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SPI, ESI and North America Smart Energy Week heads outdoors to Las Vegas this October
The renewable energy industry event will provide an experience that is safe for all stakeholders and will include virtual options for attendees who cannot safely participate in person.
Learn the latest in power management at the EBV Virtual Power Fair
The EBV Virtual Power Fair provides attendees a chance to learn about the latest developments in power management for leading experts. This year’s main theme is efficiency-evolving designs with SiC and GaN.
Technology 3D prints tissues directly within the body
A robotic 3D printer and a specially formulated bio-ink enable direct printing of tissues within the body.
New software provides off-the-shelf solution for non-circular grinding
The provides manufacturers of CNC cylindrical grinding machines with a streamlined means of adding non-circular grinding capabilities to their products.
Million-mile battery could end the internal combustion engine
Chinese car battery-making company claims new battery has a one million mile lifespan, threatening the future of gas guzzling automobiles.
Watch: Use your computer to help NASA drive its Mars rovers
Equipped with computers, time and a desire to improve the driving skills of others, citizen scientists can help NASA's Curiosity rover better navigate Mars.
Team develops AI capable of determining age, ethnicity of an image's subject
A team of neuroinformatics engineers from the Institute for Neural Computation at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) in Germany has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm capable of determining the age and ethnicity of subjects in a photo.
Company proposes invisible shield to encourage flying amid the COVID-19 pandemic
A Seattle-based company has devised an invisible barrier solution to encourage airplane travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Power sweat: Electricity from gym equipment
Some fitness clubs are generating electricity from their equipment, a green and novel way to supply power.
Watch: Nanomaterial changes color under pressure
Researchers from the University of California created a film of gold nanoparticles that changes color in response to movement.
Manufacturing a new nuclear accident-tolerant fuel
A 3D laser-induced chemical vapor deposition technique was developed for the production of uranium nitride fuel.
Gauging groundwater resources wth satellite data
High-resolution images derived by satellite are paired with advanced computer modeling to estimate aquifer volume change from observed ground deformation.
Team makes large droplet sorting possible at high speeds
A team of bioengineers from the University of Tokyo and UCLA have developed a method for expediting the time it takes for sorting large liquid droplets that potentially contain individual live cells that can be sorted intact and in bulk.
OnScale and Lexma present Moebius LBM CFD solver for advanced fluid dynamics simulations
OnScale has announced the availability of the Moebius Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver on the OnScale Cloud Engineering Simulation platform.
Torque limiter sprockets offer maximum protection from torque overload
Torque limiting devices can help protect your conveyor equipment during a mechanical jam.
How wave energy will help with future space missions
NREL is working on a way to keep the Orion command module upright when it splashes down in the ocean.
A look at aircraft HVAC systems
The air conditioning system ensures a continuous supply of fresh and conditioned air, regardless of the aircraft's operating environment.
Proposed flight procedure reduced noise, CO2 emissions
A proposal devised by an MIT graduate student last year has proven to be a cost-effective solution for the aviation industry, reducing both noise pollution and CO2 emissions.
New pressure sensing digital flow meters from Exair
New pressure sensing digital flowmeters from Exair offer plant personnel a method for monitoring pressure throughout a compressed air system along with flow.
No-cost trial period for PNNL's technology portfolio
The entire portfolio of patented technologies belonging to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is being offered at no cost to interested parties on a research trial basis.