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Sep 15, 2016
Engineering 360 - Texas Tech University researchers have devised a new way to help prevent the smuggling of nuclear weapons by developing a material—hexagonal boron nitride semiconductors—to detect the neutron signals that identify the presence of substances used in the manufacture of nuclear devices.
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Sep 14, 2016
Wind Energy Update - Improving wind turbine reliability to 99.5% will require new data analysis approaches across the industry as existing techniques won’t allow the sector to go above current reliability levels, according to Carsten Westergaard, senior advisor, Wind and Water at the Sandia National Laboratories and Professor of Practice at Texas Tech University.
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Sep 14, 2016
Cotton Grower - American cotton farmers have been extremely fortunate with respect to the advancements made in fiber quality they’ve enjoyed in recent years. Seed companies have placed an added emphasis on producing varieties that not only yield well, but also demonstrate superior strength, length and staple.
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Sep 14, 2016
Charity Choice - Trends in the legacy marketplace currently look positive. In their recent analysis of the market, Smee and Ford found that 37,261 generous people left legacies in 2015, donating an amazing £2.3bn to non-profits. This is the highest number of charitable estates ever recorded by the data analysis firm.
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