The wire blank shoots from the drawing die which molds it into the desired shape. Up to ten meters per second, the workpiece is fast – and thus can keep pace with world-class runners like Usain Bolt. At these speeds, an ...
Engineering
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In production facilities, robots, and people will soon be working side-by-side. A new mobile assistant is intended to support technicians in the airplane manufacturing industry when applying sealant, measuring, and testing ...
Robotics
Apr 2, 2014
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In a direct evaluation of the uncertainty characterization process being applied as part of the Platform for Regional Integrated Modeling and Analysis (PRIMA) framework, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists examined ...
Environment
Apr 2, 2014
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Bite into a juicy pear or a spicy hot pepper, and thousands of electrical impulses race to your brain. Taste buds pick up signals for basic taste qualities like sweet and sour, and your tongue also senses secondary taste ...
Other
Apr 2, 2014
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There are three low pressure systems around the U.S. and they resemble dragons on satellite imagery. NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 satellite image from March 31, 2014 shows the low pressure systems in the eastern Pacific Ocean, ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2014
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One morning in 2008, research scientist Cathleen Jones of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., was flying over the San Andreas fault near San Francisco, testing a new radar instrument built at JPL. As the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2014
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Ships of the future will soon be steered across the Seven Seas – unmanned. A new simulator is helping propel these plans forward. Partners from five different countries engineered the design of the autonomous freighter.
Engineering
Apr 2, 2014
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A highly collaborative approach to gathering data spearheaded by Iowa State University faculty and students has revealed new insight into plant biodiversity and netted publication in a top scientific journal.
Ecology
Apr 2, 2014
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Contemporary Europeans have as many as three times more Neanderthal variants in genes involved in lipid catabolism than Asians and Africans.
Archaeology
Apr 2, 2014
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They were two winningly sustainable houses, designed at Harvard to use little or no energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 2, 2014
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