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Subscription Auto Services Drive Changes In Vehicle Ownership
Each vehicle includes a mileage limit, maintenance, insurance, roadside assistance and registration. Customers can swap vehicles as frequently as their plan allows.
Google Lunar XPRIZE May Soon Award $20 Million to the First Private Team to Land a Spacecraft on the Moon
The teams must also maneuver their spacecraft a distance of 500 m and transmit high-definition video and images back to Earth.
Media Isolated Piezoresistive Silicon Pressure Sensors
Piezoresistive silicon, stainless steel pressure sensors provide excellent overpressure characteristics and chemical resistance. The media isolated sensors operate in hostile environments with the inherent outstanding sensitivity, linearity and hysteresis of a silicon sensor.
A Question of Hydropower-food Security Balance
Hydropower dam development and continued fishery production can co-exist along the Mekong River.
Advanced Closed-cell Polyurethane Dielectric Material
A series of closed cell polyurethane foams serves as an advanced dielectric material for applications in radio frequency (RF) communication systems including radomes, antennas and electrical insulators.
New High-Tech Tool Could Feed and Fuel the Planet With Algae
Vast quantities of medicines and renewable fuels could be produced by algae using a new gene-editing technique.
AEP Commissions 120 MW Wind Farm
The wind farm includes 57 GE wind turbines and will create five permanent jobs.
Cheap Gas and Technology Are Killing Coal, Fed Paper Says
Regulation may increase costs for coal producers, but coal’s main problem is technology that has reduced the cost of competing sources of energy, the paper says.
GE Power to Shed 12,000 Jobs as Demand Softens
The business unit says that sales volumes are down significantly in products and services driven by overcapacity, lower utilization, fewer outages, an increase in steam plant retirements and growth in renewables.
Uncooked Flour May Have E. Coli
As the holidays approach and cookie-making is in high gear, we are bombarded with reminders to not consume raw cookie dough — or flour?
World’s Tiniest Interlinking Chains Developed
University of Chicago researchers have managed to develop a method to create the first tiny molecular chain.
LNG Exports Ramp Up as Capacity Grows
U.S. LNG exports averaged 1.9 Bcf/d, and capacity utilization averaged 80 percent, based on data through November.
Planting Roadside Trees to Curb Particulates
A computer model is under development to strategically place trees on highways near residential areas to mitigate particulate pollution.
Fluor Wins Second Contract for Grid Restoration Work
The contract is worth up to $831 million and includes evaluation, restoration, repair and replacement of structures and equipment supporting Puerto Rico's electrical infrastructure.
Robotic Table Debuts at the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition
Making its debut at the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition is a robotic table capable of moving objects along its surface.
7 Forms of Piping Corrosion and How to Prevent Them
Managing and mitigating piping corrosion is paramount to the integrity of critical infrastructure.
High-Ranking Univerisities to Sign a “Virtual Exchange” Agreement
A global agreement giving students the option of taking online courses to gain credit for bachelor or master degrees from nine top-notch international universities is about to be signed this month. This is an important step in digital higher education.
Technology Drives Manufacturing Resurgence
Some insight into how manufacturing firms are using technology to increase production, and how technology can be expected to influence the manufacturing sector in the coming year.
A New Technique from TU Delft University Could Displace Standard 3D Printers
Researchers at Delft University in the Netherlands have developed an alternative method to 3D printing, giving the products more functionalities than those produced by standard 3D printers. The final product can be used in medical implantations, flexible electronic devices and other sensitive applications.
Don’t Drink This: Beer Becomes Fuel
Chemists at the University of Bristol have made the first steps toward making sustainable petrol using beer as a key ingredient.