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Restoring Ecosystems Key to Fighting Climate Change in Cities
Instead of responding to predictions of increased flooding and extreme heat with hard infrastructure, Simon Fraser University (SFU) researchers are calling on cities and communities to maintain and restore ecosystems.
New Age-Progression Method May Help in the Search for Missing Persons
Researchers from Bradford University have designed a new face-aging technique that may aid in the search for missing people.
New Printed Sensors Monitor Tire Wear and Tear
If adopted, the sensor would increase safety, reduce fuel consumption and improve the performance of vehicles.
Beetles Inspire Color-Changing Nanoparticles
Scientists have developed color-shifting nanoparticles that change hue after being embedded in a material. The inspiration for the new nanoparticles is from an unlikely source, beetles.
New Material Being Developed to Reduce PFOA Levels in Drinking Water
Due to its associations with Teflon production and other industrial processes and its environmental impact, PFOA contamination is a worldwide problem.
Biomedical Engineers Develop 'Stretchy' Artificial Cartilage
By creating lab-grown tissue that mimics natural cartilage, biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, are hoping to be a step closer to offering relief to sufferers of joint damage.
Turning Sugar into Plastic
The manufacturing of drink bottles, glass lenses and scratch-resistant coatings for phones currently calls for polycarbonate—manufactured with BPA (banned from baby bottle manufacturing) and phosgene, which is highly toxic and was used as a chemical weapon during World War I.
China Launches World's Largest Floating Solar Farm
Attempting to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, China has launched the world’s largest floating solar farm.
This Trash Truck is All Electric
The Class-8 vehicle will be built on a Crane Carrier chassis, and the body will be built by Loadmaster. The truck will use a Motiv Power Systems powertrain.
Scientists Develop New Method for 3-D Printing Human Skin
The new 3-D cell printing strategy, which is detailed in the journal Bifabrication, can be completed in one single step process, according to researchers.
Engineering Insight: Signal Converters
This graph summarizes the search tendencies displayed by Engineering360 users with respect to the industry they identified with while registering. The graph shows the search contribution each industry makes in the specified areas relative to the search contribution each industry makes across charge amplifiers & charge converters, current loop converters, current-to-voltage converters, frequency-to-current converters and frequency-to-voltage converters areas.
New To-Go Container Solves Container Waste Problem
Eco-Products teamed up with La Tour Café to introduce a new food container that is better for the environment and customers.
VIDEO: Furniture System Moves with the Push of a Button
MIT Media Lab has developed a new furniture system named Ori which transforms your apartment in seconds.
Revolutionizing the Root Canal
With more than 15 million root canals performed annually in the U.S. with varying long-term results, researchers at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, have developed a method to improve the process that involves the creation of new blood cells in teeth.
Scientists Propose New Method to Keep New Power Grid Components Safe
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, concerned that the software underlying the safe operation of an upgraded grid isn’t keeping up with the technological advances in the physical components of those grids, are proposing a method to correct lagging software in large-scale distribution systems.
Scientists Develop a Biodegradable Microbead
Thanks to the campaigning efforts of environmental groups, the UK government has pledged to ban the plastic microbeads this year, triggering scientists and engineers to develop a biodegradable renewable alternative to the beads.
Cellulose Microbeads Reduce Plastic Waste in Rivers and Oceans
Microbeads made from cellulose can replace their plastic counterparts, preventing tons of waste plastic from entering inland waterways and the world’s oceans.
Thermal Imaging Camera For Your Smart Phone
CompactPRO is an advanced thermal imaging camera designed to plug into your smartphone. Use with your iPhone or Android phone to get high resolution thermal images.
VIDEO: Transformative Food Could Reshape the Way Food is Transported
MIT’s Media Lab and Tangable Media Group have teamed up to revolutionize food printing called the transformative appetite. Using food printing technology, pasta is printed in a 2-D shape that is flat until it is put into boiling water.
Cardiac-Monitoring Cars Can Improve Road Safety
The goal: monitor and analyze the physiology of the person driving and predict if they are going to have adverse cardiac events.