People have long known there is energy in wastewater; extracting it economically is the problem. Startup Cambrian Innovation claims its technology can do it and a brewery and a winery are now using it to clean their wastewater while ...
Tags: energy in wastewater, reduced energy costs, wastewater reuse
While everyone loves a good mystery, keeping engineers guessing as to which breakthroughs will shape future electronic component design can only benefit the makers of antacids. And while it’s hard to predict that a given research ...
Tags: RF Circuits, Graphene-Based
Inspired by tiny particles that carry cholesterol through the body, MIT chemical engineers have designed nanoparticles that can deliver snippets of genetic material that turn off disease-causing genes. This approach, known as RNA ...
Tags: RNA, MIT, Gene Silencing, Nanoparticle
A coalition of civil society groups and professional bodies in the construction industry is set to launch a major campaign for the standardisation of cement production and importation. Specifically, the coalition said it would call on the ...
Tags: Standardisation of Cement, good strength concrete, quality
German automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen plans to establish a new testing center for transmissions at its R&D Center on Graf-von-Soden-Platz in Friedrichshafen, Germany in 2015 and 2016. The Group will merge development ...
Tags: German automotive, Auto Parts
New research from Case Western Reserve University and University of Toronto neuroscientists finds that the brains of autistic children generate more information at rest – a 42% increase on average. The study offers a scientific ...
Tags: Autistic Children, social interactions, external stimuli
(Phys.org) —Fermilab, run by the U.S. Department of Energy is going to great lengths to document and make known the work that is being done to build the country's next generation neutrino experiment—a twin campus endeavor known ...
Tags: Neutrino Experiment, NOvA, Enlarge Scientist, Fermilab
03 Feb 2014 SEW-Eurodrive DriveACADEMY? Many of you will know this program. Here’s a quick run down for those who don’t. The 2014 schedule is available at the end. What is it? It is a geared motor and drive technology ...
03 Feb 2014 APPMA and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) are taking submissions for the sixth annual scholarship program. Now is the time to do more than dream about what a Diploma in Packaging Technology will do for your career. ...
Tags: APPMA, AIP, Credentials, Packaging Technology
The bill would tie subsidy levels to cost of living around the nation instead of to the national federal poverty level. In the meantime, a lawmaker from Colorado introduces a bill to speed construction of VA hospitals. The Sacramento Bee: ...
Tags: Health Law, High-Cost Areas, VA hospitals
Dirty diesel is the most common form of electricity generation throughout Caribbean island nations, but that will change if billionaire Richard Branson has anything to do with it. Branson is using his private island in the British Virgin ...
Tags: NRG Energy, LED lighting, Swap Diesel, Caribbean
On a pound-per-pound basis, carbon nanotube-based fibers invented at Rice University have greater capacity to carry electrical current than copper cables of the same mass, according to new research. While individual nanotubes are ...
Driven by both growth in the IT and lighting sectors, in 2013 South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd surpassed 1 trillion Korean Won in annual revenue for the first time, reaching a record 1.0321 trillion Korean Won (up 20% on ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Semiconductor
(Phys.org) —To say that the Joris Laarman Lab is an innovative type of group is putting it mildly. The Amsterdam place is described as "an experimental playground set up to study and shape the future. It tinkers with craftsmen, ...
Tags: 3D Printing, Printing
For the Conti EcoPlus HT3, Continental engineers developed an all new, fuel efficient tread design, with four longitudinal grooves and a reduced void area. Continental Tire the Americas LLC announced the launch of the Conti EcoPlus HT3, ...
Tags: Continental, Trailer Tire