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"Wacky Gal" Helps Cheer on Electric Restoration Work
As a total of 80 line and civil engineering crews worked to repair and replace nearly 130 overhead transmission structures, a co-op member stood by and cheered them on.
Students Design Portable System to Promote Plastic Recycling
Open-source blueprints were modified to design a portable system for pelletizing and molding waste plastics into useful objects.
Accelerator Upgrades Expand Astrophysics Research
Researchers are seeing unprecedented levels of accelerator performance following six years of upgrades to UNC's Laboratory for Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (LENA).
Study Shows That Humans Can Be Manipulated by Robots
Expanding on a 2007 study — called "Begging computer does not want to die" — a team of researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany has demonstrated that humans are easily manipulated by robots.
Solar Energy Systems as the Savior of Pollinator Populations
By increasing the ability of bees and butterflies to pollinate adjacent fields, solar-sited pollinator habitat may boost crop yields in agricultural regions.
Facial Recognition Tech to Be Used at Tokyo Olympics
Athletes, staff members, volunteers and reporters at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be facing a security system unlike any used at previous Olympics: facial recognition technology.
UV Filters in Suncreens, Makeup May Impact Fish
While the possible impact of sunscreen on coral reefs around the world has made a number of recent headlines, a team of researchers is now revealing that sunscreen may be affecting other marine life as well.
Father-Son Team Invents 3D Medical Scanner
A revolutionary 3D color medical scanner that offers unprecedented detail of the body’s chemical components has been invented by a father and son team of scientists in New Zealand.
Celebrate American Wind Week
The American Wind Energy Association has announced the kickoff of American Wind Week 2018, being held August 5 to 11.
Clot-Busting Nanogel Offers Fast Response to Heart Attacks
A new nanogel-based drug delivery system may offer a faster, non-surgical remedial option for treating heart attack patients.
Data Show Puerto Rico's Ongoing Recovery from Its Long Blackout
Electricity sales didn't recover to pre-Hurricane Maria levels until April 2018. Some 62,000 customers remain without power, EIA says.
Nalco Water Molecular Legionella Test Provides Results 14 T Faster
The new quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) test can help building and cooling tower operators manage public health risks from the waterborne pathogen.
Cobalt Blockchain and DLT Labs Release Mintrax Blockchain Platform for Mineral Traceability
The platform is designed to provide secure and transparent methods for tracking the provenance of metals and minerals through the entire mining supply chain, from source to end-user.
What Are Aluminum Discs and How Are They Made?
Aluminum discs or circles in various sizes and thicknesses are commonly used to manufacture products, as well as for more creative uses.
Watch a 3D Simulation of a Snow Slab Avalanche
Acknowledging that snow in this type of event behaves as both a solid and a fluid, researchers devised the first realistic and scientifically rigorous simulation of a snow slab avalanche.
Hyperion Launches a Blockchain-based Open Mapping Architecture to Decentralize Mapping
The company plans provide the infrastructure to support a completely decentralized, self-governing global map that users anywhere can contribute to, edit or utilize for their own needs.
Xtalic Enters Electric Vehicle Market with Materials that Improve Battery Charger Connector Wear by Up to 40 Times
The company has applied its Xtronic and Luna nanostructured alloys to lengthen the service lives of electric vehicle charger connectors.
Under Pressure: Engineers Face Larger Workloads, Tighter Deadlines
Technological advances are changing the work environment for engineers, according to a new survey.
Reusable Lab-on-a-chip Device Relies on Sound Waves
By getting biological fluids to surf on acoustic waves in oil, engineers have developed a technology for a small-scale, programmable biomedical chip that can be reused for applications from on-site diagnostics to laboratory-based research.
New Tool for Nuclear Fuel Pin Performance Assessment
A microwave oven-sized mobile platform can see through and image spent nuclear fuel using gamma radiation.