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Achieving Nanometer Precision
Positioning devices capable of nanometer or sub-nanometer resolution that are equipped with direct metrology position feedback provide excellent guiding accuracy over long travel ranges.
Recycling Waste Printer Toner as a Source of Iron
A sustainable and industrially relevant thermal process transforms waste toner powder into a value-added ferrous resource.
Many Medical Monitoring Uses for Ultrathin Microfiber Sensor
Wide-ranging applications include monitoring of vital signs and bandage pressure sensing.
Engineering a Good Night's Sleep
Sleep deprivation is a large problem for all types of professionals. Leave it to a set of entrepreneurs to design a solution to help you get a good night's sleep. Utilizing Bluetooth and induction charging technology makes the SleepPhones® by AcousticSheep LLC an excellent choice to get a good sleep.
Google Maps to Get New Look
Google Maps will soon be getting a makeover with improved navigation, driving, transit and explore views.
Software to Locate Hate Groups' Radicalization Pages
"I'm interested in the ideologies that could drive people to commit such terrible acts," says Etudo.
Video: Innovative Pre-Swirl Stator to Improve Ship Fuel Efficiency
The new Wärtsilä EnergoFlow is an energy saving solution that will return ship operators’ investment in less than two years.
Watch NASA’s Supersonic Parachute Test for Mars 2020 Mission
A NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will collect rock samples and analyze other evidence in search of ancient life. But first, the equipment has to get there and land safely.
No more laundry? Innovative Liquid-repellent Surfaces Could Make that Dream Come True!
Using a design inspired by springtails, soil-dwelling arthropods, the team effectively resolved the conflict between liquid-repellency and mechanical stability.
A Shared Philosophy Ensures Repeat Business
When Holiday House Distributing, the largest distributor of OCS, water and vending parts in North America, needed a modification to a ball valve design, there was no question that it would ask The Specialty Manufacturing Co. (SMC) to create it.
Utility Says Its Solar Farms Are for the Birds ... and the Bees
Each new solar energy facility is being designed to allow a portion to be planted with native grasses, trees, shrubs and vines for bird and bee habitats.
Tank Car Storage: Rarely Popular With Locals
Rail car storage is a perennial issue for rail companies, and the dilemma is significant for both the rail companies—financially and regarding public relations—and environmental groups who worry about the effects of stored tankers and other cars on wildlife and tourism.
World Scientists Issue a Second Warning to Humanity
In a follow up to a 1992 statement, they warn that progress on environmental threats has been lacking and urge a shift to sustainability.
Fooling Speaker Recognition Systems with Voice Impersonators
Often used to authenticate the user of an application or for public safety purposes, voice recognition is likely more vulnerable to live voice impersonators that can make voice modifications than to the technically-generated voice attacks.
IBM is Getting Rid of Helvetica
IBM, the 109-year old company, has been using Helvetica – or formerly Helvetica Neue - as the “corporate” typeface for many years at a cost of over $1 million per year. This week, IBM announced that it is replacing Helvetica with a more “representative” typeface called IBM Plex.
Dominion Eyes 80 Years for Nuclear Power Units
North Anna Power Station includes two three-loop Westinghouse pressurized water reactors with a generating capacity of 1,892 net megawatts. Unit 1 began commercial service in 1978 and Unit 2 in 1980.
Airbus Inks Deal for 430 Aircraft
The aircraft will be allocated among Frontier Airlines, JetSMART, Volaris and Wizz Air and has a list price of $49.5 billion.
Watch: Capturing the Beauty of Science
A selection of images from Northwestern University’s annual Scientific Images contest -- showcasing the aesthetic side of research.
A Meat-free America Simulation
For decades, many science community insiders have suggested that entirely eliminating animal food products from U.S. manufacturing, sales and consumption would have only a positive impact in terms of health and the environment. To test that theory, researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducted a simulation exercise to illustrate the consequences of Americans going meat-free.
Fruit Flies May Hold the Key to Better Search Engines
Salk and University of California San Diego scientists have discovered that fruit flies are especially efficient at performing similarity searches.