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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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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. -
Watch a solar eclipse from Mars
22 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe 40-second solar eclipse was documented by Perseverance rover's next-generation Mastcam-Z camera. -
Vecna Robotics, Big Joe to introduce a new co-bot pallet jack
22 Apr 2022Source: Engineering360 News DeskVecna Robotics, a material handling automation solutions firm, has announced with Big Joe, a pedestrian material handling equipment firm, its latest autonomous offering for labor-intensive material-handling workflows called the Vecna CPJ. -
Video: Heat pump cited as a low GWP champion
22 Apr 2022Source: Engineering360 News DeskThis ultra-low global warming potential (GWP) heat pump solution is anticipated to reduce carbon emissions from heating and cooling in London up to 50%. -
Video: Printed fingertip offers enhanced tactile sense
21 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe 3D-printed fingertip could help robots become more dexterous and improve the performance of prosthetic hands by giving them an in-built sense of touch. -
Kaeser Compressors: Solving your air system challenges
18 Apr 2022We spend all of our time thinking about compressed air so you don't have to. -
Video: Single-axis solar tracker conforms to uneven terrain
18 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe terrain-following capabilities of the Horizon-XTR system are engineered to reduce grading, minimize steel costs and decrease project risks. -
Video: Banana peeling robot shows what is possible for the future of food processing industry
18 Apr 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe team developed the technology in response to global labor shortages hitting food processing factories where human workers capable of performing such delicate tasks are in short supply. -
Video: Ocean Cleanup devises new tools to trap plastic debris
17 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe Netherlands-based company will test these systems in Jamaica as part of its quest to tackle plastic in the 1,000 most polluting rivers within five years from rollout. -
Video: New virtual academy offers e-learning courses for the energy sector
16 Apr 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe courses are reportedly designed to address existing skill gaps while also serving to upskill workers with less experience in energy sector professions. Likewise, the academy aims to help those in the energy sector to transfer their skills to new energies such as geothermal and carbon capture, utilization and storage. -
Slimy robot promises to retrieve swallowed objects from the human body
16 Apr 2022Source: Marie DonlonComposed of a combination of borax, polyvinyl alcohol, which is a polymer, and neodymium magnet particles, the slime is controlled and manipulated via external magnets. -
Tour the Climate Atlas of Canada
15 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe atlas has been updated to include 24 climate models and data specific to indigenous communities. -
Video: Four-legged explosion-proof robot ok'd for oil and gas, chemical industries
15 Apr 2022Source: Marie DonlonAnybotic’s AnymalX has been designed to automate routine inspection tasks in potentially hazardous environments encountered in the oil and gas and chemical industries, according to its developers. -
Video: Squid-inspired film developed by UCI
15 Apr 2022Source: Marie DonlonBy mimicking how cephalopods, or squid, alter their chromatophore size to camouflage their bodies, the researchers were able to develop an infrared-reflecting metallized polymer film capable of tunable thermoregulation. -
Space weather forecasting with mobile phones? There’s an app for that
14 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinDownload the app to participate in this citizen science campaign, which runs until the end of July 2022.