Biotechnology Holds Promise for Protecting Forest Health, But Investments in Research Are Needed, Along With Public Dialogue
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January 8, 2019
Engineering
An Implant for Weight Loss, Powered by the Stomach
In 2019, I will exercise more, sleep more, and eat less. And hopefully shed some excess holiday pounds. If only there were a device that could help me out… In a recent paper in the journal Nature Communications, engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) describe a device to aid weight loss that is less invasive than […]
SpaceX Confident About Its Starlink Constellation for Satellite Internet; Others, Not So Much
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To Boost Lithium-Ion Battery Capacity by up to 70%, Add Silicon
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Power From Commercial Perovskite Solar Cells Is Coming Soon
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Managing your warehouse without spreadsheets
Knowing your inventory is an absolute necessity and how well you manage it directly affects your bottom line. Arguably, the materials that go into building any facility are the most important part of the whole project. This holds true for all parts of the oil and gas value chain – downstream, midstream, and upstream. There […]
Swarm Wants to Send Hundreds of Tiny CubeSats Into Orbit
A day after being whacked with a US $900,000 FCC fine for launching four tiny CubeSats without permission, Silicon Valley startup Swarm Technologies sought permission for dozens more of its controversial small satellites, according to documents obtained by IEEE Spectrum. Swarm wants to create an orbital network of miniature satellites that will offer a global Internet of […]
Cyberdyne’s HAL Exoskeleton Helps Patients Walk Again in First Treatments at U.S. Facility
Danny Bal was riding his brand new motorcycle to work from his home in Ocala, Fla., two years ago when the driver of an oncoming car fell asleep and plowed into Bal’s electric-blue bike. After the accident, which crushed three of Bal’s thoracic vertebrae and shredded a spinal nerve, Bal adjusted to life in a […]
With Vineyard Wind, the U.S. Finally Goes Big on Offshore Wind Power
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Musk vs. Bezos: The Battle of the Space Billionaires Heats Up
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