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(Polar Structure AB: Stockholm) -- Swedish infrastructure company Polar Structure AB (Polar Structure), announced it is expanding into the public EV charging space with the goal of establishing an ultra-fast EV charging network across the United States. Polar has selected GenZ EV Solutions as its U…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- When aging vehicle batteries lack the juice to power your car anymore, they may still hold energy. Yet it’s tough to find new uses for lithium-ion batteries with different makers, ages, and sizes. A solution is urgently needed because battery recycling options are scarce.…
(Engineering.com: Toronto, Ontario) -- The automotive industry ranks first place in digital transformation, according to a new report from ABI Research.
The sector scored a 3.7 out of 5 on ABI’s Digital Transformation Index, which assesses digital maturity across seven criteria, including robotics…
(Soprana Personnel: Vilnius, Lithuania) -- With remote work on the rise, workers often find it difficult to unplug, struggling to separate life from work, while managers often cross the line and complicate it. Remote work experts recommend setting boundaries and taking up certain rituals to avoid…
(Mruik’s Display: Guangdong province, China) -- Mruik’s Display, which manufactures LED window displays, has announced its active participation in diminishing carbon emissions from its manufacturing plant. The firm is employing different energy alternatives, including wind and solar power, to…
(NCMS: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) has published a new technology brief focused on advances in predictive maintenance, also known as condition-based maintenance (CBM+).
Over the past several decades, industries with High-Value Assets (HVAs) have…
(Key Technology: Walla Walla, WA) -- Mariani has led the dried fruit industry for 115 years by focusing on product quality along with production efficiency. Last year, the company decided to integrate grading and sorting on one prune-processing line at its Marysville, California, facility and began…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method for producing a key component of lithium-ion batteries. The result is a more affordable battery from a faster, less wasteful process that uses…
(Sculpteo: Paris) -- Sculpteo, a leader in 3D printing and digital manufacturing, has just published the eighth edition of The State of 3D Printing Report, its annual global survey conducted to provide the additive manufacturing insight required to inform and improve business strategies. As part of…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has exclusively licensed battery electrolyte technology to Safire Technology Group. The collection of five patented technologies is designed for a drop-in additive for lithium-ion…
(MIT: Cambridge, Massachusetts) -- When you use self-checkout machines in supermarkets and drugstores, you’re probably not doing a better job of bagging your purchases than checkout clerks once did. Automation just makes bagging less expensive for large retail chains.
“If you introduce self-…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- How can we remove carbon dioxide—a greenhouse gas—from fossil-fuel power plant exhaust before it ever reaches the atmosphere? New findings suggest a promising answer lies in a simple, economical, and potentially reusable material analyzed at the National Institute of…
(Husky Technologies, Bolton, MA) -- Husky Technologies, a pioneering technology provider delivering essential needs to the global community, was in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 8–11, exhibiting at Gulfood Manufacturing 2022. The Massachusetts-based company showed off its latest technologies,…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Marc-Antoni Racing has licensed a collection of patented energy storage technologies developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The technologies focus on components that enable fast-charging, energy-dense batteries…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an online tool that offers industrial plants an easier way to track and download information about their energy footprint and carbon emissions.
Visualizing Energy Reporting Information and Financial Implications,…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an online tool that offers industrial plants an easier way to track and download information about their energy footprint and carbon emissions.
Visualizing Energy Reporting Information and Financial Implications,…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an online tool that offers industrial plants an easier way to track and download information about their energy footprint and carbon emissions.
Visualizing Energy Reporting Information and Financial Implications,…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using ultrasounds—usually associated with medical imaging—to check the health of an operating battery. The technique uses sensors as small as a thumbnail, which could be attached to a lithium-ion battery inside a car.…
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- When Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico in 2017, winds snapped trees and destroyed homes while heavy rains transformed streets into rivers. But after the storm passed, the human toll continued to grow as residents struggled without electricity for months. Five years later…
(Tyre Collective: London) -- While you drive, your tires wear and leave dangerous microplastic around. The Tyre Collective is a startup launched with a mission to capture and monitor plastic pollution from tires, accelerating the shift toward zero-emission mobility.
Even on electric or hydrogen-…
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Researchers at the Dept. of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville discovered a key material needed for fast-charging lithium-ion batteries. The commercially relevant approach opens a potential pathway to…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- With an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste escaping to our oceans each year, plastic pollution adversely affects the environment, climate, and even our health. Many plastic products break down in the ocean and are ingested by marine wildlife.…
(LRQA: Birmingham, UK) -- More clarity is required on how environmental sustainability is measured after an international survey by global assurance provider Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) revealed that only 38 percent of organizations are using at least one management standard to drive…
(Business Wire:Milford, Massachusetts)--Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced it is providing both technology and expertise to help advance plant-based protein science in collaboration with researchers of the Plant Protein Innovation Center (PPIC) at the University of Minnesota. Waters scientists…
(ASTM International: W. Conshohocken, PA) -- ASTM International’s additive manufacturing technologies committee (F42) is developing a new material testing standard for tensile properties of filaments.
This proposed standard (WK82320) could be used to determine basic performance information on the…