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Baltimore Key Bridge: How a domino effect brought it down in seconds
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on 26 March was a shocking and tragic event. Six people remain unaccounted for in the disaster, which saw the world's third largest continuous truss bridge fall into ...
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How to make chips produced in the cutting process useful
Compared with other cutting methods, EV-chiseling could generate metallic microstructures with ultra-high aspect ratio, and the cutting chip could be directly transformed into unique microstructures.
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Paving new paths for sustainable construction
The construction sector today faces several challenges. Natural sand is fast becoming a scarce resource—we might run out of it by 2050. Carbon dioxide emissions, especially from manufacturing cement or fired clay bricks, ...
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Mar 27, 2024
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Customized silicon chips for material characterization of printed electronics
How efficient are new materials? Does changing the properties lead to better conductivity? The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS develops and manufactures silicon substrates for this purpose. This enables ...
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Mar 27, 2024
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Lighting up the future with organic semiconductors
New multidisciplinary research from the University of St Andrews could lead to more efficient televisions, computer screens, and lighting.
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Mar 27, 2024
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Baltimore bridge collapse: A bridge engineer explains what happened, and what needs to change
When the container ship MV Dali, 300 meters long and massing around 100,000 tons, lost power and slammed into one of the support piers of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the bridge collapsed in moments. Six people ...
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Mar 27, 2024
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Engineers find a new way to convert carbon dioxide into useful products
MIT chemical engineers have devised an efficient way to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a chemical precursor that can be used to generate useful compounds such as ethanol and other fuels.
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Mar 27, 2024
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Solar-powered emission-free technology converts saltwater into drinking water
Scientists have developed a new solar-powered system to convert saltwater into fresh drinking water which they say could help reduce dangerous waterborne diseases like cholera.
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Mar 27, 2024
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Building energy management platform uses AI and statistical methods to optimize operations
The research team led by Dr. Jeong Hak-geun at the Energy ICT Research Department of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has developed a building energy management platform technology that transforms buildings from ...
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Mar 26, 2024
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Taming the beast: Researcher controls voltage response for safer electric grid
When FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Professor Fang Peng was a boy, he saw the power and peril of electricity firsthand. He was in middle school when his remote Chinese hometown first received electric service. His family ...
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Mar 26, 2024
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How AI and a popular card game can help engineers predict catastrophic failure by finding the absence of a pattern
Humans are very good at spotting patterns, or repeating features people can recognize. For instance, ancient Polynesians navigated across the Pacific by recognizing many patterns, from the stars' constellations to more subtle ...
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Mar 26, 2024
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New concrete possibilities from waste materials
The use of recycled concrete and glass aggregates in concrete production has emerged as a highly promising means of increasing the recycling rate of waste materials—but durability issues have plagued some combinations of ...
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Mar 26, 2024
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If you've got a dark roof, you're spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool
If you visit southern Greece or Tunisia, you might notice lots of white rooftops and white buildings to reflect the intense heat and keep residents cooler.
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Mar 26, 2024
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Study explores ergonomic mobility in firefighting gear: Improving the fit and function of US firefighter PPE
Firefighting is considered one of the most dangerous professions due to the extreme conditions and hazards that firefighters face. They must use personal protective clothing (PPC) and equipment (PPE) for safety. Despite advancements ...
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Mar 25, 2024
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Assessing the wind vulnerability of Patagonia's oil storage tanks
In Latin America, specifically in Argentina, there's a burgeoning petroleum boom, largely thanks to the Vaca Muerta field, known for its substantial shale gas and oil reserves. However, this surge in oil output necessitates ...
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Mar 25, 2024
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A deep-learning and transfer-learning hybrid aerosol retrieval algorithm for a geostationary meteorological satellite
A study published in Engineering introduces an innovative high-precision aerosol algorithm for a geostationary meteorological satellite.
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Mar 25, 2024
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Navigating the depths: A new calibration algorithm for underwater exploration technology
Underwater vehicles play a pivotal role in exploring and understanding our oceans, necessitating precise navigation capabilities. The acoustic Long-Baseline (LBL) system, vital for submarine positioning, faces limitations ...
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Mar 25, 2024
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GNSS Gyroscopes: A new horizon in motion measurement
Attitude information, crucial in scientific and engineering fields, traditionally relies on instruments like gyroscopes for measurement, facing limitations in miniaturization and accuracy over time.
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Mar 25, 2024
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Behavior of granular materials has been difficult to visualize, but new method reveals their internal forces in 3D
Granular materials, those made up of individual pieces, whether grains of sand or coffee beans or pebbles, are the most abundant form of solid matter on Earth. The way these materials move and react to external forces can ...
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Mar 25, 2024
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An effective method for improving energy storage performance in lead-free relaxor ferroelectrics
Next-generation advanced high/pulsed power capacitors urgently require dielectric materials with outstanding energy storage performance. (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-based material, a typical lead-free ferroelectrics, has the characteristics ...
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Mar 25, 2024
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