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20 years after Columbine, work continues to engineer safer schools
Twenty years after the Columbine High School shootings, standards are being written to help engineers design safer schools and better enable affected communities to recover and heal. "There’s now enough fire in the belly to get it done,” one official said.
NASA awards SpaceX a contract to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid
The $69 million first-ever mission will attempt to deflect the asteroid in a high-speed collision.
Hydra-Cell revolutionizes linear flow metering
If accuracy is the goal of metering pumps, why settle for pulsing flow?
Artist builds AI robot that can paint landscapes
An artist from Hong Kong has built an artificial intelligence (AI) robot capable of creating landscape paintings.
First heart is 3D printed with patient's own cells
Cardiac structures have been previously 3D printed, and now scientists have 3D printed a heart containing blood vessels, cells and chambers, using patients’ own biological material.
BP’s upstream carbon fund targets GHG emissions reductions
BP’s future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions projects are now supported by a $100 million fund known as the upstream carbon fund.
Study: Data reveals home plate umpires make many mistakes
With baseball season in full swing, new research is suggesting that home plate umpires make several incorrect calls over the course of a season.
E.On expands its wind energy portfolio with new projects
The wind farm consists of 60 six MW wind turbines from Siemens and ranks as one of the largest wind power plants in the Baltic.
Autonomous ship navigation with AI and data analytics
A significant number of marine accidents and casualties are due in part to human error.
Fire safety standards come to the fore after Notre-Dame burns
Fire safety and suppression are the topics of multiple engineering standards, many of which are available at Engineering360.
Turning plastic ocean waste into carpets
A European carpet company is turning fishing nets recovered from the ocean into carpeting for the home, according to reports.
Report: Google supplies US law enforcement with whereabouts of devices to help solve crimes
According to a recent New York Times report, U.S. law enforcement officials are accessing Google’s location-tracking database to solve crimes.
Real-time oil analytics powered by artificial intelligence
OilX platform is a revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI)-powered analytics tool that provides traders and analysts with real-time market analysis.
Team developing AI-enabled drones for pothole, crack detection
A team of scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Robotics Institute have detailed plans for AI-enabled drones that can inspect roads for potholes and other damage.
Engineers downplayed cracks hours before bridge collapse
In court documents, engineers allegedly assured colleagues it was safe to keep the road below open and that temporary shoring to hold up the span was not necessary as repairs proceeded.
Researchers make predictions about future fatal stabbing events based on data analytics
Criminologists from the University of Cambridge are using 12 months’ worth of knife crime data to help make predictions about future fatal stabbing events in London neighborhoods.
Plasma stability promised with compact fusion device
Sustained nuclear fusion has been measured for the first time from a 50 cm long plasma column called a Z-pinch.
Researchers: Algorithm can predict medical appointment no-shows
Researchers from University College London Hospital (UCLH) have developed an algorithm capable of identifying patients likely to miss future medical appointments.
How will Adaptive IP change your IP networks?
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Engineered membrane for natural gas purification
Researches at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a selective and highly permeable polymer membrane for natural gas purification that is composed of long-chain polymers with shorter side chains resembling the bristles of a hairbrush.