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Engineering has always been bigger than borders. The challenges we face today—from sustainable energy to AI and resilient infrastructure—require ideas, expertise, and global collaboration. Let’s continue building not only better technologies, but also a more connected future.

Federated learning enables IoT and medical devices to train AI models without sharing raw data. However, model updates can still expose systems to privacy leakage, poisoning attacks, and timing-based inference: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/115...

🧪 Timely and accurate plant disease detection is essential for sustainable agriculture and global food security. 🌱 Learn about PhytoFormer, a robust plant disease recognition for crop protection: 🔗 https://loom.ly/aZrstOY @ieeeaccess.bsky.social #TechSky #AI

One paper described research that never happened. The other was produced by an AI system that conducted its own computational experiment. What happened when I submitted them to a publisher?

New advances in chemical engineering are exploring ways to convert plastic waste into jet-fuel-range hydrocarbons, potentially creating value from materials that would otherwise end up in landfills: interestingengineering.com/energy/plast...

Mobile cable-driven parallel robots offer exciting flexibility for deployment. Even so, uneven terrain can tilt their platforms. This featured IEEE Access article introduces a tilt-aware, real-time kinematics method to account for these changes: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/115...

Long before spaceflight became reality, Tsiolkovsky imagined what engineering could make possible beyond Earth. His vision reminds us that engineering is not simply about building what we can imagine today. It is about expanding the boundaries of what is possible.

What happens when a quadruped robot encounters a gap too narrow to simply walk through? Instead of stopping, it can jump, maneuver, and squeeze through tight spaces: interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/...

🤖 Ground robots just got a major upgrade in target tracking. A novel sample–check–select strategy handles unstructured layouts, obstacles, and tight spaces while maintaining strong tracking performance. @ieeeaccess.bsky.social 🔗 https://loom.ly/xbXjkq8

NEW from #IEEEAccess! 🔍 Conceptual Innovation in Medical Imaging AI shows how insufficient conceptual grounding can lead to misaligned objectives, fragile generalization, and limited real-world impact. @ieeeaccess.bsky.social 🔗 https://loom.ly/H6BiaEo  #MedSky

This featured IEEE Access article explores how existing wind farms can be repowered by integrating battery storage and green hydrogen production under uncertainty in electricity prices, wind resources, and hydrogen markets: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/115...

More than a century later, Diesel’s words remind us that engineering is not only about solving the problems of today. It is about recognizing possibilities that others may overlook. Foresight, curiosity, and courage to challenge convention remain among our most powerful tools.

In this featured IEEE Access article, new research highlights the cost-effective virtual synchronous generators (VSGs) using a hybrid energy storage system to combine Lithium-ion batteries and EDLCs: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/114...

Experts at Sound Transit and WSDOT have designed floating rail infrastructure capable of carrying heavy trains: interestingengineering.com/transportati...

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Associate Editors for their exceptional contributions to IEEE Access throughout 2025! For the full list of Outstanding Associate Editors: ieeeaccess.ieee.org/.../outstand...

Science and engineering are built on continuous discovery. Every new insight challenges assumptions, refines our understanding, and drives the innovations that shape the future.

This featured IEEE Access article tackles the range-angle coupling challenge in high-resolution PMCW radar systems, introducing a new decoupling method that improves target detection accuracy while reducing computational complexity: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/115...

A new development from Unigrid aims to deliver safer, lower-cost, and more sustainable energy storage using abundant material. This advance could help power everything from grid-scale storage to future electric mobility: bit.ly/4wMZ3hQ

In this featured IEEE Access article, new research presents a systematic design methodology for amplifier-based active sensors with stability at the core: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...

Innovation often begins long before every detail is understood. Engineering advances by questioning, experimenting, and building. Expanding knowledge one discovery at a time.

This featured IEEE Access article explores how next-generation Direct Torque Control (DTC) strategies are reducing torque ripple, improving regenerative braking, and extending battery life: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/114...

Researchers in China are exploring quantum sensing to monitor grid conditions with unprecedented precision, offering the potential for earlier fault detection, improved grid resilience, and more reliable power systems: bit.ly/3UfY0Z8

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Associate Editors for their exceptional contributions to IEEE Access throughout 2025! For the full list of Outstanding Associate Editors: ieeeaccess.ieee.org/.../outstand...

🤖 Industrial robots just got better at printing on curved surfaces! A new trajectory‑planning method generates smooth, collision‑free paths, even across abrupt curvature changes. Read more in #IEEEAccess: 🔗 https://loom.ly/Ngk9gaY @ieeeaccess.bsky.social #AI

Engineering and science turn uncertainty into understanding. Every discovery, every innovation, and every breakthrough begins with the pursuit of knowledge, helping us build a smarter, safer, and more resilient future.

This featured IEEE Access article brings together the latest advances in magnetless rotary transformer excitation systems for electrically excited synchronous machines (EESMs), covering machine modeling, excitation control, and inverter architectures: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/115...

