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The monthly service, MEL Kids, visually translates difficult-to-understand science concepts through hands-on experiments, an accompanying illustrated comic book and a lesson delivered via augmented reality app.
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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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Microbes that eat oil and excrete cheap, clean hydrogen
21 Oct 2022Source: Marie DonlonCemvita Factory aims to extract the excess oil left in depleted oil and gas well approaching the end of their life, turning these abandoned wells into biological hydrogen farms. -
Video: The major contributors to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
21 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinAlmost half of the plastic mass in the region is comprised of fishing nets and ropes. Where does all of this pollution originate? -
Video: Reducing aircraft fuel use and noise during approach and landing
18 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinAn intelligent flight assistance system for pilots reduces fuel use and noise and carbon dioxide emissions. -
Study: Flaring allows more methane into the atmosphere than previously thought
16 Oct 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe researchers determined that flaring’s effectiveness is overestimated, and that flaring releases five times more methane than previously thought. -
Watch as this HP robot automates site layout processes
15 Oct 2022Source: Marie DonlonHP SitePrint robot is expected to automate the site layout process and features cloud tools to submit and prepare jobs to be printed, a touch-screen tablet for remote control and an array of inks appropriate for assorted surfaces, environments and durability requirements. -
Video: Wind, solar and storage combine in Oregon
14 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe first utility-scale energy system in North America to co-locate wind, solar and battery storage has been commissioned in Morrow County, Oregon. -
Video: Successful demo of submerged wave energy system
14 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe scalable xWave unit demonstrated over 99% system uptime during the open-ocean trial. -
Video: A grid-independent hydrogen EV charging solution
13 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinLeveraging alkaline fuel cell, hydrogen and ammonia technologies, the system produces green, grid-independent, on-site power to charge EVs anytime, anywhere. -
Video: Green light for world’s largest SOEC electrolyzer plant
12 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinTopsoe is moving ahead with plans to build the world’s largest solid-oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) electrolyzer manufacturing plant in Herning, Denmark. -
Video: Tech secrets of Lucid's EV motors
11 Oct 2022Source: Kevin J. HarriganLucid Air's EV motors are ultra-powerful — and their engineering team is telling how they do it in this video. -
Video: First networked geothermal system planned for Massachusetts
11 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe pilot, scheduled to begin in late 2022, is expected to include 30 homes, five commercial buildings and 10 apartment buildings. -
Watch this biomimetic robot hand grab stuff
11 Oct 2022Source: Marie DonlonTo create the robotic hand — dubbed model number v15 — the Clone Robotics’ team used pneumatic artificial muscles. -
Video: How green are US cities?
10 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinA diverse set of indicators was used to rank the sustainability of the 100 largest cities in the U.S. -
Drone fleet works together to build, repair
09 Oct 2022Source: Marie DonlonDesigned for possible applications in the construction and manufacturing sectors, Imperial’s fleet of drones, called Aerial Additive Manufacturing (Aerial-AM), mimic the building methods employed by bees and wasps that work together to build larger structures. -
Video: Dutch students design for sustainable mobility
07 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinPowered by a Cleantron lithium-ion battery pack, this two-seater electric vehicle captures more carbon than it emits. -
Video: Revamped website offers PFAS mitigation solutions
05 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe new BioLargo Inc. website highlights the cleantech developer’s systems and services that tackle water contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). -
Team develops prototype wearable thermal camouflage jacket
04 Oct 2022Source: Marie Donlonthe thermal camouflage jacket includes 42 patches of graphene that can be individually controlled using a microcomputer to discharge different levels of thermal radiation, without altering their temperature. -
Video: Solar solutions for transportation refrigeration units
03 Oct 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinA solar panel solution for a trailer refrigeration unit reduces jump-start service calls, premature battery replacements and diesel fuel usage. -
ANCILLARY program tech would enable warfighters to deploy, retrieve VTOL systems without infrastructure
02 Oct 2022Source: Marie DonlonAs part of the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY X-Plane (ANCILLARY), the agency plans to build a plane that launches from ship flight decks, for instance, in adverse weather without the launch and recovery equipment generally required of these systems. -
Not overly sexy, but it takes care of the dirty business
30 Sep 2022ESPEC dust chambers provide ready-made solutions to common dust-test standards for automotive and electronic-cabinet requirements.