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  • Vending Machine that Dispenses Stories Instead of Snacks

    When craving a snack, we can usually just hit up a nearby vending machine. But what is a person to do when they are craving a short story?

  • Report Stops Short of Calling for Cladding Ban After Grenfell Fire

    Inflammable cladding is thought to have contributed to the spread of a fire in London's Grenfell Tower. A total of 72 people died as a result of the blaze, including a 74-year-old who died in January.

  • Online Resource to Bolster Health in U.S. Cities

    A new online database gives hundreds of U.S. cities access to key neighborhood-level health data to create thriving communities.

  • German Engineering Company to Encourage Employees to Bike to Work

    With an eye toward cutting emissions, international engineering and electronics company Bosch is encouraging all 100,000 workers at its German headquarters to consider biking it to work instead of contributing to the number of those traveling short distances via car each day.

  • Improved Software Application for Pipeline Professionals

    Address pipeline design, construction, operation and integrity with a tested, validated and proven software application that has more than 230 different integrated pipeline-specific, oil and gas applications and calculations.

  • Giving Employees 'Decoy' Sanitizer Could Improve Hygiene

    Recent findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, revealed that employees in a food factory used more of their regular sanitizer and had cleaner hands and workspaces after a "decoy" sanitizer option was offered to them.

  • Wonder Material Controls Heart Cell Activity

    Researchers tapped the ability of a much-discussed material to convert light into electricity to develop a heart-cell control technique with far-reaching medical potential.

  • 3D Printed Smart Gel Can Move on Its Own to Create Artificial Hearts

    A new 3D printed smart gel has been developed that can walk underwater and grab and move objects. This is a huge development in soft robotics for healthcare.

  • Facial Recognition Technology Moves into the Classroom

    China’s use of facial recognition technology is going beyond the search for wanted criminals and is now making an appearance in the classroom, ensuring that students are paying attention to their lessons.

  • Women Expected to Weather Workforce Automation Better than Men

    Amid fears that emerging technologies will render human workers unnecessary, research suggests that not only will women survive the automation of work but that they may also benefit from it.

  • Study Determines that Some Water-filter Pitchers Work Better than Others

    Without naming the brands used in their testing, scientists from Ohio State University discovered that some of the water-filter pitchers created to remove harmful contaminants from drinking water don’t necessarily accomplish what they were designed for.

  • Self-assembling 3D Batteries Take a Step Forward

    The technology could charge electronic devices faster than conventional batteries.

  • 13 Reasons Graphene Is a 'Wonder Material'

    Graphene has been called a “wonder material” thanks to its many unique properties. Here’s a list of 13 areas where this wonder material is being put to wondrous use.

  • Automotive Interiors are Driving Upholstery Growth

    When purchasing a car, truck or SUV, an increasingly important feature for buyers is the car’s interior. The automotive upholstery market was estimated to be $4.65 billion in 2017. That market is expected to have a compound annual growth rate of 6.6 percent over the next eight years, reaching $7.75 billion by 2025.

  • NIST to Study Maria's Impact on Puerto Rico's Critical Infrastructure

    Lessons learned will help improve codes, standards, and practices in order to strengthen buildings and infrastructure, and reduce property losses from future storms in hurricane-prone areas.

  • As Temperatures Rise, These Areas Could Benefit from More Wind Energy

    Warmer temperatures mean that wind could be a more important source of energy generation than previously thought, according to a new study.

  • Bridge Cracks Were Found Earlier Than First Reported: Miami Herald

    Independent engineers who looked at photos, records and bridge blueprints at the newspaper's request agreed the cracks were a red flag signaling potentially critical structural problems.

  • Nonprofit Hopes to Send Wikipedia Archives to the Moon

    The nonprofit, which hopes to leave these traces of humanity throughout space, is focused on launching the material to the moon in collaboration with Astrobotic.

  • Researchers Create Color-changing Fabric

    A team of University of Central Florida (UCF) researchers has created fabric capable of changing color.

  • Chicago, San Francisco Expected to get Amazon Go Stores

    Amazon's cashierless store scheme is expected to expand to two other U.S. cities, according to recent reports.

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