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TU Graz Explores Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Himalayas

Using 3D technology and interdisciplinary expertise, a research team has explored Buddhist temples in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal and digitized them for posterity In the high-altitude and extremely remote region of Dolpo in north-west Nepal, there are numerous Buddhist temples whose history dates back to the 11th century. The structures are threatened by earthquakes, landslides and planned infrastructure projects such as the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. There is also a lack of financial resources for long-term maintenance….

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Innovative Fabric Powers Wearable Biosensors for Health Monitoring

A major factor holding back development of wearable biosensors for health monitoring is the lack of a lightweight, long-lasting power supply.

Architecture & Construction

New Cleaning Tools Cut Water Use in CSP Plants

The optimization of cleaning water consumption in CSP plants is a huge effort considering these plants are increasing their mirror surface (size) while…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Nano-Scale Process Speeds Development of Cheaper Hi-Tech Products

The process could speed the commercial development of devices, materials and technologies that exploit the physical properties of nanoparticles, which are…

Materials Sciences

Penn engineers develop ultrathin, ultralight 'nanocardboard'

Now, a team of Penn Engineers has demonstrated a new material they call “nanocardboard,” an ultrathin equivalent of corrugated paper cardboard. A square…

Materials Sciences

MXene Materials: A New Hope for Dialysis Patients

For more than 3 million people around the world, kidney failure is a life-altering diagnosis, if not a life-threatening one. While about 17 percent of people…

Materials Sciences

Stronger Metals: New Insights from Spaced-Out Nanotwins

In a paper in the journal Science, the researchers show that varying the spacing between twin boundaries, as opposed to maintaining consistent spacing…

Materials Sciences

Disorder’s Impact on Material Phase Transitions Explained

While these arrangements can be easily studied in each phase individually, it is significantly harder to study how they change their arrangements from one…

Materials Sciences

New Material Cleans and Splits Water Using MOFs

Because MOFs are so versatile in both their structural design and usefulness, material scientists are currently testing them in a number of chemical…

Materials Sciences

Engineers Create Eco-Friendly Conductive Graphene Fabrics

Recently the research article “A method for producing conductive graphene biopolymer nanofibrous fabrics by exploitation of an ionic liquid dispersant in…

Materials Sciences

Electronic Highways at Nanoscale Boost Computing Efficiency

Computers are getting faster and increasingly powerful. However, at the same time computing requires noticeably more energy, which is almost completely…

Materials Sciences

Crystals Clean Natural Gas: A Sustainable Upgrade for Saudi Arabia

Upgrading natural gas in this way could help Saudi Arabia to make greater and cleaner use of its abundant natural gas supplies, which can contain high levels…

Materials Sciences

Next-Gen Watch Springs: Innovations Driving Industry Change

Applied research is not always initiated by industry – but oftentimes it yields results that can swiftly be implemented by companies. A prime example can be…

Materials Sciences

Carbon Nanotubes: The Future of Fast-Charging Batteries

Rice University scientists are counting on films of carbon nanotubes to make high-powered, fast-charging lithium metal batteries a logical replacement for…

Machine Engineering

Integrating One’s Sights on the Factor of 10: “futureAM – Next Generation Additive Manufacturing”

The complete process chain serves as the common theme

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Cell Connectors Boost High-Performance Solar Modules

Heraeus and Ulbrich developed a process for the production of the efficient cell connector and presented the new product to the professional audience in…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Nuclear fusion: wrestling with burning questions on the control of 'burning plasmas'

What would it take to meet the world's energy needs, sustainably, far into the foreseeable future? Perhaps creating energy the way the sun does, through…

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