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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Scientists created an artificial organ that pumps out customized cancer-fighting cells on demand, found a way to make a fluid with negative mass, and harvested water out of dry air. Luke Skywalker...
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NASA: Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Has All the Basic Ingredients for Life
Well, what are we waiting for? NASA scientists have found more evidence that Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could support life: the presence of hydrogen molecules in huge geysers of water shooting up...
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The Power Couple: This Battery And Jet Engine Hybrid Will Help California...
On March 23, at exactly 11:19 in the morning, the combined output of California’s copious solar panels and wind farms briefly supplied 49.2 percent of the state’s power demand for the first time. The...
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Have A Heart: New Software Could 3D Print Organ Replicas On Demand
Erica Endicott was pregnant with her son, Kaden, when cardiologists at Phoenix Children’s Heart Center discovered that the left side of the boy’s heart was not growing properly. Kaden, who is healthy...
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The Hardiman Strikes Back: The Age Of Robotic Snakes And Dexterous...
Fifty years ago, GE engineer and robotics pioneer Ralph Mosher presented a groundbreaking paper at the Automotive Engineering Congress in Detroit. “Man and machine can be combined into an intimate,...
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Study: Women Hold The Key To Closing The Skills Gap
Women comprise 47 percent of the labor force but only 29 percent of the manufacturing workforce last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. What are some of the ways to boost the number of...
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5 Ways To Raise Funds For Infrastructure Projects
There is a huge need for new and upgraded infrastructure around the world, particularly in emerging markets. Policy makers like to talk about raising trillions of dollars to fund infrastructure, but...
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The Power Couple: This Battery And Jet Engine Hybrid Will Help California...
On March 23, at exactly 11:19 in the morning, the combined output of California’s copious solar panels and wind farms briefly supplied 49.2 percent of the state’s power demand for the first time. The...
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Dam Powerful: These Engineers Are Connecting Hydropower To The Internet
There are many large waterways in North America. Then there’s the Saint Lawrence River, whose lumbering current links the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. Montreal, Quebec’s business capital with 1.7...
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Catching More Wind: GE Acquires World’s Largest Turbine Blade Maker
In December, five massive wind turbines began harnessing breezes whipping off the coast of Rhode Island. Each as tall as the Statue of Liberty, the turbines use 600-foot-long blades made by the Danish...
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Earth Day: 7 Facts You Didn’t Know About LEDs
With the availability of affordable, efficient LEDs, today lighting plays a significant role in the environmental movement. But lighting hasn’t always been so intertwined.When Earth Day was invented in...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Engineers in Germany built the world’s first electric plane that can take off and land vertically, a team in California bred genetically engineered mutant wasps with red eyes, and a researcher in...
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GE Reports First Quarter Earnings: A Strong Start In A Challenging Environment
GE released its first-quarter results for 2017, kicking off the year with strong performance. The company said it’s on the right path to achieve its 2017 goals and deliver more value to its customers,...
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Scientists Have Observed Epigenetic Memories Being Passed Down For 14...
The past lives on. The most important set of genetic instructions we all get comes from our DNA, passed down through generations. But the environment we live in can make genetic changes,...
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Culture Reversal: How GE Eliminates ‘Game of Thrones’ Scenarios At The Office
The company’s vice chairman, John G. Rice, describes GE’s efforts to bust silos, boost collaboration, and build an internal marketplace of ideas and solutions. The GE I work for now is not the same...
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The Heirs Of Gutenberg: GE Is Adding The Next Chapter Of Its 3D-Printing Push...
When the German inventor Johannes Gutenberg developed the printing press during the Renaissance, he set words, and ideas, free. Six hundred years later, his compatriot Frank Herzog is taking printing...
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A New $3 Billion Deal Will Help Algeria Take Its Power To The Next Level
Four years ago, the Algerian energy company Sonelgaz bought 34 gas and steam turbines from GE to help bring power to millions of people across its desert and urban landscapes. The turbines can generate...
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Ready For Takeoff: This Apprentice Program Is Launching Jobs In A Jet Engine...
Chip Singleton has lived his whole life in Canton, North Carolina, a small town tucked in a narrow valley in the state’s mountainous western corner. He met his wife, Patty, at the Pisgah High School —...
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Crowdsourcing CRISPR: It’s Time For The Public To Chime In About Genome Editing
Manipulating our genetic code with CRISPR may be a controversial topic, but it offers scientists the chance to work with the public to shape the ethical future of this technology, writes Megan...
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Annual Meeting: GE Shows Shareowners Digital Industrial Future
GE held its annual meeting for shareowners Wednesday on the factory floor at GE Aviation’s new 170,000-square foot plant Asheville, North Carolina. “Each year we hold our annual meeting in a city that...
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