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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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Power and Electrical Engineering

New 100 kW Inverter Power Module Cuts Weight and Size by 50%

The resulting development is a new inverter power module with an electrical power of 100 kVA, circuit design to the B6 standard, new silicium carbide (SiC)…

Power and Electrical Engineering

3D-Printed Soft Robot Walks on Sand and Stone

Researchers led by Michael Tolley, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California San Diego, will present the robot at the IEEE…

Power and Electrical Engineering

First Flat Lens for Immersion Microscopes: A New Innovation

A team of researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has developed the first flat lens for immersion…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Linear potentiometer LRW2/3 – Maximum precision with many measuring points

The LRW2/3 series linear potentiometers are characterized by their compact size and double bearing push rod. The return spring allows them to be used as…

Process Engineering

Ultrashort Laser Pulses: Precision Ablation Without Melt

Ultrashort laser pulses (USP) have enormous advantages: they can ablate with submicrometer precision, vaporizing the ablated material immediately without melt…

Materials Sciences

Oddball Enzyme Offers Simple Route to Synthetic Biomaterials

The molecular machinery of the human body typically relies on genetic templates to carry out construction. For example, molecular machines called DNA…

Materials Sciences

Bacteria Use Lotus Effect for Self-Protection Against Biofilms

Dental plaque and the viscous brown slime in drainpipes are two familiar examples of bacterial biofilms. Removing such bacterial depositions from surfaces is…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Swarming Robots Take Flight with Virtual Top Hats

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have created a team of free-flying robots that obeys the two rules of the air: don't collide or undercut each…

Materials Sciences

Gas-Enhanced Laser-Induced Graphene: Unveiling New Properties

Until recently, the Rice lab of James Tour made LIG only in open air, using a laser to burn part of the way through a flexible polyimide sheet to get…

Materials Sciences

New Copper X-Ray Source Sets Gold Standard for Material Measurement

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have produced and precisely measured a spectrum of X-rays using a new,…

Materials Sciences

New Electrostatic Material Design Method From TU Graz

Computational materials design is traditionally used to improve and further develop already existing materials. Simulations grant a deep insight into the…

Machine Engineering

PRESTO W91/W92: Next-Gen High-End Thermo-Dynamical Powerhouses

PRESTO W91/W92 – High-end Thermo-dynamical Product

Power and Electrical Engineering

Power goes Industry 4.0 – intelligent, connected, and multi-functional

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen offers innovative power electronic solutions that are used in…

Materials Sciences

Liquid-Crystal and Bacterial Materials: Self-Organizing Innovations

“One of the ideas we came up with was materials that live,” said Igor S. Aronson, holder of the Huck Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry…

Materials Sciences

Heat-to-Electricity: Unlocking Energy in Single Molecules

Materials with a high thermoelectric figure of merit are thus widely desired for use in energy harvesting. Quantum confinement effects in nanomaterials arising…

Materials Sciences

3D Force Measurement at the Subatomic Scale Using AFM

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is an extremely sensitive technique that allows us to image materials and/or characterize their physical properties on the atomic…

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