HEADLINES ARCHIVE
An Energy Storage Project Gains Traction
Pumped hydro but without the water is the essence of an energy storage project that has moved one step closer to being built.
U.S. Roofs in Good Repair Can Handle the Weight of PV: Sandia
Dwyer says engineers doing rooftop structural analysis often calculate stresses on the basis of an individual beam, rafter or truss.
Simple Building Retrofit Can Reduce Sway from Earthquakes
The device can be placed anywhere internal or external fluids interact with physical structures and subsequently be tuned to the frequency at which a building moves.
San Francisco Seawall Requires $3 Billion for Quake-Proofing
Weak soils below the seawall are highly susceptible to lateral spreading along its entire three-mile length, increasing the expected damage to structures and infrastructure adjacent to the seawall.
Mushrooms as a Building Insulation Alternative?
Mushroom-based building insulation is grown rather than manufactured.
Inflatable Habitat "BEAMed" Up to the ISS
Expandable habitats are designed to take up less room on a rocket, but provide greater volume for living and working in space once expanded.
One of the World's Largest Timber Towers Proposed for London
The use of timber as a structural material in tall buildings is an area of emerging interest for its variety of potential benefits, the most obvious being that it is a renewable resource.
"PowerWindows" Convert Light into Electricity
PowerWindows collect reflected light, transport it, and convert it at solar cell strips inside the window frame.
Windows Are the Key to Energy Efficiency: Study
The study related energy usage in typical households to the consumer's actual trends and habits in consuming energy.
Transparent Wood Material Developed for Buildings, Solar Cells
The KTH project introduces a way to use optically transparent wood on a large scale.
Virtual Reality, 3D Printing May Improve Hospital Design
Virtual reality technology and 3D printing are being applied to design hospitals that better meet patient needs.
Inexpensive Tunable Window Technology Developed
Tunable windows aren’t new, but most previous technologies have relied on electrochemical reactions. The new technology uses geometry to adjust the transparency of a window.
Floating Bridge Opens in Seattle
The new span is one of only a handful of floating bridges in the world and solves the design challenge of building a safe and sturdy roadway over a deep body of water with a soft bottom.
Use of Rubber in Structural Concrete Holds Promise
To date, most studies focusing on using rubber aggregate in concrete have employed only small-scale specimens to evaluate its effects on concrete's mechanical properties and durability.
USGS: 7 Million Live, Work Near Induced Quake Zones
The USGS report notes that the central U.S. has undergone the most dramatic increase in seismicity—both overall and induced—over the past six years.
First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Begins to Take Shape
The wind farm is scheduled to come online at the end of 2016 and generate 125,000 megawatt-hours of electricity.
Sustainable Concrete from Captured Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide emitted by power plants is captured and ‘upcycled’ to create CO2NCRETE, a new building material.
Tuning Windows for Privacy Using Nanowires
The technique for tunable privacy windows may lower their cost and complexity to create.
New Standard Aims to Foster Smarter Factories
The AutomationML for OPC UA specification is intended to help manufacturers achieve interoperability.
First Shale Gas Shipment Heads to Europe
The 180-meter-long Intrepid is one of four specially designed Dragon-class ships that will form part of a fleet of eight ethane-capable carriers.