Lakeside Cabin is well-suited for hanging out, whatever the weather

The Lakeside Cabin in Quebec, Canada, looks like a great place to hang with friends, thanks to a climbing rope. Besides this fun little addition, it's designed to maintain a comfortable interior temperature, even in the harshest winter conditions.

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VorTek Instruments Introduces SonoPro® Commercial & Water Series Transit Time Ultrasonic Flowmeters

VorTek Instruments has officially released SonoPro® Commercial & Water Series transit-time ultrasonic flowmeters. These flowmeters offer high accuracy transit-time ultrasonic technology delivering accurate and reliable flow metering.

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Semi-transparent solar cells could rival rooftop solar for efficiency

Windows capable of harvesting energy from the sun have been on the horizon for a number of years, but they're yet to help cut down a building's energy costs. A new development from Australian researchers may change that.

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Review: Doogee S68 Pro offers bombproof ruggedness and a huge battery

Chinese manufacturer Doogee's midrange S68 Pro smartphone has a monster battery, a super-rugged waterproof aluminum body and a feature list that keeps most of the good stuff from the S95 Pro flagship, while ditching some unnecessary extras.

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KS2 – High-Precision Valve for Abrasive Media Suitable for Steam Applications

By improving the design of the ball sector valve, Schubert & Salzer has succeeded in expanding the application limits of this valve line – for example with regard to the operating temperatures.

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Reinventing Primer to Prevent Chemical Facility Corrosion

For chemical plants, chemical tank farms and refineries, atmospheric corrosion of steel is a continual concern that can require re-priming and re-painting every few years to prevent safety issues and the premature replacement of costly infrastructure.

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Diamond nanothreads could store thrice the energy of Li-ion batteries

Computer modeling has shown that an energy storage system based on diamond nanothread bundles could store three times as much energy as lithium-ion batteries. And because it stores energy mechanically rather than chemically, it would be much safer.

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Hubble reveals interstellar visitor is unlike any local comet

2I/Borisov is a comet from another star system, and now Hubble has taken the valuable opportunity to study its chemical makeup. The study reveals Borisov is very different to any local comet, giving hints about what kind of system it was born in.

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The race for a COVID-19 vaccine: Should we infect healthy people?

In the age of a global pandemic, some researchers are suggesting the current vaccine trial process is too slow, and to test potential COVID-19 vaccines we will have to deliberately infect healthy people.

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