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New tech promises to tackle supply chain fraud
Sensors and machine learning track anomalies in supply chain transport.
Video: DNA database proposed to avoid child labor, environmental abuses along cocoa supply chain
Database could let consumers and governments avoid products with ties to forced labor, environmental abuses.
Watch magnets pull critical elements from wastewater
The technology may help convert waste streams into sources of critical materials.
Fundamentals of gas injection for food packaging
Applying gas injection to food packages has the capacity to extend the shelf-life of food and beverages to help manufacturers maximize profits.
Open-source software simulates power system dynamics
The computational approach is designed to accurately reflect modern grid structure characteristics for utility-scale renewable power systems.
Study: The renewable energy-employment nexus in 2050
Compliance with the Paris Agreement will increase net jobs in the renewable energy sector by about 8 million by 2050, primarily due to gains in the solar and wind industries.
Crystalline layers lead to 1,000x boost in photovoltaic power
The solar panel efficiency gain is achieved with alternating layers of barium titanate, strontium titanate and calcium titanate.
Video: Portable high capacity home battery launches
The emergency power consumption of an average family can be covered for a week with just one charge.
New method extracts metals from industrial waste
The new method allows for the simultaneous recovery of multiple metals from waste oxides in a single process.
New multi-use spherical joint hinge with industry standard mounting attachment
New mounting options allows easy integration into electronics designs.
Video: Coal waste as a remedy for coal mine and water reclamation
A by-product of coal mining can be of value in remediating land and water resources despoiled in that mining process.
Watch how quantum computing technology can target space debris cleanup
A combination of quantum-inspired computing and artificial intelligence is being engineered to achieve the efficient removal of space debris.
Enzyme-based PET recycling could significantly reduce supply chain energy use
Researchers from the BOTTLE Consortium identified an enzyme that could create a sustainable approach to recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics.
Keep workers comfortable and safe in extreme temperatures
The newly redesigned Vortec Cooling Vest directs cold air around the torso for continuous body cooling.
Watch as this pneumatically actuated soft robot plays the piano
The team devised a pneumatic random access memory (RAM) chip featuring microfluidic valves in lieu of electronic transistors.
Inroads in biomedical engineering
These are just a few examples of recent innovations in the biomedical engineering industry.
Artificial swimming microrobots developed using just three ingredients
The artificial swimmers are composed of a detergent-like substance, oil and water.
Webtec introduces its new hand-held hydraulic data logger
Using the HPM7000 eliminates the complex and time-consuming process of collecting data with pen and paper.
Video: World record for longest solar-powered flight in a production electric aircraft
A 227 nautical mile trip over central California marks the longest flight for a production electric aircraft powered by solar energy.
Tracking Fukushima radiocontamination with snakes on a plain
Rat snakes can serve as reptilian bioindicators of radiocontamination.