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Shipping Container Delivers Off-Grid Sterilization for Medical Instruments
A shipping container houses the equipment required to process surgical instruments for safe reuse.
Self-Monitoring Smart Motors
Smart motors could be networked, and a system could be designed in which one motor automatically takes over for a failed motor.
Rolling Out Nanobrushes Like Sod
Drexel University researchers say they have developed a more efficient way to create nanobrushes.
Hybrid Membrane Captures Carbon Emissions
The membrane could lead to more efficient ways of separating carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust.
Wrinkles in Graphene Add More than Character
A method to crumple graphene can enhance its electrochemical properties.
Pigs Power Waste Energy Drive
The plant is expected to produce more than 1 million MMBtus a year of pipeline-quality captured methane.
3D Graphene Aerogel May Overcome Use Barriers
Researchers have found a means to 3D print graphene aerogel without degradation.
"Supercar" Hybrid Technology Brought to the Mass Market
New innovations will put the performance and efficiency benefits of plug-in hybrids within reach for many more motorists.
Promising Bio-Gasification Technology Turns Coal to Methane
Bio-gasification, which transforms coal into methane biologically, is a mild process that doesn’t generate as many environmental problems as combusting coal.
Overhaul of Small-Plane Airworthiness Standards Proposed
FAA's proposed rule change has two principal components: establishing a performance-based regulatory regime and adding new certification standards for loss of control and icing.
Venture Aims to Standardize Subsea Oil Processing to Cut Costs
The partners expect to increase predictability in the value chain, lowering transaction costs and improving the speed of implementation.
GE Partners with American Water on Big Data Project
The project aims to identify and explore advances in the Industrial Internet of Things to help solve challenges in the water industry.
How Sensors Enable Ford Fusion to "Feel" the Road
Sensors enable the car's tire to detect a hole in the road and "jump" across it.
The Screws Tighten on Wastewater Treatment
The EPA is expanding efforts to reduce leaks of hazardous chemicals and discharge of harmful compounds in wastewater streams.
Six Half-Ounce Micro-Robots Tow a Two-Ton Chevy
Using a special adhesive inspired by gecko toes, the "micro-tugs" were able to move an object almost 18,000 times their collective weight.
Materials Created by Scientific Design
A machine not only designs the material, but also predicts what mechanical properties it will exhibit when created.
Material Could Create Novel Electronics
Princeton researchers are going down the rabbit hole with electrons that don’t behave as they should.
Tuning Windows for Privacy Using Nanowires
The technique for tunable privacy windows may lower their cost and complexity to create.
Insect Wings Inspire Antibacterial Implants
Researchers mimic the antibacterial structure of insect wings to create bacteria-killing optical lenses.
Cracking Eggs for Stronger Bioplastic
Researchers are looking at eggshell waste as a way to strengthen biodegradable packaging.