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Wired for Terahertz Computing: Fast Computers with Light

University of Utah engineers took an early step toward building superfast computers that run on far-infrared light instead of electricity: They made the…

Machine Engineering

IP65 HMI Devices: Sleek Design for All-Round Protection

Featuring a slim and elegant industrial design, the devices are designed for mounting on a support bracket or on a supporting foot. The new series is available…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Unlocking Biofuel Potential in Jatropha Curcas Weeds

The Jathropha curcas is a weed that does not compete with food production yet yields fuel and heals wounds. UNIMAS is currently working on developing its…

Materials Sciences

Philips adopts DuPont™ Zytel® CDV for manufacture of lighting components

The switch to a conductive grade of DuPont™ Zytel® nylon for the manufacture of lighting fixtures has helped Philips Lighting B.V. of Winterswijk (the…

Machine Engineering

New Motor Control Center and power distribution board up to 7000 amperes

The newly designed Motor Control Center (MCC) with its withdrawable design is particularly suitable for the frequently changing requirements in the process…

Event News

Hydrogen Contest Winner Could Improve Airports Worldwide

When you think of hydrogen, cars might be the first thing that comes to mind. But last week, non-automotive applications were the focus of the design developed…

Physics & Astronomy

IRVUX-FEL – A pan-European Research Infrastructure of free electron laser light sources

The new facility called IRVUX-FEL is included in the European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures 2006 developed by the European Strategy Forum for Research…

Machine Engineering

LASELEC’s ULYS 990 Modena is marked out for success

The ULYS 990 Modena offers enhanced laser performance thanks to a wider marking zone and higher frequency of shots, which are more than double the regular…

Interdisciplinary Research

observatoryNANO project kicks off in London

Its mission is “to create a European Observatory on Nanotechnologies to present reliable, complete and responsible science-based and economic expert analysis,…

Science Education

Surrey scientist given hearty grant for research

People with Metabolic Syndrome have a combination of disorders such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or obesity, which increase the risk of heart and…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers at Parc de Recerca UAB create the first thermal nanomotor in the world

Researchers are able to control these movements by applying different temperatures at the two ends of the long nanotube. The shorter tube thus moves from the…

Information Technology

Ad hoc encyclopaedia for the information age

In 1750, Denis Diderot convinced his publisher to support a vast enterprise, the publication of the Encyclopédie gathering all knowledge into one location.Dozens of writers worked on thousands of articles for more than 15 years to produce the first summary of all human knowledge and, despite the labour and pains of its birth, its entire contents would barely fill one volume of a contemporary encyclopaedia….

Agricultural & Forestry Science

GreenFacts Digest on Agriculture and Development

The unequal distribution of food and conflict over control of the world's dwindling natural resources present a major political and social challenge to…

Health & Medicine

Research To Probe Prospective Memory

In everyday life, people often have to remember to do things at a particular time in the future like remembering to take medication, make phone calls, switch…

Studies and Analyses

MRI before surgery leads to better-adapted treatment for breast cancer

Dr. David Martinez-Cecilia, a surgeon from the General Surgery Service, directed by Prof. Rufian-Peña, in the Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Cordoba,…

Health & Medicine

Obese women disadvantaged in both breast cancer treatment and diagnosis

Dr. Evandro de Azambuja and colleagues at the Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium, told the conference that his work, which involved 2887 patients,…

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