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Compact Tokamak Development Continues
The costs, concept design and timeline for the first fusion facility to generate more energy than it consumes are under development.
Nano-Coated Gloves are Real Hand Warmers
What kind of glove can keep fingers warm for up to eight hours? One that’s fashioned from electrically-heated material.
Video: New Details Emerge About the Mars Base Camp
Lockheed Martin’s concept shows how to send humanity to the red planet in about a decade.
Ancient Mystery Solved: Moving Stone to the Great Pyramid of Giza
A recently discovered diary has provided insight into the 4,000-year-old Egyptian infrastructure that produced the Great Pyramid of Giza.
First All-Electric Race Car from Audi
Power to the Audi e-tron FE04 is supplied by a 200 kg (441 lb.) lithium-ion battery with 34 kWh capacity.
Flexible Semi-Transparent Solar Cells Fabricated Using Atomically Thin 2D Materials
The cells could be used for windows, smartphones, PCs or on human skin.
Veterans Use Virtual Reality to Help Them Land Jobs
The Virtual Training Agent for Veterans (VITA4VETS) is designed to build job interviewing competence and confidence, while reducing anxiety.
Ancient Ink Blots Out Tumor Metastatic Lymph Nodes
A plant-based ink used for hundreds of years in China by calligraphers and artists may also contribute to the inactivation of cancer cells.
Direct Insertion Hygrometer Sensor
A direct insertion hygrometer sensor with integral temperature sensor provides enhanced stability and a dynamic range of negative 40 to positive 95 degree Celsius dew/frost point over a wide range of ambient conditions.
'Snakebot' Deployed for Urban Search and Rescue
Following last week's earthquake in Mexico City, a snake-like robot entered a collapsed apartment building for its first real-world test as an urban search-and-rescue tool.
El Faro Sinking Is Marked as Shipper Aids Puerto Rico Response
The cargo ship sank October 1, 2015 in a hurricane along the same route that U.S.-flagged cargo ships are sailing to bring relief aid to Puerto Rico.
Isolated Pressure Transducer
A pressure transducer with measurement ranges from 30-inch vacuum to 200 pounds per square inch features a 4-20 mA output signal and a flexible barrier that isolates the transducer from process fluids.
Converting Olive Mill Effluent into Assets
An environmentally-friendly strategy for the valorization of olive mill wastewater converts it from a pollutant to an asset.
Deal for Palisades Nuclear Plant Is Scrapped
An unfavorable regulatory decision led plant operator Entergy and Consumers Energy to drop a buyout plan.
Siemens Rail Unit to Merge with Alstom's
The global footprint enables the merged company to access markets in the Middle East and Africa, India, and Middle and South America where Alstom is present, and China, the United States and Russia where Siemens is present.
Life-Saving Drones
According to a study of 15 healthy individuals, the results obtained by the drone were as accurate as traditional monitoring methods such as pulse oximeters, respiratory belts and ECGs.
At-Home Vital Sign Monitoring
Building on an earlier design of a radar capable of measuring a person’s vital signs, researchers from Kyoto University's Center of Innovation and Panasonic Corporation developed a device that can measure how the heart beats as the body moves without the burden of wires and equipment.
Paper Diagnostic Distinguishes Between Zika and Dengue
The paper-based test can provide an inexpensive, portable assay for use in areas where both viruses are common.
The Mapping of Black Hole Collisions Gives Astronomers a New View
Rochester Institute of Technology researchers have helped pinpoint the exact location of a gravitational wave signal – and the black hole merger that produced it – detected by gravitational wave observatories in the U.S. and Europe.
Abandoned Air Raid Shelter Now Home to Urban Farm
A London underground air raid shelter, originally constructed to protect up to 8,000 people from World War II bombings, is finding new life as an urban farm.