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Automotive Biosensor Market Driven by Three Key Factors
After early use in high-end cars, the technology should expand to other car segments.
Passwords Sent Securely Through the Body
“On-body” transmissions offer a more secure way to send authenticating information between a device that touches parts of the body and one confirming identity by requiring a password be entered.
Open-Ended Pipe Piles to Be Tested in Bridge Foundations
Large open-ended piles have been used in offshore applications such as wind turbines and oil platforms, and INDOT is exploring how to use them more frequently for structures on land.
Engineer's Guide to Corrosion: Part 2
The second part of this three-part series focuses on the most common materials used in steam generators because an understanding of material constituents is needed for subsequent corrosion study.
Fuel Cell Set to Power German Train Service
The train's electrical energy is generated on-board in a fuel cell and stored in lithium-ion batteries.
New Imaging Technique for Alzheimer’s Disease
A recent study carried out by Lund University and Skåne University Hospital provided the ability to compare tau PET images and brain tissue from the same person for the first time.
Deepwater Horizon Spill May Have Caused Permanent Erosion
Marshes that experienced elevated erosion due to high levels of oiling did not recover.
Low-Noise Tires Could Reduce Fuel Use
For four brands tested, rolling resistance was reduced by an average of 40%—providing a potential reduction in energy consumption of 12%-16%.
Renesas Releases Communication Chips for Autonomous Cars
The products include two system-on-chips to help the development process for vehicle communication systems.
Praxair Starts Up Hydrogen Plant
The refinery produces gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel and asphalts.
Video: Text messages now clear flights for takeoff. Design standards are developed for tsunami-vulnerable locations. U.S. construction firms may be technology shy; we’ll tell you why.
Video: Text messages now clear flights for takeoff. Design standards are developed for tsunami-vulnerable locations. U.S. construction firms may be technology shy; we’ll tell you why.
Building the Next Generation of Hard Drives
Modern disk drives contain up to a million tracks per inch and track widths as narrow as 25 nanometers—and that density increases every year.
An Unobstructed View into the Human Body
For even the most experienced endoscope users, the instruments can prove very challenging to use due to the tendency for blood and other bodily fluids to obscure the camera lens mid-procedure.
A Halogen-Free Plastic Solar Cell
Plastic solar cells are popular because they are lightweight, flexible, transparent and inexpensive to manufacture, making them useful in multiple applications.
3D-Printed Biomaterial for Bone Implants
The 3D-printed biomaterial is a mix of hydroxyapatite and a biocompatible, biodegradable polymer that is used in many medical applications, including sutures.
Siemens Foundation Expands STEM Middle-Skill Initiative
Jobs in STEM fields often pay salaries upwards of $50,000 after two years or less of higher education.
Norwegian Printed Electronics Maker to Move to Silicon Valley
The facility upgrade will allow Thinfilm to scale sheet-based manufacturing of its NFC, EAS, and sensor label products.
Device to Recycle Blood Gets Cash Infusion
Automated recovery and processing of blood from surgical swabs should improve the safety of blood recycling.
New Process for Copper Nanowires
Functional nanomaterials are notoriously difficult to produce in large volumes with highly controlled composition, shapes and sizes.
One-Eyed Robot Learns to Judge Distances
It is a mathematical impossibility to extract distances to objects from a single image if the object has not been encountered before.