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DOE Awards $1.5b Contract for Enrichment Site Cleanup
The site processed uranium from 1952 to 2013 for military reactors, nuclear weapons, and nuclear power plant fuels.
Portable Crane Scale with Wireless Remote Control
The scale that combines a wireless remote and battery operation to perform weighing jobs around metal fabrication shops.
Calibrate your Durometer In-house
Rex Gauge Co.'s RDC-1 durometer calibrator was designed to help durometer users obtain in-house calibration ability. The calibrator comes complete with weights for calibrating springloads of gauges in the A, B, C, D, DO and O durometer scales.
New Technique for Implantable Catheters
Purdue University researchers are developing a new technique that would provide patients who have implantable catheters with a catheter that is both reliable and self-clearing, thereby reducing additional surgeries to replace failing devices.
The Foams That Are Driving EV Battery Innovation
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs remain the go-to power source for the EV industry due to their impressive power density and charging efficiency. However, these batteries have relatively short operating lives and degrade quickly with age, issues that are exacerbated by challenging automotive environments.
New Polymer Could Increase Successful Plastics Recycling
Research led by a Cornell University researcher could increase the percentage of plastic packaging recycled from the current 2 percent.
Nanoalloys May Be Key to the Mass Production of Fuel Cell Cars
A new production technique may make it possible to significantly reduce the need for platinum in fuel cells
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.