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Popular Mechanics
April 18, 2018
Electric scooters literally litter the streets of San Francisco while 'hoverboards' have mostly come and gone, but the most iconic electric last-mile transportation device is probably the orange-wheeled Boosted Board. Until now, the electric skateboard has come in a single form factor: a big ol' 38-inchÃâà...
news9.com KWTV
April 18, 2018
SEILING, Oklahoma -. The Seiling Fire Department has been trying to fight wildfires the last several days without a critical piece of equipment. As News 9 reported, a tanker truck was damaged late last week. In Northeast Oklahoma City, on the Oklahoma Surplus Property Lot, a rare find: Two military trucksÃâà...
MyAJC
April 18, 2018
The union representing aircraft mechanics at UPS. after reaching what they say is an impasse in contract talks with management, has drafted a letter to President Donald Trump seeking his help. “After listening to you speak about hardworking Americans, we were hopeful that the Tax Cuts and Jobs ActÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
April 18, 2018
The letter adds that the aircraft mechanics have gone without a raise for more than four years, and it closes asking Trump if there is “anything you can do to help.” The union, which represents about 1,200 aircraft mechanics and related workers at UPS, plans to give the letter to members of Congress in aÃâà...
Futurity: Research News
April 18, 2018
Researchers have figured out a way to improve MRI scans by “lighting up” certain parts of the body using thin layers of diamonds and quantum mechanics. Imagine a harmless solution or gas containing sub-atomic particles manipulated by quantum technology that when injected or inhaled would “light up”Ãâà...
Reason (blog)
April 18, 2018
Evidently Michigan's makeup-artist lobby is stronger than its mechanics' lobby. That's hardly the only weirdly inconsistent barrier to work in Michigan. As Jarrett Skorup, director of communications for the Michigan-based Mackinac Center, points out in a 2016 report, Michigan requires a license to be aÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
April 18, 2018
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Popular Mechanics
April 17, 2018
An F-22 Raptor fighter jet was damaged this weekend when it evidently experienced a malfunction during takeoff. The fighter skidded to a stop on the runway, damaging the underside of the aircraft. The pilot was not injured and the incident is under investigation. The F-22 Raptor was in the midst of takingÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
April 3, 2018
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Popular Mechanics
March 31, 2018
“That's how we've cracked a 40-year old code,” Johnson told Popular Mechanics. “There was a ton of trial and error...we've been going over this for a decade, making tiny changes.” The best part about ICA and its software is that it can be tailored to any engine as a completely independent add-on.
Science Magazine
March 30, 2018
A century after its inception, quantum mechanics continues to puzzle us with dead-and-alive cats, waves “collapsing” into particles, and “spooky action at a distance.” In his first book, What Is Real?, science writer and astrophysicist Adam Becker sets out to explore why the physics community is still arguingÃâà...
WMFD.com
March 30, 2018
Rosell S. Bolesky has been promoted to Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, Information Technology Officer. Rosell joined Mechanics in 2014 and has served as an Information Technology Intern and Information Technology Representative. Rosell has an associate's degree from North Central State College inÃâà...
Richland Source
March 30, 2018
Rosell S. Bolesky has been promoted to Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, Information Technology Officer. Rosell joined Mechanics in 2014 and has served as an Information Technology Intern and Information Technology Representative. Rosell has an associate's degree from North Central State College inÃâà...
Corsicana Daily Sun
March 30, 2018
One nice thing was no shortage of awesome prizes in the ag mechanics division. Welders, helmets, gloves, compressors, all were part of the awards for the top prize students. Fresh off the Houston Livestock Show, many coming back late that Sunday night, March 18, just to have to go directly to the barn toÃâà...
Science Daily
March 29, 2018
Researchers at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences develop a new theoretical framework to describe how causal structures in quantum mechanics transform. They analyse under which conditions quantum mechanics allows the causal structure of the world to become "fuzzy.
Popular Mechanics
March 29, 2018
In 2016, Popular Mechanics described an early test involving the material and a M2 .30 caliber armor piercing bullet. The bullet, delivering 2,780 foot-pounds of energy against a block of CMF less than one inch thick, shattered on impact. The same bullet was stopped by one half inch of dense armor plate.
