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Design tips for toroidal transformers
Compared to conventional transformers, toroidal transformers offer greater efficiency, lower energy losses and vibration, and more compact size.
New data-sharing platform helps optimize infrastructure industry
The platform provides a comprehensive map interface with utility locations, site hazards, geotechnical conditions, land rights and permit constraints.
An efficient approach to rare Earth recovery from scrap metal
The process slashes both the energy and product consumption involved with rare Earth element recovery.
Video: Solar solutions for transportation refrigeration units
A solar panel solution for a trailer refrigeration unit reduces jump-start service calls, premature battery replacements and diesel fuel usage.
Back to the basics in rotating contact potentiometers
Rotary contact potentiometers are used to obtain adjustable supply voltage in frequency attenuation and volume control applications (or audio control devices).
ANCILLARY program tech would enable warfighters to deploy, retrieve VTOL systems without infrastructure
As part of the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY X-Plane (ANCILLARY), the agency plans to build a plane that launches from ship flight decks, for instance, in adverse weather without the launch and recovery equipment generally required of these systems.
Rocket scientists developing torpedo-like missile that can swim and fly
According to blueprints recently detailed in the Journal of Solid Rocket Technology, which is published by the Chinese Society of Astronautics, the torpedo-like missile will demonstrate both range and speeds much greater than any torpedo currently in development.
Tips to improve power conversion efficiency
New materials, advanced controllers and improved power and switching converters play a large role in enhancing power conversion efficiency.
Fundamentals of process safety
When process safety goes awry, the incident makes the nightly or even national news, and the surrounding communities can feel the impact.
Self-sterilizing film kill viruses using room lights
The Queen’s University Belfast team suggests that the self-sterilizing film could be used to replace disposable plastic films used in the healthcare industry and also used on surfaces in food production factories.
Defining the Smart Manufacturing Journey: A Roundtable Series
We've collected leading experts from standards organizations, industry and academics to discuss the smart manufacturing odyssey.. Won't you join us for the conversation?
Modified X-ray machine identifies explosives in luggage
Researchers scanned a set of objects featuring embedded explosives and determined that the machine could identify the explosives with 100% accuracy in the lab.
Marine microbes munch on this biodegradable plastic
New polyurethane foam formulations not only biodegrade in land-based composts but also quickly biodegrade in seawater.
Student earns DOE award for nuclear reactor safety research
The award recognizes this student's work on advancing accident tolerant fuels to enhance reactor safety.
Seco aims to enhance safety parameters by 20% with a new strategy in place
The company has initiated a far-reaching employee safety strategy that involves both yearly and long-term goals extending out to the year 2030.
First UV moisture-curing medical adhesive
In addition to its primary curing — UV crosslinking — this adhesive also offers secondary moisture post-curing.
Not overly sexy, but it takes care of the dirty business
ESPEC dust chambers provide ready-made solutions to common dust-test standards for automotive and electronic-cabinet requirements.
Newest silicone gap filler offers enhanced options for unique applications
The gap filler’s soft consistency gently conforms to uneven surfaces and components to efficiently transfer heat to a nearby heatsink.
Cornell mircrobots smaller than the head of an ant
The solar-powered microbots feature an onboard microprocessor "brain" that enables the robots to walk without being externally controlled.
Watch an obstacle-climbing robot designed for the law enforcement sector
The Mini Vantage robot is described by Transcend Robotics as an obstacle-climbing robot capable of assisting law enforcement during potentially dangerous missions.