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Predictive maintenance model targets road and rail infrastructure
Extensive infrastructure built during Japan’s period of rapid economic growth is now deteriorated and in need of repair.
Improving magnetic separation and resuspension technologies for the sake of health
Dexter Magnetic Technologies' tailored separation designs can accommodate speed, precision location, unique shapes, high particle retention, and total target yield.
Company offers new double sterile packaging for implantables
A Germany-based medical packaging company has developed a new double sterile barrier packaging tube for the implantables market.
Modern tech solves ancient mystery
Researchers have determined how human ancestors created ochre paint to make rock art.
Fatal Uber ATG accident due to inadequate safety culture
An Uber ATG operator was in the driver’s seat, but the automated system was controlling the vehicle when it struck the pedestrian at 39 mph.
Four projects are tapped for small modular reactor support
The initiative aims to enable research and development and connect global vendors of SMR technology with Canada’s national nuclear laboratories.
Holidays highlight fire safety standards for engineers (and cooks)
There were 1,600 reported home cooking fires on Thanksgiving Day in 2017, a 238% increase over the daily average.
This smart toilet could measure your health
The researchers began to gather their own urine samples to prove that urine could offer real-time data about a person’s health.
Rice University team develops 'bullet proof' polymer cubes
Researchers at Houston’s Rice University Brown School of Engineering have developed cubes of latticed polymer that can withstand the force of a bullet and other projectiles.
NIST offers new testing standards for metal detectors
In addition to increasing confidence, NIST expects the acceptance and implementation of these standards to shorten the time needed for testing new products, resulting in lower costs for users.
Researchers propose plan to power rickshaws with EV batteries
Researchers from the University of Warwick in the U.K. are proposing to reuse electric vehicle (EV) batteries to power the roughly one million rickshaws used to transport people in Bangladesh.
Sensors sniff out decay in books old and new
An “electronic nose” made up of sensors can detect the early signs of paper decay in books through the volatile organic compounds they emit.
A new test may detect prion, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
After working on prion detection for two decades, the team has designed a fast, non-invasive method of detecting prions in the body fluids of infected living subjects using a synthetic-molecule-based approach.
Anti-drone laser tech passes Air Force test
Instead of exploding the devices, the laser burns through the drone's exterior layers, either destabilizing them or making them vulnerable to breakup.
AI system can predict lightning strikes
The system can predict lightning strikes within a 30 km radius to the nearest 10 to 30 minutes.
Robot uses trial and error to pick up an object in a messy environment
Computer scientists from the University of Leeds have used AI techniques to train robots to quickly plan their movements in a messy environment.
Q&A with 'Nerd Girl Nation' creators on National STEM/STEAM Day
Web series Nerd Girl Nation features young women pursuing their passion and making their mark in a wide variety of STEAM fields.
Using computational analysis for NIAR's tailless drone project
This video introduces the tailless drone project developed by the National Institution for Aviation Research.
Watch: 3D-printed skin grafts that integrate with living skin
A research team has developed a method to print living skin using additive manufacturing.
AMETEK Land releases new Steam Reformer Tube Wall Temperature Measurement Guide
AMETEK Land has released a new expert guide to the temperature measurement of tube walls in steam reformers. Steam reforming is widely used in the hydrocarbon processing industries for the production of important gases, particularly hydrogen, methanol and ammonia.