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  • Pentair releases new commercial pumps with enhanced efficiencies

    The pumps feature high working pressure thresholds and energy efficiencies for HVAC applications.

  • Distillery offering biodegradable seaweed-encased whisky shot capsules

    Whisky-maker Glenlivet has partnered with sustainable packaging startup Notpla to create biodegradable and edible capsules of whisky.

  • Can California achieve its carbon economy targets?

    The state will meet its 2030 greenhouse gas emission targets more than three decades late without average annual emission reductions of 4.51%.

  • Robots will repair faulty welds at this nuclear power plant

    The repair pushes back the date of fuel loading at Flamanville Unit 3 to the end 2022 and raises the construction cost estimate by roughly $1.65 billion.

  • Criminal expert hopes to deploy drone detective

    A criminal expert from the Federal Police of Brazil is developing a new drone that may one day conduct crime scene investigations.

  • Regular maintenance and wiring inspection are crucial for VFD health and longevity

    A regular maintenance schedule is important to keep a variable frequency drive (VFD) operating efficiently and effectively.

  • Report offers details into gas pipeline failure and blast

    The rupture released about 66 million cubic feet of natural gas, which ignited, resulting in the death of one person, the hospitalization of six people and the evacuation of 75 residents from a nearby mobile home park.

  • GenCell’s IoT Remote Manager aims to optimize operational intelligence

    The enhanced GenCell IoT Remote Manager platform offers a powerful and flexible environment for developing and managing advanced IoT and M2M applications to enable constant automated monitoring and to effectively track and manage complex and dispersed power infrastructures.

  • Airborne pathogens no match for graphene filter

    A self-cleaning air filter composed of laser-induced graphene can combat hospital-acquired infections caused by airborne pathogens.

  • How does a pressure-compensated flow control valve work?

    Pressure-compensated flow control valves are designed to provide a constant volume flow rate independent of the pressure drop across the valve.

  • Lithium-ion battery developers earn Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019

    Developers of a device that powers portable electronics and electronic vehicles and facilitates the storage of renewable energy have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

  • Insight: The wind blows and the electric grid creaks

    It's too early to declare the demise of the interconnected grid, but a case can be made for accelerating investments in small-scale generating units that are close to load centers and that operate within microgrids that can isolate themselves in advance of natural and man-made disasters.

  • This robot may soon assist nurses in healthcare settings

    A roboticist and engineers from the University of Louisville along with nursing students at the University’s school of nursing have developed a proof-of-concept robot that can assist nurses caring for patients in healthcare settings.

  • Smartphone app detects pediatric eye diseases in photographs

    The app designed scrutinizes digital photographs for leukocoria, evident as a white reflection from the retina.

  • Aflas fluoroelastomers receive FDA approval for food contact

    AGS is excited to announce that the FDA has approved three grades of their Aflas fluoroelastomers for food contact.

  • Why whistleblowers are critical to engineering

    Whistleblowing engineers, both past and present, have prevented a host of potential catastrophes.

  • Predicting terrorist group severity with a computer model

    A team of data scientists from Northwestern University has created a computer model that predicts the severity of a terror organization’s future attack capabilities based on its earliest attacks.

  • An optical camera lens that is 1,000 times thinner, 100 times lighter than current lenses

    A team of computer and electrical engineering researchers from the University of Utah have created an optical camera lens that is significantly lighter and thinner than its currently available counterparts built into smartphones.

  • Conversion of liquid oils into nutritional solid fats

    A Barcelona-based startup, Cubiq Foods, is developing cultivated fats, a nutritional alternative to other solid fats used in baked goods, dairy and plant-based burgers.

  • Watch: Infrared imaging pictures deep tumors

    Nanoparticles glow under infrared light to illuminate tumors deep inside the body.

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