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HMI Industries Inc. of Strongsville, OH, has agreed to a $725,000 civil penalty for failure to report a defect involving their Majestic 360 floor cleaners and for underreporting the number of incidents and injuries. Federal law requires a company to report defective products immediately to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

The Eurotunnel train was forced to stop below the English Channel on July 7^th due to a power fault issue in the tunnel’s overhead power lines.

Two research groups are pushing for the federal government to develop new power grid security processes after recent security exercises and an attack on a Californian utility in 2013 have shown vulnerability.

A team of researchers from the Rowland Institute at Harvard University has developed a computer system using a new meta-material that can independently control heat and electrical current. 

A new thin-film, nonlinear metasurface was produced by Cockrell School of Engineering researchers that could improve the development of nonlinear laser systems.