HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Solar-powered Spacecraft Notches Record

    Launched in 2011, Juno is the first solar-powered spacecraft designed to operate at such a great distance from the sun.

  • DARPA Project Aims to Bridge the Bio-Electronic Divide

    NESD aims to develop systems that can communicate with any of up to one million neurons in a given region of the brain.

  • SNC's Vehicle Selected for Space Station Missions

    The Dream Chaser cargo system features a folding-wing design that allows the spacecraft to fit inside existing launch vehicle fairings.

  • Printing Shapeshifting Hydrogels in 4D

    Inspired by plants, the 4D-printed hydrogel composite structures change shape when immersed in water.

  • Renewable Energy’s Share of Power Generation to Jump: EIA

    The mix of generating units that supply electricity in the U.S. is undergoing a significant transformation, a unit of the Energy Department says.

  • Crude Oil Prices Are Making It Tough on Recyclers

    With the cost of a barrel of crude at January 2003 prices, recyclers can’t compete with the cost to produce virgin resin pellets.

  • Sensor System Finds the Quickest Checkout Line

    The technology works over distances of up to several kilometers, making it possible to monitor waiting times at all the coffee shops within a particular radius from a town center.

  • Hybrid Membrane Grabs Heavy Metals

    The membrane is composed of relatively inexpensive activated charcoal and denatured whey proteins applied to a suitable substrate material, such as a cellulose filter paper.

  • South Korea Most Innovative Economy: Bloomberg Says

    For the fourth year running, the U.S. retained its position as the top country for high-tech density.

  • Cornell Creates Self-Assembled Superconductor

    The research is an effort to achieve superconductivity at higher temperatures.

  • HRL Creates Process for 3D Printable Ceramics

    Once fired, the material is able to withstand temperatures of 1700° C, and has almost zero porosity.

  • Robotic Vessel Could Clean Trash from the Oceans

    A UK company has designed a vessel that could patrol the seas for lengthy periods of time collecting the waste material like a seaborne vacuum cleaner.

  • Training and Vigilance Key to Preventing Boiler Accidents

    Although incidents still occur, they happen much less frequently than in the 19th century when accidents were almost a daily occurrence.

  • Low-Cost 3D Composites Printing Is Demonstrated

    The technique uses ultrasonic waves to position millions of reinforcement fibers.

  • Facial Comparison Technology Deployed at JFK Airport

    The technology compares an image of the traveler taken during the inspection process to an image stored on the traveler’s ePassport, verifying that the traveler is the rightful document holder.

  • Conductive Concrete Can Melt Snow on Airport Tarmacs

    If the FAA is satisfied with current tests, it will consider integrating the concrete into the tarmac of a major U.S. airport.

  • Electronic Sensors Monitor Brain Injury Then Melt Away

    The sensors are built on sheets of silicon that are configured to function for a few weeks.

  • Boiler to Be Fueled by Poultry Litter

    Using poultry litter as boiler fuel can offer advantages, as the ash is high in potassium and phosphorous.

  • Batteries to Help Transit Put Brakes on Energy Loss

    Constellation will fund, own and operate the network, which brings the agency's total battery storage capacity to more than 10 MW.

  • IHS Predicts Energy Storage Surge for UK

    While the U.S, Japan and South Korea comprise the top three energy storage markets in the world, this could change rapidly.

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