Simple Liquid-Dispensing Robot Automates Tests to Gauge the Potential of Yeast Growth
Technology

Simple Liquid-Dispensing Robot Automates Tests to Gauge the Potential of Yeast Growth

The advancement of such automation may improve efficiency and reproducibility in life-science research while optimizing the allocation of human resources, including researchers. Automation of life-science…
A Road that Can Melt Snow and Ice on its Own Will Keep Drivers Safe
Environment

A Road that Can Melt Snow and Ice on its Own Will Keep Drivers Safe

It’s risky to slide around on slippery or snowy roadways. Sand and salt are useful for traction or melting ice, but using them excessively harms…
Components of Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Technology

Components of Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is a system that enables two-way communication between utility companies and their customers’ energy meters. It is an integrated system of…
On Deep-Water Hunts, Hammerhead Sharks have been Observed Holding their Breath to Keep Warm
Plants and Animals

On Deep-Water Hunts, Hammerhead Sharks have been Observed Holding their Breath to Keep Warm

The hammerhead shark is a unique and distinctive species of shark known for its unusual head shape, which resembles a hammer or T-shaped structure. While…
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Technology

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) refers to systems that measure, collect, and analyze energy usage, and communicate with metering devices such as electricity meters, gas meters,…
Water Metering
Technology

Water Metering

Water metering is the practice of measuring water use. Water meters measure the volume of water used by residential and commercial building units that are…
Because of Inadequate Defenses, Honey Bee Populations Could Disappear
Plants and Animals

Because of Inadequate Defenses, Honey Bee Populations Could Disappear

Because of the different levels of exposure to Vespa velutina over the course of evolution, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the…
Spark Gap
Engineering

Spark Gap

A spark gap is an arrangement of two conducting electrodes separated by a gap filled with a gas such as air that allows an electric…
Study Provides the Most Detailed Look Yet at the Planet’s Past 11,000 Summers and Winters
Environment

Study Provides the Most Detailed Look Yet at the Planet’s Past 11,000 Summers and Winters

Scientists from CU Boulder and a global team of colleagues have analyzed Antarctic ice cores to reveal the most thorough look yet at the planet’s…
Electric Arc
Physics

Electric Arc

An electric arc refers to the discharge of electricity that occurs when a current flows through a gap in a circuit or between two conductive…
Electrostatic Discharge
Physics

Electrostatic Discharge

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) refers to the sudden flow of electric charge between two objects with different electrical potentials. It occurs when there is a buildup…
In 2021, Springtime Sunny Heat Waves Contributed to Record Snowmelt, Further Affecting the Western US’s Water Supply
Environment

In 2021, Springtime Sunny Heat Waves Contributed to Record Snowmelt, Further Affecting the Western US’s Water Supply

In addition to being beautiful, snow-capped mountains act as natural water reservoirs by forming frozen water reservoirs that slowly melt into watersheds over the spring…
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