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IEEE Honors Milestones in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
IEEE has recognized 192 significant achievements of technological innovation and excellence through the IEEE Milestones program. Each milestone, proposed for consideration by an IEEE member for its significance to humanity, is commemorated with a dedication ceremony and a bronze plaque at an appropriate location.
IEEE GlobalSpec Celebrates IEEE Day
As a member of the IEEE family, IEEE GlobalSpec is proud to celebrate and recognize IEEE Day 2018
Active Organic Material Supports Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water
The new crystalline catalyst, based on a benzo-bis (benzothiophene sulfone) moiety, shows a much higher activity for photochemical hydrogen evolution than its amorphous or semicrystalline counterparts.
Manufacturing Small Batches of Biopharmaceuticals on Demand
The portable system from MIT can be rapidly reconfigured to produce a variety of protein drugs.
Peach Bottom Unit Scrams After Pump Failure
All control rods were inserted into the reactor and decay heat was being removed via the main condenser as Unit 3 experienced a hot shutdown.
Video Game in China Set to Use Facial Recognition Tech to Determine Age of Players
A video game popular in China is exploring whether or not facial recognition could be used to determine the age appropriateness of players.
Earthquakes and Tsunamis Are Potent Disasters, UN Says
Earthquakes and tsunamis, like those that struck Indonesia on Sept. 28, are responsible for more deaths than extreme weather events, having claimed almost 750,000 lives over the last 20 years.
This Utility Just Proposed Spending Billions on Clean Energy and Efficiency
Most of the utility's proposed investment would offer customers access to 22 energy efficiency programs.
Purdue Researchers Create System for Notifying Distracted Pedestrians of Oncoming Traffic
While an increase in the number of pedestrian deaths has been attributed to smart phone distraction, researchers from Purdue University are working on a way to notify distracted walkers via smartphone alerts, warning them of oncoming vehicles.
ONEOK Plans $1 Billion Gas Gathering and Processing Spend
Additional natural gas gathering and processing capacity in the Williston Basin is intended to help support crude oil and natural gas production in North Dakota.
Work Set to Start on $5.7 Billion US-Canada Bridge
The cable-stayed bridge is intended to provide redundancy at one of the busiest trade corridors between Canada and the United States.
Startup Develops Gun-spotting AI Camera
Surveillance cameras are all well and good for reviewing events such as mass shootings and violence after the fact. But what if surveillance cameras could respond in real-time to lower the number of fatalities during such an event?
Fossil Fuel Plant to Transition to Solar and Energy Storage Service
The 3 MW/6 MWh energy storage system will provide resiliency, cost control and solar farm optimization.
Simulated Martian Soil for Sale
Researchers can use the material to test food production techniques and other technologies for supporting expeditions and colonies.
A Lower Cost, High-Efficiency Platinum Catalyst for Fuel Cells
Fuel cell costs are reduced and efficiency increased with a new atomic layer deposition process.
Vector Awarded Patent for Enhanced Liquid Oxygen-Propylene Rocket Engine
Vector is the first and only launch provider to utilize propylene fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) in an operational launch system.
"Paintable" Chemo Drug for Melanoma is Under Development
Topical delivery of chemotherapy may enable patients to side-step other painful and invasive procedures while targeting tumors in a more direct manner.
World Bank Commits $1 Billion to Battery Storage Systems
The global program would see the increase of wind and solar power in developing and middle-income countries.
Are You an Expert with a Good Idea? DARPA Wants Your Help
DARPA hopes to accelerate revolutionary advances with online collaboration platform Polyplexus.
Galileo's Original 400-Year-Old Letter to the Inquisition, For Which He Was Condemned, Has Been Found
Four centuries after the Inquisition condemned Galileo Galilei for heresy, new details have emerged about the case.