Engineering
Australian engineers have unveiled a clever new device—based on a modified speargun—as a cheap and efficient way to test seabed soil when designing offshore wind farms.
Jul 17, 2024
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Engineering
With data gleaned from high-speed cameras, coaches can identify split-second flaws in a baseball pitcher's delivery or a golfer's swing that cannot be seen by the naked eye, revolutionizing sports for players and spectators.
Jun 21, 2024
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Engineering
Many things can go wrong when additively manufacturing (AM) metal and without in-situ process monitoring, defects can only be detected and characterized after a product is built. Most commonly, manufacturers will use a high-speed ...
Apr 24, 2024
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Engineering
An intricate, honeycomb-like structure of struts and beams could withstand a supersonic impact better than a solid slab of the same material. What's more, the specific structure matters, with some being more resilient to ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Sophisticated new analysis of the physical processes which create the sounds of speech could help empower people with speech impairments and create new applications for voice recognition technologies, researchers say.
Dec 14, 2023
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Engineering
Everything burns. Given the right environment, all matter can burn by adding oxygen, but finding the right mix and generating enough heat makes some materials combust more easily than others. Researchers interested in knowing ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Robotics
Geckos' impressive climbing abilities give them agility rarely surpassed in nature. With their highly specialized adhesive lamellae on their feet, geckos can climb up smooth vertical surfaces with ease and even move on a ...
Sep 2, 2021
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Engineering
The oil industry, pharmaceutical companies and bioreactor manufacturers all face one common enemy: bubbles. Bubbles can form during the manufacturing or transport of various liquids, and their formation and rupture can cause ...
Jul 19, 2021
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Engineering
What happens when a bomb explodes? A lot of testing has been done over the years to answer that question about huge bombs, but there is much less understanding when it comes to small bombs—especially when they are buried.
May 20, 2021
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Engineering
High energy arcing faults are high-power electrical discharges between two or more conductors that can release tens of thousands of amps of current. They can result in explosions that reach about 35,000 degrees Celsius—about ...
Dec 5, 2019
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