New skate blade for off-ice training unveiled
In almost two decades of training NHL players, Kelly Riou tried just about everything to help them replicate the unnatural motion of skating when they're off the ice.
Jul 11, 2022
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Automotive
A sensor that allows vehicles to detect road conditions
Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a sensor and a method for detecting road conditions while a vehicle is moving.
May 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists test how wind turbines hold up to frozen flows in world's largest indoor ice tank
In the great outdoors, ice can form, break, melt and refreeze many times over a season. Add the realities of a warming climate, and predicting how tons of frozen H20 behave is tricky business.
Feb 23, 2022
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How Australia's geology gave us an abundance of coal, and a wealth of green tech minerals to switch to
Two recent announcements hint at a seismic shift about to hit Australia's coal industry.
Feb 21, 2022
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Engineering
Several findings that could enable drones to de-ice their wings automatically
The NTNU researchers behind the drone company Aviant will soon be flying blood samples from remote hospitals in places like Røros to St. Olav's Hospital in Trondheim. Two such routes are already flying in Sweden.
Dec 16, 2021
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The US Army tried mobile nuclear power at remote bases 60 years ago, and it didn't go well
In a tunnel 40 feet beneath the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, a Geiger counter screamed. It was 1964, the height of the Cold War. U.S. soldiers in the tunnel, 800 miles from the North Pole, were dismantling the Army's ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
An AI for sea ice identification
If you've watched Netflix, shopped online, or run your robot vacuum cleaner, you've interacted with artificial intelligence, AI. AI is what allows computers to comb through an enormous amount of data to detect patterns or ...
Jul 8, 2021
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Freeze! New model to protect ships from ice accretion
Researchers from Skoltech (Russia) and their colleagues from SINTEF (Norway) have developed a mathematical model of freezing water droplets moving in cold air. This model is a part of a joint RFBR-supported Russian-Norway ...
Apr 26, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
The science behind frozen wind turbines and how to keep them spinning through the winter
Winter is supposed to be the best season for wind power—the winds are stronger, and since air density increases as the temperature drops, more force is pushing on the blades. But winter also comes with a problem: freezing ...
Mar 5, 2021
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Nine years on, state of the clean-up at Fukushima's nuclear plant
Nine years after a devastating tsunami sparked disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, clean-up and decommissioning continues at the crippled facility.
Mar 9, 2020
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