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Digital transformation in construction industry requires more support, study shows

Digital transformation in construction industry requires more support, study shows. Credit: XJTLU In recent years, the engineering and construction industries have been exploring the use of digital technologies to boost productivity and improve safety, quality, and sustainability. However, digital transformation in this industry has been slow compared to other sectors...
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Watching lithium in real time could improve performance of EV battery materials

Graphical abstract. Credit: Joule (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.09.008 Researchers have found that the irregular movement of lithium ions in next-generation battery materials could be reducing their capacity and hindering their performance. The team, led by the University of Cambridge, tracked the movement of lithium ions inside a promising new battery material...
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New walking robot design could revolutionize how we build things in space

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have designed a state-of-the-art walking robot that could revolutionize large construction projects in space. They tested the feasibility of the robot for the in-space assembly of a 25m Large Aperture Space Telescope. They present their findings in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. A scaled-down prototype...
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Researchers want to make salt printing marketable

Lightweight metal components made of various materials created using 3D-printed salt frameworks (white cubes). Credit: Kilian Kessler Materials scientists Nicole Kleger and Simona Fehlmann have developed a 3D printing process for creating salt templates that they can fill with other materials. One area of application is the creation of highly...
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Blast furnace gas combustion: A sustainable alternative for the steel industry?

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Omega (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02103 Currently, energy-intensive industries are shifting their production and processes towards more sustainable models. Thus, industrial processes can increase their efficiency while reducing pollutant emissions. Several strategies are being promoted to reach these energy efficiency objectives, such as waste heat recovery, waste stream...
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Miniature permanent magnets can be printed on a 3D printer

Miniature permanent magnets printed on a 3D printer. Credit: UrFU / Oksana Meleshchuk Scientists from the Ural Federal University and the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences are determining the optimal conditions for 3D printing of permanent magnets from hard magnetic compounds based on rare-earth metals. This will...
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Advances in in-sensor image memorization and encoding

Design and characterizations of single InGaAs 1P-1R integrated device. a Schematic illustration of the fabricated InGaAs 1P-1R device. b Equivalent circuit diagram of the 1P-1R structure, and three key operations in the 1P-1R device depending on applied bias voltage: (i) memorization, (ii) computation, and (iii) erasing operations. Each background color...
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Electrostatic atomization reduces tool wear and occupational health risks

Development history of MQL. Credit: International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (2022). DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/ac9652 Scientists from Qingdao University of Technology for the first time summarized the development status and technical bottlenecks of electrostatic atomization minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) to further promote the green transformation of manufacturing industry. Publishing in the International...
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