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Electrification and carbon capture can make cement production more energy-efficient and sustainable
Concrete is the world's most widely used building material—but the production of cement, its key component, generates significant carbon dioxide emissions. New research at Umeå University shows how electrification and ...
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Robotics
'Odd' objects excel at navigating challenging terrains without central control
Locomotion, the ability to move from one place to another, is an essential survival strategy for virtually every organism. Adapting to the unpredictable terrain they run into, cells, fungi and microorganisms autonomously ...
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Researchers develop new feature selection method for limited-sample industrial data
A research team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has introduced a novel feature selection method by removing noise entropy within mutual information. This ...
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Pumps and valves made from ultrathin elastomeric films are lightweight and energy efficient
Miniaturized pumps and valves that rely on the motion of dielectric elastomeric silicone films are being created in Saarland, Germany. Not only are these devices lightweight, compact and energy-efficient, but they also work ...
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Solar-powered method converts sewage sludge into green hydrogen and animal feed
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludge—a by-product of wastewater treatment—into green hydrogen for clean ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Nature-inspired 3D-printing method shoots up faster than bamboo
Charging forward at top speed, a garden snail slimes up 1 millimeter of pavement per second. By this logic, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology researchers' new 3D printing process speeds past existing methods—at ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Robotics
Developing 3D-printed soft material actuators that can mimic real muscles
Empa researchers are working on producing artificial muscles that can keep up with the real thing. They have now developed a method of producing the soft and elastic yet powerful structures using 3D printing.
Mar 11, 2025
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Engineering
World's first kilowatt-scale elastocaloric green cooling device developed
Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed the world's first kilowatt-scale elastocaloric cooling device. The device can stabilize indoor temperatures at a comfortable 21°C–22°C ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Generative AI drones can guard aging tunnels, enhancing safety and efficiency
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed "Generative AI-Based Inspection Technology" to safely construct and maintain urban underground highways.
Mar 11, 2025
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Engineering
AI in engineering: Researchers discuss synergy between fields
A review explores the role of AI in engineering, assessing the benefits and challenges of the synergy between the two fields. A 2004 DARPA contest pitted AI vehicles against one another in a race on 150 miles of dirt roads. ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Engineering
Erythritol slurry and its potential for waste heat recovery
Energy efficiency is crucial for sustainability, yet vast amounts of low-temperature waste heat remain unused in industrial processes. Now, researchers from Japan have investigated erythritol slurry as a promising heat transfer ...
Mar 11, 2025
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Scientists develop AI-powered digital twin model that can control and adapt its physical doppelganger
Scientists say they have developed a new AI-assisted model of a digital twin with the ability to adapt and control the physical machine in real time.
Mar 10, 2025
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Optical remote sensing technology helps monitor aircraft emissions
A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an advanced Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) optical remote sensing system for real-time monitoring ...
Mar 10, 2025
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Engineering
Precision analysis method of tooth profile in gear skiving process
A new approach to gear skiving, a specialized machining technique for producing internal gears, could improve the speed and accuracy with which gear teeth are formed. The work, described in the International Journal of Abrasive ...
Mar 10, 2025
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Business
When does the construction industry benefit from using the digital BIM method?
The more participants involved in large construction projects, the greater the risk of errors, accidents, and unexpected costs. Although the Building Information Modeling (BIM) method facilitates collaboration among stakeholders, ...
Mar 10, 2025
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Engineering
AI reveals new way to strengthen titanium alloys and speed up manufacturing
Producing high-performance titanium alloy parts—whether for spacecraft, submarines or medical devices—has long been a slow, resource-intensive process. Even with advanced metal 3D-printing techniques, finding the right ...
Mar 7, 2025
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Robotics
Silk-inspired in situ web spinning for situated robots
Researchers at the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, present a robotics concept in which temporary robot embodiments and movement pathways are spun in situ from a polymer solution. They demonstrate an ad hoc gripper ...
Mar 7, 2025
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Engineers take apart batteries from Tesla and China's leading EV manufacturer to see what's inside
Two main manufacturers dominate the EV (electric vehicle) market: Tesla, which is most popular in Europe and North America, and BYD, which leads the Chinese EV market. However, both manufacturers have released limited data ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Perovskite solar cells reach new efficiency heights with novel additive
A small team of optical and solar cell specialists and electrical engineers affiliated with several institutions in China, and one in France, has found that adding pyrrodiazole to formamidinium iodide perovskite films can ...
Robotics
Tiny 'rhinoceros beetle' robot does micro-scale manipulation in extreme conditions
Engineers have designed a tiny, low-weight and cordless robot that can act independently and with ultra-high precision in all directions in some of the most extreme conditions. The robot, which the designers call "Holonomic ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Engineering
'One-pot' technique creates inorganic and polymer battery electrolytes simultaneously
Creating battery electrolytes—the component that carries the charged particles back and forth between a battery's two terminals—has always been a tradeoff.
Mar 6, 2025
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A 30-foot-long glass bridge blends ancient wisdom with cutting-edge design
With more than 500 bridges crisscrossing the city of Philadelphia, they are an integral part of daily life. In a city defined by its rivers, bridges make possible the connections between people.
Mar 6, 2025
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Lightening the load of augmented reality glasses
An international team of scientists developed augmented reality glasses with technology to receive images beamed from a projector, to resolve some of the existing limitations of such glasses, such as their weight and bulk. ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Robotics
Engineers develop smart, energy-efficient robot grippers that cut production costs
Energy remains a significant factor in industrial production processes. High levels of energy consumption make production more expensive and exacerbate the climate crisis.
Mar 6, 2025
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Engineering
Why more water is not always better in ion-conducting membranes: New insights for clean energy technology
Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and at the Tandon School of Engineering of New York University have made a breakthrough in understanding how water transports ...
Mar 5, 2025
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