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  • How getters improve reliability of hermetically sealed electronic packages

    Electronic components may fail if they are exposed to corrosive agents or chemical attack by moisture or other reactive gases that may be present within an electronic package or enclosure.

  • Video: MIT scientists build firefly-like robots that emit light

    Like lightning bugs — which use their luminescence to communicate with potential mates, ward off predators and lure prey — the electroluminescence built into the soft artificial muscles of the flying robots could enable the robots to emit colored light as they fly.

  • Smart film gives office workers control over environment

    The film can be adjusted from transparent to opaque, with several in-between shades.

  • Lifting energy storage to new (building) heights

    Elevators and vacant spaces in high-rise buildings can be exploited to store energy in a proposed gravitational-based storage solution.

  • Watch: Winners of the 10th Campus RainWorks Challenge

    The competition engages U.S. college students in the design of on-campus green infrastructure solutions to address stormwater pollution.

  • Urine proves an efficient crop fertilizer

    One group of farmers grew crops using traditional methods and the second group grew crops using urine — renamed Oga — to fertilize wheat. The second group of farmers was instructed on pasteurizing, storing and diluting their urine for use as a fertilizer.

  • Reusable hospital gowns expected to ease supply chain issues, eliminate waste

    Inova Health System teamed with a sports apparel manufacturer to design and produce new isolation gowns that reportedly fit better, cooler and are reusable up to 100 times.

  • Process lowers cost, raises efficiency of hydrogen transport

    The photocatalytic process simplifies the extraction of hydrogen gas from liquid carriers.

  • Solar power floats on to US Army base

    Equipped with a 2 MW battery energy storage system, this floating solar array is the largest in the southeastern U.S.

  • Edible QR codes can be used as anti-counterfeiting tool

    The QR code on the fluorescent silk tag is imperceptible to the unaided eye. Likewise, the tags are also edible and do not affect the taste of the whiskey.

  • FPT Industrial brings farmers’ dreams of energy independence to World Biogas Expo 2022

    The Smart Hybrid Hub, the world’s first variable speed low-pressure natural gas, hybrid, multi-mode genset, was showcased.

  • Video: Robot chef preps pizza like a pro

    The makers of Pizzaiola suggest that the robotic chef could be as productive as two full-time employees amid a global labor shortage, working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

  • Antimicrobial plant-based food wrap promises to replace plastic

    Using technology called focused rotary jet spinning, the Rutgers team produced polysaccharide/biopolymer-based fibers spun from a heating device. This stringy material can reportedly be shrink-wrapped around an assortment of foods such as avocado or a sirloin steak.

  • Video: Cellulose film packaging could replace traditional plastic food packaging

    In a bid to produce plastic film that is not hard to recycle — as is the case with oil-based plastic films — the team turned to recrystallized cellulose, which is an organic compound.

  • Phase out for plastics in US national parks

    The use of single-use plastic products and packaging in 423 U.S. national parks will be phased out by 2032.

  • 2022 State of the powder metallurgy industry in North America

    Despite global supply chain challenges, the future appears promising for the North American powder metallurgy sector.

  • Why Industry-Based and Application-Specific UPSs are Important in Today’s Industries

    While a mass-produced UPS is acceptable for general use, certain power-critical applications require a more robust UPS solution.

  • Skinny solar cells boast fat efficiency gains

    Just 1 micrometer thick, the silicon cells convert light into electricity more efficiently than other thin photovoltaic devices.

  • Problem solved: Engineers take on challenge of failing equipment at paper mill

    Case studies illustrate the role of engineering in analyzing, identifying and solving operational problems in a production environment.

  • These robots will make your skin crawl: Part 2

    Join Engineering360 as we revisit in a two-part article some of the creepy crawly species to influence robot technology.

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