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Get Dirty!
Inundated with a lifetime's worth of advertisements declaring dirt the enemy has created a society of people afraid of inviting muddy bacteria-laden chaos into their lives.
Mobile Unit for Frac Water Treatment
The technology evaporates and treats produced water that oil and gas companies generate in the fracking process.
NIST-developed Method to Detect Cracks in Infrastructure
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) have created a method to detect corrosion in aging infrastructure.
Hot Springs Set to Cool Down Fiji
The first reliable source of refrigeration planned for two off-grid villages is based on geothermal heat.
China's COMAC C919 Commercial Jet Cleared for Takeoff
China's internally designed and developed passenger, the COMAC C919, has passed high-speed runway tests in Shanghahi, and has been cleared for it's maiden flight.
DOE Approves Golden Pass LNG Project
The $10 billion export terminal would be built by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil and could export from Texas up to 2.21 billion cubic feet of LNG per day.
Bringing CLARITY to Bones
In a development that could advance drug testing and therapies for osteoporosis, California Institute of Technology researchers rendered intact bones transparent.
Simple, No-bake Brick Recipe
Engineers hoping to provide habitats for a future manned mission to Mars have found a way to create bricks using soil from that planet.
How to Become a Robotics Technician
Robotics technology is a rapidly growing industry and, as long as advancements continue to be made in the robotics industry, it will not slow down any time soon. That being said, anyone with a love of robots and technology might as well consider jumping into a career in the growing field.
Protecting Electronic Equipment from EMI
As electronic devices become more commonly used, there is an accompanying risk that some of this equipment will create electromagnetic interference (EMI), which can be thought of as noise or “electronic smog.”
Fast Method for Synthesizing Critical Concrete Additive
A new method for synthesizing tobermorite, a mineral that increases concrete durability, speeds up production times from days to hours.
Uber May Introduce Flying Cars By 2020
Uber is planning to introduce at the Dubai World Fair of 2020 a passenger flying car (technically known as Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle, VTOL), a vehicle that is launched and landed vertically.
Yaskawa America Inc. Announces AccuFast II Laser-Based Seam Finder
The Motoman Robotics Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has announced the AccuFast II, a new economical laser-based seam finder for Yaskawa Motoman’s arc welding robot line.
Kia Enters Indian Market with $1.1b Car Plant
The South Korean automaker says it plans to produce a compact sedan and compact SUV especially for the Indian market starting in 2019.
Low GWP Refrigerants - Understanding GWP, GHG, ODP and Climate Change
Low GWP is important, but only one of many factors involved in refrigerant selection and safe use, such as flammability, toxicity, VOC levels, cost and availability.
What Is the Real Cost of an Industrial Robot Arm?
The price of industrial robots has dropped more than 25 percent since 2014, and is forecast to drop an additional 22 percent by 2025. What is the real cost of an industrial robot arm?
Video: Learn How Bubbles Form Inside a Lithium-air Battery
Understanding how these bubbles form during discharges could improve air batteries that have three times the energy capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
Video: Triggering Artificial Photosynthesis to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
The process has the potential to create technology that could significantly reduce greenhouse gases linked to climate change as well as a way to produce energy.
Final Days of Cassini
The spacecraft Cassini, which has been circulating Saturn and its moons for the last 13 years, will take a deep change in orbit to get closer to the planet in preparation of its final days looking for a decent burial on the surface of Saturn.
UAV Soars on Fuel Cell Power
A proton exchange membrane fuel cell propulsion system successfully powered the ScanEagle UAV during test flights.