HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Hydrogel Designed to Heal Hearts

    Injection of a new hydrogel could prevent scar tissue formation and strengthen the organ after a heart attack.

  • New Route to Produce Metal Uses Electricity, Not Heat

    The discovery could lead to metal-production systems that are less expensive.

  • Solar Thermal Conversion Record Claimed by Australians

    A redesigned receiver may bring down solar thermal electricity costs.

  • Army Corps Breaks Ground on Shore Protection

    The Army Corps says the ocean-side measures are estimated to provide protection against inundation from storm surges from a 100-year event.

  • Cutting the Cost of Drug-Building Chemicals

    Amines are used widely in pharmaceuticals, including well-known drugs.

  • High-speed Chemical Sensor Could Aid Airport Security

    Using the mid-infrared wavelength band could help security efforts aimed at detecting hazardous substances.

  • Strategic Trade-Offs in Vehicle Design Affect Market Share

    Form broadly equates with a vehicle’s “cool factor.” Function and ergonomics are about performance and comfort.

  • Pulsed Electric Fields May Reduce Scars After Burns

    Five PEF treatment sessions spaced 20 days apart after burn injury reduced the size of scars by almost 58% and also improved several properties of the scars.

  • Transmitting Energy Efficiently Through Soft Materials

    If autonomous systems such as soft robots are to become a reality, researchers need to develop a way to transmit energy through soft materials.

  • Smart Material Can Change Appearance and Revert

    The materials, which are stretchable have potential applications in smart windows, display optics and encryption technology.

  • Low-Power Smart Camera "Awakens" to Specific Gestures

    The camera could have applications ranging from remote-area operation, where energy efficiency is critical, to specialized surveillance and consumer electronics with hands-free operation.

  • Crude Oil Causes Deformities in Haddock

    Haddock eggshells likely contain a protein that makes them especially “sticky” to oil and its compounds during a 10- to 12-day period of their early development.

  • Audi Suspension System Converts Bumps into Watts

    Audi's eROT" system replaces hydraulic dampers with electromechanical rotary dampers and telescopic shock absorbers with horizontally arranged electric motors.

  • How to Turn Music Into Colors With a Wi-Fi Bridge

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film, written and directed by Steven Spielberg. As part of the movie’s theme scientists enable a computer, using light and sound patterns together, to have a musical conversation with alien guests from a UFO visiting out planet.

  • U.S. Finalizes Truck Fuel and Emission Standards

    The final standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by 1.1 billion metric tons and reduce oil consumption by two billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program.

  • Sensor Technology Helping to Spur Industry 4.0 Adoption

    Industry 4.0 is being driven by technologies aimed at extracting the value of the Internet of Things for manufacturers.

  • Weak Sales Projected for Low-Voltage Motor Market

    Since the third quarter of 2014 overall sales of low-voltage motors (below 690 V) have struggled, a report says.

  • The Futuristic Landscape of Wholesale Packaging Supplies

    Consumer brands from Dell to Ferrero are embracing sustainable and recyclable packaging material.

  • IoT Could Cause Energy Use to Spiral

    Autonomous streaming of data by billions of sensors removes the existing potential constraints to the growth in internet energy consumption.

  • Bisphenol S Damages Egg Cells

    Decreased fertility was seen at lower internal doses of BPS than BPA—suggesting that BPS may be more damaging to the reproductive system.

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