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6-Pack Beverage Rings That Marine Life Can Eat
Florida brewery uses waste to make beverage rings that biodegrade or may be eaten.
Inertial Measurement Technology Could Aid Grade Control
Technology for bulldozers operates faster and more accurately than global positioning grade controls.
ORNL Team Bonds CFC and Aluminum with Lasers
The technique uses a laser to prepare the surfaces for a bond that the researchers say is less expensive and that may yield stronger automotive joints.
Team Develops a Plasma-Free Method to Create Semiconductors
The method could allow manufacturers to produce large sheets of thin-film silicon semiconductors at low temperature in simple reactors.
Japanese Researchers Closer to Determining Fukushima Re-criticality Risk
Stainless steel tubes filled with boron carbide are used to control energy output in boiling water reactors, including at Fukushima Daiichi, as boron absorbs neutrons resulting from splitting atoms.
GE: Renewables Can Be Integrated Reliably, Cost-Effectively
GE's study of the Western Interconnection determined that it could reliably meet more than 30% of the region’s electrical power needs by integrating renewables.
Dozens More NASA Patents Released into the Public Domain
The technologies were developed to advance NASA missions but may have non-aerospace applications and be used by commercial space ventures and other companies free of charge.
Daffodils Inspire Design of Stable Structures
Vortex shedding affects any elongated structure caught in wind or water currents, such as lampposts, high rises and the long vertical pipes used for drilling oil at sea.
Bioelectronics Device Detects Alzheimer’s, Cancer, Other Diseases
A nanometric biosensor promises early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and some cancers.
Water Scarcity "Major Threat" to Growth and Stability
If countries do not take action to better manage water resources, analysis shows that some regions with large populations could be living with long periods of negative economic growth.
Moy Wind Farm Powers Mars' UK Operations with Clean Energy
The wind farm, owned and operated by Eneco UK, opened in April 2016 and is expected to have an annual output of over 125,000 megawatt-hours, enough electricity to power 34,000 UK homes.
Genetic Potential of Oil-Eating Bacteria from BP Spill Decoded
Scientists catalogued the genes of numerous bacteria from the BP oil spill to figure out how microbes gobble up the complex mix found in oil.
Toward Greener Urban Transport
Increasing traffic congestion and escalating air pollution globally are leading to schemes for encouraging the wider use of public transport.
EPA Issues Final Methane Standards for New Oil and Gas Sources
Methane is the second most prevalent GHG emitted in the U.S. from human activities. Nearly one-third of emissions come from oil production and gas production, transmission and distribution.
Roadside Sensors Could Cut Salting Costs
The sensors utilize WiFi networks to transmit data on road-surface temperatures to local authorities and highways agencies that use it to target precisely where salt is needed.
Passive Magnetic Levitation System for Hyperloop Bid
HTT describes passive magnetic levitation, which was developed by the late Dr. Richard Post at LLNL, as a "cheaper, safer alternative" to an active magnetic levitation system such as MagLev.
Safer, Less-Expensive Ultra-Cold Freezers
In the U.S. alone, eight deaths per year are attributed to nitrogen asphyxiation. With Brunel's technology, gas tanks can be situated safely outside in the open air.
Smart Shoes Guide Sightseers
The smart shoes are connected via Bluetooth to a smartphone app that uses the phone’s GPS to direct the wearer in the direction to walk by triggering small vibrating sensors within the shoe.
Real-Time Ship Performance Data Can Boost Fuel Efficiency
The technology aggregates sensor data tracking meteorological and hydrographic conditions to give a more accurate measurement of ships' overall performance in actual sea conditions.
EU’s REACH Called "Threat" to Chemical Innovation
The most recent controversy targets REACH regulations that require manufacturers to register thousands of chemicals currently on the market.