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  • Developer, City Sued Over Sinking High Rise

    The complaint alleges that "construction failures" are causing a 58-story residential tower to sink and tilt.

  • "Second Skin" to Protect Against Bio and Chem Agents

    The material is highly breathable yet protects against biological agents.

  • Concentrated Solar Thermal System Uses Fresnel Lenses

    Solar Steam focuses the sun's rays through a Fresnel lens array onto a tube containing water.

  • Though Untested, "Blue Whirls" Could Aid Oil-spill Cleanups

    Swirling flames could improve combustive oil-spill cleanups by burning the oil with greater efficiency.

  • DARPA Taps Hackers to Develop Machine-speed Cyber Defense

    Hackers were challenged to find and patch software bugs and vulnerabilities in a matter of minutes.

  • Mass-actuated Control Could Change Aircraft Design

    Removing ailerons and elevators could reduce a stealth plane's radar signature and, in the case of hypersonic aircraft, potentially avoid build-up of unsafe temperatures that could damage the aircraft.

  • Steam Turbines: A Durable and Enduring Necessity

    The timeless steam turbine will likely remain an essential element of power generation.

  • Fabric Structures: Ancient Approach, Modern Aesthetics

    Fabric architectural elements have found a permanent home in airports, stadiums, outdoor shopping centers and other commercial applications.

  • Steam vs. Combined-Cycle vs. Cogeneration: Understanding the Basics

    Environmental rules have put the coal-fired power industry in a bind, but efficiency and economics may be even greater factors in the move to other technologies.

  • Hardening the Energy Coast

    Efforts are under way to make the U.S. Gulf Coast more resilient in the face of hurricanes, wetlands loss, climate change and sea-level rise.

  • Magnesium Process to Be Commercialized

    MagSonic uses carbothermal reduction to heat magnesia with carbon to extreme temperatures, producing magnesium vapor and carbon monoxide.

  • Technology Destroys Missile Threats with Minimal Debris

    Older missile defense systems do not have the sensing or agility components required to intercept a threat head-on and instead rely on proximity fragmentation.

  • Smart Cameras Developed to Assist Autonomous Driving

    Using sensors, the system can estimate how long the driver will need before resuming full control of the vehicle following a period of autonomous driving.

  • Device Enhances Surgeons' Hand Sensitivity

    The device uses vibrations that are so subtle they cannot be sensed. However, the constant, uniform vibration enhances the surgeon’s feel for other, irregular sensations.

  • Bio-Derived Battery Is Long Lasting and High Voltage

    The battery is similar to many commercially available, high-energy lithium-ion batteries, but uses flavin from vitamin B2 as the cathode.

  • Neural Dust Sensors That Offer In-body Telemetry

    Tiny implantable wireless sensors record electrical signals from muscles and nerves in real-time.

  • Lightweight Shape-Memory Alloy Could Have Aerospace Applications

    Shape-memory alloys show behaviors such as superelasticity and shape recovery upon heating.

  • Engineers Without Borders USA: Taking on the Toughest Challenges

    For many of the engineer-volunteers, the work with EWB-USA stands as a career highlight that reminds them of why they were first drawn to engineering.

  • Tougher Standards for Cybersecurity Supply Chains

    The reliability standard could address software integrity and authenticity; vendor remote access; information system planning; and vendor risk management and procurement controls.

  • Nissan Unveils Solid-oxide Fuel Cell Vehicle

    The e-Bio Fuel Cell prototype vehicle runs on 100% ethanol to charge a 24kWh battery that enables a cruising range of more than 600km.

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