Engineering
Editors and scientists propose a pathway for increasing diversity and community participation in the environmental engineering discipline
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The advent of 3D printing and low-cost sensors has made it possible to build a weather station for a few hundred dollars
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Researchers studied the effects of hydropower plants on ecosystems—and fish in particular—at 17 test sites in eight countries
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Creating industrial amounts of organic acids from renewable resources poses a challenge, because not many organisms can grow in highly acidic environments
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Researchers from Osaka University polished the hardest known material without damaging it, which will help accelerate its use in advanced electronics
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Researchers in China have developed a method to manufacture a plastic alternative that is strong, tough, and heat resistant
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The key challenge in processing big data is the cost and scale of storing the data in memory
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Development of a next-generation mechano-sensitive material where parts requiring repair can be distinguished by color
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An interdisciplinary collaboration updated the "small polaron hopping model" to reflect different pathways for conduction in ceramics
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Scientists have now concluded that proper indoor ventilation is even more effective at preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission than handwashing and social distancing
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New approaches for characterization and cross-calibration will improve the rigor and reproducibility of data in the many fields that use spectrometers
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A new method for testing metals at a microscopic scale allows researchers to rapidly inflict repetitive loads on materials while recording how ensuing damage evolves into cracks
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