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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: 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. -
Watch how environmental sensors are dispersed by wind
13 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinA tiny sensor-carrying device can be transported and deposited by wind over large areas to monitor environmental parameters. -
Video: One step closer to automating high-rise window washing
11 Apr 2022Source: Marie DonlonOzmo, using its pair of Kuka industrial robotic arms, cleans windows three times faster than human window washers, without risking the lives of human window washers. -
Video: Coating promises to suppress flames in construction materials
11 Apr 2022Source: Marie DonlonIn addition to being applied to construction materials, the Texas A&M team believes that the coating can be applied by homeowners to protect fences and barns, textiles, 3D-printed parts and for components used in the aviation and automotive sectors. -
Watch as Geek+ launches its four-way shuttle warehouse storage and picking solution
10 Apr 2022Source: Engineering360 News DeskThe solution uses Geek+’s X-series four-way shuttle robots to boost storage density while devoting the ground floor to picking operations entrusted to the flagship P800 robots. -
Video: Commercial fusion turns up the heat
08 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinA plasma temperature of 100 million° C has been achieved, the threshold required for commercial fusion energy. -
Watch magnetic nanobots grab pollutants from water
06 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinTemperature-responsive magnetic nanorobots were engineered to bond with heavy metals under certain circumstances and release them under others. -
Video: UN report claims climate is at the crossroads
05 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinWithout immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, limiting global warming to 1.5° C is beyond reach. -
Video: Bio-battery as a greener power generation source
05 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe battery based on DNA technology could be potentially game-changing for both military and civilian applications. -
Video: Developing a digital twin of Earth
01 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinDigital models of Earth are seen as key to predicting the effects of and building resilience to climate change. -
Video: Free tool introduces youngsters to sustainable computing
01 Apr 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinBudding engineers can now build and program sustainable, battery-free energy-harvesting devices with a new tool from Northwestern University. -
Sensata IQ — A complete platform for asset monitoring
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