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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

Ice can be a wind turbine’s worst enemy.

The Science Behind Frozen Wind Turbines

How to keep them spinning through the winter.

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Women Used to Dominate the Beer Industry

And then came the witch accusations.

This photo provided by NASA shows US astronaut Kate Rubins outside the International Space Station during a space walk on Friday, March 5, 2021. Rubins and Japan's Soichi Noguchi floated outside to complete unfinished work from Sunday's spacewalk. More mounting brackets and struts need to be installed for new and improved solar panels due to arrive in June.

Spacewalk Tackles Solar Panel Advance Work

The six new solar wings will fit over the older ones and boost the station’s power capability by up to 30%.

This aerial photo shows a sinkhole in the village of Mececani, central Croatia, Thursday, March 4, 2021. A central Croatian region about 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of the capital Zagreb is pocked with round holes of all sizes, which appeared after December's 6.4-magnitude quake that killed seven people and caused widespread destruction. Scientists have been flocking to Mecencani and other villages in the sparsely-inhabited region for observation and study.

Gaping Sinkholes Emerge After Quake

After the deadly earthquake came the sinkholes.

Solar Tech Adapted to Detect Chemical Warfare, Pesticides

The prototype has the widest range, highest sensitivity and quickest response ever achieved for a technique that doesn't rely on expensive laboratory instrumentation.

BAE Starts Production on U.S. Air Force F-15 Electronics

The electronic warfare and countermeasures system helps pilots monitor, jam and deceive threats in contested airspace.

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Report: 17% of Food Production Globally Wasted

That amounts to 1.03 billion tons of food.

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Productivity Declines Most in Nearly 40 Years

In the short term, productivity is likely to continue swinging wildly.

The OLED tattoo.

Temporary Tattoos Light-Up, Pave Way for Smarter Wearables

It could be programmed to light up when an athlete is dehydrated, or when to get out of the sun to avoid sunburn.

In this Feb. 15, 2021, file photo, traffic is sparse on the snow-covered Interstate 45 near The Woodlands Parkway following an overnight snowfall in The Woodlands, Texas. Temperatures plunged into the teens Monday with light snow and freezing rain.

House Panel Seeks Storm Documents from Texas Grid Operator

Last month's storm followed similar winter storms in 1989 and 2011 that also caused massive outages.

Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) developed and manufactured a unique 3D printer named the 'Prism'.

Prism 3D Printer Makes Titanium Structures

It also doubles wire feed rates (it prints faster).