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New science-education subscription service for kids
21 Aug 2019 -
Seeking welder with 'golden arm,' developer turns to cobot system
01 May 2019 -
Listen to a Bit of Space History
15 Nov 2018 -
Watch: 13 Ocean Solutions for Climate Change
04 Oct 2018 -
A First for Flat Lenses: Full-Color Imaging
03 Oct 2018
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Tech company develops facial recognition camera for the STEM classroom
06 Feb 2020Source: Marie DonlonAn electronics company has developed an AI-powered, facial recognition camera exclusively for the STEM classroom. -
Watch: Ford 3D prints wheel nuts to thwart theft
06 Feb 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinThe security mechanism is derived from the owner’s voice translated into a biometrically based security key. -
Electro Standards, the experts in power storage and management, data acquisition and process control instrumentation
05 Feb 2020Electro Standards Laboratories (ESL) offers a broad range of data acquisition and process control instrumentation, as well as digital signal conditioners for load cell and linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) measurement sensors. -
An inside look at a lab dedicated to industrial filtration and fluids analysis
05 Feb 2020HILCO Laboratory Services provide a full suite of rigorous world-class test capabilities to support industrial filtration and fluids analysis. -
Fern-inspired textile can remove oil from water
04 Feb 2020Source: Marie DonlonResearchers from Germany’s Universities of Bonn and Aachen and the Heimbach-GmbH are applying the super water repellant (or super hydrophobic) properties found in a family of floating ferns to textiles designed for removing oil from bodies of water. -
Smart ring wearable may enable users to control devices with just a finger
04 Feb 2020Source: Marie DonlonResearchers from the University of Washington have developed a combination ring and wristband wearable to enable wearers to control other devices using finger gestures. -
Watch: First images of the sun from new solar telescope
31 Jan 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinThe Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar telescope, captured its first image of the Sun, providing the highest-resolution image of the star to date. -
Carnegie Mellon researchers develop haptic helmet for firefighters
31 Jan 2020Source: Marie DonlonA research team from Carnegie Mellon University has developed a helmet for firefighters that communicates haptic instructions during a fire or other disaster. -
Researchers create an insect-inspired microrobot
30 Jan 2020Source: Marie DonlonImproving upon the design of insect-inspired microscopic robots, researchers from the University of Washington have developed a new flying microrobot capable of multi-modal locomotion. -
Video: Energy reuse demonstrated in a multi-turn particle accelerator
30 Jan 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinEnergy efficiency comes to the study of particle physics with a successful test of energy capture and reuse technology in a multi-turn particle accelerator. -
Researchers turn trash into graphene
29 Jan 2020Source: Marie DonlonRice University researchers have developed a process for turning just about any carbon source into graphene flakes. -
Researchers create fiber composed of seaweed, crab shell compounds for textile, medical industries
29 Jan 2020Source: Marie DonlonResearch conducted by teams from the University of British Columbia, Aalto University and the University of São Paulo have developed a fiber by spinning together chitin nanoparticles from blue crabs and a seaweed extract called alginate. -
Eindhoven researchers develop light-controlled robot
27 Jan 2020Source: Marie DonlonResearchers at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have created a robot courier that is light controlled. -
Stanford researchers develop stretchy battery for wearables market
24 Jan 2020Source: Marie DonlonResearchers from Stanford University have created a soft and stretchy battery that uses plastic to store power for the wearable electronics market. -
Video: Clippard releases new Eclipse proportional isolation valves
24 Jan 2020Source: Engineering360 News DeskThe valve is designed for critical applications for liquid and gas delivery, medical, analytical and industrial automation requiring ultra fine resolution and excellent repeatability. -
Video: Designing diamond batteries powered by nuclear waste
23 Jan 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinSpent graphite waste stored at the U.K.’s Berkeley nuclear power plant, decommissioned in 1989, can be put to use as the basis for diamond batteries. -
Watch the in-flight abort test of a Crew Dragon spacecraft
20 Jan 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinSpaceX and NASA moved closer to restoring the agency’s ability to deliver crew to the International Space Station with a successful unmanned test of an emergency abort system for the Crew Dragon capsule. -
Purdue researchers develop edible security tag for pharmaceuticals
17 Jan 2020Source: Marie DonlonA team of researchers from Purdue University are attempting to protect prescription drugs from counterfeiting using an edible security tag. -
Consortium creates fluorescent tech for sorting recyclables
17 Jan 2020Source: Marie DonlonA U.K. consortium has developed identification technology to help distinguish and separate food grade plastic packaging from non-food grade plastic packaging in recycling facilities to reduce plastic waste and improve recycling efforts. -
Video: Battery generates clean power for rural users
16 Jan 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinThe reusable battery is assembled with commonly available materials – iron, water, coffee filters and carbon felt – and can power an LED bulb for five hours or charge a cell phone.