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Paint-on laser could rescue computer chip industryResearchers at the University of Toronto have created a laser that could help save the $200-billion dollar computer chip industry from a looming crisis dubbed the "interconnect bottleneck."
Examinning how headlight glare may affect driver behavior,roadway safetyRensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center (LRC) has demonstrated that headlight glare may increase driver discomfort and result in poor visibility.
Examinning how headlight glare may affect driver behavior,roadway safetyRensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center (LRC) has demonstrated that headlight glare may increase driver discomfort and result in poor visibility.
Models show one nearby star system could host Earth-like planet
The steady discovery of giant planets orbiting stars other than our sun has heightened speculation that there could be Earth-type worlds in nearby planetary systems capable of sustaining life. Now researchers running computer simulations for four nearby systems that contain giant planets about the size of Jupiter have found one that could have formed an Earth-like planet with the right conditions to support life.
Newer,less aggressive air bags protect adults and pose less risk to children
Front air bags reduce injury and death for most drivers and front-seat passengers in vehicle crashes, yet first-generation air bags, installed in motor vehicles until 1998, deploy with such force that they put children and small adults at significant risk of death.
Optical breakthrough makes "lab-on-a-chip" possibleGeorgia Tech researchers have found a way to shrink all the sensing power of sophisticated biosensors — such as sensors that can detect trace amounts of a chemical in a water supply or a substance in your blood — onto a single microchip.
U of T built ornithopter takes offDeLaurier achieved sustained flight by a piloted ornithopter – an airplane with flapping wings that are mechanically operated – something dreamed of by Leonardo da Vinci, among others.
Team envisions exploring mars with mini probesMIT engineers and scientist colleagues have a new vision for the future of Mars exploration: a swarm of probes, each the size of a baseball, spreading out across the planet in every direction.
Through the earth communication
Los Alamos National Laboratory announced that Vital Alert Technologies Inc. signed two exclusive license agreements with the Laboratory for Underground RadioTM, a technology that will provide Through-The-Earth CommunicationTM.
Researchers develop new type of mobile robotA new type of mobile robot that balances on a ball instead of legs or wheels."Ballbot" is a self-contained, battery-operated, omnidirectional robot that balances dynamically on a single urethane-coated metal sphere.
Semi Truck Accessories - 5 Trick My Truck Tips For Truckers Last fall, CMT (Country Music Television) introduced a six 6 show pilot called "Trick My Truck. It is a new reality show featuring a deserving trucker and his 18-wheeler in each episode.
Research helps advance new rocket technologyPurdue University engineers are conducting research to help NASA develop rockets faster and less expensively for future missions to Mars and the moon.
New technique for manipulation of "light beams"
It may be surprising that a laser beam, when shot to the moon and returned by one of the mirrors the Apollo astronauts left behind, is a couple of miles in diameter at the end of its half-million-mile round trip.
Scientists unveil 'nanoegg'
Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) unveiled the "nanoegg," the latest addition to their family ultrasmall, light-focusing particles.
Tongue drive system revolutionizes assistive devices for disabledWhat do orthodontic braces and trendy tongue piercing have in common? They were the inspiration for a North Carolina State University engineer's design for a new assistive device that allows quadriplegics to take greater control of their lives.
Innovative generator could spark energy savingsAn innovative residential generator that can produce both heat and electricity could spark a revolution in energy efficiency, said Eric Guyer (S.M. 1974, Sc.D. 1977), the CEO of Climate Energy, during an MIT Energy Club talk on Aug. 9.
Research lights up biochip potentialNew research from a University of Alberta optics expert is shining a light on some of the challenges facing lab-on-a-chip technology.Biochips, made by the same processes as microchips in electronic devices
Scientists use electron beam to unravel the secrets of an 'atomic switch' Scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used a beam of electrons to move a single atom in a small molecule back and forth between two positions on a crystal surface, a significant step toward learning how to build an "atomic switch" that turns electrical signals on and off in nanoscale devices.
New methods for screaning nanoparticles
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a screening method to examine how newly made nanoparticles — particles with dimensions on the order of billionths of a meter — interact with human cells following exposure for various times and doses.
Water filtration technique removes dangerous freshwater algae toxinsA water filtration technique that normally cleans up agricultural chemicals is also effective at removing a toxin secreted by algae found in lakes and rivers, an Ohio State University study has found.