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  • Video Game Designed to Improve Doctor's Triage Decision-making

    A team of researchers, hoping to improve triage decisions made by doctors, have developed a video game to train doctors.

  • Predicting Earthquake Aftershocks Using Machine Learning

    Researchers from Harvard University are attempting to harness the power of machine learning and apply it to earthquake aftershock detection.

  • Study: Air Pollution Taking Toll on Intelligence

    According to research from China, air pollution is taking a toll on intelligence.

  • What is the Ultimate Dielectric Material? Diamond Materials, Part 4

    While nanotechnology has enabled rapid advances in microelectronics, diamond is key to overcoming major stumbling blocks to further miniaturization, namely the cost, power limitations and large size of passives.

  • What is the Best Material for Electronics Thermal Management? Diamond Materials, Part 3

    Diamond has the highest thermal conductivity of any material, which makes it an excellent choice for thermal management in electronic devices.

  • What to Consider When Your Hydraulic System Springs a Leak

    Hydraulic cylinder seals, found in everything from machine tools, trucks, off-highway vehicles and injection mold machines, serve a variety of functions. Most critically, this includes closing a gap, making sure that the system is leak-tight and capable of transferring forces within the system.

  • RMI Report: Mining for Emissions Reductions

    Mining companies have numerous options to choose from when planning for carbon dioxide emission reductions, including adding renewables to their electricity supply and improving mining processes.

  • $3b Lock and Dam Promises to Ease River Barge Traffic

    More tonnage passes this point than any other place in America’s inland navigation system. In 2011, 91 million tons traversed this portion of the Ohio River.

  • Gate Scientific’s Wi-Fi Precision Hotplate Stirrer

    Gate Scientific has developed an innovative hotplate stirring system for heating and mixing liquid samples for research, product development and quality control applications in chemistry intensive industries.

  • University of Oxford Developed App to Help Homeless Collect Donations

    With the increasing scarcity of physical money in the pockets of people in the developed world, beggars and homeless are finding it harder to collect money in the street. A pilot program provides homeless individuals with a QR code that generous passersby, in the absence of change, can scan with their smartphones to make a donation.

  • A More Accurate Means of Mapping the Earth

    The 2D Equal Earth map has been designed to restore accurate scale to our planetary sphere.

  • Nanoparticles May Streamline Blood-borne Cancer Detection

    Early detection of cancer in blood samples is achieved by use of gold-plated nanoparticles to capture microRNA molecule markers.

  • Firm Offering 3D-printed Gun Blueprints for Sale Despite Ban

    Despite the recent extension of a temporary restraining order banning the distribution of 3D-printed gun blueprints online, the firm behind the blueprints has found a way to bypass the ban.

  • Researchers Outfit Robots with Spears to Protect Coral Reefs from Invasive Species

    Researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a robot capable of “handling” an invasive species of fish that is a threat to both coral reefs and marine ecosystems, particularly in the coastal waters of the U.S. and the Caribbean.

  • Robot Teaching Assistants Help out in Kindergarten Classrooms All Over China

    Kindergarten teachers all over China have been introducing students to their new teaching assistant: Keeko, the autonomous robot.

  • Final Assembly on NASA’s Next-generation Orion Spacecraft Begins

    Lockheed Martin has completed construction on the capsule structure and it has been shipped to NASA for final assembly.

  • Compact and Precise: Mini In-Line Servo Reducers From Andantex

    Mini in-line servo reducers from Andantex are cost-effective, precision reduction solutions in a compact package. The planetary reducer is available in two sizes and can be mounted horizontal, vertical or any orientation.

  • Tech Startup Hopes to Commercialize Technology Capable of Detecting Deception

    Thanks to a collaboration between the University of Arizona and tech startup Discern Science International Inc., technology capable of detecting deception may soon be available to a number of industries, for a variety of purposes.

  • This Propane Autogas Engine is 90% Cleaner than the NOx National Emissions Standard

    The near-zero emission engine is certified by California Air Resources Board to the lowest NOx level.

  • Ornamental Plant May be Source of Environmentally Friendly Lubricants

    Compared to castor oil, seed oil from this plants demonstrates better friction and wear reduction and withstands higher temperature stability.

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