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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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FEATURED VIDEOS
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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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Giant humanoid robot cleans, maintains railway powerlines
06 May 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe robot prototype — developed jointly by JR West, Man-Machine Synergy Effectors Inc. and Nippon Singal — is affixed to a crane truck that travels along the rail tracks. -
Video: Core overhaul completed for Advanced Test Reactor
06 May 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe sixth major core overhaul of the world’s most powerful materials test reactor has been completed. -
Video: Boeing introduces its Ghost Bat drone
05 May 2022Source: Marie DonlonWatch as Boeing's Ghost Bat drone, so named for the Australian mammal known to travel in packs, detecting and hunting prey, takes flight. -
Watch how offshore wind farms can shelter coral reefs
05 May 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinSurplus indigenous coral spawn, collected as it washes ashore, will be used to colonize offshore wind turbines structures. -
Small, powerful, lab-sized HALT without using liquid nitrogen
05 May 2022ESPEC's new EQZ4 fuses mechanical refrigeration with Qualmark reliability test technology for ultimate combined environment testing. -
THK industry spotlight: Aerospace
04 May 2022Advancing technology further than ever before. Going higher and then beyond. -
Watch the final qualification test of the Orion spacecraft abort motor
03 May 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe 17 ft tall abort motor is designed to increase astronaut safety on the pad and through initial ascent. -
Video: James Webb Telescope now in focus
02 May 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe alignment of the telescope across all of Webb’s instruments can be seen in a series of images that captures the observatory’s full field of view. -
Video: Transparent tissue can fast track disease detection
02 May 2022Source: Cari CooneyScientists may now see and study normal and disease-related biological functions across many organ systems more easily than ever before. -
Video: New life for cracked auto glass
29 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinA multi-stage process for recycling cracked automobile glass is the focus of a pilot project. -
Video: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo by laser engraving wine tumblers
29 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinRead on and watch the video to learn more about this wine tumbler engraving project for any festive event. -
Video: Winners of the 20th Annual Solar Decathlon
29 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe collegiate competition challenges students to design and construct zero energy buildings. -
Video: Optimize test systems with this software bundle
28 Apr 2022Source: Engineering360 News DeskEngineers can access the software needed to design and automate a test or measurement system through a single software license. -
Video: Concept vessel to cruise with and deliver nuclear power
27 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinPotential deployment of zero-emission, battery-operated cruise ships takes a step closer to reality with a nuclear reactor-propelled vessel designed as a mobile charging station. -
Video: Aquatic drone measures water quality in streams, rivers
26 Apr 2022Source: Marie DonlonDubbed AquaBOT, the aquatic drone searches for water quality indicators such as nitrate, temperature and dissolved oxygen along the entire length of mid-sized streams. -
Video: Play this game to test your sustainability smarts
26 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinAssume the role of mayor, make policy decisions and examine their impacts on the urban environment and population in a game designed to spark conversations about sustainability. -
Video: Restart of the world’s largest particle collider
25 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinTwo proton beams with an injection energy of 450 billion electronvolts were sent in opposite directions around the collider ring, marking the end of a three-year overhaul. -
Video: LEGO versions of V8, I6, I4 and 1 cylinder engines
25 Apr 2022Source: Kevin J. HarriganBeautiful, complex mechanical principles are on display in the medium of LEGO. -
High resolution, high definition UV imaging for drones
25 Apr 2022Invisible UV radiation indicates faults. DayCor® micROM UAV cameras pinpoints them, assisting utilities in solving problems. -
Video: Robotic beehive promises to care for bees
25 Apr 2022Source: Marie DonlonConsidering that 75% of all fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts the world consumes relies on pollination from bees, the company aims to increase bee populations throughout the world using this technology.