News tagged with pipe inspection

Underground mission to Mars

The Netherlands is home to around 120,000 kilometres of underground gas pipelines. Researcher Edwin Dertien of Dutch University of Twente is working on a robot which can inspect the gas pipelines independently. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Russia blames TNK-BP for massive oil leaks

Russia's environment minister on Thursday blamed Russian-British oil company TNK-BP for causing massive oil pollution in a resource-rich Siberian region and failing to invest in its infrastructure.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Engineers put five-story building on seismic shake table to test for earthquake, fire readiness

What happens when you put a fully equipped five-story building, which includes an intensive care unit, a surgery suite, piping and air conditioning, fire barriers and even a working elevator, through series ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

House-hunting honey bees work like complex brains: study

Swarms of bees and brains made up of neurons make decisions using strikingly similar mechanisms, says a new study in the Dec. 9 issue of Science.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Geologists explore clues to Earth's formation in diamonds

(PhysOrg.com) -- When jewelers inspect diamonds, they look for cut, clarity, color, and carat. When University of Tennessee, Knoxville, geologists Larry Taylor and Yang Liu inspect diamonds, they look for ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists reach the heights with gecko-inspired tank robot (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a tank-like robot that has the ability to scale smooth walls, opening up a series of applications ranging from inspecting pipes, buildings, aircraft and nuclear ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Spider scientists creep up on elusive prey

The summer sun is in full force, yet these scavengers are clutching flashlights.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Feds approve key expansion of NM nuclear plant

(AP) -- A federal commission announced approval Wednesday for a uranium enrichment plant in southeastern New Mexico to begin operating more of its massive processing system, which would double the facility's capacity to ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Inside the innards of a nuclear reactor: Tiny robots may monitor underground pipes for radioactive leaks

As workers continue to grapple with the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant in Japan, the crisis has shone a spotlight on nuclear reactors around the world. In June, The Associated Press released ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

NIST testing device may help to 'seal the deal' for building owners

Just as a chain is as strong as its weakest link, a building is as secure against the environment as its most degraded joint sealants, about 50 percent of which fail in less than 10 years after installation.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ear to the future: Donated cells transform from lab to mouse

Within a Northeast Ohio lab, a hairless mouse is growing an ear from the cells of a Wadsworth, Ohio, preschooler.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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