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Goodbye To Batteries And Power Cords In Factories
A broken cable or a soiled connector? If a machine in a factory goes on strike, it could be for any of a thousand reasons. Self-sufficient sensors that provide their...
Magnetic Sensor That Brooks No Interference
A novel magnetic sensor for the first time detects tiny fluctuations in a small magnetic field -- even when there is a strong magnet right beside it. The sensor can...
Prototype Of Machine That Copies Itself Goes On Show
A UK researcher who oversees a global effort to develop an open-source machine that 'prints' three-dimensional objects is celebrating after the prototype machine succeeded in making a set of its...
Nanotubes may help regenerate cartilage
PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 5 (UPI) -- U.S. nanotechnologists say they've published the first study that shows how carbon nanotubes, along with electrical pulses, can help regenerate cartilage.
Controlled pill camera is created
ST. INGBERT, Germany, June 5 (UPI) -- German scientists say they've created a pill containing tiny cameras that, after being swallowed by patients, can be steered and even...
Scientists create precise 'thermometer'
BOULDER, Colo., June 5 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have created a system that relies on the "noise" of electrons as a basis for very precisely measuring...
Spacewatch
Main purpose of shuttle mission was to deliver main component of the Japanese experimental module, Kibo
How To Make Microwaves On A Chip To Replace X-rays For Medical Imaging And Security
Is microwave radiation the nondestructive imaging technology of the future? Microwaves with frequencies from a few hundred gigahertz up to slightly over 1 terahertz, penetrate just a short distance into...
IMEC, AIXTRON set important step towards low-cost GaN power devices
IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in the field of nanoelectronics, and AIXTRON, the world leader in metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition (MOCVD) equipment, have demonstrated the growth of high-quality and uniform...
New Study Sheds Light on the Growing U.S. Wind Power Market
For the third consecutive year the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy...
Super-Repellant Surfaces
Watertight: Photo by Tom Krupenkin A trio of prismatic drops (left to right: water, ethylene glycol and ethanol) balances on a new ultra-repellent surface invented by scientists at the...
Intel unveils 'Atom' chip at Taiwan tech show
(AP) -- Intel Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a new processor it says will revolutionize the information technology industry by powering small laptops at low cost.
Scientists develop 'cyborg engineering' for coronary bypass grafting
A team of London scientists have taken a major step in making the use of artificial veins and arteries in coronary bypass grafts a reality. In a study published in...
SanDisk Releases Solid-State Drives Aimed at Ultra Low-Cost PCs
SanDisk Corporation today introduced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed for an emerging new category of portable consumer electronics - called Ultra Low-Cost PCs...
Terahertz laser source at room temperature
“There is a growing interest in utilizing terahertz radiation, or T-rays, for a variety of applications,” Mikhail Belkin, a scientist at Harvard University, tells PhysOrg.com. “The terahertz region is a...
The Crack As A Tool: New Process Cut Brittle Glass Super-sharp
We encounter glass everywhere -- as window and facade glazing, coffee-table tops and shelving. A new process makes it possible to cut the brittle material cost-efficiently and opens up new...
GE Energy to Market SNS-developed Detector Electronics System
GE Energy, manufacturer of Reuter Stokes radiation detection equipment, has signed a technology transfer agreement to market the electronics and software associated with the SNS 8Pack neutron detector system, an...
Finding out what the Big Bang and ink jets have in common
It often turns out there is more to commonplace everyday events than meets the eye. The folding of paper, or fall of water droplets from a tap, are two such...
Low-cost airlines are now the new major players
Leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and...
Electricity From The Exhaust Pipe
Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity. The module feeds the energy into the car's electronic systems. This cuts fuel...
International Partnership Evaluates Feasibility of Major Carbon Capture and Storage Project in British Columbia, Canada
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Spectra Energy Transmission, and the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) in Grand Forks, North...
Harnessing Microbes To Meet Our Future Energy Needs
The threat of global warming may also present a significant opportunity for innovation and fresh solutions to today's energy challenges. According to some researchers,there is a vast untapped potential in...
Fingerprints recovered from bullets after firing
Corrosion caused by sweat allows fingerprints to be detected on bullets after they have been fired
Printed Biochips: Laser Printing To Unleash Potential Of Peptide Arrays
Peptide arrays are powerful tools for developing new medical substances as well as for diagnosis and therapy techniques. A new production method based on laser printing will enable the potential...
Engineers Whip Up First Long-lived Nanoscale Bubbles
With the aid of kitchen mixers, engineers at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have whipped up, for the first time, permanent nanoscale bubbles -- bubbles that endure for...
Metrics: Wasted Energy
As energy is unlocked from fuels at power plants, two-thirds of the energy consumed to create electricity is lost.
Industries Allied to Cap Carbon Differ on the Details
The difficult bottom line in the negotiations is that dealing with climate change will almost certainly hurt some industries and enrich others.
Humans can 'see' future
Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a...