A research team led by Professor Thomas Nann, of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at Victoria University in New Zealand, has created a new electrolyte – one of several key parts in […]
Researchers at Penn State have developed a three-dimensional, cross-linked polymer sponge that attaches to the metal plating of a battery anode in order to create longer-lasting, faster-charging, and safer lithium metal batteries. The work was […]
Purdue University is partnering with Cranfield University in the UK to offer a suite of graduate-level education programs that will support the U.S. Department of Defense and its allies. The partnership will provide options for […]
Emesent, a drone autonomy company spin-out from Australian federal research agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has developed software that allows autonomous drones to create mapping of underground spaces such as mines and […]
Researchers at MIT are working on using a fleet of drones to collaboratively search for missing people under dense forest canopies. They equipped each autonomous quadrotor drone with laser-range finders for position estimation, localization, and […]
Missouri University of Science and Technology has installed two new advanced lead battery microgrid systems at the campus’s EcoVillage, a “living laboratory” that is home to solar-powered houses designed and built by Missouri S&T students. […]
In 2013, the African country of Rwanda reported that only between 5 – 20% of its population had access to electricity. In response to this situation, the Rwandan government recently launched a goal to electrify […]
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $895,000 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) through its program, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAAN). With the funds, WPI will provide six needs-based fellowships to U.S. […]
Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering has established the Sherry and John Woo Center for Big Data and Precision Health – a big data analytics center that will support global research to advance precision medicine […]
The EDF Group, Enedis, and the Nanyang Technological University have partnered to demonstrate the ‘Microgrid for Affordable and Sustainable Electricity in Remote Areas’ (MASERA) project in Singapore. This demonstrator will allow EDF to deploy a […]
Xcel Energy has begun flying drone-conducted exterior inspections at the Prairie Island and Monticello nuclear plants in Minnesota. According to Xcel, each inspection was completed in two days, provided high-quality data, improved crew safety, and […]
Benefit fraud, particularly by criminal gangs, costs the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in the United Kingdom almost £2.1 billion (~$2.6 billion US) in 2016 – a rise of £200 million in just one […]
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