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HVAC Week (May 22 - 28)
HVAC engineering lies at the intersection of COVID-19 and climate change. This is why it might save the world.
Video: Concept vessel to cruise with and deliver nuclear power
Potential deployment of zero-emission, battery-operated cruise ships takes a step closer to reality with a nuclear reactor-propelled vessel designed as a mobile charging station.
What is renewable natural gas?
Will renewable natural gas be a viable energy source in the future?
Tracking hazardous waste via the waste web
The worldwide waste web was originally developed to track the waste trade taking place around the world wherein some countries ship their waste to other countries for use as a resource.
Pineapple waste could be used for food packaging
The material features active natural compounds with antioxidant capacity that can both be transformed into packaging containers and help to preserve the food held within to increase its shelf life.
Video: Aquatic drone measures water quality in streams, rivers
Dubbed AquaBOT, the aquatic drone searches for water quality indicators such as nitrate, temperature and dissolved oxygen along the entire length of mid-sized streams.
US battery storage installations hit new high
For the first time, battery storage installations exceeded 2 GW in a single year.
Video: Play this game to test your sustainability smarts
Assume the role of mayor, make policy decisions and examine their impacts on the urban environment and population in a game designed to spark conversations about sustainability.
PV energy in unlikely places
On the water, during a camping trip or on a space mission. Photovoltaic systems are generating energy in new and unusual places.
Amateur Engineering Week (May 15 - 21)
We'll take a look at some projects and applications for the tech that has come to define the maker and amateur engineering movement.
Video: Restart of the world’s largest particle collider
Two proton beams with an injection energy of 450 billion electronvolts were sent in opposite directions around the collider ring, marking the end of a three-year overhaul.
Video: LEGO versions of V8, I6, I4 and 1 cylinder engines
Beautiful, complex mechanical principles are on display in the medium of LEGO.
Clean energy in aerospace
Boeing and Airbus both say that by 2030 their commercial aircraft will be able to fly on 100% sustainable fuels.
Universities to compete in EcoCAR EV Challenge
Engineering teams from 15 universities will compete to advance clean transportation technology and accelerate the equitable transition to electric vehicles (EVs).
Boyd enables the next generation of wearable medical patches
Smart medical patches can improve patient care and recovery by increasing real-time continuous monitoring.
Making the best technology choice for reliable power and signal transmission across a defined angle rotation interface
Military and civilian aerospace products feature highly sophisticated electronic systems that are completely reliant on the robust transmission of electrical power and signals.
Report: Global warming implications of a hydrogen economy
Widely touted as an environmentally sustainable alterative to fossil fuels, hydrogen is also twice as powerful a greenhouse gas as previously considered.
High resolution, high definition UV imaging for drones
Invisible UV radiation indicates faults. DayCor® micROM UAV cameras pinpoints them, assisting utilities in solving problems.
PVC armor cable assemblies are sealed to IP67
The cable assemblies are ideal for applications in the industrial, military and commercial space.
Video: Robotic beehive promises to care for bees
Considering that 75% of all fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts the world consumes relies on pollination from bees, the company aims to increase bee populations throughout the world using this technology.