Popular Mechanics
March 22, 2018
“There are a lot of factors leading up to a crash, but the one that I wish would get more attention is the element of design,” Dennis said in an interview with Popular Mechanics. “Human beings have certain things that they do that are somewhat predictable—cutting corners when you're walking is a veryÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 22, 2018
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have built a fish robot that can swim in the open water alongside the very animals it is researching. Robotic fish have become increasingly sophisticated in recent years. They are now "secret agents" that can infiltrateÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 22, 2018
"People will come in here bent all out of shape, angry at the car instead of themselves. They won't be honest about what happened." BY Tom Chiarella. Mar 22, 2018. Tom Chiarella. Willie Swinney. Buster's Service Center, Hyde Park, Missouri. Popular Mechanics: What's the best piece of advice you have for someoneÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 21, 2018
"For rocky objects like 'Oumuamua, more than 95 percent of them likely come from binary systems," lead author Alan Jackson, an astronomer at the Centre for Planetary Sciences at the University of Toronto, told Popular Mechanics in an email. When astronomers first sighted 'Oumuamua, it was generallyÃâà...
Bleeding Cool News
March 21, 2018
Sea of Thieves is designed from the ground up to be a game that grows and evolves, and we will release new cosmetic options ongoing as part of that, alongside new mechanics and ways to play. Our focus for launch is on delivering a great initial experience, and as we move beyond launch we will beÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 21, 2018
Tiangong-1 started falling in 2016, but now we've got a date for its destruction—give or take a few days. By Avery Thompson. Mar 20, 2018. China Space Report. China's Tiangong-1 space station has been in a pretty precarious position for the past several months. The defunct station was decommissioned and deorbited asÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 20, 2018
(Image: The heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March 5 moves to the launch tower at Wenchang Space Launch Center on October 28, 2016 in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China.) China is working on a new generation of heavy-lift rocket designed to take its taikonauts to the moon and beyond. The LongÃâà...
Golf Channel
March 18, 2018
Rory McIlroy talks about was the difference between missing the cut at Valspar and now being in the mix at the Arnold Palmer Invitational one week later. PlaylistTrending. McIlroy was getting bogged down with mechanics in MC at ValsparMar 18, 2018 Ãâ÷ Tiger hangs on to stay in the mix at Bay HillMar 18, 2018.
Popular Mechanics
March 16, 2018
A plane in Siberia carrying over $300 million worth of gold, diamonds, and platinum loses most of it shortly after takeoff. By Avery Thompson. Mar 16, 2018. It's -21C in Yakutia, sunny, we expect showers of diamond, platinum and gold... Plane loses its $368 million cargo; gems and precious metals rain over Russia's coldestÃâà...
Science Daily
March 16, 2018
Quantum mechanics runs hot in a cold plasma. Date: March 15, 2018; Source: University of British Columbia; Summary: Researchers have found a new system that could help yield 'warmer' quantum technologies. Share: FULL STORYÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 16, 2018
It's one of several ways scientists are trying to clear the skies, before it's too late. By Sophie Weiner. Mar 16, 2018. Airbus. Space junk is a huge problem. In fact, if we don't do something about the more than 20,000 objects—from defunct satellites to paint chips—that are orbiting Earth, we may one day be unable to leave theÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 16, 2018
After an extraordinarily durable run, NASA's Kepler space telescope is finally running out of gas. The agency expects Kepler to burn the last of its fuel within the next several months, ending nine years of incredible science searching for planets beyond the solar system. Trailing behind the Earth as it orbitsÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
March 16, 2018
If there's an insufficient number of trained Afghan mechanics, damaged aircraft have to be destroyed on the battlefield, officials said. “If you get to the point where you have a cadre of trained and qualified Afghan maintainers, then you can send groups of those guys to different places and keep the aircraft outÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 16, 2018
The biggest turbine engine in the world, nearly as wide as a Boeing 737 fuselage, took to the skies for the first time on Wednesday, March 14. The GE9X, destined to power the Boeing 777X, has a composite fan stretching 134 inches in diameter, more than 11 feet, tucked into a 14-and-a-half-foot nacelle.
Popular Mechanics
March 15, 2018
This mysterious spacecraft is much more than just a simple brainstorming exercise. At the time of writing, there was no official explanation connecting these pieces of the puzzle, but sources told Popular Mechanics the unusual “space plane” is actually a partially reusable satellite launcher being developedÃâà...
Tampa Bay Newspapers
March 15, 2018
Before forming Mike + The Mechanics, Mike Rutherford was associated with another famous classic rock band. Rutherford is a founder member, guitarist, bass-player and songwriter with Genesis, the British rock group who have sustained massive international success over the last four decades.
The Verge
March 15, 2018
Though his work upended what was thought to be a fundamental truth of black holes, Hawking radiation actually did some reconciliation. His work connected two conflicting concepts in theoretical physics: quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. “Those are the two pillars on which physics now rests,Ãâà...
TBO.com
March 15, 2018
Until then, at least we have their old Genesis bandmate Mike Rutherford and Mike and the Mechanics. Their first Tampa Bay concert in 30 years will see the band playing hits like Silent Running, The Living Years and All I Need Is a Miracle, alongside a few Genesis tunes. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Capitol TheatreÃâà...
