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Modular Construction in the Oil and Gas Industry
Oil and natural gas producers are looking to modular construction as a way to maintain margins in a tough business environment.
Wireless Power Transfer: A Key Technology for EV Adoption
Wireless power transfer through magnetic induction is seen as a promising approach to ease range anxiety issues.
Sediment Diversions Key to Rebuilding Louisiana Coast, Group Says
Gates and channels built into Mississippi River levees would make use of seasonal flooding to deliver sand, water and nutrients to the delta.
Tool Transforms Flat Materials Into 3D Shapes
The tool enables designers to exploit the ability of certain materials to expand uniformly in two dimensions.
Biohybrid Robot Built from Sea Creature and a 3D-Printed Body
The sea slug is durable down to its cells, making it capable of withstanding substantial changes in temperature, salinity and more.
Cathode Materials' Performance Improved by Controlling Oxygen Activity
The discovery sheds light on how changing the oxygen composition of lithium-rich cathode materials could improve battery performance in high-energy applications such as electric vehicles.
Construction of World's Largest Optical/Infrared Telescope to Begin
The E-ELT's light-collecting area will be larger than all existing optical research telescopes combined.
Robotic Massage Therapist Relieves Athletes' Pain
"Emma" consists of a six-axis robotic arm capable of highly articulated movements, a 3D stereoscopic camera for vision and a customized and a rotatable 3D-printed massage tip.
Low-temperature Process Could Add to Milk's Shelf Life
Treatment lowered bacterial levels below detection limits and extended shelf life to up to 63 days.
Nano-Layering of Composites Could Assist Electronic Devices
Researchers have been searching for ways to use carbon nanomaterials to add strength to composite materials, in much the way steel bars are used to reinforce concrete.
Electrical Impedance Tomography Used to Monitor Building and Bridge Health
While EIT has been used as a noninvasive medical imaging technique since the 1980s, it has largely been overlooked by the structural health monitoring community.
Mussel Inspires Creation of Biologically Active Titanium Surface
Japanese scientists have successfully attached a biologically active molecule to a titanium surface, paving the way for implants that can be more biologically beneficial.
Penn Engineers Develop $2 Portable Zika Test
Rapid, accurate diagnosis is especially important for pregnant women who may be infected. However, the only currently approved tests for the virus require highly sensitive laboratory equipment.
More Americans Worried About Water Infrastructure, Willing to Pay More
Nearly half of Americans feel that not having easy, low-cost access to water is an issue of concern in U.S. communities.
San Francisco Bans Sale of Polystyrene Foam in Packaging and Food Service Ware
According to the ordinance, polystyrene foam breaks down into smaller, non-biodegradable pieces that are often mistaken for fish eggs by seabirds and other marine life.
"Black Box" Technology Developed for Vehicles
Fitted to an autonomous Toyota Prius, the company's vision-processing technology captured data that could be used to provide a 3D reconstruction following a road incident.
Crop Scanner May Help Citrus Growers Fight Greening Disease
Florida researchers are developing methods that will allow a grower to scan many acres quickly and accurately to estimate the severity of citrus fruit drop at any given time.
Household Fuels Exceed Power Plants and Cars as Sources of Beijing Smog
Households account for about 18% of total energy use in the Beijing region but produce 50% of black carbon emissions and 69% of organic carbon emissions.
Dartmouth Graduates Majority-Female Engineering Class
Engineering sciences is now the third most popular major at Dartmouth, after economics and government.
Commercial Remote-Controlled Ship Predicted by End of Decade
The challenge in accommodating autonomous ship technologies is to find the optimal way to combine them reliably and cost effectively.