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Making wind power greener with compostable turbine blades
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, are working to develop compostable, ecologically sound wind-turbine blades from bamboo and mycelium, the fungal root-like system that bears mushrooms. Wind is one of the fastest growing sources of renewable energy around the globe and the expanding role of wind is largely good news. However, an environmentally sound…
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TECHNOLOGY
Students conclude baseline design review of their CubeSats
Students from six CubeSats teams have successfully concluded the baseline design review of their CubeSats as part of the ESA Academy’s new Fly Your Satellite! (FYS!) Design Booster…
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Engineers develop robot head cocktail party
A team of engineers at the Augmented Listening Laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is creating a ‘cocktail party’ of 3D-printed, humanoid robots that can listen and…
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Formula 1 specialist launches cargo drones
Formula One specialist MGI Engineering has unveiled two cargo-drone technology demonstrators. The engineering consultancy is applying the Formula 1 development philosophies and mindset gained through the decades…
SUSTAINABILITY
Making wind power greener with compostable turbine blades
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, are working to develop compostable, ecologically sound wind-turbine blades from bamboo and mycelium, the fungal root-like system that bears mushrooms. Wind…
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Termite mounds offer tips for creating living, breathing buildings that use less energy
Scientists studying termite mounds in Namibia have suggested that elements of the mounds’ design could be copied by architects to create a comfortable climate in human buildings with…
Engineers designing safer, more effective hydrogen injector for gas turbines
Engineers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Texas are designing innovative hydrogen-combustion systems for the gas turbines used in power generation. Hydrogen fuel produces no carbon emissions…
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EDUCATION
Loughborough University offers experience day for prospective engineering students
Loughborough University is offering prospective engineering students the opportunity to attend an ‘experience day’ in July to see if an engineering degree is right for them. Loughborough is…
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Engineering students design STEM mobile learning studio
A team of engineering students at James Madison University in Virginia has designed a mobile learning studio aimed at empowering the next generation of students to explore and…
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Students conclude baseline design review of their CubeSats
Students from six CubeSats teams have successfully concluded the baseline design review of their CubeSats as part of the ESA Academy’s new Fly Your Satellite! (FYS!) Design Booster…
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MATERIALS
Making wind power greener with compostable turbine blades
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, are working to develop compostable, ecologically sound wind-turbine blades from bamboo and mycelium, the fungal root-like system that bears mushrooms. Wind…
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Discovery makes possible the optimisation of thermal-energy storage
Researchers at Texas A&M University have established foundational design principles for composite phase change materials that can rapidly store thermal energy. The breakthrough should dramatically simplify the design…
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Engineers design sutures that can deliver drugs or sense inflammation
Inspired by sutures developed thousands of years ago, a team of MIT engineers has designed ‘smart’ sutures that can not only hold tissue in place, but also detect…
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MEDICAL
Engineers develop 3D-printed wearable sweat sensor
Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering have developed an innovative 3D-printed wearable sweat sensor. Dubbed the Sweatainer, the sensor is similar in size…
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Engineers design sutures that can deliver drugs or sense inflammation
Inspired by sutures developed thousands of years ago, a team of MIT engineers has designed ‘smart’ sutures that can not only hold tissue in place, but also detect…
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Engineers develop robot head cocktail party
A team of engineers at the Augmented Listening Laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is creating a ‘cocktail party’ of 3D-printed, humanoid robots that can listen and…
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