Rocket propulsion technology has progressed leaps and bounds since the first weaponized rockets of the Chinese and Mongolian empires. They were nothing more than rocket-powered arrows and spears but they set the foundations ...
Space Exploration
Jan 2, 2024
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The introduction of K-12 engineering education has the potential to improve student learning and achievement in science and mathematics, increase awareness about what engineers do and of engineering as a potential career, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2009
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A team led by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed nanostructures made from a compound of three metals that increases the efficiency and durability of fuel cells while ...
Materials Science
Jun 15, 2015
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Toyota Motor is expanding a tie-up with Germany's BMW on hybrid and fuel-cell vehicle technology as the global automakers push further into the "green" market, a report said on Monday.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 25, 2012
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Researchers in Singapore have built a refrigerator that's just three atoms big. This quantum fridge won't keep your drinks cold, but it's cool proof of physics operating at the smallest scales. The work is described in a ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 30, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eye-tracking technology allows people with disabilities to use their eyes to operate a computer. Imagine moving your eyes to direct the cursor to a link on a Web page. Then you just blink instead of click.
Engineering
Apr 1, 2010
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Recording the activity of large populations of single neurons in the brain over long periods of time is crucial to further our understanding of neural circuits, to enable novel medical device-based therapies and, in the future, ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 26, 2024
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A cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to detect blockages in sewers has shown an almost 90% accuracy rate in a recent trial. Early identification of sewer blockages is essential to reduce pollution incidents ...
Environment
Sep 12, 2023
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University of Utah electrical engineers have developed a network of wireless sensors that can detect a person falling. This monitoring technology could be linked to a service that would call emergency help for the elderly ...
Engineering
Sep 9, 2013
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A light-based, food sanitization technique successfully eliminated multiple harmful pathogens in a new study carried out by Penn State researchers.
Biotechnology
Aug 16, 2022
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