Despite longwall mining being an efficient way of extracting coal, it produces dangerous methane gas that has the potential to lead to explosions in underground mines.
Engineers Receive Funding to Improve Methane Sensor Technology in Longwall Mines
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‘SlothBot in the Garden’ Demonstrates Hyper-Efficient Conservation Robot
For the next several months, visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden will be able to observe the testing of a new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world’s most endangered species.
Celebrating Energy Efficiency at the University of Manitoba and at Home
National Energy Efficiency Day (Oct. 7) celebrates the importance of increasing our energy efficiency to reduce consumption and greenhouse gases.
E-Beam Atomic-scale 3-D ‘Sculpting’ Could Enable New Quantum Nanodevices
By varying the energy and dose of tightly focused electron beams, researchers have demonstrated the ability to both etch away and deposit high-resolution nanoscale patterns on two-dimensional layers of graphene oxide.
Arctic Research Foundation Partners with UM and RRC to Revolutionize Public Access to Big Arctic Data
\A new partnership between the University of Manitoba (UM), Red River College (RRC), and the Arctic Research Foundation (ARF) is setting out to unlock the big data secrets previously hidden in Canada’s Arctic.
New Process Boosts Lignin Bio-oil as a Next-Generation Fuel
A new low-temperature, multi-phase process for upgrading lignin bio-oil to hydrocarbons could help expand use of the lignin, which is now largely a waste product left over from the production of cellulose and bioethanol from trees and other woody plants.
