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Watch How a New Font Helps You Remember What You Read
Sans Forgetica is a new publicly accessible font designed at Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology to help readers remember what they read.
Grinding Theory and Adaptive Control Optimization
Adaptive control grinding measures and controls grinding forces, wheel and work rotational speeds, depth of cut and infeed rates to optimize the grinding process.
New Gold-Nanoparticle Anti-Inflammatory Promotes Muscle Fiber Growth
Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute have developed a gold nanoparticle anti-inflammatory that reduces inflammation and promotes the regeneration of muscle fibers.
Printing Perovskite Solar Cells on a Large Scale
Screen-printed modules on conductive glass substrates - the size of A4 sheet paper - delivered power conversion efficiencies of 6.3% against the one sun standard, on an unprecedented 198 square-centimeters active area.
Innovative Ball Valve with Integrated Seat Technology
The Grove IST ball valve's integrated seat technology provides superior sealing performance in a reduced footprint, with operating pressures up to 10,000 psi.
Sustainable Fuel Project Takes Flight
Virgin Atlantic’s VS16 flight from Orlando, Florida, to Gatwick Airport in London on Oct. 2 marks the first commercial flight to use an advanced aviation fuel produced by recycling waste industrial gases.
New Tool Predicts Height and Other Factors from a Person's Genome
A tool developed at Michigan State University has been proven to accurately predict height, bone density and even level of education using only a person's genome. The next step is predicting risk for serious illnesses.
Wanted: A 'Noah's Ark' Biobank for Microbial Diversity
A diverse, microbial vault could prevent future diseases by reintroducing lost microbes.
Celebrate National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
The date — October 8 — was selected in recognition of the atomic weight of hydrogen: 1.008.
Nanoparticles Stop Snake Venom from Spreading in Bite Victims
A new development from the University of California Irvine stops snake venom from inflicting symptoms in bite victims.
Texas Rail Project Hires Salini Impregilo to Lead Civil Engineering
In its role at the head of a civil construction consortium, the firm will be responsible for all work up to the top of the rail, including viaducts, embankments and drainage.
The World's Smallest, Lightest Hydrogen Fuel Cell
The device weighs 880 g and is 10 times smaller and lighter than commercially available alternatives.
Color-changing Paper Signals Infectious Disease
A rapid, inexpensive assay for infectious diseases requires only a digital camera, a drop of blood and a special glowing paper strip.
Wind Farms Are Not as Efficient as You Might Think
University of California Santa Barbara researchers have found that wind farms aren't reaching their full efficiency potential.
Smart Robots Boost Performance in Precision Dispensing Applications
In the present manufacturing environment, there is a push to minimize or eliminate any variation in assembly operations. Often that means replacing human operators with machines.
U.K. Moves to Ban Combustible Materials from High-Rise Buildings
The ban covers the use of combustible materials on the outside of buildings more than 18m tall, and comes in response to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people.
Number of Selfie Fatalities Worldwide Reaches 259
The pursuit of the extreme selfie has resulted in the deaths of nearly 260 people between 2011 and 2017, according to a 2018 global study on the topic.
Video: Concept Lunar Lander that Docks with NASA’s Lunar Gateway
Lockheed Martin’s spacecraft could accommodate a crew of four and a cargo payload of 2,000 lb.
Watch: New 3D-printed Cement Gets Stronger During a Natural Disaster
The new 3D-printed cement paste is designed to get stronger when put under pressure.
Canadian LNG Export Project Gets Green Light
First shipments to Asian markets are expected before the middle of the next decade. The project could cost as much as $18 billion.