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  • System Recycles Greywater From Handwashing

    The potential to repeatedly recover and reuse this relatively clean wastewater has been advanced by environmental engineers at ETH Zurich.

  • New 3D Printing Technique Could Create 3D-Printed Arteries

    University of Colorado Boulder engineers created a 3D printing technique that controls the firmness of the printed object, allowing doctors to create artificial arteries and organ tissues.

  • With 3D-Printing Tech, Battery Size is No Design Problem

    The ability to 3D print lithium-ion batteries of any shape would facilitate customizing the battery form factor for a given product design and enable its use as a structural component.

  • Watch: Skin-Sticker Sensors Monitor Biometrics

    Purdue University researchers have created an advanced sticker sensor that can easily monitor a patient’s heart rate and overall health.

  • Two Alarms, Then Fires and Blasts, NTSB Says

    Operators at a monitoring center received two high-pressure alarms for the South Lawrence, Massachusetts, gas pressure system: one at 4:04 p.m. and the other at 4:05 p.m. It was already too late.

  • Oregon Utility Scales Up Smart Grid Test

    The smart grid technology will give customers greater energy efficiency opportunities and increased control over their energy use and carbon footprint.

  • Growler Getter Tote Helps Beer-Lovers on the Move

    Local pubs, craft breweries and even grocery stores are offering growlers as a way to purchase craft beer. The Plastic Forming Company's Growler Getter tote can transport two 64-ounce growlers home from the pub or to a weekend picnic.

  • Watch: The Merits of Visualizing Air Quality in the Home

    Would you change your habits at home if you could visualize how current behaviors impact indoor air quality?

  • British Lawmakers Calling Out Fashion Industry for Environmental Impact

    British lawmakers are calling out the fashion industry for being a major contributor of greenhouse gases, according to reports.

  • Watch How a New Font Helps You Remember What You Read

    Sans Forgetica is a new publicly accessible font designed at Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology to help readers remember what they read.

  • Nanoparticles Stop Snake Venom from Spreading in Bite Victims

    A new development from the University of California Irvine stops snake venom from inflicting symptoms in bite victims.

  • Responding to Negative Reviews May Feel Right, But Could Prompt More

    A new study has found that when managers respond to online reviews of their businesses, it could spark more reviews, and specifically, more negative reviews.

  • Biomechanical Exoskeleton Crowdfunding Campaign Started

    The device would help both able-bodied and disabled people walk further and carry heavier loads.

  • Roughly 75% of all Mobile Phone Users to Receive Presidential Alert on Wednesday

    Mobile phones across the nation will receive a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) alert this Wednesday as part of an emergency alert test.

  • 25 Questions You Can Ask Employers Before Taking That Engineering Job

    Interviewing with a new company is often a nerve-wracking experience and one that is likely fraught with an overwhelming number of questions the applicant forgets to ask.

  • Amazon Opens Store Carrying Only Four-star Rated Products

    Amazon is about to offer customers yet another way to shop — this time in an actual brick-and-mortar store bearing only the products from its site with four-star ratings and higher.

  • Terrafugia's Transition Flying Car to Go on Sale in October

    Terrafugia, the Chinese-owned flying car company based in Woburn, Massachusetts, has announced that presale of the Transition hybrid vehicle will begin in October.

  • New Bi-Functional Composite Could be New Treatment for Osteoarthritis

    Researchers from the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, have developed an artificial bone that could be a new treatment method for osteoarthritis.

  • Study: TV, Film Roles Underrepresent Women in STEM Careers

    The Lyda Hill Foundation and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at Mount Saint Mary’s University have teamed up to create a new study on the way movies and TV portray women in STEM careers.

  • Affordable Prosthetics Through 3D Printing

    The past decade has seen 3D printing go from a novelty to a disruptive technology. Prosthetics is one industry that is starting to see significant benefits.

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