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Diesel Guzzler - Money Saver
Engineers made aerodynamic
alterations to the design of
truck trailers in order to
reduce drag and improve fuel
economy. The design uses
pressurized air active flow
control techniques along
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Turning Trash Into Power
A new kind of waste digester
uses two different strains
of bacteria in different
tanks. This would normally
take place in the same
environment, but
microbiologists have now
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Wind Farms Impacting Weather
Wind farms may have an
impact on local weather
patterns. As environmental
engineers have discovered,
wind farm propellers create
a lot of turbulence in their
wake, mixing air up and down
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'Cool' Car
Engineers at a national lab
have shown that small fans
embedded in car seats could
help cool passengers down --
saving up to 7 percent of
the 30 to 40 gallons of
gasoline per year an average
driver consumes for powering
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Metallurgical Engineers Introduce Stronger, Lighter Steel
New steel technologies are offering better looks, performance and protection for cars. To make new steel alloys, metallurgical engineers are mixing different kinds of metals like nickel, with iron ... > more -
Engineers Use Mine Roof Simulator To Increase Mine Safety
Industrial hygienists, applying geology and engineering, can test mine support systems with the only mine roof simulator of its kind. Using up to 3 million pounds of vertical force and 1.6 million ... > more -
Biogeochemists Map Out Carbon Dioxide Emissions In The U.S.
Biogeochemists located where the most carbon dioxide emissions occur in the U.S. using a new mapping system. With this program-available to anyone on the Web-researchers were able to extract ... > more -
Plant Biologists And Immunochemists Develop Hypoallergenic Alternative To Latex
Plant biologists and immunochemists developed a way to produce rubber from a desert plant called guayule. The plant contains a natural rubber alternative without the proteins that trigger allergic ... > more -
Automotive Engineers Team Up to Improve Energy-Saving Technology
Mechanical and electrical engineers at DaimlerChrysler, General Motors and BMW have jointly developed a hybrid-vehicle technology that shuts the internal combustion engine off when the vehicle stops. ... > more -
Computer Scientists Investigate Traffic Lights To Improve Fuel Economy
Using a mathematical model, transportation engineers can design optimum traffic light timing patterns for the fewest stops and driving delays. Improving traffic flow would decrease fuel consumption. ... > more -
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Mechanical Engineers Create High-tech Solar Panels
Photovoltaic panels have a new design: concentric circles that focus the sun's rays on miniaturized modules. Having the panels automatically sense sunlight and turn towards it also makes these ... > more -
Mechanical Engineers' Material Enhances Car Brakes
A fiber-reinforced ceramic, traditionally used in jets, has now been made into brakes for cars. The fibers strengthen the material and help keep it from ... > more -
Environmental Engineers Use Algae To Capture Carbon Dioxide
Engineers have designed a simple, sustainable and natural carbon sequestration solution using algae. A team at Ohio University created a photo bioreactor that uses photosynthesis to grow algae, ... > more -
Polymer Sponge Catches Household Pollutants in Storm Drains
Storm drains fitted with a spongy material -- a synthetic polymer similar to those used in diapers -- can catch household pollutants such as paint and motor oil as they are washed off by the rain. ... > more
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