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Bio-Based Building Materials: Low Carbon and Energy-Efficient
Bio-based construction materials can achieve a 50% reduction in embodied energy and CO2 emissions at the component level.
Keep It Dry: Your Guide to Waterproof Membranes
Waterproofing is the combination of materials used to prevent water intrusion into the structural elements of a building or its finished spaces.
Rotameters: How They Work and How to Use Them
Rotameters are also known as variable area flow meters. Variable area flow meters work by measuring the flow rate as the fluid travels through a tapered tube where the cross sectional area of the tube gradually becomes greater as the fluid travels through the tube.
DOE Finalizes Commercial AC, Furnace Efficiency Standards
New efficiency standards for commercial air conditioners and furnaces could save businesses $167 billion on utility bills and cut carbon emissions by 885 million metric tons.
Method Cleans Mine Water in Hours, Not Months
Mines can re-use water from settling ponds only a bit at a time—the part skimmed off the top. The rest of the water is useless, and the land those ponds occupy could be used for other purposes.
Hyperloop Track to Be Sited in Las Vegas
The company is one of several trying to realize Elon Musk's vision of high-speed, pod-based travel through a partial-vacuum tube.
Piezoelectric Sensors Could Generate Energy on Texas Roads
Electricity could be used to power roadside lights, traffic signals, billboards, charging stations for electric cars and roadway monitoring sensors.
California DMV Drafts Rules on Autonomous Vehicle Deployment
Proposed rule requires a driver and may prompt other states to follow suit.
Robotic Hand Controlled by Muscle Vibrations
Prototype sensor system detects mechanical signals from vibrations produced by muscle fibers that move when muscles flex.
Metal Particles: Clean Fuel of the Future?
The idea takes advantage of a property of metal powders: when burned, they react with air to form stable, nontoxic solid-oxide products that can be collected for recycling.
Wind Farm Comes Online in Jordan
The 117-MW plant includes 38 Vestas V112 turbines and ranks among the region’s largest.
Impact of the Oil Crisis on the Centrifugal Pump Market
The global market for centrifugal pumps is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.8% from 2014 to 2019, from $33.2 billion in 2014 to over $40 billion in 2019, IHS says.
Types of Diodes, Their Characteristics and Applications
A semiconductor diode is a non-linear device whose most outstanding feature is the fact that, basically, current is only allowed to flow in one direction.
Sensor Detects Toxins That Leach from Plastic
For residents in countries that have not banned DEHPs, the device provides a way to ensure there aren’t harmful levels of contamination in packaged food and drinks.
Ford Adopts Hybrid Glass for GT Windshield
The window is 3-4 millimeters thick, compared with 4- 6 millimeters for traditional laminate glass.
Navy Funds Development of Air-and-Water Drone
By summer 2016 researchers plan to demonstrate a vehicle that can swim in a seawater environment and do complex maneuvers.
Beijing EV Filling Station Charges 30 Buses at a Time
Xiaoying Public Transit Bus Terminal charges vehicles for up to a dozen major city bus routes.
Congress Agrees to Extend Solar Energy Tax Credits
Extending the solar ITC is good news for the U.S. solar market and is a net positive for the global solar industry, IHS says.
Turning Point for Oil Sands' Costs and Competitiveness, IHS Says
A report from IHS says that although oil sands' costs are falling, the resource's position as a major source of global supply growth may still shift.
Fire-Safe Lithium Battery Reaches Market
Thermal runaway protection system is aimed to curb the tendency in lithium batteries to transfer heat from a single cell to the rest of the system.