Top Stories of the Week: Oct. 13-Oct. 17, 2025

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A surface acoustic wave and unique metamaterial easily manipulate light at gigahertz rates.
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Organizations are looking closely at the potential advantages of implementing distributed process control, which can provide greater flexibility and adaptability to organizations...
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This article debunks common audio myths, showing how MEMS and modulated ultrasound enable smaller, more powerful speakers with better bass and ANC performance.
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Discover how manufacturing breakthroughs, rising demand, new applications, and strategic partnerships are set to revolutionize the future of tactile sensors.

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Smart meters face silent data failures from flash wear and power loss. Software-level resilience is the fix.
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Nexperia’s clip-bonded FlatPower package offers a compact and cost-efficient option for bipolar-junction-transistor devices in industrial and automotive settings.
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The next wave of high-efficiency DC-DC converters will reshape power delivery in applications ranging from DC microgrids to EVs to AI data centers.
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With questions surrounding Li-ion batteries being able to meet energy density demands going forward, companies like CATL are turning to sodium-ion alternatives.
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Can hybrid-electric STOL-capable aircraft provide rapid freight, transport, and medevac services to remote conflicts that are difficult or impossible to reach with fixed-wing ...
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The op amp field is crowded, but new entrants offer additional subtle but important improvements.
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The funding helps advance Empower’s goal to address the power delivery challenges of the kilowatt-chip era.

Editor's Choice: From the Electronic Design Archives

These articles were chosen by the editors at Electronic Design that complement the new articles above. They are included in our regular newsletters. 

What are the basic principles involved with adding bidirectional capability to EV onboard chargers and the unique capabilities (V2G, V2H, V2V, etc...) they make possible?
The Stackelberg game—a strategic game in economics—involves a leader firm that moves first and then follower firms move sequentially. Such an approach can be applied to power ...
Arduino is an enormously popular platform for Makers and hackers. This TechXchange explores how the venerable Arduino can be used in professional developing.
Can we trust AI in our design and products? Electronic Design’s AI Takeover Week explores this heavyweight question.
What do you really know about selecting mechanical relays and switches? Are they still valid for today’s marketplace? Learn the advantages/disadvantages of mechanical vs. solid...
According to the research team leader, making it happen meant having to “push the boundaries in materials, manufacturing, thermal management, structures and rotordynamics, and...
Innovative fingertip biofuel cells and flexible thermoelectric devices enable non-invasive biomarker sensing and energy harvesting from human skin.

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We hope you enjoy the articles on Electronic Design, but there's a lot going on and we can't cover everything. In this section, Electronic Design editors highlight articles they found this week that you might be interested in as well. 

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