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The Link Between Air Pollution and Chronic Runny Nose
The connection between asthma and breathing in air pollutants (smog, ash, etc.) is well-documented. However, there is very little research available making that same connection to upper respiratory illnesses, including sinusitis and other sinus illnesses that cause pressure, inflammation, pain, congestion and stuffy or runny noses.
Work to Proceed on Nuke Under Interim Agreement
SCANA Corp. and Santee Cooper extended an interim agreement with Westinghouse Electric Co. to allow work to continue on the V.C. Summer nuclear power plant project.
Watch: A $10 billion gas export project may be ready to set sail. You’ll see what it’s taken Britain more than a century to achieve. And we’ll tell you where automaker Kia plans to spend $1 billion.
Watch: A $10 billion gas export project may be ready to set sail. You’ll see what it’s taken Britain more than a century to achieve. And we’ll tell you where automaker Kia plans to spend $1 billion.
Making Fuel from Food Waste
Using leftover food from a campus dining hall, mechanical, civil and environmental engineering students at Virginia Tech have been able to fuel a generator that produces enough electricity to power an average-sized home.
Water as an Energy Storage Medium?
A material incorporating atomically thin layers of water stores and delivers energy faster than the same material without water layers.
Self-folding Origami with LED Projector and PowerPoint Slide
The structures, all about a half-inch in size, could have applications in soft robots, microelectronics, soft actuators, mechanical metamaterials and biomedical devices.
Inspired by Sea Worm's Jaw, Researchers Create New Material
The sea worm's (Nereis virens) ability to soften or harden its jaw depending on its environment has inspired researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to create a material that can be both flexible and inflexible.
Unique Spider Silk Is Better than Kevlar
The brown recluse spider’s method of spinning its uniquely strong silk suggests new ways to create strong materials for impact-absorbing structures.
SKF Apps—Mobilizing Industry
SKF Group, a world leader in rolling bearings and related technologies, offers a variety of mobile apps to meet the needs of a constantly evolving world of connectivity.
Engineering Students Develop Accurate Epileptic Seizure Prediction System
Engineering students at Rice University have developed a system than can detect and possibly prevent epileptic seizures.
A Comeback for Coal May Be Hard to Engineer
U.S. electricity demand fell in the wake of the Great Recession, and has yet to recover. That, plus a surge in natural gas production has made coal increasingly uncompetitive, a new study says.
Hydrogen Produced at the Pump?
New technology developed at the Technion uses solar power to separate hydrogen and oxygen in water.
Two Robots Tag Team During Surgical Procedure
In a world first, dual robotic surgery was performed on April 23 at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, Israel.
In-flight Hydrogen Production for Aviation
Technology for producing hydrogen on-board during commercial aircraft flights can support fuel cell operation to generate electricity for auxiliary power.
Seismic Imaging Helps BP Spot Additional Oil Reserves
BP says it will deploy this technique to fields elsewhere in the Gulf of Mexico as well as in Azerbaijan, Angola, and Trinidad and Tobago.
What's Behind the Rise in Wind Farm Repowering?
A 2 MW wind turbine coming off the production line today with a rotor diameter of 80 meters can generate up to six times the electricity as a 500-kilowatt turbine with a 40-meter rotor built in 1995. Tax breaks help, too.
NASA Tries to Lower the Boom for Supersonic Flight
To beat the boom from supersonic flight, NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project is advancing the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) experimental aircraft (X-plane).
Duke Plans More Cuts to Carbon Emissions and Intensity
Duke says it has been diversifying its generating fleet by retiring older coal units, building more efficient natural gas and coal facilities, and expanding renewable energy resources.
Detecting Diabetic Retinopathy with AI
Affecting 415 million people worldwide, around 45 percent of diabetics may develop diabetic retinopathy (damage to the blood vessels at the back of the eye) at some point in their lives with a large number of that 45 percent less likely to detect the disease before it results in vision loss.
Offshore Wind Farm Enters Service in the North Sea
The turbines are Siemens SWT-4.0, each with a capacity of 4 MW. Full completion marks the official end of construction and signals that all of the terms required to satisfy the project lenders.