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Arlington Memorial Bridge Rebuild Is Set to Begin
The Federal Highway Administration awarded and will manage the $192 million contract with Kiewit Infrastructure Co.
KBR Wins Contract for Statoil's Northern Lights Carbon Capture Project
The project will develop an onshore carbon dioxide storage terminal in Norway.
Nanoscale Swimming Bots Based on Bacteria
Biotemplated nanoswimmers spin their flagella when exposed to rotating magnetic fields and can perform nearly as well as living bacteria.
Pumped Hydro to Bolster Wind Is Eyed for Wyoming Site
The project site is 30 miles from both the planned originating terminal of the Transwest Express DC line and Rocky Mountain Power's Aeolus substation.
Superfast Broadband Flies in to Welsh Village
The 20 homes in Pontfadog, Wales, are now connected to the world via broadband, thanks to a creative use of drone technology.
Uptown Rats Slightly Different from Downtown Rats, Study Says
Rats residing in uptown Manhattan show slight genetic differences from rats residing in downtown Manhattan, according to researchers from Fordham University and Providence College.
Appalachian Basins Drive Natural Gas Growth, EIA Says
Natural gas production in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays has increased by more than 14 Bcf/d since 2012.
Text Messages Reach 25th Birthday
Sending text messages has become so commonplace that it is easy to forget that the text message hasn’t always been a part of our daily lives. This week the text message turns 25 years old.
A Nationwide Map of Air Pollution in the U.K.
The map depicts how air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide, changes across the country and within towns and cities.
Cape Wind Calls It Quits
Cape Wind proposed the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. with a 130 turbine project 16 years ago, but it was dealt setbacks including termination of agreements with utility companies.
Campaign to Ban Glitter Gains Momentum in the UK
UK scientists are gaining an unexpected ally in their quest to ban glitter -- a network of daycare providers.
Engineering Insight: Motors
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 in the AC Motors, AC Servomotors, DC Motors and DC Servomotors areas.
A Bottom-Up Analysis of US Livestock Methane Emissions
A new study sheds light on how much the livestock industry contributes to U.S. methane emissions.
Watch: New Uses for Uranium
New industrial uses for uranium that don’t involve nuclear power or weapons may be on the horizon.
WindGEMINI Software Advances Wind Turbine Operations
The software can be used to monitor any turbine, regardless of its make or model, to increase production and assess turbine operating life.
Largest Solar-Thermochemical Hydrogen Plant Inaugurated
The facility in southern Spain produces hydrogen directly via a thermo-chemical redox reaction.
Heated Rock-fill Storage Planned for Wind Energy
About 1,000 tons of rock fill will provide 30 MWh of electric energy at temperatures of 600° C.
New Support Media Reduces Operating Costs and Layers in Fixed-Bed Catalyst Applications
The engineered shape of Denstone deltaP media also allows for users to maintain a lower pressure drop improving operations, but also prevents small catalysts from migrating down through the bed of support media.
Proposed Bill to Open the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve to Oil Drilling
The controversial tax bill recently approved by the House of Representatives includes a provision that would open up a 1.5 million-acre area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling. The coastal plain targeted in the provision contains a fragile ecosystem with an incredible array of biodiversity as well is it inhabited by the Gwich’in whose literal translation is “people of the land.”
Nordex Offers Wind Turbine Sound Reduction Solutions
The solutions for Generation Delta wind turbines at noise-sensitive sites increase turbine output while controlling sound emissions.