HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Regulators Draw Line for Clean Coal Power Plant

    Regulators laid out the possibility of having the Kemper County IGCC run only on natural gas, setting up the possibility of scrapping landmark clean coal technology.

  • Smart Campus Technology Implemented at Company Headquarters

    SAS is starting to establish a “smart campus” at its Cary, NC, headquarters to build on its corporate sustainability leadership and Internet of Things (IoT) technology expertise. The smart campus project will take advantage of SAS’ advanced, real-time, analytics to improve energy usage while monitoring equipment performance in order to boost operational longevity.

  • Is Laser Engraving Here to Stay?

    Laser engraving has transformed from a niche technology used by a handful of businesses and craftspeople to a widely-used method for designing many aspects of one’s surroundings.

  • How to Engrave Glass Bottles with Lasers

    Home lasers are rising in popularity, and now DIYers and makers can engrave their own glass.

  • Induced Earthquakes Rise with Oil and Gas Production

    Since 2014, Oklahoma has experienced one to two low-magnitude earthquakes per day, up from one to two per year before 2009.

  • No Coal Growth Through 2040, EIA Says

    Electric power generation accounts for more than 90% of U.S. coal demand, and domestic production has declined over the past decade as coal has been displaced by natural gas and renewable energy resources.

  • Social Media Platforms Could Improve Police Response Time

    Researchers from Cardiff University believe that police officers using social media may improve response times to both large- and small-scale disruptive events.

  • 60 British High Rises Fail Fire Test

    A combustibility testing program for ACM cladding is underway with up to 100 samples a day being tested.

  • Vatican on Its Way to Becoming CO2 Free

    Vatican City, the smallest state in the world, is well on its way to becoming entirely CO2 free.

  • Airbag Maker Takata Files Bankruptcy, Plans Sale

    Key Safety Systems will acquire Takata’s assets, except for certain operations related to Takata’s manufacture and sale of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate airbag inflators.

  • Smart Phones Are Making Us Dumb

    According to the study, which set out to prove this theory with a set of experiments, just the sight of our smart phones is enough to impair a person’s ability to hold and process information (in real time).

  • Watch: Ex-NASA engineer creates a friendly car horn. Electricity from urine can now be used to kill salmonella and E Coli. Solar paints can create fuel from sun and vapor.

    Watch: Ex-NASA engineer creates a friendly car horn. Electricity from urine can now be used to kill salmonella and E Coli. Solar paints can create fuel from sun and vapor.

  • Supermileage Car Coasts to the Finish Line

    Equipped with a fuel-injection engine, the vehicle traveled 2,418 miles on one gallon of gas.

  • A New Balance for a New Kilogram

    The original kilogram used to calibrate scales worldwide has lost 50 millionths of a gram over the last century.

  • Gears 101: Spur Gears vs. Helical Gears

    The spur gear has become the most prominent type of gear, even though there is an argument that the less common helical gear is better suited for important power transmission applications. Ultimately there are numerous factors that influence the decision to use one over the other.

  • Amazon Submits Patent for a Drone Tower

    A “drone tower” could one day act as both a fulfillment center and a busy drone delivery base.

  • Artificial Iris Adjusts to Incident Light

    Researchers hope to eventually have the system used in the treatment of iris defects.

  • Low-temp Catalyst Yields Hydrogen from Water, CO

    The catalyst could improve the performance of fuel cells that run on hydrogen but can be poisoned by CO.

  • Electric Axle System for Hybrid or Electric Vehicles

    The modular axle system makes it easier to electrify volume production vehicle platforms — even existing ones.

  • Bradwell Completes Nuclear Fuel Element Debris Treatment

    All the fuel element debris waste at the UK's Bradwell nuclear power plant has been treated to reduce on-site radiological risk.

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