HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • NASA, SpaceX and Boeing Detail Space Station Flights

    NASA, Boeing and SpaceX have laid out plans for the next few years leading to operational missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Both SpaceX and Boeing are expected to conduct a flight test in early 2017 with the following schedules, Boeing said its schedule calls for a pad abort test in February 2017.

  • One Step Closer to Flexible Computer Screens, Researchers Say

    Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science announced that improvements in the manufacturing of transistors used in flexible, paper-thin computer screens can be expected soon.

  • Researchers Invent Technique to Unboil Egg Whites

    Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and Australian chemists have discovered a way to unboil egg whites, according to findings published in the journal ChemBioChem.

  • Swiss Nuclear Power Plant Retrofit for Hydrogen Control

    All five of Switzerland's nuclear power reactors are to be retrofitted to increase hydrogen control capabilities, according to new requirements set by the country's nuclear regulator ENSI.

  • Atomic Sub: How Focus and Drive Delivered a Radical New Design

    The traditional diesel-electric submarine was really not a "submarine" vessel: it was a watertight, submersible boat capable of staying underwater for a few hours at most until it needed to surface to recharge its batteries.

  • Dutch Approve Self-driving Car Tests

    The Netherlands wants to take a “leading role” in the development of self-driving cars and systems to allow vehicles to communicate with each other, according to the infrastructure ministry.

  • Ford Has a Better (Parking) Idea

    For most drivers, finding a parking space in a crowded parking lot or busy downtown area is one of the most frustrating driving tasks. Ford Motor engineers are no exception to feeling such frustration, but they have been able to do something toward solving the problem.

  • U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Break Capacity Factor Records

    U.S. nuclear power plants posted an estimated average capacity factor of 91.9 percent in 2014, surpassing the industry’s prior record set in 2007 by one-tenth of a percentage point, according to data compiled by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI).

  • 2014 Was Bumper Year for Automotive Semiconductors

    The automotive semiconductor market did exceptionally well in 2014, according to new analysis from IHS. Robust vehicle production growth, together with increased semiconductor content in cars charted a path of 10% growth year over year to reach $29 billion in 2014.

  • Carbon Sequestration: Less Rock Created than Expected?

    Carbon sequestration is a process that injects carbon dioxide deep below the Earth’s surface where it solidifies into rock.

  • DARPA Program Seeks Partners for Drone Systems

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a special notice inviting interested parties to participate in Phase 1 meetings of its Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program.

  • Engineers Aim to Bring "Cold Spray" 3D Printing to Space

    A team of engineers from Trinity College Dublin are leading a project to fine-tune “cold spray” (CS), a technology that deposits materials onto engineering components.

  • Engineers Build a Hand-held Lab

    Engineers at University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Okanagan campus have developed a lab powerful enough to look at microscopic drops of fluid and identify harmful pathogens, like those responsible for HIV, AIDS, and hepatitis, but also small enough to fit in your hand.

  • EPA Moves to Further Restrict PFOA Chemicals

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new measures that would keep perfluorinated chemicals from re-entering the U.S. marketplace.

  • Ford Motor Expands Its Silicon Valley Research Presence

    Ford Motor opened a research and innovation center in California's Silicon Valley as the automaker works to get closer to the tech industry, develop autonomous vehicles, and improve mobility, connectivity and big data applications.

  • Longest "Flat-pack" Arch Bridge to Be Built in England

    Civil engineers at Queen’s University Belfast and pre-cast concrete company Macrete Ireland have developed one of the world's longest “flat pack” arch bridge spanning 53 feet (16 meters).

  • NASA and Nissan Team Up for Autonomous Vehicles

    The U.S. space agency NASA and Nissan Motor Co. are teaming up on a five-year R&D partnership to advance autonomous vehicle systems and commercialization of that technology.

  • New Process Creates Surfaces That Never Get Wet

    Researchers at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y, have developed a laser etching technique that produces permanent, super-hydrophobic metal materials.

  • Research Seeks to Improve Lifespan, Safety of Lithium Batteries

    Research that looks into the science behind the formation of “dendrites” that cause lithium-ion batteries to fail could lead to safer, and longer-lasting batteries that can be charged within minutes, instead of hours.

  • Signal Amplification Process Could Transform Communications

    Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (USCD), say they have discovered a new signal amplification process that may fuel new generations of electrical and photonic devices.

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