10 Innovative Tech Solutions To Help Curb Plastic Pollution
A modern life without plastic would be quite unimaginable. I mean, plastic is everywhere: the packaging materials, bottles and cups and toys; the automobile parts, ships, trains, satellites and space…
Piping joints
The weakest points in a piping system are the connecting joints. Leak prevention by design begins with the relative ranking of the piping and valves joints used in a piping…
Tuban Oil Refinery and Petrochemical Complex
The Tuban oil refinery and petrochemical complex is being developed in the East Java province of Indonesia by PT Pertamina Rosneft Processing and Petrochemical. Established in November 2017, PT Pertamina…
Carbide Tools: Solid Like a Rock
Retired machinists reading this might reminisce over the hand-sharpened bits of Carboloy 883 carbide lying dusty and begrunged in the backs of their toolboxes. Compared to the high-speed steel tool…
Intelligent optical chip to improve telecommunications
From the internet, to fibre or satellite communications and medical diagnostics, our everyday life relies on optical technologies. These technologies use optical pulsed sources to transfer, retrieve or compute information.…
20 years after Durban Declaration, racism reverberates in ‘echo chambers of hate
Marking the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA), Heads of States and Governments gathered in the General Assembly hall as part of UNGA76, to discuss reparations, racial justice and…
Four Steps To Ensure Your Company’s Next Project Is A Success
For decades, project management has become an essential aspect of running a business in corporate America and around the world. Unfortunately, the management of projects is not as straightforward as…
A new piece of the quantum computing puzzle
Research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has found a missing piece in the puzzle of optical quantum computing. Jung-Tsung Shen, associate professor in…
20 Things You Didn’t Know About Maths
Mathematics is a very interesting subject. From its rich history to different tricks and tips, mathematics lays down a number of amazing facts to help students get involved with this subject…
“Chemical Looping” – Scientists Find a Way To Transform Toxic Sewer Gas Into Clean Hydrogen Fuel
The process, detailed recently in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Sustainable Chemical Engineering, turns hydrogen sulfide – more commonly called “sewer gas” – into hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen sulfide is emitted…
