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  • Microscopic Heater/Thermometer Based on Silicon-tipped Optical Fiber

    A tiny laser-heated, silicon-tipped fiber-optic device can go from room temperature to 300 degrees in fractions of a second.

  • Waste to Energy Plant Under Way in UAE

    The Sharjah Multi-Fuel Waste-to-Energy Facility will treat more than 300,000 tons of municipal solid waste each year and have a power generating capacity of around 30 MW.

  • Rules Target Oil and Gas Methane Emissions

    The proposed rules are part of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change to reduce methane emissions by up to 45% by 2025.

  • Biosensers Using the Body's Own Cells

    The idea of implanting a device housing live cells into the body to act as a biosensenor able to detect changes and threats in the body is both technically difficult to achieve and very attractive to the scientific community.

  • Two Big Nukes at Risk After PJM Auction

    The Three Mile Island and Quad Cities nuclear plants did not clear in the latest PJM capacity auction, leaving their future cloudy even as their owner works to polish their green credentials.

  • Vacuum Brush Motor with Twice the Life

    A vacuum brush motor lasting twice as long as a conventional brush motor.

  • Replacing Bridge Using Novel Technology

    With America’s bridges receiving a grade of C+ in an American Society of Civil Engineers 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, the Delaware Department of Transportation decided to assess a novel replacement approach for an aged two-lane bridge.

  • Combatting Forgery with Paper Fingerprints

    Researchers were able to identify a unique ‘texture’ fingerprint by analyzing translucent patterns by shining a light through paper.

  • Based on Bitcoin: A New System for Online Security

    MIT researchers have devised a new system to defend against online identity theft, using the security machinery of Bitcoin.

  • Canada Targets Ocean Area for Protection

    The area represents approximately 140,000 km2 of ocean space, located west of Vancouver Island at the very edge of Canadian waters.

  • Visualization Program Protects Statistical Significance

    In the modern age, it’s easy for users to explore large data sets for correlations. Unfortunately, the ability to ask unending questions of the same data series increases the chance for false discoveries.

  • Frictionless Positioning, Better Motion Fidelity

    Floating on air, inherently frictionless, maintenance & wear-free, air bearings are ideal for vibrationless nanopositioning.

  • CRP USA and Windform®: Offering Materials for Space and Beyond

    CRP Group (headquartered in Modena, Italy) has an over 45-year history with high-performing CNC machining and over 20 years of experience with additive manufacturing and 3-D printing. An arm of the CRP Group, CRP Technology, was among the first companies specializing in additive manufacturing and 3-D printing in Europe. CRP Group created one of the first 3-D departments staffed with professional printers working in conjunction with an R&D department for material development, giving them the capability to quickly create and manufacture prototypes.

  • Autonomous, Reusable Experimental Spacecraft Being Developed by Boeing and DARPA

    The Phantom Express would travel to the edge of space carrying and deploying expendable satellites

  • Obsolete Design Puts 1 in 5 Storage Wells at Risk: Study

    The study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health says that the obsolete wells operate in 19 states across 160 facilities that encompass more than half of the total working gas capacity in the U.S.

  • China Wind Giant Buys the Heart of Texas

    The 160 MW wind energy project will be around 125 miles northwest of Austin, and will use Goldwind GW 121/2.5 MW wind turbines.

  • Running Shoes May Not Degrade as Quickly as Previously Thought

    Think you have hit a limit with your running shoes and need to buy a new pair? According to a collaborative study from Deakin University School of Engineering and School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, running shoes don’t wear out as much as previously thought.

  • The Lasting Effect of Wildfire Smoke on the Atmosphere

    The impact of wildfire smoke on the atmosphere lasts longer than previously thought, according to recent research from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Trimble Targets Ag Growth with Müller-Elektronik Buy

    Trimble says that it plans to buy privately held Müller-Elektronik, a German company specializing in implement control and precision farming.

  • Air Traffic Control Upgrades Completed in New York

    Raytheon replaced software and hardware and more than 100 automation systems with the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System.

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