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Fuzzy Fibers Foil Thermal Stress in Next-gen Rocket Engines
A new composite should aid the design of advanced rocket engine components that must withstand high-heat conditions.
A Tunnel for Ships Sails Closer to Reality
The tunnel could be built in less than four years and would allow ships to navigate more safely through the Stadhavet Sea, one of most exposed and dangerous areas along the Norwegian coast.
Why Car Factories Now Have High-Quality Electron Microscopes
Powerful electron microscopes are extremely valuable in science laboratories. However, they are used elsewhere as well. For example, SEAT, a Spanish automotive manufacturer, decided to show how this powerful tool is used in the automotive industry.
Jumping Droplets Whisk Away Hotspots in Electronics
Engineers have developed a technology to cool hotspots in high-performance electronics using the same physical phenomenon that cleans the wings of cicadas.
Renewable Plastic Precursor Could Grow Cellulosic Biofuel Industry
A team of chemical and biological engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has found a way to produce from biomass a valuable compound used in plastic production that they estimate could lower the cost of ethanol produced from plant material by more than two dollars per gallon.
Microgrid with Solar PV Enters Service for Schneider Electric
The microgrid is expected to generate more than 520,000 kWh of electricity per year and includes a 354 kW solar array with 1,379 solar modules.
Coal Power Site Could Welcome a Natural Gas Plant
A New Jersey-based power developer plans to buy a former coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania to build a 1,000 megawatt, combined cycle natural gas power plant.
Airport Ice Breaker: Your Taxiway or Des Moines?
Electrically conductive concrete is being tested at an Iowa airport to melt snow and ice.
COMPOZITE: A Portable Composite Davit Crane
OZ Lifting Products introduces the COMPOZITE davit crane, a lightweight and easily portable davit crane made of composite materials. This synergistic blend of strong lightweight composite materials and durable steel components is available now.
Ford to Expand China Presence with EV Production
By 2025, fully 70% of all Ford nameplates in China will have electrified powertrain options, including plug-in hybrids and fully battery-powered electric vehicles.
Selective Solar Absorber Takes the Heat
An off-the-shelf silicon wafer has been modified to withstand temperatures approaching 535° C (995° F) without losing stability or performance.
Wrapping Sponges in Graphene Nanoribbons Allows for Joule Heating to Help Clean up Oil Spills
A team of researchers with the University of Science and Technology of China has found a way to make sponges used to clean up oil spills in the ocean work better when soaking up heavy crude oil.
Climate Change to Increase Severe Aircraft Turbulence
The study is the first ever to examine the future of severe turbulence, which causes planes to undergo random up-and-down motions that are stronger than gravity.
Innovative Sensor Can Screen Toxic Drugs, Help Develop Biomaterials and Much More
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found an innovative new use for a simple piece of glass tubing: weighing things.
Boeing Launches Venture Capital Unit
The business unit will focus on accelerating potentially transformative aerospace technologies, manufacturing innovations, and emerging business models.
Boeing’s Deep Space Gateway Concept Unveiled
Boeing revealed its concepts for a deep space gateway and transport system that could serve as a platform to send humans into deep space, near the moon and beyond.
Clean Coal Project Sets New In-service Date
Mississippi Power says it expects the Kemper County Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) facility to be in service by April 30.
Retaining Rings Make Shaft-Sense
Traditional fasteners like screws, nuts, bolts, cotter pins, and washers require threading, tapping, drilling, and other machining operations when used in mechanical motion systems. Retaining rings provide several advantages over traditional fasteners.
PG&E Completes EPIC Projects
The projects were designed to evaluate and validate technologies to help PG&E meet objectives such as enabling continued growth of distributed energy resources and modernizing the grid.
Kansas Adds Another 680 MW of Wind Generating Capacity
Three wind energy farms with a combined 680 megawatts of generating capacity have entered service in Kansas.