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  • Permanent Magnet Motor System Offers Efficiency Increase of up to 12 Percent

    The 6-inch MagForce™ Permanent Magnet Motor System is offered by Franklin Electric Co., Inc. as an ultra-efficient, high-performance alternative to a standard induction motor and control.

  • Video: Cleaner Ship Fuels to Benefit Health & Impact Climate

    Public health benefits and an increase in the rate of global warming are expected from use of low-sulfur maritime fuels.

  • A System for Detecting Driver Drowsiness

    An eye-tracking system developed by researchers from Swinburne and Austin Health that detects drowsy drivers could potentially reduce the number of automobile accidents caused by sleep-deprived drivers.

  • Study Links Air Pollution to Unethical Behavior

    Reviewing data from a handful of both experimental and archival studies, researchers are citing anxiety -- which is associated with unethical behavior -- caused by levels of air pollution as a possible explanation.

  • CB&I Inks $500m Contract for Refinery Upgrade

    The award is from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and is part of a $3.1 billion project led by Samsung Engineering Co. to upgrade the Ruwais refinery.

  • High-tech Security Measures to Keep Winter Olympics Safe

    As the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, prepare to get underway, security measures are in place to keep those in attendance safe.

  • Bioinspired Vortex Generators Could Lead to More Aerodynamic Drones, Wind Turbines and Planes

    Modeled after shark scales, the device enabled lift-to-drag ratio improvements of up to 323 percent over conventional generators

  • Radiation-hardened 100 V and 200 V GaN FET Power Supplies Launched

    Renesas has introduced new devices graded for the space industry.

  • Engineers Develop Titanium-strength Super Wood

    The development could lead to new ways to construct buildings that are far cheaper but just as strong.

  • Renewables to Power Business District Smart Grid in Finland

    The system will include a 4 MW solar power plant, a biogas engine capacity of 8 MW and fuel cell solutions providing a total of 116 kW.

  • Eruptive Technology: Volcanic Ash Boosts Sustainability of Concrete

    When pulverized into a fine ash, volcanic rocks can be used as a sustainable additive in concrete structures.

  • Neste's Renewable Fuels Contribute to Reduced Global Climate Emissions

    During 2017, use of the company’s renewable fuels to displace fossil fuels lowered such emissions by 8.3 million metric tons.

  • Valiant Starts Work on Arkoma Play Gathering Assets

    Valiant will provide midstream services to multiple oil and gas producers targeting liquids-rich stacked pay zones in southeast Oklahoma.

  • Efficiency Record Posted for p-Type Crystalline Si Cells

    Solar cells assembled with polysilicon on oxide and a specially treated p-type monocrystalline wafer attained a conversion efficiency of 26.1 percent.

  • A Manual Spray Gun That Provides a Superior Finish

    A manual air spray gun for conventional, high-volume, low-pressure (HVLP) and low-volume, low-pressure (LVLP) applications provides a superior finish with the performance at your fingertips.

  • Lexus Developed 'Structural Blue,' A Color Unlike Any Other Manufactured Before

    The blue hue is imparted by a light effect created by the texture of the liquid coating. None of the materials used in the coating are blue. There are zero blue dyes or pigments added.

  • Bridging the Corrosion Management Knowledge Gap

    Sponsored content Corrosion management through corrosion prevention and control standards is an important safety and economic issue for many industries, including oil and gas production, chemical processing, aerospace, infrastructure, waste management and many others. Proper corrosion management

  • Japanese Farmer Grows Banana with Edible Peel

    Hoping to create a banana that was both pesticide-free and more flavorful than current offerings, Japanese farmer Setsuzo Tanaka instead created an organic banana encased in an edible peel

  • AEP Signals Move to Cut Emissions, Add Renewables

    Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power says it plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its power plants by 60 percent from 2000 levels by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050.

  • An Accidental Record: Two Cosmonauts Take Longest Spacewalk to Date

    Two Russian cosmonauts recently ventured out to replace an antenna, and they ended up setting a record for the longest spacewalk ever conducted by a Russian cosmonaut, surpassing the previous record by six minutes.

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