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  • Software Designed to Prevent Both Food Waste and Hunger

    Hoping to both reduce the amount of food that goes wasted each year in the United States and to combat the issue of hunger, a computer science expert and systems analyst from Iowa State University’s Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology has developed software that could help.

  • Engineers Develop More Efficient and Durable Material for Insulation

    Engineers from the University of Maryland have developed a material to compete with Styrofoam™ and other insulation materials that is lighter, more durable and environmentally friendly.

  • These Scientists Have Engineered a Plant That Needs Less Water

    For the first time, scientists have improved how a crop uses water by 25 percent without compromising its yield. They did so by altering the expression of one gene found in all plants.

  • How to Prevent Lightning Strikes on Aircrafts

    MIT engineers are looking to reduce a plane’s risk of getting hit by lightning in an onboard system that would protect a plane by electrically charging it.

  • GE Catalyst Engine Advances Turboprop Design

    GE Catalyst is the first turboprop engine in the world to incorporate 3D-printed components, replacing 855 conventionally manufactured titanium and steel parts with 12 parts additively manufactured from advanced alloys.

  • Don't Ignore Shipping Container Codes

    Standards and codes are important to intermodal shipping, and failing to adhere to codes can result in lost cargo and revenue, damage to cargo ships and even loss of life and limb.

  • Record Yields Posted at Cellulosic Ethanol Demo Unit

    The unit was operated by a Cupertino, Calif.-based renewable fuels and biochemicals company for more than 120 days of continuous operations with 94 percent uptime.

  • Thermoplastic Composite Doors Shrink Vehicle Carbon, Energy Footprints

    A life cycle assessment found that doors made with glass fiber polypropylene-reinforced composites outperformed metal car doors in terms of global warming potential and cumulative energy demand.

  • A Better Understanding of Nano Basics

    New research may advance the understanding of plasma-based synthesis, a widely used but poorly understood tool for creating nanostructures.

  • Scientists Develop Inexpensive Device to Test Drinking Water for Arsenic

    With World Health Organization estimates of around 140 million people having to drink water containing unsafe levels of arsenic, scientists from UCL and Imperial College London have created an affordable and easy-to-use arsenic sensor.

  • Untreated Biogas Being Tested as Primary Fuel

    Untreated biogas is now being tested by Scania Engines of Sweden in a 16-liter V8 designed for low-pressure compressed natural gas for power generation.

  • Power from Hydrogen at Netherlands Plant by 2023

    The Carbon-free Gas Power project for Nuon’s three-unit Magnum power plant in Groningen is led by Nuon/Vattenfall, Statoil and Gasunie.

  • Watch: EU is Inventorying Metal Resources in Scrap Vehicles

    The information is being used to develop the first European database of valuable materials available for "urban mining" from scrap vehicles, spent batteries, waste electronic and electrical equipment, and mining wastes.

  • Krill: A Potential Weapon in Ocean Plastics Battle

    With an estimated eight million tons of plastic finding its way into our oceans each year — threatening marine ecosystems and killing marine life — one researcher may have inadvertently discovered a potential weapon to combat the threat of ocean plastic pollution.

  • Strides in Regenerative Medicine: Bone Engineering

    Researchers have designed a novel bone regeneration system that takes its cues from the body's process for "long bone" formation.

  • Discovered: the Most Structurally Complex Mineral on Earth

    Exploration of an abandoned uranium mine in the Czech Republic has turned up ewingite, considered the most complex mineral on earth.

  • Watch: Crops Engineered to Conserve Water, Maintain Yield

    Altering the expression of one gene common to all plants improves how a crop uses water by 25 percent without compromising yield.

  • New Laser Method Can Detect Metabolic Changes in Cells

    A team has developed an optical tool that has the ability to read metabolism at subcellular resolution without having to disturb the cells.

  • Finding New Semiconductor Materials Through 'Doping'

    “Doping" introduces impurities into a material in order to give it semiconducting properties, and can be studied on a fundamental level with supercomputers.

  • Solar/TENG Combo Produces Power, Rain or Shine

    The silicon solar cell/triboelectric nanogenerator device generates power from both raindrops and sunlight.

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