Chemistry, Nano & Materials

3D Printed Simpsons and Futurama Mini TVs Made for Mini-Bingeing

3DPrint.com: Combining Homer’s addiction to television with Professor Farnsworth’s love for outlandish gadgetry, ingenious fans are taking love for Matt Groening’s content to the next level – and well into the twenty-first century – by 3D printing their own custom…

Solar power tech could help produce next generation synthetic fuels

The Engineer: Concentrated solar energy has come a long way since the days of Archimedes. According to legend, the Greek polymath defended his home city of Syracuse from Roman soldiers using giant mirrors to focus the rays of the Sun, setting…

Faster Microfiber Actuators Mimic Human Muscle

IEEE Spectrum: Robotics, prosthetics, and other engineering applications routinely use actuators that imitate the contraction of animal muscles. However, the speed and efficiency of natural muscle fibers is a demanding benchmark. Despite new developments in actuation technologies, for the most past…

Petroleum Students And Workers: How To Find And Keep A Job – Interview With Recent Graduate.

Forbes: Connor Albrecht is in the Oil & Gas Engineering Division at Texas Railroad Commission in Austin. Previously he worked on the engineering teams with Halliburton HAL in the…