Hardware
High-performance computing (HPC) has become an essential tool for processing large datasets and simulating nature's most complex systems. However, researchers face difficulties in developing more intensive models because ...
May 16, 2023
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Engineering
Pawel Olszewski, a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh associate mechanical engineering technology professor, recently was granted a U.S. patent for his flameless impingement oven, designed and built in the Teaching and Energy ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Engineering
Composite materials provide stability in aircraft parts, sports equipment, and everyday household items. However, most of these materials have a poor carbon footprint and are not naturally degradable. A more sustainable alternative ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Engineering
With the rise in gas prices showing no signs of abating, it seems like an appropriate time to ask ourselves: are our cars not efficient enough? Europe has decided to ban the production of new combustion engine-powered vehicles ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Engineering
Biofouling is the growth of algae, mussels, and other marine organisms on the hull of a ship. The fouling increases the flow resistance of the ship—and thus increases fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Mechanical cleaning ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers have developed a cheaper and more energy-efficient way to make hydrogen directly from seawater, in a critical step towards a truly viable green hydrogen industry.
Feb 14, 2023
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Engineering
At a traffic light, red means stop and green means go. But transportation engineers at North Carolina State University are now proposing a "white light," which would enable autonomous vehicles to help control traffic flow—and ...
Feb 7, 2023
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Business
The US space agency NASA is teaming up with aviation giant Boeing to develop a next-generation commercial aircraft that emits less carbon.
Jan 19, 2023
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Automotive
Whether on pleasure yachts or deep-sea cargo ships, AI-backed navigation assistance and autonomy are helping captains set sail for sunsets or simply moor in a port scratch-free.
Jan 6, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Steel is essential for making many of the technologies that will end fossil fuel combustion, including electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels. Unfortunately, to produce a lot of steel, manufacturers need to burn ...
Dec 5, 2022
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