Category: Columns

Railroad ties, traditionally built of wood, tend to decay in high heat and humidity climates such as in the southeastern United States – a High Decay Zone. Not only...

3D printing components in low-gravity environments has been considered a tremendous challenge for space missions. A team of researchers from the University of Glasgow’s James Watt School of Engineering,...

As part of NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Technology (Quesst) mission, the X-59 aircraft from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is designed to address the issue of loud sonic booms produced by...

By the time this issue is published, the presidential election will be over, and we will once again see Washington change with a new president and a new Congress....

As I walked around the CAMX Exhibit Hall in San Diego in September, I was intrigued by all the new materials and processing technologies. But something else also stood...

“Ten years from now there will not be a business on the planet that can function without AI just like they can’t function without electricity and digital communications,” he...

It all started with a question that Dr. Travis Williams asked himself. “I wasn’t sure if it was possible to fully recycle composite materials,” said Dr. Williams, professor of...

When the city of Lund’s parking company called on architect Jonas Lloyd to design and create a new multi-story parking structure sustainability, safety, and aesthetics were his priorities and...

Rocket Lab’s engineers successfully completed a hot fire test of its Archimedes engine, a significant step towards the first scheduled flight of the Neutron medium payload rocket for mid-2025....