Corporation today announced the release of the OptoVolt module to further expand the advanced neuroscience research capabilities on Bruker’s Ultima multiphoton microscope platform.
UVA Awarded $8M DARPA Grant to Develop Next-Generation Optical Detectors
The University of Virginia has been awarded an $8 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to lead a groundbreaking project aimed at developing next-generation optical detectors.
RTX to Develop Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for DARPA
New class of materials offer improved conductivity and thermal management properties.

MIT Engineers Create a Chip-Based Tractor Beam for Biological Particles
The tiny device uses a tightly focused beam of light to capture and manipulate cells.
SWAP Hub Project Led by Idaho Scientific and Partners Awarded CHIPS Funding to Revolutionize IoT Security
The Southwest Advanced Prototyping (SWAP) Hub, based at Arizona State University, has been awarded nearly $7.8 million in funding by the CHIPS and Science Act for an innovative project led by Idaho Scientific to develop the ARC-V Secure Processor.
TXOne Networks Expands Edge Series of OT-Native Network Security Appliances
The product family is supercharged with new models and a powerful firmware upgrade.

SWAP Hub Team Awarded CHIPS Act Funded Project
The Deptartment of Defense has announced that the Southwest Advanced Prototyping (SWAP) Hub based at Arizona State University (ASU) has been awarded $5M in funding by the CHIPS and Science Act for a Multi-MHz, High Density, Ultra-fast RADAR Power Convert project that will advance radar power systems in critical defense applications.

Sivers Semiconductors Receives CHIPS Act Funding Award from NEMC Hub
$6M award accelerates lab-to-fab development of critical chip technology.