Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Long-running research between the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory and The University of Manchester, UK, has probed the complex interplay between the surface features of plutonium dioxide…
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US rail to get much-needed facelift
Workers are seen at an Amtrak facility in New Castle County, Delaware in November 2023. Old-fashioned, slow, infrequent and often non-existent, trains have long been the poor relation of cars…
Two-system model combines desalination and energy storage
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cornell engineers have refined a model that not only cultivates green energy, but also desalinates ocean water for large, drought-stricken coastal populations. By pumping seawater to…
Making table tennis accessible for blind players
Motion tracking cameras and an array of linked speakers give real-time audio feedback to table tennis players with low vision. Credit: Phoebe Peng Table tennis has been played for decades…
Study tests firefighter turnout gear with and without PFAS
Researchers expose firefighter turnout gear to heat in equipment similar to a pizza oven. Credit: Bryan Ormond, NC State University Transitioning away from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which offer…
Boosting rocket reliability at the material level
“The new class of reusable launch vehicles is likely to transform the space industry by lowering launch costs and improving space accessibility,” says Professor Zack Cordero. Credit: David Sella/MIT Corporate…
This 3D printer can watch itself fabricate objects
A new high-throughput, multimaterial 3D inkjet printer uses computer vision to rapidly and automatically control the amount of material being printed in real-time. This rendering shows a robot being built…
Increased efficiency of rotor blade production for wind turbines using specialized release film
by Anne-Grete Becker, Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung IFAM Credit: CC0 Public Domain By developing release agent-free process and material systems in the sub-project “Release film technology for optimized…
