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Bio-Microbots for Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
Remotely operated robots could be designed to diagnose and treat illness in hard-to-reach areas of the human body.
Studying Ignition Properties of Low-octane Gasoline
The combustion chemistry of two low-octane gasolines was studied to help optimize gasoline compression ignition engine design.
Watch: The Superelastic Tire as Reinvented by NASA
The tire inspired by the Apollo lunar tires is composed of a nickel-titanium shape memory alloy and can withstand excessive deformation without permanent damage.
Botanical Sentries: Plants as Security Sensors
Genome modification research is underway to enable plants to signal the presence of chemicals, pathogens or radiation.
Drug-delivering Nanoparticles Can Seek Out Cancer Stem Cells
University of Illinois researchers are sending tiny drug-laden nanoparticles on a mission to seek and destroy cancer stem cells.
Watch How Agrophotovoltaics Pairs Power and Food Production
A pilot agrophotovoltaics project shows that dual use of land is resource efficient, reduces competition for acreage and provides a new source of income for farmers.
Canadian Solar Wins Share of Mexican Power Auction
Canadian Solar will develop and build three projects, totaling 367 MWp. The projects are expected to be connected to the grid around June 2020.
Engineering Insight: Network and Communication Chips
This graph summarizes the search tendencies displayed by Engineering360 users with respect to the industry they identified with while registering. The graph shows the search contribution each industry makes in the specified areas relative to the search contribution each industry makes across 3G, UMTS and EDGE chips, Bluetooth® chips, error correction chips, packet switching chips, radio receiver ICs, radio transmitter ICs and ZigBee® chips areas.
Germany Hosts World's Largest Dynamic Hydrogen Electrolysis Plant
The world’s largest dynamic hydrogen electrolysis plant based on proton exchange membrane technology is being inaugurated in Hamburg-Neuhof, Germany.
A Powerful Vacuum Pump Without the Frills
The vacuum pump from Piab of Sweden targets automated industrial procedures involving packaging, sheet metal and wood products.
Watch the World’s Smallest Data Recorder
A natural bacterial immune system was converted into a microscopic data recorder with applications for everything from disease diagnosis to environmental monitoring.
Fiber-Optic Sensor Advances Brain Cancer Treatment
The 50 micron-thick photonic detection device measures the dosage emitted by each of the micron-thin beams during microbeam radiation therapy.
Airbus, Siemens and Rolls Royce Partner on Electric Aircraft Propulsion
The E-Fan X hybrid-electric technology demonstrator could fly in 2020.
Magnesium Car Parts: A Far Reach for Manufacturers? Part 1
Magnesium structural, body and engine parts have been around since the 1930s. Magnesium is 75 percent lighter than steel and 33 percent lighter than aluminum. Current vehicles utilize only less than 1 percent magnesium on average. Why don’t automotive design engineers select magnesium more often?
Engineering Insight: Transformers
This graph summarizes the search tendencies displayed by Engineering360 users for transformer products, with respect to the industry they identified with while registering.
Watch: Disease Diagnosis with Dipstick Technology
The method promises to bring nucleic acid amplification for molecular diagnostic assays out of the laboratory environment.
Knife Gate Valve Fills Market Gap for Mid-Service Mining Applications
The valve offers mining and mineral processing companies a solution to the abrasion and corrosion conditions that plague mid-service applications while significantly increasing reliability and service life.
Giant Tesla Battery Bank Built in South Australia
The world’s largest lithium-ion battery bank has now been fully installed at Neoen’s Hornsdale Wind Farm.
Digital Oilfields: Risky Business?
The birth of the digital oilfield has unfolded. Real-time well monitoring solutions, autonomous operations, integrated workflows and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) have allowed producers to maximize oilfield recovery, eliminate non-productive time and increase profitability. Net gains have even allowed the smallest operators to remain resilient in a low price environment, but are the security risks worth the investment?
NASA JPL Tool Predicts Sea Level Rise for Major Cities
A new tool developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab incorporates all the factors that affect sea level rise for multiple points around the globe, tailoring predictions to projected local conditions in a particular time period.