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  • 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.

  • Eco-Friendly Food Packaging is On the Rise: Here's What You Need to Know

    With a push toward eco-friendly and recyclable materials, there has been a call for more eco-friendly food packaging.

  • J-Prep for Orbital Welding with Pipe Beveling Tool

    The heavy-duty, I.D.-clamping, milling-end prep tool can J-prep bevel, face and bore all pipe alloys in preparation for orbital welding.

  • San Francisco Awards Wastewater Treatment Contract

    MWH Constructors and Webcor Builders have been awarded a $939 million contract by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for its Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant Biosolids Digester Facilities Project.

  • Corrosion Control Engineering Education Moves Online

    In today’s competitive market, the availability of such education and training is crucial to advancing careers.

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