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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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Automotive Engineering

New findings could help hybrid, electric cars keep their cool

Allowing a liquid to boil in cooling systems dramatically increases how much heat can be removed, compared to simply heating a liquid to below its boiling…

Transportation and Logistics

Scientists develop an 'intelligent car' able to learn from his owner’s driving and warn him in case of accident hazard

Scientists from six European countries, including Spain, have developed a new computer system so called DRIVSCO that allows vehicles to learn from the…

Architecture & Construction

How Sound Waves Enhance Road Design and Quality Control

Intensive efforts are underway all over the world to get 'more road for your money' by developing better methods for both design and quality control of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Delaware "Paying" Electric Car Owners

V2G vehicles work like an electrical sponge, capable of absorbing excess energy when demand for power is low, and returning some back to the electric grid when…

Power and Electrical Engineering

MIT’s New Method for Carbon Sequestration at Power Plants

Researchers at MIT have shown the benefits of a new approach toward eliminating carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions at coal-burning power plants.Their system,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Graphene Boosts Lithium-Ion Batteries with Titanium Dioxide

Researchers would like to develop lithium-ion batteries using titanium dioxide, an inexpensive material.But titanium dioxide on its own doesn't perform well…

Materials Sciences

Studying Crystal Growth in Low-Gravity Space Lab

A research project 10 years in the making is now orbiting the Earth, much to the delight of its creator Rohit Trivedi, a senior metallurgist at the U.S….

Machine Engineering

Innovative User Interface for Machine Tools: Sinumerik Operate

Sinumerik Operate contains animated elements and allows intuitive operation and programming. New functions mean that even complex workpieces are easy to set up…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Europe’s Standardized Outdoor Tests for PV Modules Explained

Module manufacturers sell their products all over the world. And yet, since unified standards are lacking, a location-specific, direct product comparison has…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Explore New Photovoltaic Inverters for Commercial Solar Plants

A current IMS Research study has shown that the PV plant market is expected to grow by at least 30 per cent annually until 2013, with the expectation that the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Theoretical Electrical Resistance Discovery Proven in Nanomaterials Lab

Scientists know the correct answer is that interplay between theory and experiments result in new advances. At times, experiment and technological development…

Power and Electrical Engineering

$3 Million for Energy Chair at Missouri University of Science and Technology

The gift from Wayne Laufer, a 1967 civil engineering graduate of Missouri S&T (then known as the University of Missouri-Rolla), and his wife, Gayle, will fund…

Materials Sciences

Controlling Carbon Nanotubes for Targeted Medicine Delivery

Nanoscopic tubes made of a lattice of carbon just a single atom deep hold promise for delivering medicines directly to a tumor, sensors so keen they detect the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Smaller Isn’t Always Better: Catalyst Simulations Could Lower Fuel Cell Cost

Materials science and engineering assistant professor Dane Morgan and Ph.D. student Edward (Ted) Holby have developed a computational model that could optimize…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Making Nanowires More Electrically Stable

Carmen Lilley, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is working on new procedures for making…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New AFOSR Magnetron Could Disrupt Enemy Electronics

According to Dr. Ron Gilgenbach, an AFOSR-sponsored researcher at the University of Michigan, a new class of magnetrons was invented that holds the potential…

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