Collaborate Disseminate
Live power lines are traditionally inspected by workers who have to climb poles, stand in bucket lifts, or ride in helicopters. A new system promises to make such inspections quicker, easier and safer, by allowing a drone to do the job.Continue Reading… Continue reading Osprey NPS lets drones perform direct-contact power line inspections
When it comes to closing incisions or other wounds in the digestive tract, sutures alone aren’t enough to keep digestive fluids or food waste from leaking out into the abdomen. A new hydrogel patch is designed to help, by thoroughly sealing such injuri… Continue reading “Intestinal bandage” designed to better heal digestive tract wounds
Currently, most electric drones are limited to relatively short flight times. Also, in order to maintain radio contact with their operator, they must stay within line of sight. A new Honeywell system, however, is intended to address these limitations.C… Continue reading Honeywell’s BVLOS suite designed to let drones fly farther and longer
A milestone in decarbonization today as Sweden’s SSAB made the world’s very first “fossil-free” steel delivery, created with green hydrogen instead of coal and coke, to a customer, Volvo, where it will be used in electric trucks.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading First “fossil-free” steel delivered to Volvo in Sweden
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, but numbers could be reduced with better early warning systems. A new study has outlined just such a system, using nanoparticles that make atherosclerotic plaques emit ultrasound waves.C… Continue reading Noisy nanoparticles sound plaque alarm before heart attack or stroke
Poised to draw envy from owners of “yesterday’s” supercar-carrier land yachts, new European marque Dembell aspires to create the most luxurious land yacht the world has seen. With its stretched, three-axle Mercedes base, triple-expanding, yacht-appoint… Continue reading Ferrari-stashing expandable motorhome may be swankiest land yacht yet
As a widely used material across the globe, cement has a massive environmental footprint and accounts for around eight percent of our CO2 emissions, but scientists hope to eat into this problem by making tweaks to the recipe. A research team has now co… Continue reading Novel cement uses discarded clay to cut carbon footprint by two thirds
From late September all Americans will be offered a third COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, to be administered at least eight months after a second dose. The formal booster announcement comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) and other experts questi… Continue reading US decision to offer COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all divides experts
Ordinarily, airliners have to run their jet engines in order to taxi along the runway – this uses a lot of fuel, plus it generates a lot of carbon emissions. A new in-ground electrical towing system, however, offers what could be a much more efficient … Continue reading In-ground aircraft towing tech promises fuel savings and less CO2
One-off cars developed as collaborations between fashion designers and automakers are usually eye-roll affairs that present little beyond loud, questionable graphics, custom embroidery and maybe some big, obnoxious wheels. Which is why Mini’s new colla… Continue reading Sustainably stripped Mini Cooper SE shows the beauty of restraint