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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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Watch: FDA clears most powerful clinical MRI
29 Nov 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinThe 7-tesla MRI scanner is designed to address limitations of current MRI systems by using ultrahigh-field magnet technology that offers five times more power than most scanners. -
Coating can enable millirobots to change mode of locomotion
25 Nov 2020Source: Marie DonlonA team from the City University of Hong Kong has developed a coating that will turn objects into biocompatible millirobots for healthcare applications. -
Watch: Compact scanner produces 3D color X-rays
25 Nov 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinThe flat greyscale imagery of X-ray technology now assumes color and a third dimension with a compact scanner developed specifically for hand and wrist imaging. -
ETH Zurich develops technique for creating metal-polymer micromachines
25 Nov 2020Source: Marie DonlonMetal and polymer micromachines could one day navigate human blood vessels. -
Semiconductor temperature control systems and humidity regulation
25 Nov 2020Do you need a temperature or humidity control system for your semiconductor environment? Over the decades, Air Innovations has developed systems to meet these critical needs for the industry. -
Watch: Low cost inflatable pump designed to harness wave energy
23 Nov 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinThe inflatable wave pump is assembled with low cost, flexible materials to absorb wave energy through the varying hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures at or below the water’s surface. -
Snuggling robot may ward off pandemic-induced loneliness
23 Nov 2020Source: Marie DonlonSnuggleBot to stave off COVID-19 associated loneliness. -
Lawnmowing robot capable of total lawncare and more
23 Nov 2020Source: Marie DonlonThe Yardroid can mow the lawn and secure the perimeter. -
Inventor turns fruits and vegetables into electricity
23 Nov 2020Source: Marie DonlonEngineering student invents device for transforming vegetable, fruit waste into electricity. -
Video: Three Gorges sets annual hydropower generation record
22 Nov 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinThe power station in China – the world’s largest hydroelectric plant in terms of installed capacity – has set a new world record for annual power output. -
Video: Ultra-low temperature solutions for COVID-19 vaccine storage
22 Nov 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinA fleet of ultra-low temperature freezers capable of storing approved vaccines, regardless of variable temperature stability requirements, is under development. -
Watch a solar-driven autoclave steam-clean medical tools
22 Nov 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinThe technology could provide pressurized steam to run autoclaves without the need for electricity in off-grid areas. -
Video: Electric aircraft can go for distance with high power density motor
20 Nov 2020Source: S. HimmelsteinA new approach to electric propulsion promises to sustain long-distance aircraft flight by combining an electric motor and inverter into one lightweight unit. -
Watch this cooling influence on automotive infotainment systems
20 Nov 2020Source: Engineering360 News DeskThermal interface materials from Fujipoly are designed for broad-ranging automotive applications, including thermal management of vehicle infotainment systems. -
Study: Microplastics move through the ground, even after they get stuck
19 Nov 2020Source: Siobhan TreacyResearchers discovered just how microplastics are moving through natural environments, which was not understood before now. -
Watch as a German construction firm 3D prints a three-story apartment complex
19 Nov 2020Source: Marie DonlonWatch as Peri Group 3D prints a building. -
ABB develops a compact painting system for automotive OEMs
19 Nov 2020Source: Marie DonlonABB reduces the footprint of vehicle painting stations in the factory. -
Automation firm develops levitating tiles for material handling applications
17 Nov 2020Source: Marie DonlonLevitating tiles move products throughout the warehouse. -
Video: Vacuum conveyors fit additive manufacturing needs
16 Nov 2020Source: Engineering360 News DeskThe Piab premium steel grade piFLOW®p vacuum conveyor technology is well suited to solve challenges related to additive manufacturing. -
Corning, PPG to develop antiviral paints, coatings
16 Nov 2020Source: Marie DonlonThe companies have created technology to fight surface transmissions of COVID-19.