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Online STEM education opportunities abound amid COVID-19 pandemic
In lieu of a physical workplace or classroom, adults and children are learning to continue their education and work on all manner of technology from laptops, desktops, tablets and even smartphones.
Research links air pollution and COVID-19 mortality
Air quality has been implicated by researchers in Europe and the U.S. as a factor in mortality rates associated with COVID-19 in some areas.
Cleaner tugboat service with hydropower and hydrogen
A tug powered by two 200 kW proton exchange membrane fuel cells will soon be tested as it escorts barges around the docks in Lyon, France.
Study: Chemical industry can reach the world's climate goals
Researchers from ETH Zurich and Utrecht University have analyzed the ways in which the chemical industry can meet the world’s climate change goals.
Low-cost fusion projects win DOE funding
Fifteen projects have been selected to receive $32 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy (BETHE) program.
Model may predict where and when an oil spill will reach land
Researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) Foundation have developed a model for predicting where and when an oil spill will make landfall, improving response times and cleanup efforts.
DC motor manufacturer steps up to meet ventilator demand
With multiple manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Asia, Lin can increase production volume quickly.
Design firm develops a model for maintaining distance at open-air markets during a pandemic
A Dutch design firm has developed a model for open-air markets, such as farmer’s markets, that enables consumers to maintain social distancing requirements amid the global coronavirus pandemic while shopping for food.
Researchers predicted the coronavirus pandemic in 2007
The research community has sent several warnings of a possible COVID-19 outbreak since the SARS outbreak in 2003.
Map pinpoints US power line vulnerability to geomagnetic storms
A geoelectrical hazard map shows the voltages liable to be induced on the power grid in the event of a once-in-a-century magnetic super-storm.
The Lee Company introduces new pressure valve
The Lee Company, a supplier of precision fluid control products, has introduced its Hi-Damped Pressure Relief Insert (HD PRI) for systems exposed to operating pressures and pressure spikes too extreme for traditional relief valves.
Website tracks hydrogen and fuel cell regulations and standards
The information resource covers stationary fuel cells, hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles, portable and micro fuel cells, hydrogen infrastructure and forklift truck, aviation, marine and bicycle applications.
Video: Plans for student-designed emergency ventilator now open source
The device, which can be produced with off-the-shelf components at a cost of under $300, was developed by students and has been brought up to medical grade by engineers and doctors
SysMech to develop Living Lab 2.0 for Energy Systems Catapult
U.K.-based software development company SysMech has been chosen by Energy Systems Catapult to help deliver a cloud-based Digital Integration Platform for Living Lab 2.0.
After sewage treatment service, steel slag strengthens concrete
The same slag used to effectively remove pollutants during municipal wastewater processing can be reused again as a component in concrete manufacture.
Watch: Soil is the new concrete
A new class of construction materials could be produced on-site using local soils as additive manufacturing feedstock.
Nuclear bombs help conservationists estimate whale shark age
Researchers from Rutgers University are using nuclear bombs to accurately estimate the age of whale sharks. This is the first time that whale sharks’ age has been properly verified.
Engineering solutions for the developing world: Part 2
The conclusion to Welding Digest's two-part series on engineering for the developing world.
Engineering solutions for the developing world
While throwing automation or AI at an existing problem can improve social and economic problems in developing countries, smaller and more incremental improvements often work wonders, and the newer concept of “breakthrough” engineering can have a major impact on improving global quality of life.
Satellites enable oil supplies to be traced from space
A digital oil analytics company is enabling oil producers, traders and governments around the world to make oil production decisions based on oil supplies in near real time.