Category: Engineering
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Device opens the door for soft robotic applications in food handling, manufacturing, and biomedical therapeutics — ScienceDaily
The hottest drink of the summer may be the SEAS-colada. Here’s what you need to make it: gin, pineapple juice, coconut milk and a dielectric elastomer actuator-based soft peristaltic pump. Unfortunately, the last component can only be found in the lab of Robert Wood, the Harry Lewis and Marlyn McGrath Professor of Engineering and Applied…
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New York, New England See Extensive Flood Damage Following Intense Rainfall
An intense rainstorm moving through the Northeastern U.S. brought significant damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine. Continue Reading News Source: www.enr.com
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Appeals Court Takes New Aim at Mountain Valley Pipeline Despite Mandated Curbs
U.S. panel halts project work in protected forest just days after agencies deliver permits as mandated in new debt ceiling law to speed 303-mile natural gas line across Virginia and West Virginia, with December finish target in possible jeopardy. Continue Reading News Source: www.enr.com
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U.S. Appeals Court Takes New Aim to Halt Mountain Valley Gas Line
Richmond panel orders pause in project work in protected forest just weeks after new debt ceiling law mandated completion of much litigated 303-mile natural gas line across Virginia and West Virginia Continue Reading News Source: www.enr.com
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Appeals Court Takes New Aim at $6.6B Mountain Valley Pipeline Despite Recent Federal Boost
Virginia federal appeals panel halts project work in protected forest just days after new debt ceiling law orders speedy completion of 303-mile natural gas line across Virginia and West Virginia, with December target in possible jeopardy. Continue Reading News Source: www.enr.com
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First study to quantify effects of subsurface climate change on civil infrastructure — ScienceDaily
There is a “silent hazard” lurking underneath our major global cities, and our buildings were not designed to handle it. A new Northwestern University study has, for the first time, linked underground climate change to the shifting ground beneath urban areas. As the ground heats up, it also deforms. This phenomenon causes building foundations and…
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Estonia tests unmanned autonomous military vehicles for combat roles
Nations worldwide are scrambling to incorporate new-age technologies to advance their military capabilities in order to stay at the forefront and reduce casualties. In this regard, a novel autonomous experiment at the Estonian Military Academy has been conducted, aiming to modernize the military and equip it with the latest autonomous ground systems. The two-day test…
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Netflix develops an AI-powered ‘purple’ green screen
Green screens have been used in Hollywood for decades to create special effects. For the uninitiated, a green screen is added as a backdrop to add visual effects later. Later, the green screen is digitally removed or keyed out so the editor can drop a scene onto the background in post-production. Now researchers at Netflix…
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A thermal cloak could help conserve EV batteries from temperature fluctuations
Researchers at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a thermal cloak for electric vehicles that can keep them warmer in the winter months and increase the battery’s lifespan, a press release said. Cars are well known for their tendency to become hot ovens on hot and sunny days and chilly enclosures in the winter.…
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New research sheds light on the way black hole mergers are formed
A new study is shedding light on the environments that could lead to black hole merger events. This is according to a press release by the Royal Astronomical Society published on Monday. “The first gravitational waves, predicted initially by Albert Einstein in 1916, were detected from Earth in 2015. However, determining their origin in the…