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10 Safety Precautions You Must Be Aware of When Performing Conveyor System Maintenance
Follow these 10 safety precautions when performing conveyor maintenance to keep your personnel safe and your equipment running efficiently.
Degrading Coral Reefs Mean Bad News for Commerical Fishing
However, the study modeled how those factors would affect coral reef communities, food webs and, subsequently, fishery productivity.
High-heat Laser Welding Improves Advanced High-strength Steel Alloys
Laser welding at high temperatures enhances properties of advanced high-strength steel for applications in automotive and aerospace industries.
McDermott is Buying CB&I in $6b Deal
The companies say they will have a presence across onshore and offshore, upstream, downstream and power markets in the Middle East, Asia and the U.S.
GPS, Facial Recognition and Blockchain Ensure Chickens Are Raised Hygienically and Ethically in China
A new program called GoGoChicken promises to deliver Chinese consumers a means to track chickens on the farm to ensure that their future dinner has been harvested in an ethical, clean and sustainable way.
Photoluminescence from Semiconductor Nanocrystals Activated by Change in Temperature
North Carolina State University researchers have found that the transfer of triplet excitons from nanomaterials to molecules creates a feedback mechanism.
Tackling World Hunger with Indoor Farming
With a world population estimated to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, experts predict that food resources will be strained trying to accommodate such a number. Yet, Local Roots, an indoor farming company, is preparing for such a challenge with its efforts to increase the food supply.
Alibaba Offers to Sell Cars Using a Vending Machine
A revolutionary way to test drive and sell cars is coming very soon.
Robotic Arm Not Cut Out For Writing 2,000 Christmas Cards
If you are among the growing number of those concerned about a robot uprising, you can rest assured that there will be at least a few tedious everyday tasks leftover for humans to manage while everything else becomes automated.
Gulf Coast Universities Team for Storm Resiliency Institute
HuRRI, a multi-institution research center, will focus on helping the Gulf Coast do better at preparing for and mitigating the damage and loss of lives from hurricanes and other severe storms.
Here's How to Make the Power Grid More Resilient
Making the power distribution system more resilient starts with changes in the design, says Nicholas Abi-Samra, author of a new book on the subject.
Solar Installations Fell Sharply in Q3
Prices rose due to a tight global supply of modules and uncertainty around a trade dispute now being weighed at the White House.
Study Investigates Whether Consumers Will 'Bite' at Eating Food Made with 'Waste' Ingredients
Researchers believe that marketing this untapped source of food would help solve issues of food insecurity experienced by over 40 million Americans.
'Grinch Bots' Beating Consumers to Popular Holiday Gifts
Popular toys and electronics may be harder to get this holiday season thanks to automated software dubbed “Grinch bots” beating consumers to online sales and special offers on the much sought-after items.
GE Power to Shed 12,000 Jobs as Demand Softens
The business unit says that sales volumes are down significantly in products and services driven by overcapacity, lower utilization, fewer outages, an increase in steam plant retirements and growth in renewables.
World’s Tiniest Interlinking Chains Developed
University of Chicago researchers have managed to develop a method to create the first tiny molecular chain.
Healthy Eating Better for the Environment, Study
The incentive to eat healthy is now two-fold thanks to a recent study determining that healthy eating is also linked to reducing one’s environmental impact.
Designing for Automation Offers Springs a Bounce in Quality and Productivity
Designing for automation helps companies increase automation speeds, minimize downtime and be more efficient than their competitors. And that results in less fallout and improved margins.
Campaign to Ban Glitter Gains Momentum in the UK
UK scientists are gaining an unexpected ally in their quest to ban glitter -- a network of daycare providers.
Synthetic Protocol forms 3D Porous Organic Network in Seconds
A team of Korean researchers, affiliated with UNIST, has recently announced the principle of producing porous organic materials in the blink of an eye.