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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.
First U.S. Archimedes Screw Project 'Turns' On
The first U.S. generating station to be powered by an Archimedes screw turbine has been commissioned in Connecticut.
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.