Tag: Engineering
Thermochemical technology shows promising path for heating indoor spaces
A laboratory-scale thermochemical materials reactor is filled with a strontium chloride cement composite. Credit: NETenergy Energy stored in thermochemical materials can effectively heat indoor spaces, particularly in humid regions, according…
Digital monitoring system can make concrete work more reliable, safer and economical
Credit: Life Of Pix from Pexels Concreting mistakes can be expensive. Concrete poured too quickly often leads to a lack of color uniformity, irregularities in the structure and uneven surfaces.…
Crowdsourcing system aims to map wildfires in seconds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The 2023 blaze in Lahaina, Hawaii, which claimed more than 100 lives and burned 6,500 acres of land across Maui, is a tragic example of how…
Scientists stir bizarre ‘supersolid’ matter for first time
Simulation of quantum vortices superimposed with experimental data. Credit: University of Innsbruck, Austria Scientists on Wednesday said that they have successfully stirred a strange matter called a “supersolid”—which is both…
A single step from liquid hydrogen production to safety valve testing
The liquid hydrogen safety valve performance evaluation device undergoing rigorous safety testing in KERI’s explosion-proof test chamber. Credit: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute The Hydrogen Electric Research Team at the Korea…