High Horology Journal (blog)
March 15, 2018
With a little help from local government, and funding from the region, a new course in artistic mechanics will open this summer in Sainte-Croix. Home to a population of around five thousand, perched on a shoulder of rock in the Vaud region, small size and mountainous location have been no obstacle toÃâà...
Phys.Org
March 15, 2018
Particles quench in a disordered web of quantum interactions to form a state of many-body localization. Credit: Ed Grant. University of British Columbia researchers have found a new system that could help yield 'warmer' quantum technologies. Quantum technologies such as quantum computers have theÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 15, 2018
“Discovering such regularity in galaxies really helps us to better understand the mechanics that make them tick—you won't find a dense galaxy rotating quickly, while another with the same size but lower density is rotating more slowly,” Meurer said. Meurer and his team's research, which can be found here,Ãâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 14, 2018
A military branch for space was recently considered by Congress, and now the president has floated a similar idea. By Jay Bennett. Mar 13, 2018. U.S. Air Force. (Image: One of the U.S. Air Force's X-37B unmanned spaceplanes that orbits for hundreds of days at a time on classified missions.) Speaking today at MarineÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 14, 2018
Such a theory would resolve the contradictions between Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which describes the laws of gravity that govern the motion of large objects like planets, and the Theory of Quantum Mechanics, which deals with the world of subatomic particles. That theory was not resolvedÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 14, 2018
A reported encounter between U.S. Navy aircraft and UFOs has been released to the general public. The video, taken onboard a F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter, shows a fast-moving object passing below the fighter, with an amazed aircrew watching the incident unfold. This follows the release ofÃâà...
wlfi.com
March 13, 2018
Woman said mechanics found water in her gas tank. A woman has to get her fuel pump replaced after getting gas at "Ameri Mart" gas station in Americus. Posted: Mar. 12, 2018 6:26 PM. Updated: Mar. 12, 2018 6:33 PM. Posted By: Demie Johnson. AMERICUS, Ind. (WLFI) — A woman has to get her fuel pump replaced afterÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 10, 2018
The underlying problem that has plagued Harley for years is the slow demise of its core rider group—the bandana-clad riders rolling through curvy backwood highways, traveling in packs from bar to bar across America. They're getting older, and younger riders are opting for snappier, sportier, and cheaperÃâà...
Cecil Whig
March 9, 2018
The county is in the early stages of a project to replace the Mechanics Valley Road bridge over the CSX Railroad. ... NORTH EAST — The county is moving forward with a plan to replace the bridge on Mechanics Valley Road over CSX Railroad, releasing additional details this week on what impact theÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 9, 2018
NASA's Juno spacecraft is continuing to deliver new information about Jupiter. The gas giant's atmospheric winds are nothing like the atmospheric winds of Earth, the latest findings show. Rather, they run deeper into the atmosphere and have longer lifespans than anything on this planet. "These astonishingÃâà...
Phys.Org
March 9, 2018
The additional force is a manifestation of the quantum vacuum polarization effect, which is a robust consequence of mixing gravity and quantum mechanics in a semiclassical framework. "The novelty in this analysis is that, for the first time, all these ingredients have been assembled in a fully consistentÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 8, 2018
If it does, however, finding it could help solve one of the biggest problems in physics and unify gravity with quantum mechanics. The two biggest discoveries of the 20th century have resisted all attempts by physicists to combine them into one grand unified theory, leading some physicists to question whetherÃâà...
KFVS
March 7, 2018
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, MO (KFVS) -. Drive almost anywhere in the Heartland and you will probably find a pothole, or maybe dozens of them depending which road you are on. What you also might find is that your steering might be a little off after you hit enough of these potholes. Mechanics at PlazaÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 6, 2018
Tiangong-1 has been deorbiting for months, but the station will finally reenter Earth's atmosphere in a matter of weeks. By Jay Bennett. Mar 6, 2018. CMSA. Chinese's first prototype space station, Tiangong-1, is falling back to Earth and could reenter the planet's atmosphere before the end of March. A new analysis from theÃâà...
Medical Xpress
March 3, 2018
Dr. Karyn Frick explores how sex hormones regulate memory formation, following a path established by her WHRY-funded study, in search of clues to ward off Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Credit: Yale University. Dr. Karyn Frick was puzzled. Her two-year study, begun with funding fromÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 3, 2018
Questions remain about what payloads SpaceX's new triple-booster rocket should launch, but there's a case to be made for the Heavy launching some of the most exciting space missions undertaken by humanity: exploration of the outer solar system. By Jay Bennett. Mar 2, 2018. Jay Bennett. "If that thing goes up 200 feetÃâà...
