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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

Sculptured Materials Enhance Multi-Channel Plasmonic Sensors

“Everyone uses surface plasmon resonance sensors. They are a multi billion-dollar industry worldwide,” said Akhlesh Lakhtakia, the Charles Godfrey Binder…

Transportation and Logistics

Compact Code Reading System for Industrial Applications

The compact device with high IP67 degree of protection can read both standard high-contrast codes as well as DPM (direct parts marking) codes even under…

Materials Sciences

National Academy report cites Ames Laboratory's strength in new materials research

According to a recent report by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States, once the world leader in the discovery…

Process Engineering

Lasers Enhance Metal Finishing: Precision Meets Innovation

The work is time-consuming and monotonous but requires highest levels of concentration, because any blemish in the mold can render it useless. A skilled worker…

Machine Engineering

Compact M30 Sensors: Reduced Blind Zone for Close-Up Precision

The new sensors of the compact series in M30 design have a reduced blind zone and are shorter than models of the previous generation. These improvements make…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Toward Home-brewed Electricity with “Personalized Solar Energy”

That's the topic of a report by an international expert on solar energy scheduled for the November 2 issue of ACS’ Inorganic Chemistry, a bi-weekly journal. It…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Siemens Unveils Advanced Coal Gasification Technology in USA

With a gross capacity of 730 megawatt (MW) the advanced clean coal generating plant will be one of the first commercial-scale coal gasification plants with…

Process Engineering

PTB’s Terahertz Calibration Meets US Laser Standards

Terahertz radiation still lies in a metrological no man's land – a metrology gap. The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) can now close this gap. For…

Machine Engineering

New Adapter Connects Standard Sensors to IO-Link Seamlessly

This means that the majority of sensor types available on the market can utilize the benefits of the IO-Link without any special modification, facilitating…

Materials Sciences

New Model for Glass Formation by Harvard Materials Scientists

Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common…

Power and Electrical Engineering

K-State Engineers Enhance Feasibility of Algae Oil Production

The idea by K-State's Wenqiao “Wayne” Yuan and Zhijian “Z.J.” Pei is to grow algae in the ocean on very large, supporting platforms. The National Science…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Converter Enhances Power Quality by Reducing Harmonics

The converter also reduces low-frequency harmonic effects on the system and thus fulfils the high requirements for current and voltage quality placed on mains…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Nanostructures on Optical Fiber Make "Hidden" PV Cells

Using zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Proven Method Available to Significantly Reduce Energy Consumption in Street Lighting

Experts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) estimate that about half of the approximately 13 million streetlights in America…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Open Source EtherNet/IP Adapter Stack Cuts Costs for Developers

The Automation and Control Institute (ACIN) of the Vienna University of Technology announced the release of the Open Source EtherNet/IP? Adapter Stack for…

Materials Sciences

New Method for Industrial-Scale Carbon Nanotube Processing

Rice University scientists today unveiled a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon-nanotube fibers that could lead to revolutionary advances…

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