This story is a collaboration between The Daily Yonder and Grist. For more, watch the Daily Yonder’s video “How Broadband and Weather Forecasting Failed East Kentucky.” Terry Thies wasn’t worried about the rain that pounded on her roof last July. She had received no flood warnings before going to sleep that night. Besides, her part […]
On-board chargers are typically integrated into the vehicle's powertrain and require transformers to convert the AC power from external charging stations or home charging units, into the DC power needed to charge the vehicle's battery. Premo has developed an efficient triple 3.6 KW LLC (suited for 400V Input) set with transformer and resonance inductor specifically designed […]
This article was produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations, where Adam Federman is a reporting fellow. Subscribe to their newsletters here. Last summer, a “Chicago Against Cop City” Twitter account was created and began sharing information about a campaign unfolding some 700 miles away. Its first tweet, posted on July 18, promoted a talk at […]
The method could be used to restore damaged artworks © Eva Baur. When organic-inorganic composites are constructed in nature, two plus two can add up to more than four where the mechanical properties of the composite exceed those of the component parts. The secret to nature’s success lies in the ability to control the structure […]
Este reportaje, realizado por el Center for Public Integrity en alianza con Grist y Univision Noticias, es el tercero de una serie sobre contaminación de los suelos con plomo publicada inicialmente por Grist. La reportera Yvette Cabrera ha investigado el impacto del plomo por ocho años. La noticia fue un shock: el plomo, escondido en […]
Esta pieza del Center for Public Integrity fue publicada en alianza con Grist y Univision. ¿Hay plomo acechando en los suelos que te rodean? La peligrosa contaminación con plomo sigue plagando el suelo de centros urbanos, particularmente en vecindarios antiguos y de alto tráfico, donde durante el siglo XX se acumularon partículas y polvo transportado […]
Mirian Velay-Lizancos, a Purdue assistant professor of civil engineering, has developed a process that improves upon the traditional method to incorporate phase change materials into construction materials. Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood Researchers in the lab of Mirian Velay-Lizancos at Purdue University have developed a scalable and automatable process that enhances the introduction of phase change materials (PCMs) into […]
The automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world: Operational stock hit a new record of about one million units. This represents about one third of the total number installed across all industries, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). “The automotive industry effectively invented automated manufacturing,” says […]
At Hannover Messe, April 17-21, some 500 companies will present their solutions for hydrogen production, transport, storage, and consumption.
It’s rare for the Environmental Protection Agency to try to force a chemical plant to immediately reduce or halt its toxic airborne emissions. Such actions typically occur in extreme circumstances when a facility presents an acute risk of bodily injury to the public — for example when an explosion is imminent. But this week, the […]