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Proto Labs Reaches Agreement to Acquire RAPID, Expands Services with Sheet Metal Fabrication
Proto Labs is acquiring the New Hampshire-based custom parts supplier specializing in quick-turn sheet metal fabrication and CNC machining.
ARMEX™: A Safe and Effective Cleaner for the Food and Beverage Industry
Specially formulated for media blasting applications, sodium bicarbonate or baking soda, is a non-destructive blasting media that won’t damage valuable machinery.
Environmentally-Friendly, Electric Solids Pump Launched by Selwood
The pump is ideal for a range of water and wastewater, oil and gas, and construction applications.
Engineering a Good Night's Sleep
Sleep deprivation is a large problem for all types of professionals. Leave it to a set of entrepreneurs to design a solution to help you get a good night's sleep. Utilizing Bluetooth and induction charging technology makes the SleepPhones® by AcousticSheep LLC an excellent choice to get a good sleep.
Tank Car Storage: Rarely Popular With Locals
Rail car storage is a perennial issue for rail companies, and the dilemma is significant for both the rail companies—financially and regarding public relations—and environmental groups who worry about the effects of stored tankers and other cars on wildlife and tourism.
A Meat-free America Simulation
For decades, many science community insiders have suggested that entirely eliminating animal food products from U.S. manufacturing, sales and consumption would have only a positive impact in terms of health and the environment. To test that theory, researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducted a simulation exercise to illustrate the consequences of Americans going meat-free.
Build an Innovative Monarch Butterfly Tracking Device
The Monarch Butterfly Fund is offering a $50,000 cash prize to the individual or team that can conceptualize and develop an innovative tagging and tracking system.
DHL Plans $370m Expansion at Hong Kong Hub
As one of three global hubs for DHL, the expanded facility will handle more than 40 percent of the company’s total Asia Pacific shipment volumes.
Portable Solution for Multiprocess Welding
The 55-pound, portable multiprocess welder is capable of AC/DC TIG, MIG and stick welding.
Insects Still Being Considered Possible Food Source Despite "Ick" Factor
As the global population increases, so too does the need to find sustainable food and feed sources.
Ford Is Testing an Exoskeletal Device on the Assembly Floor
The non-powered vest is designed to offer protection and support against fatigue and injury by reducing the stress and strain of high-frequency, long-duration activities.
Lockheed Martin Wins USPS Package Sorting Contract
The first package processing system will be deployed at a USPS facility currently being built in Portland, Oregon.
Newly Developed Filters Use Nanoparticles to Prevent Slime Buildup
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have a new way of making membranes that could address this problem. Their method allows them to add in a host of new abilities via functional nanoparticles that adhere to the surface of the mesh.
Safer Water Using UV Light
Inspired by an experience involving contaminated well water in her rural Kentucky hometown, Ph.D. student Natalie Hull is exploring the different wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation needed to kill dangerous drinking water pathogens.
Coal Export Terminal Wins a Round in Court
The $680 million Millennium terminal would ship coal from Montana, Wyoming and other states to Asia, and could boost U.S. coal exports by 40 percent.
Collaborative Robotics Driving Manufacturing Productivity Gains
Automation can help improve process quality, consistency and throughput by allowing robots to perform repetitive, boring or unsafe tasks while humans engage in operations that require their superior cognitive abilities, skill and judgment.
10-Year Price Tag for Extreme Weather Exceeds $350b
Potential economic effects could be significant and unevenly distributed across sectors and regions.
Potentially Dangerous Chemical Lingers on Some Toothbrushes
An antibacterial agent currently banned in over-the-counter hygiene products continues to be an ingredient in a number of toothpaste brands where its residue collects on toothbrushes, exposing users to the ingredient time and again.
The Science of Apple Washing
With fall upon us, it is likely that we will be eating our fair share of apples, and it is even likelier still that those apples haven’t been washed thoroughly enough to remove pesticides.
Stove Handle Springs are Keeping You Safe From Burns
Maryland Precision Spring produces more stove handle springs—all made in the United States—than any other manufacturer. They offer over 125 different handle variations.