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Retrofitting physical tamper protection onto existing electronics

Research at the Secure Systems Research Center has developed a printed detection layer that can be applied to a circuit board after it has been designed.In cons [...]
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TII Joins the International Astronautical Federation

Membership, confirmed during World Space Week, connects the Institute’s space research to the world’s largest network of space agencies, industry and academiaAb [...]
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Residency at Sea: Decoupling Marine Data Collection from Manned Vessels with TII ARRC’s integrated solutions

Persistent operations at sea are usually treated as an endurance problem. They are better understood as a reachability problem.The fundamental constraint l [...]
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Advanced Thermal Energy Storage Solutions Using Phase Change Materials

Passive thermal management for a high-ambient economy AbstractThermal management is a defining constraint on economic activity in the United Arab Emirates. [...]
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As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Get Smarter, Can You Trust the Flight Controller?

Artificial intelligence is transforming what unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other autonomous systems can do. Most of the attention goes to the impressive p [...]
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Biochar as a Carbon-Negative Material: Giving Industrial Waste New Life

How TII is transforming recycled plastic and industrial wood waste into carbon-negative polymer compositesAbstractGlobal plastic production exceeded 400 million [...]
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Programmable Quantum Whirlpools: How TII Scientists Are Learning to Control the Vortices at the Heart of Quantum Matter

Watch water spiral down a bathroom drain and you are looking at one of the most stubborn puzzles in physics. Vortices, the swirling structures behind everything [...]
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Role of Agentic Platforms in Cybersecurity and Vulnerability Management

As cyber threats continue to evolve, it is becoming clear that security outcomes depend on much more than intelligence alone. Increasingly, the focus is shiftin [...]
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Swarm Autonomy at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII)

Executive SummaryAs robots become more sophisticated and capable, they can take more actions autonomously, with less need for human supervision. Such robots can [...]
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How TII is Reinventing Stronger Concrete for Safer Cities

When we think of national safety, our minds often turn to cybersecurity or defense. Yet the strength of our infrastructure such as roads, bridges, power plants [...]
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Composite Materials Engineering for the UAE’s First Hybrid Sounding Rocket

The composite material strategy, manufacturing innovation, and cross-center collaboration behind a national aerospace milestoneAbstractOn 13 February 2026, the [...]
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Hybrid Rocket Technology Program – White Paper

AbstractThis white paper presents the development of a sovereign UAE sounding‑rocket program powered by advanced hybrid rocket motor (HRM) technology, starting [...]
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