Engineering
Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., are working on Repoint, a new cutting-edge railway switch (points) technology to improve upon the traditional design, which has been in use for over 200 years.
Jan 10, 2024
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Engineering
Power grids—the web of electrical networks that sprawl across countries and continents—are under stress. Extreme weather events and volatile energy demands often push the system to the brink. Although these high-impact ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Engineering
An extensive search and rescue operation is underway to locate a commercial submersible that went missing during a dive to the Titanic shipwreck.
Jun 21, 2023
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Other
In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday for a submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five people down to the wreck of the ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The world's transition to clean energy sources must be "just" and financed by the hydrocarbon trade, the climate change minister of oil-rich United Arab Emirates told AFP.
Jul 19, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Last February's severe winter storm caused sustained peaks in demand for electricity across Texas, triggering tremendous stress on the state's power grid and widespread outages lasting days. Now a new report from Rice University's ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
(HealthDay)—With a major winter storm bearing down on most of the U.S. Northeast, making a plan to keep your family warm and safe if power is knocked out is crucial.
Jan 28, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Last year, computer engineers from Northwestern University and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) introduced the world's first battery-free Game Boy, which harvests both solar energy and the user's kinetic energy from ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Last year, Princeton researchers identified a disturbing security flaw in which hackers could someday exploit internet-connected appliances to wreak havoc on the electrical grid. Now, the same research team has released algorithms ...
Sep 24, 2019
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