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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

Empire’s New Auto Lighting Sockets Meet Tough Standards

The T20 sockets, moulded from DuPont™ Zytel® HTN PPA (polyphthalamide) withstand higher temperatures than the S8 sockets used in most North American cars….

Power and Electrical Engineering

Enhancing Wind Power: Smoother Solutions with Rotor Inertia

A way to make wind power smoother and more efficient that exploits the inertia of a wind turbine rotor could help solve the problem of wind speed variation,…

Materials Sciences

New DuPont™ Crastin® PBT grades cut costs with super-fast moulding cycles

“The shorter moulding cycles achieved with Crastin® SF can deliver cost savings ranging up to 20 percent,” said Dave Donofrio, global business manager for…

Automotive Engineering

Coconut Fiber Car Parts: A Sustainable Innovation Breakthrough

The Baylor researchers have developed a technology to use coconut fiber as a replacement for synthetic polyester fibers in compression molded composites….

Power and Electrical Engineering

E.ON Supports Innovative Hybrid Photovoltaic Project at ATI

The three year project, led by Professor Ravi Silva, Director of the Advanced Technology Institute, aims to utilise the nanotechnological expertise of the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electromagnetic Phantom Enhances Metal Detector Testing

In the comics, the Phantom is a masked crimefighter who protected the innocent from pirates, hijackers and other evildoers. While not as dashing or exciting as…

Materials Sciences

New Rapid Assembly Process Enhances Nanoscale Fabrication

The rapidly advancing field of nanotechnology demands simple and quick fabrication processes in the nanoscale. With more lightweight flexible plastic solar…

Materials Sciences

New Technique Enhances Reliability in Semiconductor Manufacturing

The new technique could help improve the reliability and manufacturability of ICs and, better yet, it’s one that state-of-the-art microelectronics…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Exploring Oxides: The Science Behind Superconductivity

The interplay between the electronic properties and atoms of a crystal is the origin of many fascinating phenomena such as superconductivity. Physicists from…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Researchers Lay Out Vision for Lighting “Revolution”

Innovations in photonics and solid state lighting will lead to trillions of dollars in cost savings, along with a massive reduction in the amount of energy…

Architecture & Construction

Why did the London Millennium Bridge 'wobble'?

The same pedestrian-structure interaction has also been identified on several other bridges, including Bristol's famous Clifton Suspension Bridge. The…

Power and Electrical Engineering

K-State Engineers Develop Energy-Harvesting Radios

That's why Kansas State University engineers are helping a semiconductor manufacturer implement its idea of an energy-harvesting radio. It could transmit…

Materials Sciences

Nontoxic Method to Biodegrade Carbon Nanotubes Unveiled

University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed the first natural, nontoxic method for biodegrading carbon nanotubes, a finding that could help diminish…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Answers to huge wind-farm problems are blowin' in the wind

Solutions to this, and other problems presented by wind farms – containing huge wind turbines, each standing taller than a 60-story building and having blades…

Materials Sciences

Electric Yarn Combines Nature and Nanotechnology for Health Monitoring

“Currently, smart textiles are made primarily of metallic or optical fibers. They’re fragile. They’re not comfortable. Metal fibers also corrode. There are…

Architecture & Construction

People, Not Just a Building, Make for 'Place'

“It is a humanistic inquiry that recognizes that buildings and settings, alone, do not make place,” he said in a talk Dec. 13 at the annual meeting of the…

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