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Norway Tests Guardrails with Built-in Noise Barriers
Panels no more than 75 cm high lower traffic noise and also maintain guardrails' ability to absorb the force of a vehicle impact.
Refinery Installs Compact Plunger Pumps
The pumps use an in-line gearbox and B5-flange mounted motor.
Robotic Help for Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup
Radiation levels inside the building make it impossible for humans to safely monitor removal of the 566 fuel-rod assemblies.
Smart Pill Sheds Light on Intestinal Ailments
The smart pills helped pinpoint where gases are produced and shed light on microbial activity in these areas.
Imaging Modalities Merge in Biopsy Robot
The approach combines the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging for localizing target tissues with ultrasound and pressure sensing to help navigate the needle.
Marvin Minsky, “Father of Artificial Intelligence,” Dies at 88
Minsky was a pioneering thinker and a foremost expert on the theory of artificial intelligence.
Hydraulic Fracturing Pump-Protection System Completes Test
The VorTeq system incorporates isobaric pressure exchangers into the manifold trailer and handles treating pressures to 15,000 PSI and flow rates up to 110 barrels/min.
LIDAR Gives Sight to Autonomous Vehicles
Laser-based imaging and ranging provides vision for autonomous vehicles, but their mechanical scanner is a throwback that many engineers would like to replace.
Vertical Sealless Mag-Drive Pumps Headed to Texas Chem Plant
The pumps are expected to provide the plant with leak-free performance.
"Underground Battery" Could Store Energy and Carbon Dioxide
Computer models suggest the amount of CO2 that could be stored underground by the system could be at least 4 million tons a year over 30 years.
Metamaterials Make for a More Sensitive MRI Scan
The solution does not require retrofitting any MRI hardware, as the researchers consider the technology to be an inexpensive functional add-on device.
An Incandescent Light Bulb as Efficient as an LED?
The team refers to their approach as “light recycling” because their material takes in the unwanted wavelengths of energy and converts them into visible light wavelengths.
Google's Project Tango to Debut in Lenovo Smartphone
3D mapping gives Tango-enabled devices the ability to know where they are and how they move through space.
DuPont and ADM Collaborate on FDME Process
The DuPont-ADM process begins with HMF, a resource derived from raw materials such as cellulose, starch or sucrose.
$36 Billion Sought for California’s Infrastructure
The state’s governor has proposed a $65 fee on all vehicles to help rebuild transportation infrastructure.
Self-Heating Battery May Boost EV Range
Conventional batteries at below-freezing temperatures suffer significant power loss, which reduces vehicle cruise range by up to 40 percent.
China, Saudi Arabia Sign MOU on Nuclear Technology
CNEC is promoting its HTR technology overseas and has signed MOUs with Dubai and South Africa to consider building plants.
Researchers Develop a Wireless, Dissolvable Brain Sensor
The motivation was to engineer an implantable sensor that could monitor intracranial pressure and temperature in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Drone Carries One Passenger and a Smartphone
The EHang 184 is intended to fly for 23 minutes at an average speed of 100 km/h.
Wi-Fi Sensing from Cellphones Could Improve Bus Service
The system collects MAC addresses as well as the time and location those addresses are detected from Bluetooth or Wi-Fi signals.