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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.
Barcelona Attacks Highlight the Need for More Bollards and Terrorist Countermeasures
The terrorist attacks in Barcelona and nearby Cambrils on August 17, 2017, killed 16 people and left 136 pedestrians injured. What are the simplest, most effective and low-cost countermeasures to stop terrorism’s current weapons of choice, vehicles?
Harnessing Hydropower
Built in the Great Depression, the Hoover Dam is one of the greatest engineering marvels in modern history. It once exemplified best practices when harnessing hydroelectric power as well as formed the largest reservoir in the U.S., Lake Mead, which supplies sustenance to approximately 20 million people. The world may never see another dam as magnificent as Hoover Dam, but the Renewable Energy generation industry has found its new poster child for the future of hydroelectric power generation in in-pipe hydroelectric systems.
Logistics Complicate Puerto Rico's Electric Grid Recovery
Full recovery likely will take months, complicated by the U.S. territory’s financial straits, by the damage across an area the size of Connecticut and by the island’s distance from the mainland; San Juan is more than 1,000 miles from Miami.
The SELF DRIVE Act is approved
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to regulate self-driving vehicles, known as the SELF DRIVE Act.
Breakthrough in Microchips that Mimic the Human Brain Developed
Using photonic circuits and phase-change materials, the chips could revolutionize the future of computing.
Evaporation: the Next Big Renewable Energy Source?
The total evaporative power available in the Unite States alone approaches 325 GW, which is over 69 percent of the national electrical energy generation rate in 2015.