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May 02, 2016

Speedy bridge repair
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) May 02, 2016
In just 30 seconds, a devastating earthquake like the ones that struck Japan and Ecuador can render a city helpless. With roadways split and bridges severely damaged, residents and emergency personnel could be prevented from moving around to rebuild. Normally, it takes weeks to repair the cracking or spalling of columns on just one bridge damaged in an earthquake. But a team of researchers led by University of Utah civil and environmental engineering professor Chris Pantelides has developed a new ... read more

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				Seebeck thermoelectric device achieves higher conversion efficiency A thermoelectric (TE) device using cutting edge thermoelectric conversion technology has been created by a team comprising NEC Corporation, NEC TOKIN Corporation and Tohoku University. The new techn ... more		Exploring phosphorene, a promising new material Two-dimensional phosphane, a material known as phosphorene, has potential application as a material for semiconducting transistors in ever faster and more powerful computers. But there's a hitch. Ma ... more

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

Machines can learn to respond to new situations like human beings would How does the image-recognition technology in a self-driving car respond to a blurred shape suddenly appearing on the road? Researchers from KU Leuven, Belgium, have shown that machines can learn to ... more		Spintronics for future information technologies They thereby demonstrated that this class of materials is suitable for data processing based on spin. The work has been published in the renowned periodical Physical Review B and was selected as "Ed ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		Augmented games can increase the diversity of sports Augmented climbing wall increases social interaction, helps to attract wider target audiences and empowers users to become content creators. Augmented climbing wall operates as a huge touch sc ... more
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