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  • Nobel Laureates Believe Women Will Soon Count Among Their Ranks

    Despite the fact that this year’s Nobel Prize winners in physics, chemistry and economic sciences are all white men, the winners believe that change is on its way.

  • Plastic Waste Ensnaring, Killing Marine Turtles

    Among the debris littering beaches and the ocean are lost fishing nets, six-pack plastic beverage carrier rings, plastic and nylon fishing lines, kite string, plastic packaging and more.

  • Video: A Path to Improved Energy Density in Lithium-rich Battery Cathodes

    New research on lithium-rich battery cathodes could lead to markedly increased electric vehicle driving range.

  • Watch: Nuclear Power Plant Rehab Project Is Underway

    AECOM, Aecon and Areva signed a contract for more than $100 million to replace steam generators at Unit 6 of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada.

  • Waste Disposal of Spent ARMEX™ Blast Media

    As a safe and effective method of abrasive cleaning, ARMEX™ blast media offers numerous advantages.

  • Study Links Moons to Motorcycle Fatalities

    According to a study from the University of Toronto, motorcyclists were likelier to die in crashes happening on nights when there was a full moon and likelier still when there was a supermoon.

  • To Surpass Nature, Look Outside Nature

    Turning to plasma, the "fourth state" of matter, scientists are creating materials to rival diamond in both hardness and resiliency.

  • VW Exec Sentenced in Emissions Scandal

    Oliver Schmidt was sentenced to 60 months in prison and was fined $400,000.

  • Google Doodle Honors Quantum Mechanics Pioneer

    Today's Google Doodle honors the birthday of Max Born, one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics.

  • Wrist Watches Made from Classic Cars

    As the holidays approach, you might be wondering what to get for the car enthusiast in your life short of buying them an actual car.

  • Built in the USA: Not Everything Is Broken, Study Says

    Although much of the nation's transportation and water infrastructure is adequately maintained, a 2.5 to 3 percent annual spending increase could eliminate maintenance backlogs by 2030, a RAND study says.

  • Graphene Used to Understand Filtration and Ion Transport into Cells

    NIST scientists Michael Zwolak and Subin Sahu have discovered a way to simulate aspects of ion channel behavior while accounting for such computationally intensive details as molecular-scale variations in the size or shape of the channel.

  • Online Resource Aids Sediment Management at Hydropower Sites

    The knowledge hub will help hydropower developers, researchers and operating companies improve sediment management in reservoirs.

  • Siemens to Provide Power Plants to Libya

    The EPC contracts, including long-term service agreements, are worth around $825 million.

  • New Materials to Help Visualize 3D-Printed Objects Released

    Allegorithmic introduces the 3D print collection for Substance Source. With 50 new assets, designers will be able to pre-visualize their products, using digital materials that replicated the layers, marks and surface textures of objects that have gone through the 3D-printing process.

  • Cheap and Effective Electro-catalysts for Fuel Cells

    New low-cost, carbon-based electro-catalysts for anion exchange membrane fuel cells have been designed by researchers in the UK.

  • Grants Boost Bay State's Energy Storage Goals

    A study identified hundreds of millions of dollars of potential ratepayer benefits from the deployment of energy storage in Massachusetts.

  • China Three Gorges Corp. Building World’s Largest Floating Solar Plant

    China Three Gorges New Energy Co., Ltd., announced it is building a 150 MW floating solar installation in Huainan, Anhui province.

  • New Research on 3D Printing Proves How Metals Can Be Strong and Ductile

    A new technique to 3D print metals involving a widely used stainless steel has been shown to achieve exceptional levels of strength and ductility when compared to counterparts from more conventional processes.

  • Temperature-Sensitive Gel Could Seal Eye Injuries

    The hydrogel forms a temporary seal that changes from a fluid to a strong semi-solid when applied to the eye.

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