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Windshield Designed for Container Ships
Along with reducing wind resistance, the device reduces carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 2 percent.
Take a Deep Dive into Proppant Performance with Saint-Gobain’s All-new Well Worth It Experience!
Proppants have a tough job. They must retain fracture width and height, and provide sufficient conductivity to the fracture in downhole application conditions. How they do their job depends on their environment.
Earlier Cancer Detection Made Possible by University of Illinois Engineers
Early detection of cancer cells will be the culmination of medicine, requiring many new methods and developments along the way. One such method has been presented by a research team at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign College of Engineering.
Beware Your Software
If you think that you are immune to workplace injuries because you sit in front of a computer, think again. Researchers have found that a poorly designed software package can produce hand and wrist problems.
NASA to Launch Probe to "Touch the Sun"
The spacecraft will gather data on how stars work to improve forecasts of major space weather events
Honeywell to Supply Power Units to VietJet
The agreement runs through 2022 and includes maintenance for 12 years. The total value of the contract is over $100 million.
Video: Hyperloop Aims to Create Innovative High-speed Travel Using Magnets
High-speed mass transit is the next step in technology that researchers and scientists around the world are focusing on. Hyperloop is leading the way to fast, environmentally friendly pod transit.
Technology Evolves Hydroponic Gardening
In the most literal sense, the term hydroponic can be translated to mean “water working,” from the Greek words hydro (water) and ponos (labor). Hydroponics uses water supplemented with nutrients to provide plants’ roots exactly what they need, when they need it.
Utility Asks to Expand Mobile Home Service Program
SDG&E asked permission from the CPUC to convert an additional 6,600 homes to direct utility service over a six-year period.
Colored Lights Turn On Bacteria
Research in synthetic biology—a combination of biology and engineering that builds artificial biological systems for research—has produced E. coli that have “color vision.”
Next Steps for IoT Factory Optimization
Hitachi will implement two new industrial field work-optimization cores for its IoT platform, Lumada.
The Search for Wonder Materials Beyond Graphene Continues
Graphene is a major material currently on the market that has been a high-demand product since its discovery in 2004. Researchers are attempting to go beyond graphene to find the next wonder material.
Are Road Signs Distracting?
Concerned with a trend in multiple road signs being grouped together along Australian freeways, researchers explored whether or not the collection of signs are distracting drivers.
Automotive Use Drives Li-ion Demand Growth, Report Says
Growth has accelerated as the automotive market begins to electrify its powertrains. Automotive uses absorbed almost 50% of Li-ion battery output in 2016 up from 7% in 2012.
Retrofit Tubes Protect Offshore Cable Systems
The tubes are designed to protect systems for subsea cables, umbilicals, or flexible pipes deployed by the offshore wind industry.
Why You Should Check Out Laser Engraving at the Next Maker Faire
The fairs, which range from mini-events conducted by communities and schools to all-out flagship festivities set up by the Maker Media team itself, are progressive showcases that display new technologies, innovations, and experimentations across the fields of science, engineering, art, performance, and craft
Study Questions Effectiveness of Smart Meters
Smart meters and time-of-use electricity pricing only modestly reduced residential energy demand during the most expensive peak periods, a Canadian study says.
EIA: U.S. Renewable Generation Continues to Show Healthy Growth
U.S. renewable energy generation continues to grow at a healthy pace, according to data released May 25 by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Railroad Opens Routes for China Trade in Africa
The Chinese-funded, Chinese-constructed project is the first phase of a project to connect Kenya's landlocked neighbors Uganda, Rwanda, and South Sudan to Mombasa.
These Steel Fasteners are Now Lead-free
Lead-free material is now used by PennEngineering (Danboro, PA) to manufacture its entire cataloged product line of steel fasteners.