This AI-based human–computer collaborative workflow integrates big‑data mining, #GenerativeAI, and decision‑making models to deliver production‑ready packaging. 📦 @ieeeaccess.bsky.social Learn how AI‑generated concepts help designers: 🔗 https://loom.ly/7y6JYHM

A proposed deployment of SMR-300 small modular reactors could provide up to 680 MW of clean electricity for U.S. data centers, highlighting how advanced nuclear technology may play a key role in powering the next generation of AI infrastructure: bit.ly/4wacXJy

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Associate Editors for their exceptional contributions to IEEE Access throughout 2025! For the full list of Outstanding Associate Editors: ieeeaccess.ieee.org/.../outstand...

This featured IEEE Access article introduces a tensor product–based fractional-order sliding-mode control strategy for the biological control of the sugarcane borer—one of the most destructive pests: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/115...

The greatest breakthroughs often begin by questioning what we think we know. Curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to challenge assumptions continue to drive the discoveries that shape our future. What's the most recent assumption you challenged? bit.ly/3Ui38vO

This new humanoid robot is designed to collaborate safely with humans, using AI and human-aware design to reduce physical strain during demanding tasks like lifting and material handling. A fascinating step toward more intelligent human-robot teamwork: bit.ly/4fU0K5U

In recent years, interest in Augmented Reality (#AR) has increased across various industries owing to its potential to enhance productivity, efficiency, and safety. @ieeeaccess.bsky.social Read the full article in #IEEEAccess: 🔗 https://loom.ly/43Eg4r0 #TechSky

This featured IEEE Access article shows how grid-forming doubly fed induction machines (DFIMs) can provide inertia to help meet emerging ROCOF requirements while maintaining stable operation under demanding grid conditions: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/115...

Researchers have transformed ordinary machine knitting into programmable, shape-shifting textiles that can snap between stable forms and function as switches and sensors, opening possibilities for wearable technology, soft robotics, & adaptive materials: bit.ly/4wg1zfn

We would like to congratulate our Exceptional Reviewers who were selected for their outstanding efforts throughout 2025 in providing thorough, valuable feedback on article submissions during the peer review process. Thank you for your hard work! View all Exceptional Reviewers: lnkd.in/eTePa28S

♻️ The rapid growth of deep learning models has increased computational requirements, energy consumption, and carbon emissions, raising concerns about the sustainability of artificial intelligence systems. @ieeeaccess.bsky.social 🔗 https://loom.ly/f4-0BB4 

⚓ Detecting small objects on radar is critical for safe navigation. This hybrid approach uses adaptive filtering and #DeepLearning to boost detection performance, especially in low‑visibility conditions. @ieeeaccess.bsky.social 🔗 https://loom.ly/X8c_1nA

The research in this featured IEEE Access article introduces a simple & effective method for extracting the dielectric constant and loss tangent of microstrip substrates using reflected group delay measurements from a resonator structure: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...

Ideas have value. Knowledge has power. But progress happens when action follows. Whether in engineering, science, business, or life, the gap between possibility and achievement is bridged by execution. Innovation belongs to those who turn thinking into doing.

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Associate Editors for their exceptional contributions to IEEE Access throughout 2025! For the full list of Outstanding Associate Editors: ieeeaccess.ieee.org/.../outstand...

Researchers have developed a new approach to turn seawater into drinking water without producing the toxic brine waste that conventional desalination plants generate. This innovation could help expand access to clean water while reducing impacts on ecosystems: bit.ly/4w0wblk

This IEEE Access article shares how the latest antenna array design combines high-gain, robust circular polarization and seamless beamforming IC integration, making it well-suited for next-generation LEO satellite networks: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...

🧪 A new lightweight #AI framework for whole‑slide image analysis shows promise in supporting breast cancer diagnosis. @ieeeaccess.bsky.social 🔗 https://loom.ly/mdaPsM8 #IEEE #IEEEXplore #OpenAccess #MedSky #TechSky

Researchers have developed a way to transform food waste into a stable carbon-rich material that locks away carbon for the long term. This turns a major waste problem into a potential climate solution: bit.ly/3SjeI9b

Every innovation begins as an idea. Through creativity, persistence, and engineering, those ideas take flight and become the technologies that shape our world. Here's to the engineers who transform imagination into reality every day.

Congratulations to the following Outstanding Associate Editors for their exceptional contributions to IEEE Access throughout 2025! For the full list of Outstanding Associate Editors: ieeeaccess.ieee.org/.../outstand...

What if the best way to prevent robot traffic jams is a little randomness? Researchers found that robot swarms moving along perfectly can create bottlenecks. Adding small deviations helps reduce congestion and keeps the group moving more efficiently: bit.ly/4gwdT6X

Controlling systems with delays and uncertainty is a challenging engineering problem. This featured IEEE Access article proposes a smarter approach to designing controllers that remain stable and effectively handle disturbances: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...

In this featured IEEE Access article, a new study compares manifold learning methods across five heterogeneous IIoT cybersecurity datasets, evaluating their effectiveness for intrusion detection, anomaly separation, and traffic analysis: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/113...