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  • Online Program Launched to Boost Skills, Bonding for Small and Disadvantaged Firms

    Online Program Launched to Boost Skills, Bonding for Small and Disadvantaged Firms

    An industry group is launching a comprehensive online learning program that combines education for small and disadvantaged construction firms with opportunities to receive bonding and scholarships.

    The Minority Business Development Institute will…

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  • Saudi-based ACWA Power Signs $400M Azerbaijan Desalination Deal

    Saudi-based ACWA Power Signs $400M Azerbaijan Desalination Deal

    Azerbaijan’s first large-scale seawater desalination plant is set to be built by Saudi-based ACWA Power, under a recently signed $400-million public-private partnership agreement. It is a rare Caspian Sea project for the water and power…

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  • Decompression sickness in fish reveals hidden risks of hydropower operations

    Decompression sickness in fish reveals hidden risks of hydropower operations

    Professor Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and postdoctoral fellow Wolf Ludwig Kuhn at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have three goals: To understand the problem of gas supersaturation at hydropower plants, to solve it, and to help…

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  • New robotic skin lets humanoid robots sense pain and react instantly

    New robotic skin lets humanoid robots sense pain and react instantly

    If you accidentally put your hand on a hot object, you’ll naturally pull it away fast, before you have to think about it. This happens thanks to sensory nerves in your skin that send a lightning-fast signal to your spinal cord, which immediately…

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  • Low-energy compound pulls CO2 from thin air without extreme heat

    Low-energy compound pulls CO2 from thin air without extreme heat

    Pulling carbon dioxide straight from thin air usually comes with a heavy energy price. A new compound developed in Finland could change that equation.

    Researchers at the University of Helsinki’s chemistry department have created a novel…

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  • LTPO-based pixel circuit with highly uniform luminance and low flicker for variable refresh rate in AMOLED displays

  • Han, S. et al. Future trends of display technology: Micro-LEDs toward transparent, free-forn, and near-eye displays. Light Sci. Appl. 14, 335. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-02027-1 (2025).

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  • MIT just made aluminum 5x stronger with 3D printing

    MIT just made aluminum 5x stronger with 3D printing

    MIT engineers have created a new aluminum alloy that can be 3D printed, tolerates extreme heat, and reaches strength levels far beyond conventional aluminum. Tests show the material is five times stronger than aluminum made using standard…

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  • New AI-based technology offers real-time electric vehicle state estimation for safer driving

    New AI-based technology offers real-time electric vehicle state estimation for safer driving

    A research team led by Professor Kanghyun Nam from the Department of Robotics and Mechanical Engineering at DGIST has developed a physical AI-based vehicle state estimation technology that accurately estimates the driving state of electric…

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  • Bio-inspired copper composite achieves zero thermal expansion and high heat transfer

    Bio-inspired copper composite achieves zero thermal expansion and high heat transfer

    Zero-thermal-expansion (ZTE) materials are widely used in precision optics, cryogenic equipment and sensors, where even small temperature changes can cause performance problems. Yet creating ZTE materials that also conduct heat efficiently and…

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