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HDD Pipeline Coating Defects Detected with New Approach
Coating damage detection is complicated for pipelines installed by horizontal directional drilling (HDD) since access to the surface above the line is limited.
Female-Led Tech Start-Ups Employ More Women Than Larger Companies
Tech start-ups with at least one female founder employ more women than some of the nation’s largest tech companies, according to a recent study.
Shape-changing Tensegrity Objects Open Up Many Possibilities
By combining the principles of tensegrity with components 3D printed from shape memory polymers, Georgia Tech engineers produced an object that can be compressed and re-expanded to its original shape.
Micro-refinery to Prop Port Sustainability
Micro-refinery technology upgrades slops – hydrocarbon residues accumulating at the bottom of ships' tanks – into fuels and light bitumen.
New Way to Make Buses and Trucks More Environmentally Friendly
Researchers from the University of Waterloo have invented a new system for idling buses and delivery trucks that could reduce environmental impact and save companies and governments money from fuel costs.
Minor Impacts to Marine Wildlife from Marine Energy Systems
Little evidence of long-term effects found on bird and marine mammal abundance due to tidal/wave energy device operation.
Ultrasonic Solution Safely Shatters Blood Clots
The surgical drill uses low-frequency intravascular ultrasound to break down blood clots that cause deep vein thrombosis.
System for Self-clinching Fasteners
The fastening integrates a self-clinching nut, stud or standoff pre-installed permanently into a steel or stainless steel base plate.
Wall-climbing Drone Aids in Fighting Highrise Fires
The unmanned aerial vehicle detects fires in skyscrapers, searches the inside of the building and transfers data in real time from fire scenes to the ground station.
A Frozen Energy Solution for Nantucket?
Project developers hope the ice-based technology can reduce the need for a $100 million transmission cable to the island.
New Magnet Plate Based on Solid-Core Ring Magnet Technology
Alpaqua Engineering, LLC, has announced the release of the Magnum FLX24® Universal 24-well Magnet Plate. This is the most recent addition to the line of magnet plates used in magnetic, bead-based, nucleic acid isolation applications like cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis, next generation sequencing (NGS), DNA and RNA extraction, sequencing and PCR clean up and exome capture
Promising Results for Macrophage-mediated Nerve Repair
A surprising discovery by Duke University biomedical engineers holds promise for regenerating damaged nerves.
New Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials Could Revolutionize Technology
The development of these nanomaterials will improve computer processors, TV displays, and solar cells.
Loud Mating Calls Could Lead to Species' Survival
Marine scientists have developed a method for using mating calls to protect fish from overfishing.
New Off-highway Trucks: More Power, Reduced Fuel Use
Two new off-highway rigid frame trucks from Kamatsu America Corp. feature a new traction control system for improved productivity.
RFID Package to Increase Read Range 2x
Kyocera Corporation has developed an ultra-small ceramic package utilizing a proprietary multilayer structure with a built-in RFID antenna that can increase the read range up to 2X as compared with conventional packages of the same size.
Eliminating Losses Caused by Lightning
It is both unwise and expensive to underestimate lightning. A single bolt of lightning can pack up to 100 million volts of electricity, which is why lightning protection systems (LPSs) are so important in reducing or eliminating loss caused by lightning in the United States.
A Revolution in Tooling Qualifications
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Restoring Ecosystems Key to Fighting Climate Change in Cities
Instead of responding to predictions of increased flooding and extreme heat with hard infrastructure, Simon Fraser University (SFU) researchers are calling on cities and communities to maintain and restore ecosystems.
NLP Researchers Use Reddit to Teach Sarcasm
A paper published by researchers at Princeton University in April introduced a large data corpus of sarcastic statements for training and evaluating natural language processing (NLP) systems for sarcasm detection.