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Hi-Performance Fastening Systems: More Than Just a Fastener Supplier
Although well-known in most industries for their high-quality parts, Hi-Performance has a reputation for offering more than just parts.
12 Volts: All the 12-volt Car Accessories You Could Ever Want
The 12-volt outlet in your car can do more than charge your mobile phone or power your GPS. It seems that this convenient receptacle can be used for just about anything you could want, so here are some products you didn’t know you needed.
Efficiencies Improve for Natural Gas Power Plants, EIA Says
Annual average heat rates of natural gas-fired electricity generators fell 7% from 2006-2015 as heat rates of coal-fired electricity generators rose 1%.
Pneumatic Actuator for Diaphragm Valves in Sterile Service
The actuator can be fitted to the valve body without nuts as the threads are integrated in the body to simplify mounting.
Robotic Snake Able to Swim with Ease, Collect Water Samples
A robotic snake that can swim through bodies of water and detect sources of pollution has been developed by researchers from Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
Do Your Eclipse Glasses Meet This ISO Standard?
This part of ISO 12312 applies to all afocal (plano power) products intended for direct observation of the sun, such as solar eclipse viewing.
Acquisition Lifts Total's Stance in North Sea Production
Total expects to generate operational, commercial and financial synergies of more than $400 million per year, in particular by combining assets in the North Sea.
Sempra in $9.45b Deal to Buy Texas Utility
Sempra says it will support Oncor's plan to invest $7.5 billion of capital over a five-year period to expand and reinforce its transmission and distribution network.
Pesticide Added to List of Harmful Chemicals in California
The state of California is tightening the already-strict guidelines governing a pesticide commonly used by farmers to kill pests attacking crops such as cotton, grapes and almonds.
Clay-based Antimicrobial Packaging Extends Food Shelf Life
New active food packaging materials prevent bacterial contamination and ethylene buildup.
See Better Images of Sunspots During the Total Solar Eclipse
Sunspots can be extremely large, up to 100,000 km in diameter. Sunspots are caused by interactions with the Sun’s magnetic field when there are intense magnetic activities, a phenomenon not clearly understood.
New Side-Mounted Agitator Range
The agitator features high-efficiency hydraulics with high pumping capacity and axial thrust.
Video: Meet the VW Microbus of the Future
Hippies, rejoice. Volkswagen’s battery-electric I.D. BUZZ microbus concept is going into production.
Hot Couture: Fabrics Keep Soldiers Warm
High-tech fabrics that heat up when powered could keep military personnel more comfortable and battle-ready in frigid climates.
An Expanded Fleet Fuel Cost Comparison Calculator
Operating cost comparisons can be made between diesel, natural gas, hydrogen fuel cell and electric.
How to Quash Fusion Reaction Instabilities
Researchers can suppress the global Alfvén eigenmode, a common wave-like disturbance that interferes with fusion reactions.
The First All-Electric Bus Rapid Transit Route in the U.S.
The route will deploy zero-emissions buses that can travel up to 40 miles, or for two hours, on a charge.
How the Hyperloop Works
The days of spending half of your vacation sitting in a car, or on long plane rides with multiple stopovers, may be coming to an end in the near future. Hyperloop One would reduce a trip from Melbourne to Sydney to just 55 minutes, compared to 9 hours by car, a theoretical time of 3 hours 15 minutes by high-speed train or 1 hour and 15 minutes by jet. But what exactly is a hyperloop and how does it work?
Practical monitoring of semi-automatic machines and equipment
Technology exists to monitor individual pieces of equipment, but the ability to monitor an entire laboratory or factory floor can only be purchased or designed by the largest corporations.
Power Generator Calpine Agrees to $5.6bn Cash Sale
Calpine's 80 power plants either in operation or under construction represent some 26,000 megawatts of generating capacity.