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Six Things You Need to Know About Group Term Life Insurance (and How to Get it Fast)
The most flexible type of insurance to protect the goals and dreams of your family, should your untimely death occur, is group term life insurance.
Toward an Environmentally-friendly Concrete
Environmentally-friendly methods for producing concrete without cement are being developed. One such method makes use of fly ash, which results in a product strong as traditional concrete and also offers greater resiliency to acid damage and temperature extremes.
Watch: New Robot Can Autonomously Change Shape Based on its Environment
A new modular robot from Cornell University can autonomously change shape based on its surroundings and the task at hand.
NJ Advances $230m Storm Defense Project
The flood-resistant system is intended to protect Hoboken and parts of Weehawken and Jersey City from flooding that often accompanies storms and other weather events.
Creating a Metal as Strong as Captain America’s Shield
Army Research Lab’s new material could be used for spacecraft, military vehicles and more.
Printable Coating for Energy Harvesting Windows Eliminates Encapsulation Costs
Energy harvesting windows just became affordable as a printable coating that can be integrated directly into a dual-pane window, eliminating the need for encapsulation. The stable coating has a life expectancy of over 30 years and the window pays for itself in as little as one year.
Texas Coast Protection Could Cost $31b
The draft environmental impact statement includes a plan that uses a "multiple lines of defense" strategy to reduce risks to communities and infrastructure.
How Healthy is Your Equipment?
The health of critical equipment dictates the success or failure of an operation across a wide range of industries. To mitigate the risk of equipment failure, maximize uptime and improve maintenance scheduling, the industrial internet of things (IIoT) has become a pivotal tool for improving operational efficiency.
IMT Enhances Hydraulic Loader Lineup with New, Higher Capacity Crane
The loader features the highest rating in the IMT lineup at 305,580 ft-lb and has a maximum lift capacity of 10,500 lb.
Liquid Gold: Bio-Bricks, Fertilizer Produced with Nutrient Recovery Urinal
Bricks of different shapes and tensile strengths are grown from a common waste material: human urine.
Mini Search and Rescue Robot Inspired by Nature
FlyCroTug is a miniature flying robot that can move objects 40 times its own weight.
3D-printed Steel Bridge to be Installed in Amsterdam
The bridge will also include sensors to analyze how the structure performs during high traffic times.
OSHA Details Tower Crane Failures
The failure involved the model SK-315 crane. There were no injuries at any of the three sites and property damage was reported to be minimal.
Hyundai to Begin Testing Industrial Exoskeleton by Year’s End
The exoskeleton will allow workers to get a boost when they lift objects over their head.
An Innovative Building System that Weathers the Storm
Historically, the building and construction industry has been slow to adapt, and innovative building materials have been met with skepticism. Traditional building structures are proven and new processes are plagued by long cycle times. However, one innovative building system has a proven track record of success.
New Material Could Create Cost-Effective Solar Energy
A research team from Purdue University has created a new material and a new production process that could make solar power the most efficient energy source available.
World's Largest Façade Installed with Organic Photovoltaics in the Port of Duisburg
Approximately 185 m² of Heliatek's organic photovoltaic films were installed on the façade of a warehouse of the Duisburger Hafen AG.
Tornado Alley Is Shifting East, Study Says
The trend could help guide building code updates, assist in identifying potentially impacted community assets and bolster efforts to enhance risk awareness and make emergency preparations.
Researchers Prove that Food Could be Grown on the Moon
Researchers from the University of Zurich have discovered that nightshade and other plants could grow on the moon with a little help from a plant hormone.
Radar Used to Measure Moisture Levels in Soil and More
Rutgers University researchers have improved ground penetrating radar that farmers and soil scientists use to measure the moisture levels in soil.