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Panasonic to Produce Compounds for Auto Laser Welding
Laser welding has recently attracted the industry's attention as its high joining strength can shorten the bonding time and increase productivity.
Hat Helps Visually Impaired Sense Proximity to Objects
So far, seeing and hearing have been the foci for transmitting digitally measured information to users. The proximity hat shows that information can also be transmitted by pressure.
First-Ever Aircraft CO2 Standards Developed
The standards can be expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 650 million tons between 2020 and 2040, equivalent to removing over 140 million cars from the road for a year.
King’s Cross Central: Reclaiming an Iconic Structure
A 19th century gasworks helps to anchor a part of London undergoing revival.
PurePower: An Advance in Aircraft Propulsion
Commercial service began in January for Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan jet engine, which took 30 years and $10 billion to develop.
Evolving HVAC Codes Likely to Expand VFD Use
The use of VFDs stands to become a de facto requirement in many situations.
Second Skin Offers Cooling for Athletes
The material expands and contracts to help ventilate garments.
Ultrafast Graphene Supercapacitors Are Developed
University scientists 3D-printed micro-architected electrodes to build the supercapacitors.
Process Pump Headed to Pulp and Bio-Product Mill
Sulzer will deliver process pumps, medium-consistency pumps, and agitators and vacuum pumps.
Drive-System Technology for Energy Savings
A white paper says that active front-end infeed technology may take the DC common bus system to a level of additional energy savings.
London Hosts 6.3 MW Solar Energy Farm
The project will help Thames Water self-generate 33% of its own power by 2020.
Biofuel Project Combats Fuel Poverty
The project converts waste into energy as an alternative fuel source to firewood and charcoal.
Bio-hybrid Kidney Could Replace Dialysis
Patient trials with the artificial kidney could begin in late 2017.
Reclaiming CFCs to Reduce Environmental Footprint
Researchers found that by soaking the composite at room temperature in an organic solution they could recover both the glue and the carbon fiber.
Sodium-ion Battery Electrode Uses Fruit Biowaste
The research may be an important step toward the sustainable use and exploitation of organic waste.
Revised EASA Standard for Rotating Electrical Equipment Repair
The update replaces the existing standard that had been in place since 2010.
DOE OKs Permit to Explore Siting Small Modular Reactor at INL
Small modular reactors have compact, scalable designs that DOE says could potentially supply low-carbon baseload energy to small electric grids and locations that cannot support larger reactors.
Activity-Based Monitoring Tracks Ships in Real Time
Windward has brought activity-based intelligence to the maritime domain, shifting the focus from individual targets on "watch lists" to analyzing all available data to reveal unknown threats.
Hybrid Technology Developed to Create Biorenewable Nylon
Previous attempts to combine biocatalysis and chemical catalysis to produce biorenewable chemicals have resulted in low conversion rates.
One-Fifth of Car Fuel-Efficiency Savings Eroded by Increased Driving
Researchers found a long-term "rebound effect"—increased consumption of cheaper energy—among British car drivers ranging between 9% and 36%, with a mean of approximately 19%.