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Biden administration plans major reboot for U.S. offshore wind power

The offshore wind industry is getting a major boost from the Biden administration as the White House aims to reinvigorate a potential source of renewable, emissions-free electricity that has never fully taken off in the United States. As...

source: NBC News

Green building experts urge caution of antimicrobials in building materials

A joint statement released today by green building organizations, architects, and scientists suggests that building materials with added antimicrobials have no proven health benefit — and could potentially be harmful.

source: Canadian Architect

For small business, cyber-security is as important as it is intimidating

One of the difficulties in getting people like you — and I suppose me, too — to be on guard against bad guys online, is that we are not quite as clever as we think. “In graduate school, I worked in a computer lab...

source: Concord Monitor

NASA drone lands on Mars for historic first flight on another world

It’s one giant leap for drone-kind. The helicopter drone set to make humankind’s first flight on another planet has touched down on Mars, NASA said. Photos show the four-legged contraption parked on the red planet’s...

source: New York Post

Digital technologies are key to governing robots and drones

It would certainly be an understatement to say there are many exciting things afoot in the technology realm. There has been a tectonic shift throughout the last decade, with many emerging technologies making their presence felt, most notably involving robotics, drones, blockchain...

source: RFiD Journal

U-M launches course to create ethical engineering leaders

Where does the power and responsibility lie when a company is developing technology that may be harmful to the public? A new project at the University of Michigan, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to teach engineers that the responsibility lies with them —...

source: University of Michigan

Report details the smart city tech most at risk of cyberattack

Some smart city technologies are more at risk of a cyberattack than others, according to recent research from the University of California at Berkeley, meaning local leaders must be more conscious of the technology's associated risks. Researchers...

source: Smart Cities DIVE

Los Angeles creates road map for 100% renewable energy by 2035

Los Angeles is one of the last places in California still burning coal for electricity — and if all goes according to plan, it could become one of the country's first major cities to nearly eliminate fossil fuels from its power supply....

source: Los Angeles Times

Energy efficient B-Huts could save resources, lives

Air Force RED HORSE and Navy Seabee crews joined together to construct barracks huts, or B-Huts, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 20, 2020. Although the two huts began as identical structures, one hut will serve as a baseline for energy efficiency testing while the...

source: U.S. Air Force

Biden eyes $3 trillion package for infrastructure, schools, families

Fresh off passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, President Joe Biden is assembling the next big White House priority, a sweeping $3 trillion package of investments on infrastructure and domestic needs. Biden huddled privately late...

source: The Associated Press

The pandemic's effect on women engineers

On March 23, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) hosted a Facebook Live session with SWE's FY21 President, Heather Doty, and SWE's assistant director of research, Roberta Rincon, Ph.D. During this session, Rincon spoke about SWE's recent survey on the Impact of COVID-19...

source: Society of Women Engineers

Energy Department targets 60% reduction in solar costs by 2030

In addition to the target, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced a further $128 million in funding aimed at cutting the cost of deploying solar energy and hastening development. The announcement includes concentrating solar-thermal...

source: The Hill

Cyber security playing greater role in energy companies' digital transformation

As U.S. oil and gas operations and electric power systems increasingly turn to digital, cloud-based solutions to help operate their oilfields and generation plants, executives are becoming increasingly concerned about the need...

source: Forbes

Overcoming cyber threats in a 5G world

Many countries are investing heavily in their 5G network, especially in Asia. However, increasing connectivity through 5G networks also comes with heightened cybersecurity threats. As the new technology links both the physical and virtual world, 5G security risks will have...

source: CPO Magazine

Telehealth drones: Healthcare coming soon to a screen near you

Telehealth and virtual healthcare are among the latest trends in medicine. And rightly so — with new modes of communication, pandemic-driven restrictions and preferences for socially distant care, and a renewed emphasis on increasing...

source: Forbes

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Biden administration plans major reboot for U.S. offshore wind power

Green building experts urge caution of antimicrobials in building materials

For small business, cyber-security is as important as it is intimidating

NASA drone lands on Mars for historic first flight on another world

Digital technologies are key to governing robots and drones

U-M launches course to create ethical engineering leaders

Report details the smart city tech most at risk of cyberattack

Los Angeles creates road map for 100% renewable energy by 2035

Energy efficient B-Huts could save resources, lives

Biden eyes $3 trillion package for infrastructure, schools, families

The pandemic's effect on women engineers

Energy Department targets 60% reduction in solar costs by 2030

Cyber security playing greater role in energy companies' digital transformation

Overcoming cyber threats in a 5G world

Telehealth drones: Healthcare coming soon to a screen near you

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