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Using Big Data to Predict Power Outages
Texas A&M University researchers have developed what they say is an intelligent model that can predict a potential vulnerability to utility assets and map where and when a possible outage may occur.
Fewer STEM Activities for Students from Diverse Backgrounds
Observing data from nearly 6,000 secondary schools in the U.K., researchers determined that students from less privileged backgrounds were less likely to attend science-related school trips or forums conducted by visitors from this concentration.
Redstone Arsenal Adds Solar and Energy Storage
The project includes a 1-megawatt energy storage system and supports the Army's efforts to reduce electricity costs at installations while also making them more energy independent.
Researchers Create Model to Determine Best Approach to Encourage Water Conservation
Using real-world locations thought to be at risk, researchers developed their model based on information from the Murray–Darling Basin in Australia, the Punjab on the India/Pakistani border and California's Central Valley in the U.S.
Audi and Hanergy Team Up for Thin Film Solar R&D
The two plan to present an Audi vehicle prototype featuring an integrated solar roof by the end of 2017.
Test Strip Can Determine Blood Alcohol Content Within Two Minutes
Measuring a user's saliva, the Promilless informs the user within two minutes if they are fit to drive a car or not.
Swimming, Flying, Walking in the Holodeck
Freely-moving animals exploring a virtual-reality system give scientists new insights into brain function.
The Truth About the Chemicals in Your Sunscreen
Trader Joe’s Nourish Spray Sunscreen, with an SPF of +50 (experts recommend using a sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher for daily use), comes in at number two on the Consumer Reports list.
Video: Using Yeast and Human Waste to Produce Parts for Deep Space Missions
Repurposing molecules to convert them into items such as plastics, polyesters and nutrients.
Watch: The Future of Car Parts
A new extrusion process may make magnesium, the lightest of all structural metals, feasible for use in car parts. The process eliminates the need to incorporate rare-earth elements to impart structural strength.
Orion Spacecraft Powers Up for the First Time
Lockheed Martin and NASA test the next-generation human space capsule.
Chemical Companies Put a New Emphasis on Sustainability
The chemical industry has been at the forefront of progress in essentially every aspect of society from agriculture and food production to health and medicine to manufacturing and energy. The driving force behind the green initiatives is the recognition that this progress has come at a high cost.
Innovative Building Materials that will Impact Future Architecture
As reinforced concrete was innovative in the earlier 19th century, the latest building materials look to further capitalize on what is possible by incorporating shape-memory alloys, bendable concrete composites, self-healing materials and electrochromic glass.
Hot Stick Detects DC Voltage in Solar Arrays and EVs
Exposure to high voltages is increasingly commonplace as technologies such as hybrid cars, EVs and solar panel arrays, all of which contain large amounts of DC power, gain traction.
DOE Funds Coal Projects for Rare Earth Element Recovery
Four projects will share $17.4 million to move to a second phase of research in efforts to advance recovery of rare earth elements from coal and coal byproducts.
Watch: Repair Work Moves Ahead at Oroville Dam Site
Demolition, excavation, and site preparation is 99 percent complete for the 2,270 feet that will be reconstructed this year.
Ford Signs MOU to Develop EVs with China Partner
Ford says it expects the market for NEVs in China to grow to six-million units per year by 2025, of which approximately four-million vehicles will be all-electric.
Testing Composite Aircrafts
Recently demonstrating the technology at the 13th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017, the detector relies on a combination of data processing algorithms and thermal tomography and defectometry to operate.
Fish Size Expected to Experience Climate-Change-Related Decrease
According to researchers, the size reduction in fish can have far-reaching implications on fisheries and among organisms in the ecosystems.
How to Select the Right Coating for Your Garage Floor
Protecting garage floors with a coating, paint, or sealer can preserve and improve the lifespan of a new floor or restore an aging surface to full functionality. A wide range of products is available, from two part epoxy coatings to latex acrylic paints.