Siemens AG To Buy US Oil Services Company Dresser-Rand For $7.6 Billion

Siemens AG confirmed recently it will purchase United States oil services company Dresser-Rand for $7.6 billion. The acquisition by the German engineering giant provides the company with a fast track into the US fracking craze, which expects…

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Huge Asteroid Set to End the World and Scientists Don’t Know How to Stop It

Over the long timescales of Earth’s history, asteroids have hammered our planet from time to time . For example, K/T impact, an asteroid about 65 million years ago made a huge explosion that supposedly resulted…

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Robots Use Wi-Fi and Teamwork to See Through Walls

Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, have discovered out a way to use Wi-Fi in conjunction with robots to see through walls. Essentially, X-ray vision! How it works? Seeing through walls takes two autonomous…

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Tucked Backed In The Hills of Wales, Royal and U.S. Air Force Jets Fly Low and Fast!

The Machynlleth Loop, commonly referred to as the Mach Loop, is a series of valleys in Western Wales used by the Royal Airforce and the United States Air Force to train pilots on the proper…

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57% Less Power Needed With The E-Chain. The Smooth, Quiet and Exceptionally Long Cable Carrier

Smooth running properties and low noise levels are becoming increasingly desirable as many ports and industrial sites are moving closer to residential areas, and travel speeds are ever-increasing. Indoor and outdoor cranes, as well as…

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Nano-Engineered Super Hydrophobic Materials Mimic Plant’s “Lotus Effect”

One of the old “Holy Grails” of papermaking, with roots in ancient China, was manufacturing paper to be super absorbent, first for artistic effects and later for commercial needs such as cleaning. A relatively new…

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The Winners from the Seventh Annual World Architecture Festival

This year, the seventh annual World Architecture Festival took place in Singapore, featuring approximately 300 designs but only a handful of winners across various categories. Below are some of the winners chosen by a panel…

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Thomson Airways Launches a Five-Year Plan to Improve Family Flying

British airline company Thomson Airways has announced a five-year plan for its products and services designed to “change the face of holiday flying” for families. The company’s Boeing 737 Max aircraft will feature a social…

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Scientists Telepathically Transmit Message 5,000 Miles Away

It may seem like science fiction, but researchers have conducted an experiment recently where they successfully transmitted thoughts using no hands, no words, no voice, no typing and no gestures … just brain-to brain communication.…

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The FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) System Is Finally Ready To Go After 3 Years

The FBI has finally finished their Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, which took over three years to develop. Part of the bureau’s new system is a controversial facial recognition feature called the Interstate Photo System,…

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