Workplace Safety Technology: Engineering Social Distancing
The unprecedented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have created an engineering demand regarding workplace safety technology. Ensuring safe work conditions for workers is currently a top priority for every business […]
Can Employers Require Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccination?
With at least two COVID-19 vaccinations already showing promise, it may not be long before en masse vaccinations begin. [1] A critical question for most employers is whether they have […]
Self-Driving Robo Taxis
With the ongoing advancement in technology, nearly every industry is moving towards automation. Automobiles are no exception. There has been an increase in interest in driverless robot taxis in […]
News Development: Breathable Facemasks Modulate Viruses
Researchers from Northwestern University, Illinois, have created a face mask that seeks to inactivate viruses that are carried in droplets found in coughs and sneezes. They have found that non-woven […]
Oil Industry News: Oil Companies Shedding Assets
Some of the biggest energy companies in the world are offloading their assets to keep up with the drop in demand. The oil and gas industry has been one of […]
Astronauts Harvest Radishes on Space Station
On November 30, 2020, an astronaut by the name of Kate Rubins successfully harvested the first group of “space radishes” in human history. Rubins picked 20 radishes that were grown […]
Cars with “Nerves”? Self diagnostics and magnetostrictive material may deliver cars with feeling.
Researchers from Clemson University have been working on a type of smart material likened to nerves due to its ability to sense damage inflicted on the vehicles equipped with the […]
Nanotechnology key to energy storage, solar energy industries
The energy sector, including energy storage, solar power and hydrogen storage, will see great advances in the coming two decades, and nanotechnology will be a key driver of that progress. […]
Study on the Effects of Space on Humans Has Interesting Results
Irish astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly engaged in an experiment to determine the effects of space on human anatomy. Scott travelled to the International Space Station, while his twin brother […]
How 5G will change cities forever
While 5G is technically already around, a widespread release across the world will not be seen until late 2019 or early 2020. The first places we will start to see […]
Could the Future of Energy be Entirely Renewable?
As the world shifts toward greener alternatives to fossil fuels and eco-friendly lifestyles, we begin to wonder just how far we are capable of going. Are there enough options and […]
Engineers use captured carbon to create new form of concrete
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the UCLA Luskin Centre for Innovation has developed a process for turning a harmful by-product of the cement industry into a harmless raw material […]
