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Eighth-grade girls outperform male peers on engineering, technology assessments
Eighth-grade girls outperformed their male peers, scoring on average five points higher on the Technology and Engineering Literacy Assessment, which was administered by the National Center for Education Statistics.
DOE funding to help advance energy-efficient buildings
The funding is intended to increase energy productivity by supporting R&D and performance verification of flexible and energy-efficient technologies for residential and commercial buildings.
Permanently protect sensitive devices from electrostatic discharge with ESD workbenches
The rise of the microelectronics industry in recent decades has brought increasing attention to the issue of electrostatic discharge, and how to protect against it.
Engineering contracts approved for massive highway rebuild projects
The contracts approved include one prime consultant, 12 subconsultants, one prime contractor and 28 subcontractors.
Watch: TIG welding 101 - An all-inclusive introduction to GTAW
This is an introduction to TIG welding covering how to get started from the most basic level.
DOE offers funding for innovative oil and gas technologies
Selected projects will fall under two DOE Office of Fossil Energy funding opportunity announcements.
Ford invests $500 million in EV startup
Rivian's launch products include a five-passenger pickup and a seven-passenger SUV due out in 2020.
What are food-grade bearings?
Nobody wants to bite into their glazed donut to find out what looks like frosting is actually mixed with bearing grease. Bearings in food and drug processing are subject to extreme environments and manufacturers go to great lengths to ensure that this cannot happen.
Free-wheeling ball screws eliminate jamming
Free-wheeling ball screws offer an alternative to traditional ball screws with soft stops or limit switches.
Hitachi accelerates its robotic SI push with $1.425 billion deal
Hitachi will enter the robotic system integrator business in North America, a region that the company said is expected to see a high rate of growth.
Nanotech innovation could make previously unweldable alloys weldable
According to an article published Jan. 9 in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) employed nanotechnology to achieve a crack-free arc weld of 7075 aluminum alloy.
Welding and joining dissimilar metals: Part 1
A variety of factors must be considered when joining dissimilar metals.
Report: High school girls have lower grades, less higher learning if overly exposed to high-achieving boys
The authors suggest that the reason for the effect is likely a lack of confidence.
Beresheet 2 will continue its namesake’s mission
SpaceIL, the nonprofit organization that designed, built and managed Beresheet's mission, announced plans to try again with Beresheet 2.
Machine tool cybersecurity: Preventing IIoT vulnerabilities
As with many good things, the IIoT has a downside: connected devices are vulnerable to hacking attempts.
MT360 Conference to focus on transformative technologies
Presentations at the conference will focus on four transformative technologies: additive manufacturing, augmented reality, cognitive automation and the digital thread.
Discover the power of press-and-sinter powder metallurgy
The automotive industry is the dominant market sector for conventional powder metallurgy (PM) components; however, PM has been recognized and used across the consumer marketplace. Learn the value of PM.
Laser-based metal additive manufacturing technology from Mitsubishi
Laser beams emitted through dual nozzles pass through surrounding metal powder, causing the powder to fuse at a focal point.
JMPP's high-torque retention knobs solve toolholder expansion challenges
This expansion creates a bulge in the holder at the small end, causing the holder to make contact with the small end instead of the large end.
20 years after Columbine, work continues to engineer safer schools
Twenty years after the Columbine High School shootings, standards are being written to help engineers design safer schools and better enable affected communities to recover and heal. "There’s now enough fire in the belly to get it done,” one official said.