HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Is Your City Energy Efficient? Check the List
America's largest cities are turning to energy efficiency to reduce energy costs for consumers and businesses, according to a report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
Covestro Polycarbonates Keep the Lights on in Industrial Environments
Shat-R-Shield has added a new product to its line of lightweight corrosion resistant LED fixtures – the Incoplas™ LED Hybrid.
How Technology Has Changed the Construction Industry
To say that the construction industry has changed with advances made in technology is an understatement.
New Coating is the Next Level of Rust Resistance
Chemists at Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan have invented a new and simple coating process that colors metals, strengthens performance and saves energy.
High Performance Tangential Fans Penetrate New Markets and Applications
Tangential fans, also referred to as cross-flow fans (CFF), or cross-flow blowers, offer a uniform laminar flow pattern without the use of baffles or vanes.
Distributed Solar PV Set for Commercial Offices
The solar developments will total 5.2 megawatts DC when complete, and will consist of solar carport and rooftop arrays.
Self-healing Roads
We all know that come spring, our paved roads are full of holes, normally due to the winter. Potholes are also produced by heavy rain, high transit, heavy vehicles, and other problems. Every time there is a new hole, we have to rush to fix it by filling it with more asphalt.
Video: Preserving a National Historic Landmark
Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, uses a low-noise power generator to keep the house and collections from damage
LA Mayor to Chair Infrastructure Task Force
The task force will focus on working with the Trump Administration and Congress to develop and pass the infrastructure package that President Trump campaigned on and has promised since his election.
Automated Laser Process Cuts Sheet Piling Under Water
Using a disc laser for torch cutting leaves divers with only a supervisory role.
Optical Fiber Advances May Mean Quicker Diagnoses for Bridges, Dams... and Even Humans
A newly-developed optical fiber sensor shows promise for structural health monitoring and new applications such as biomedical sensing.
Bulk Cable Built to Withstand Harsh Environments
The cables can also be used for outdoor Ethernet applications.
Need to Convert Duct Dimensions? There's an App for That
Quickly convert rectangular and flat oval duct dimensions to round, or rectangular to flat oval.
Another Delay for Troubled IGCC Plant
The latest delay for an innovative coal plant stems from repairs to a particulate control device as well as the plant's sour water and ash removal systems.
DAP Products Offers New Spackling Solutions
DAP's ALEX Brand includes two new solutions, including a flexible product that moves with repaired surfaces.
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.
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.
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.
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.