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The E-Axle Powertrain for Electric Vehicles
A new generation electric axle drive, or e-axle, combines three powertrain components into one unit.
Nordex Enters the 4 MW Wind Class
The N149/4.0-4.5 turbine is designed specifically for light-wind regions.
Can You Solve This Million-dollar Chess Puzzle?
Researchers at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, are seeking a solution to the Queen’s Puzzle, first posed in 1850.
Researchers Detect Repeating Fast Radio Bursts From Three Billion Light Years Away
Breakthrough Listen—a program seeking intelligent extraterrestrial communications—has detected 15 fast radio bursts coming from a dwarf galaxy some three billion light years from Earth.
Researchers Find New Ways to Bring Sports Venues to Achieve Zero Waste
Officials at college sporting venues are leading the effort toward zero-waste events at their facilities.
Water Calculation Tool for the Textile Sector
The self-assessment tool can assist textile companies evaluate the water footprint in manufacturing processes.
Honeycomb of Solar Cells Saves Space and Works in Harsh Conditions
A new generation of advanced photovoltaics could be the result of packing tiny solar cells together, like the microlenses in the compound eye of an insect, according to a group of Stanford University scientists.
Chemical Additives: Applications and Analytical Methods
Specialty chemicals, or chemical additives, are rapidly becoming a trillion dollar industry and are used in a wide range of industrial sectors, including energy, cosmetics, detergents, food, materials, textiles and pharmaceuticals.
Obesity Control: Drug-Carrying Nanoparticles Turn Fat Cells Brown
Want to lose weight? Just convert your white fat cells into brown ones.
CH2M Loses Boston Transit Contract
The decision was not related to CH2M’s performance, according to published reports, but is based on its pending acquisition by Jacobs Engineering Group.
Pay...with Your Face
Yum China, operator of such brands as KFC in China, has joined forces with mobile payments firm Alipay to bring the world’s first facial recognition payment system to China.
ISA Partners with Siemens to Advance Cybersecurity Standards
The organizations say they will share expertise in protecting automation environments based on a consensus-based series of industrial cybersecurity standards.
Beer and Facial Recgonition Tech Prove to be Undoing of 25 Suspects Nabbed at Beer Fest
Using facial recognition technology, law enforcement officials nabbed 25 people attending an annual beer festival in China wanted in connection with crimes in that country.
Antidepressants Found in Great Lakes Fish
Researchers are concerned that the Niagara River, connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, is just a sampling of a larger problem.
Biomass for Energy: Yes or No?
Biomass energy credits have been met with opposition. In 2016, 5 percent of the primary energy production in the United States was produced from biomass energy. But what is biomass energy? Is it a carbon neutral energy source, and should the government be subsidizing the costs to produce biomass energy?
Video: Navy Tests Underwater Wireless Recharging for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles
The system could enable longer missions for underwater drones.
Space Weapons Versus Firearms: Can You Fire a Gun in Space?
It remains to be seen whether the first practical space weapon materializes as a firearm or a laser, if it materializes at all.
Multi-Sensor System Prevents Water Damage in Commercial and Residential Properties
OneEvent has added a new humidity and temperature sensor to its lineup.
Bechtel Hired to Complete Georgia Nuclear Units
Bechtel will assume responsibility for a broad range of activities, including day-to-day construction through completion of the project.
Vogtle Units to Move Forward, Georgia Power Says
Georgia Power says it will continue work to complete the Vogtle Units 3 and 4 nuclear reactors with Southern Nuclear serving as project manager.