HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • NASA plans mission to explore Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter

    The Clipper space probe will look for the potential for life.

  • New science-education subscription service for kids

    The monthly service, MEL Kids, visually translates difficult-to-understand science concepts through hands-on experiments, an accompanying illustrated comic book and a lesson delivered via augmented reality app.

  • Researchers developing an app to prevent workplace injuries

    A team of researchers from the University of Washington are using machine learning to devise a new system for monitoring factory and warehouse workers for risky behaviors that have the potential to result in work-related injury.

  • Chinese flying car startup receives safety certification

    The company claims it is one of the first in the world to receive such a certification.

  • Researchers improving hailstorm predictions using facial recognition tech

    Scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are applying the same artificial intelligence (AI) techniques generally used with facial recognition software to help improve predictions about the frequency of hail storms and their severity.

  • Prosthetics produced from plastic water bottles

    Researchers are applying recycling technology to the resolution of two modern problems: The abundance of abandoned plastic water bottles and the provision of affordable prosthetics for patients in developing areas.

  • Algae-based filter improves potable water safety

    A point-of-use filter composed of fibers extracted from locally grown algae might provide a tool in the fight against waterborne diseases in Bangladesh.

  • Temple in Japan employs Buddhist monk robot

    In an effort to attract younger generations to religion, a Buddhist temple in Japan now employs a robot that preaches Buddhist wisdom.

  • Recovering rare earth elements from discarded electronics

    A cost-effective recycling process could offer an opportunity to recover high-value material from some of the 2.2 billion electronic devices that are expected to be shipped worldwide in 2019.

  • Fracking fingered as a methane emission source

    The recent increase in atmospheric methane concentrations may be partially attributed to hydraulic fracturing activity in North America.

  • Scientists are making a plastic alternative from lignocellulose

    To develop an alternative to single-use plastic packaging and other plastic waste, a team of scientists from the Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) is turning waste into a fully biodegradable plastic alternative.

  • US cruises past oil and gas production rivals

    The 2018 increase in the U.S. was one of the largest absolute petroleum and natural gas production increases from a single country in history, EIA said.

  • Earth-sized exoplanet found to have no atmosphere

    This is the first time scientists have known anything in detail about an atmosphere around an M-dwarf planet.

  • Check out this interactive periodic table, courtesy of Idaho National Labs

    Publication comes 150 years after Russian chemistry professor Dmitri Mendeleev and German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer independently published their periodic tables in 1869 and 1870.

  • Neural network camera system creates composite images of difficult subjects

    For example, the portable optical array system reportedly can capture usable images of people inside moving vehicles. The system overcomes flaws such as low contrast, distance and glare, which are characteristics of subjects photographed outdoors, including through windshields.

  • Chemotherapeutic messages in nanoscale bottles

    Tiny silica bottles could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs to targeted areas of the body.

  • Researchers develop robotic exosuit that assists the wearer with both running and walking

    Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the University of Nebraska Omaha have created a portable exosuit to assist those with impaired mobility with walking and running.

  • Watch: Contract award for $600 million exascale supercomputer

    El Capitan will have a peak performance of more than 1.5 exaflops and an anticipated delivery in late 2022. The total contract award is valued at $600 million.

  • Wearable skin sensors that analyze sweat

    The team devised sensors that can monitor sweat rate and electrolytes and metabolites present in perspiration.

  • Spotlight on the civil engineer

    This month, the Engineering360 spotlight will shine on the civil engineer.

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