Research/Development

Thirty projects were selected for laboratory-scale and pilot-scale research to determine viability of a novel process or determine the technical, practical and economic viability of a processCredit: Alex Stephens/Bureau of Reclamation The…

Researchers receive DOE funding to develop better quality control for 3D printing turbine componentsCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (July 11, 2019) -- The U.S. Department of Energy, through its University Turbine Systems…

Credit: S. Burrows/JILA The quantum logic clock--perhaps best known for showing you age faster if you stand on a stool--has climbed back to the leading performance echelons of the world's experimental atomic clocks.…

Chemical engineering professor Daniel Roxbury will use carbon nanotubes to examine living cellsCredit: Image courtesy of Daniel Roxbury KINGSTON, R.I. - July 15, 2019 -- If there was a sensor small enough to interact with and enter…

Project involves visualizing combustion flames in sCO2 SAN ANTONIO -- July 15, 2019 -- Southwest Research Institute and The University of Texas at San Antonio are collaborating to acquire data for a computational model for supercritical…

A new paper details how small samples of ubiquitous building materials, such as tile or brick, can be used to test whether a facility has ever stored high enriched uranium (HEU), which can be used to create nuclear weapons. The technique…

Arturo Azcorra, IMDEA Networks Director and 5TONIC Vice-President, will participate with a Keynote Speech entitled "The 5G Revolution and its impact on the Railway Sector"Credit: © IMDEA Networks Institute 5TONIC, the open…

From high levels of lead found in school drinking water to industry sites releasing toxic heavy metals into the air, over 40 years of regulations in the United States have failed to protect human and environmental health from toxic…

Targeted drugs for breast and lung cancer could be used together to overcome resistance to treatment in several different tumour types, a new study shows. Scientists discovered that when the breast cancer drug palbociclib was…

IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award cites pioneering researcher's contributions to communications technologyCredit: NYU BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, July 11, 2019 - Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport, a New York University professor and founding…