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  • SPX Cooling Technologies introduces new fluid cooler

    Evaporative cooling tower and air-cooled heat exchanger manufacturer SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc., has introduced its new Marley MH Element fluid cooler, an induced-draft, crossflow closed-circuit cooling tower designed for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), industrial and process cooling use cases.

  • Technology 3D prints tissues directly within the body

    A robotic 3D printer and a specially formulated bio-ink enable direct printing of tissues within the body.

  • Watch: Use your computer to help NASA drive its Mars rovers

    Equipped with computers, time and a desire to improve the driving skills of others, citizen scientists can help NASA's Curiosity rover better navigate Mars.

  • Gauging groundwater resources wth satellite data

    High-resolution images derived by satellite are paired with advanced computer modeling to estimate aquifer volume change from observed ground deformation.

  • Team makes large droplet sorting possible at high speeds

    A team of bioengineers from the University of Tokyo and UCLA have developed a method for expediting the time it takes for sorting large liquid droplets that potentially contain individual live cells that can be sorted intact and in bulk.

  • OnScale and Lexma present Moebius LBM CFD solver for advanced fluid dynamics simulations

    OnScale has announced the availability of the Moebius Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver on the OnScale Cloud Engineering Simulation platform.

  • How wave energy will help with future space missions

    NREL is working on a way to keep the Orion command module upright when it splashes down in the ocean.

  • New pressure sensing digital flow meters from Exair

    New pressure sensing digital flowmeters from Exair offer plant personnel a method for monitoring pressure throughout a compressed air system along with flow.

  • New TBN/TRN-S4 series with SIL2 certification

    This model series can be used in areas that do not require extremely high standards for environmental influences and must be cost-effective.

  • Watch: A microfluidic mechanism based on sound waves

    Duke University researchers have advanced a sound idea based on acoustic vortices to improve the mechanics of microfluidics.

  • Astrobotic to fly NASA’s water-hunting rover to the moon

    The VIPER robot is a water-seeking rover that will help to pave the way for future moon missions beginning with its landing in late 2023.

  • Army tests new system for swarming drones

    The tiny flying robots could be used to provide soldiers with situational awareness, defense and logistics.

  • Tomorrow's electric vehicle, today with Siemens' digital twin technology

    Uniti and Siemens create an advanced electric vehicle through the digital twin of design, development and manufacturing. Not only a more affordable EV, but an answer for a greener planet.

  • Permanent magnet materials for electric motors

    The demand for permanent magnets in electric motors is growing, and designers need to understand the benefits and tradeoffs of the high energy magnet materials available today.

  • Companies work together to develop seal for high-pressure valves

    Following the development of a single-sealed valve, a valve manufacturer and a sealing manufacturer worked together to engineer a custom seal to support the valve’s design.

  • Germany-based company redesigns its line of gas non-return valves

    Witt, a gas technology manufacturer, introduced its new generation of gas non-return valves, which allow plant engineers to construct smaller systems.

  • Cobots improve efficiency and reduce floorspace for electronics provider

    Benchmark Electronics deployed six cobots for assembly and testing. Their results: greater efficiency, floorspace.

  • Motorized linear stages for vacuum and ultra high vacuum

    The linear stage family provides high precision, with repeatability up to 0.1 microns.

  • HYDAC debuts small directional control valve

    Fluid technology company HYDAC has announced its HPK06 series of 5,000 psi 3.5 gpm directional flow control valves.

  • Pulsafeeder announces new valve

    Fluid handling tech group Pulsafeeder has announced an addition to its PulsaPro line of hydraulically actuated diaphragm metering pumps, with the introduction of the Hypo Valve, which pumps effervescent fluids such as sodium hypochlorite.

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