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Empire Strikes: GE Scientists Studied Lightning Atop New York’s Iconic...
Electrical storms and lightning have been around since Earth’s infancy – possibly even sparking first life. Yet 4.5 billion years later we still understand strikingly little about how they work,...
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Just Deserts: This Wind Turbine Can Handle Sandstorms And Desert Sun
When it comes to renewables, hot desert can an oasis for solar power, but there are two big reasons why wind farms rising among sand dunes were — until recently — just a mirage. “Heat and sand make it...
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Power Trip: How Energy Saved By GE Factories Is Helping Electrify African...
Borena Tiki, a schoolteacher who lives in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, has recently experienced something monumental: the opportunity to charge his cellphone any time he likes.As of June 27, the tiny...
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Before These Parts Are Fit To Print: This Virtual Factory Software Takes 3D...
You probably wouldn’t print a letter without carefully composing and editing it on a computer screen first. So it’s fitting that as companies embrace 3D printing, their workers are spending a lot of...
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Answering Pakistan’s Burning Question: How To Ignite Lignite?
Buried 1,000 feet below the parched Thar Desert in Pakistan lies more fuel energy than all the known oil in Iran and Saudi Arabia combined. Just a small fraction of this 175-billion-ton lignite coal...
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Artificial intelligence is figuring out how to see through walls, predict human IQ, and clean up grainy pictures — with the help and input, of course, of some extremely savvy researchers. In this...
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What World Cup? What Wimbledon? Aviation’s Own Grand Slam Event Is Starting...
Although soccer’s most coveted trophy is not coming home to England this summer after all — it’s going to spend the next four years in France — thousands of aviation enthusiasts are making the trip...
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Out Of This World: GE Aviation Engineer Ted Ingling Started Out As Car...
When Ted Ingling was growing up in a small town in Michigan, he wanted to be a car mechanic. But the plan didn’t work out, and the world might be a better place for it.Instead of replacing brake pads...
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The Devil Is In The Details: So, You 3D-Printed A Part For A Jet Engine Part....
3D printing has rightfully gotten a lot of buzz because of the marvels it can do. Also known as additive manufacturing, it has opened new paths for designers to create custom shapes that were...
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Well Played: For Researcher Marie-Agathe Charpagne, Music And Metals Go Hand...
The annual Ile-de-France piano competition can be a nerve-racking affair. Pianists from around the world converge on the 2,000-seat Salle Malesherbes auditorium in Maisons-Laffitte, a few miles...
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An App Store For Airplanes: ‘Open Avionics’ Brings Aerospace Software Into...
Sign up for a new bank account or buy a new car and chances are you’ll be prompted to download corresponding apps that will give you the ability to control your finances or your car stereo from your...
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Jet Engines Are Not The Only GE Tech Powering Boeing’s Latest Wide-Body...
The sleek, raptorlike wings with folding tips of Boeing’s new wide-body passenger jet, the 777X, are not the only departure from the earlier aircraft in the successful 777 series. The plane is also...
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Thinking Big: GE Lands A $2.5 Billion Engine Deal With Airlines Operating...
The award for the most jaw-dropping display at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow goes to the Russian cargo airline Volga-Dnepr.We mean it literally.Every day, crowds of visitors have gathered...
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GE Aviation And Its Partners Win $22 Billion In New Deals At Farnborough Airshow
It’s been a week splashed with sunshine at the Farnborough International Airshow — an unusual sight for England in July — but GE Aviation still made it rain. The GE unit that makes aircraft engines,...
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GE Demonstrates Continued Progress In Second-Quarter Earnings
GE released its second-quarter results for 2018, reporting adjusted earnings of 19 cents per share, in line with expectations, with continued strength across many segments, especially Aviation and...
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Radiologists can see the body in color, polymers are shifting between hard and soft states, flying cars are no longer a dream, and the military is bringing mind-controlled robots one step closer to...
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Just Chilling: This British Company Found A Cool Way To Store Energy
In an industrial town a few miles outside of Manchester, England, two steely gray tanks stand 55 feet high. While they might look like part of a newfangled factory — or perhaps a soaring tribute to one...
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She’s Just A Cosmic Girl: This Virgin Orbit Souped-Up Jumbo Jet Will Give...
Most rockets begin their journey to space from a launch pad that is firmly attached to the earth’s surface. Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is no ordinary rocket. Its mission is to deploy small satellites...
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Loop The Loop: This GE Engine Comes With A Twist
Over the last few years, engineers at GE Aviation have been teaching new tricks to a workhorse turboprop engine designed to power planes that can fly through the harsh Siberian winter or the hot...
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Ladies And Gentlemen, Start Your Engines: The Greatest Airshow On Earth Takes...
There’s a brass plaque hanging on a redbrick wall in downtown Oshkosh, Wisconsin, dedicated to the woodworkers who once animated this quiet midwestern town and turned it into the “sawdust capital of...
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