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  • Why Electro-mechanical Actuators are Best for Your Aerospace Application

    Advanced electro-mechanical actuators have been steadily replacing hydraulic and pneumatic actuators in demanding aerospace applications, where manufacturers are constantly looking for opportunities to reduce weight and increase component reliability.

  • Coming Soon to an iPhone Near You: Memojis

    Those with the most recent iPhone models will soon be able to turn themselves into Animojis.

  • US Army Working on an Algorithm to Determine Ideal Amount of Caffeine for Peak Performance

    The United States Army is hard at work on an algorithm that will best determine the amount of caffeine necessary to keep a person functioning at peak performance based on factors such as individual physiology.

  • Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and MHPS Launch Advanced SOx Abatement System Active Funnel

    The Active Funnel is ideal for very large container ships with high exhaust gas emissions and limited installation space for sulfur oxide abatement systems.

  • Online Program Proves More Effective than Traditional Treatment Methods for Addiction

    Researchers from Yale University have determined that people who abuse alcohol and drugs have a better chance at completing alcohol and drug treatment if they are assisted by an online program that teaches users how to better control their behavior — even more than traditional therapy.

  • Technique Regenerates Dental Enamel

    A new way to grow mineralized materials could regenerate hard tissues such as dental enamel and bone.

  • Nuclear Battery Prototype Packs High Power Density

    The betavoltaic battery uses nickel-63 as the source of radiation and Schottky barrier-based diamond diodes for energy conversion.

  • Self-driving Uber Braked Just Before Fatal Accident, NTSB Says

    The modified 2017 Volvo XC90, occupied by one vehicle operator and operating with a self-driving system in computer control mode, struck a pedestrian March 18.

  • Selecting and Applying Robot Flange Servo Gearheads

    Selecting the proper flanged output gearhead can be a difficult undertaking that requires consideration of a multitude of variables.

  • Redesigning the Portsmouth Memorial Bridge for 21st-century Reliability

    Since it's initial ribbon cutting ceremony, The Portsmouth Memorial Bridge has served as a landmark. It's recent redesign aimed to keep the classic architecture while increasing technology and overall reliability.

  • Swimmer Hopes to Bring Attention to Ocean Pollution By Swimming Across the Pacific

    Hoping to draw even more attention to the issue of plastic contamination and ocean pollution, one man is preparing to swim across the Pacific Ocean.

  • Whale Dies After Ingesting 80 Plastic Bags

    Located in a region well-known for its excessive use of plastic bags, the male pilot whale was still alive, although barely, when he was discovered in a canal close to the Malaysian border.

  • Boeing and Safran to Partner on Aircraft APUs

    Both companies will have a 50 percent stake in the partnership, which will be based in the United States.

  • Grid Management Recommendations for North American Utilities

    Utilities in North America need to better understand their customers' behavior and evolving needs if they are to mitigate the risks of congestion in the distribution network. A new whitepaper from OMNETRIC Group finds that the growing penetration of distributed energy resources at the grid.

  • This $700m Gas-fired Power Plant Just Entered Service

    The utility closed two coal-fired units at the W.S. Lee Station in 2014 and converted a third coal unit to natural gas in 2015.

  • Report: Predicting Future Markets for Plug-in Electric Vehicles

    A review of 40 automotive market diffusion studies from 16 countries provides an improved understanding of the plug-in electric vehicle market.

  • Google Not Expected to Renew AI Project with Pentagon

    Tech giant Google will reportedly let a contract with the United States Pentagon’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Project expire after thousands of Google employees signed a petition to protest the company’s involvement.

  • Hotel’s Fuel Cells Use Hydrogen Made from Used Plastic

    Hydrogen derived from used plastics is being supplied by Showa Denko to feed fuel cells at a newly opened hotel in Japan.

  • DNV GL Releases 2018 PV Module Reliability Scorecard

    The 2018 edition shows that the reliability and durability of modules submitted for testing generally improved in several of the test categories.

  • Watch: Self-assembly of a New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Catalyst

    The compound’s constituents are simply added to a flask, stirred and heated, after which the Lego-like chemical building blocks merge to yield cofacial cobalt porphyrins.

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