With the need to transition away from fossil fuel-based energy generation, large-scale and long-duration energy storage has become critical. RayGen, an Australian technology company, has created an innovative cost-effective solution to combine renewable solar power generation, energy storage, and regeneration to provide reliable and flexible dispatchable power on demand. The system utilizes mirror arrays to [...]

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) awarded nearly $12 million in grants to eight marine highway projects across the nation under the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP). The funding will improve the movement of goods along the country’s navigable waterways and expand existing waterborne freight services in Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Texas, [...]

The European Union (EU) has upgraded the requirements for the Class 1 Medical Device designation and Hologenix®, creators of CELLIANT®, has met the stricter requirements for this important market. This means that compliant manufacturers can continue to use the CE mark on their EU products containing CELLIANT. Hologenix has been a trailblazer in achieving regulatory [...]

Software provider AASHTOWare – a division of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) – recently launched a new endeavor called the AASHTOWare Alliance Program. Jim Tymon. Photo courtesy of AASHTO. Since 1985, AASHTOWare has been the premier source of innovative technology solutions for the transportation community. As a result, AASHTOWare created this [...]

Choura stages the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Calif. Choura Events, the West Coast’s largest privately held tent company specializing in building elaborate large, temporary outdoor environments, announced its expansion into the Las Vegas marketplace. This will give the city’s event producers much-needed relief from the soaring costs associated with shipping in production elements and [...]

The most recent episode of the Advanced Textiles Association “Talking Textiles” podcast is entitled “Canvas Life: Navigating the Wake Boat Cover Business.” Host Kyle Van Damme, co-owner of Marine Tops Unlimited Inc. in Omro, Wis., sits down with guests Justin Jones and Clint Halladay of SewLong Custom Covers, Salt Lake City, Utah, to discuss how [...]

Hybridworks, a cutting-edge textile recycling technology company, announced a $3.2 million seed-series equity investment from a private Midwest-based investor. The new investment marks a significant milestone in its mission to revolutionize thetextile industry with the most scalable and energy-efficient renewable textile technology in the industry. "This investment marks a pivotal moment for Hybridworks. It not [...]

In 2016, the Geo-Institute (G-I) started observing Terzaghi Day, held every year on the birthday of Karl Terzaghi, the father (or grandfather, depending on who you’re talking to) of soil mechanics. Join us for Terzaghi Day 2023 on Monday, Oct 2 at 2 p.m. ET on the G-I Youtube channel. You can register here. The [...]

Following modifications to Naue's Bentofix® plant in Espelkamp, Germany, production is up and running again. Thanks to the improved technology in the area of winding, it is now also possible to produce bentonite mats with coating and very high bentonite weights. Bentofix® coating X10F NSP 8000 Z (> 6250 g/m² bentonite powder dry weight + [...]