May 7, 2026 | Great Lakes, Wind
This titanic network of interconnected freshwater lakes with a surface area larger than New England, New York, and New Jersey combined is theoretically ideal for wind farms. Winds sweeping across the lakes are stronger, more consistent, and less turbulent than those...
May 7, 2026 | Featured, Satellites, Space
Understanding how debris shifts in orbit can help to avoid disastrous collisions. And a new study increases that understanding, showing that space debris falls to Earth faster when the sun is more active. “For the first time, we find that, once solar activity...
May 7, 2026 | Batteries, Climate, Hydrogen, Solar
Researchers turned hard-to-recycle plastic into hydrogen using battery acid. This circular upcycling system tackles multiple problematic waste streams at once, the scientists claim. Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using...
May 7, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Oceanography, Shipping
Simon Fraser University researchers have received nearly $1 million in special funding from the Digital Research Alliance of Canada to develop an artificial intelligence–powered system that forecasts whale movements in busy shipping corridors. The Humans and...
May 7, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation, Trucks
Aurora Innovation and Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) are expanding their autonomous freight network with a new 200-mile route connecting Dallas and Oklahoma City. The companies said the new route marks another step toward scaling commercial self-driving trucking...
May 7, 2026 | Autonomous Vehicles, California, Featured
In California cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, autonomous vehicles have operated under a different set of rules for the past few years compared to their human-operated counterparts. Although these driverless taxis were susceptible to citations from local law...
May 7, 2026 | Featured, Great Lakes, Solar, Water, Wind
The U.S. Coast Guard will deploy autonomous surface drones across the Great Lakes from May through October to strengthen maritime surveillance and emergency response operations. The deployment marks one of the service’s latest steps toward integrating unmanned systems...
May 7, 2026 | Auto Industry, Auto Tech, Automotive Ethernet, Training
10BASE-T1S TRAINING FROM INTREPID CONTROL SYSTEMS This course offers an introduction to Ethernet basics, focusing on 10BASE-T1S. It covers the physical layer, Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA), line encoding and burst mode. It also includes a hands-on...
May 5, 2026 | Energy, Featured, Sustainability, Water
A decade ago, China was widely expected to become a shale powerhouse. By some estimates, it holds more technically recoverable shale gas than the United States, and there was real optimism that it could replicate the U.S. shale revolution. So far, that surge hasn’t...
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