In June, 2012, hundreds of homes in Mountain Shadows, Colorado, a subdivision in the foothills of the Rockies, were reduced to ash during the wind-whipped Waldo Canyon Fire. On a cul-de-sac called Hot ...

A friction stir-based material processing technique for improving the surface and microstructural characteristics of materials is called friction stir processing (FSP). Because FSP involves severe ...

Abstract: In multistage press hardening processes, where a sheet material undergoes rapid austenitization, tempering, stretch-forming (SF), and die bending (DB), the resulting product properties are ...

With hurricane season underway, it's important to consider whether your home is prepared for when a storm hits. One way the state of Florida is trying to help is through the My Safe Florida Home grant ...

Density refers to the mass of a material per unit volume. Cured density is determined in an adhesive after the curing (hardening) process. Density measurements are useful for evaluating the uniformity ...

As wildfires across the U.S. become more destructive and frequent, utility infrastructure is under increasing scrutiny. In many recent cases, aging poles and power lines have been identified as ...

I am a big believer in process mining. My devotion to the approach is partly based on a strong belief in the value of a process orientation; I don’t think organizations can improve their operations ...

The Persona Knee system. [Image courtesy of Zimmer Biomet] Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH) + announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Persona Revision SoluTion Femur. The revision knee ...

A stark report from Nikkei Asia opens with these caustic words: “China has fortified its air bases in recent years with enough concrete to pave a four-lane highway from Washington, D.C. to Chicago.” ...