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Optical Materials for Space Optical Systems and Excimer Laser System
An optical material with a minimum refractive index and a spectral range of 120-7,000 nm can be processed into prisms, lenses and windows used for thermal imaging systems, space optical systems and excimer laser systems.
In Coffee News: A 'Green' Coffee Maker and Ink from Coffee Grounds
The way we make coffee and what we do with spent coffee grounds are being revamped — both to the benefit of the environment.
NYC to Oil Majors: "Drop Dead"
New York City's pension funds could divest from fossil fuel investments. At the same time, the city is suing oil majors for alleged damages due to climate change.
Safety Board Finds Cause of Fatal Air Crash
The report underlines the risks of continuing an unstable approach to a landing, which is on a safety watchlist.
Generation Orbit’s Hypersonic Testbed Completes Flight Tests Successfully
The GO1 Inert Test Article (GO1-ITA) testbed was mounted under the fuselage of NASA’s C-20A research aircraft.
Utility RFP Seeks Renewable Energy Bids, Including Storage
NV Energy's RFP seeks solar, geothermal, wind, biomass and biogas technology projects that comply with the state's existing renewable portfolio standards.
Marine Food Webs Threatened by Climate Change, Study
Levels of commercial fish stocks could face significant reductions as rising sea temperatures threaten their food sources, according to research from the University of Adelaide.
Robotic Weeders: Coming to a Farm Near You?
As organic farming using fewer pesticides increases in popularity and the cost of hand-weeding skyrockets, experts believe that robotic weeders will become more and more of a presence on farms.
Multi-Model Effort Highlights Progress, Future Needs in Renewable Energy Modeling
Models of the U.S. electricity sector are relied upon by sector stakeholders and decision makers, but the recent surge in variable renewable energy (VRE), such as wind and solar, led a team of modeling experts to examine how these models would represent scenarios with high penetrations of VRE.
Sea Turtles Mostly Female in North Great Barrier Reef
Thanks to the warmer temperatures of climate change, an overwhelming number of green sea turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef are female.
Bell Helicopter Unveils Urban Flying Taxi
Unveiled at CES 2018, the air vehicle has space for a pilot, three passengers and their luggage and promises to cut travel times compared to ground-based options.
The Evolution and Future of Classroom Tech
A look at the past, current and future trends in educational technology.
Report Details Climate Impact on California Highways
Caltrans says the series of studies will provide data about how climate change impacts the way the system plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains the state highway system.
Fluor Completes Work on Two Puerto Rico Transmission Lines
Around 58 percent of the island's electric power customers had service restored to them by early January, three months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island's electric grid.
Watch: Engineers Grow Functioning Human Muscle in a Lab from Just Human Skin Cells
Biomedical engineers have grown the first functioning human skeletal muscle from induced pluripotent stem cells.
Permian Basin Service Assets Sell for $1.6 Billion in Cash
Assets include approximately 1,700 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines and 585 MMcf/d of processing capacity, with an additional 200 MMcf/d under construction.
Microbeads Already Removed from Some Products Ahead of UK Ban
Methods to test some of the products for the presence of microplastics found the controversial ingredient missing ahead of the U.K. ban.
FEMA Awards $610m Contract for Disaster Response Support
The contract covers professional services such as engineering, architecture, cost estimating, accounting and commercial property insurance. Work also includes non-professional services.
Honeywell Launches Data Historian for Industrial Use
The historian collects, stores and enables replay of historical and continuous plant and production site process data, and makes it visible in the cloud in near real time.
FPL Solar Farms Enter Service as a Big Coal Plant Shuts Down
Florida Power & Light Co. retired one of Florida's largest coal-fired power plants and opened four solar power plants made up of more than 1 million solar panels.