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Video: Industry pipeline cleaner developed by UK manufacturer
Pipelines clogged with jammed cleaning devices, or pigs, deployed for the purpose of cleaning oil and gas conduits, can reportedly be cleared using Forth Engineering’s Spherical Pig Retrieval system.
Team finds assorted environmental contaminants in fracking wastewater
The chemists determined that produced water samples extracted from a fracking site in Texas contained traces of toxic and carcinogenic contaminants, which potentially threaten wildlife and human health.
Video: Battery-equipped ships to transfer energy from offshore wind farms
Marine battery storage vessels will be charged at sea from offshore wind farms for transport back to land.
Ensuring the sustainability of joining technology
An initiative launched by Arnold Group helps customers reduce carbon dioxide emissions by ensuring that fasteners and cold-form parts are designed and implemented sustainably.
Fusing mechanical refrigeration and repetitive-shock technologies
Achieve full combined environment testing without LN2 in ESPEC's novel "EQ" hybrid chamber series.
This manufacturer earned UL approval for halogen-free TPE cables
The halogen-free TPE jacket compounds minimize premature aging of the outer jacket by a factor of up to 10.
Video: Buoy solution to charge idle vessels
The world’s first full-scale offshore charging station for vessels at an offshore wind farm will be tested later in 2022.
Small linear motor modules and axes as modular system
Miniaturized linear motor axes and modules are suitable for a range of tasks in laboratory automation.
Be irrational and celebrate Pi Day
Mark the day by taking some pi-related quizzes. And have some pie.
PureCycle, iSustain Recycling introduce PureZero to the Plastics Recycling Conference
The partnership transforms No. 5 plastic waste generated at various events and retail shops to create recycled material that can be used to make countless products.
Infineon’s first completely autonomous radar sensor
The new BGT60LTR11AIP is a size-, time- and cost-effective one-package radar solution.
Testing long duration energy storage in the UK
Innovative technologies with potential for the longer duration energy storage required to support balancing of the intermittency of renewable energy sources will be demonstrated.
Copper-infused mask disables COVID-19
The mask, called the Yamato Shinku Mask Premium, has reportedly met Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) and has demonstrated its ability to disable COVID-19 in the lab.
Anti-fogging, self-cleaning, anti-reflective coating developed for plastics
The thin, double-layered silicon dioxide can reportedly be used for assorted applications including eyeglasses, solar panels, lenses, windshields, displays and more.
Shark-inspired coating reduces aircraft drag
The AeroSHARK coating is a durable thin film applied to an aircraft’s outer skin that features millions of 50 micrometer high riblets, or protrusions, similar to those featured on shark skin.
Highest energy density batteries unveiled
The graphite lattice commonly used in anodes is replaced with silicon nanowires, which can store 10 times more lithium than graphite.
Cable assemblies ensure safe outdoor use
The assemblies are part of a broad portfolio of sealed IP67-rated products that provide additional protection against external weather-related elements.
Portescap demonstrates miniature medical motor technologies at MD&M West 2022
The company will showcase the benefits of medical motors engineered to power surgical hand tools, medical pumps and more at the California convention.
IEA Report: COVID-19, coal and CO2 emissions
Coal accounted for over 40% of the overall growth in global CO2 emissions in 2021.
How plastic debris helps invasive species hitchhike
In addition to posing a pollution problem in marine environments worldwide, plastic debris is also an agent in transporting invasive species to new distributional ranges.