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Physics & Astronomy

Stunning Image Reveals Giant Stellar Nursery in Detail

The new image was assembled using data from INT Photometric H-Alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) and covers four square degrees of sky,…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Shield Innovations for Space Travel Safety

But travel beyond the immediate vicinity of the Earth carries significant risks for astronauts, not the least of which is the exposure to sometimes high levels…

Physics & Astronomy

RAS Gold Medal: Greenhouse Gases, Not Sun, Drive Climate Change

In a lecture on Wednesday 18 April at the RAS-sponsored National Astronomy Meeting in Preston, Professor Weiss, who is Emeritus Professor in Mathematical…

Physics & Astronomy

Meet the Nano-nauts – dust swarms for planetary explortion

Smart dust particles consist of a computer chip, about a millimetre in dimension, surrounded by a polymer sheath that can be made to wrinkle or smooth out by…

Life & Chemistry

Less Stress for Captive Monkeys: A Study on Tropical Barriers

The study, carried out by Durham University with Chester Zoo, found that planting a metre-wide barrier of tropical shrubs between the monkeys’ glass-fronted…

Information Technology

Software Tools Transforming Construction Costs and Efficiency

They are doing this by developing their own software tools which harnesses the power of computer games technology to give planners and builders the ability to…

Life & Chemistry

Scent Prediction: Experience Lily of the Valley with Innovation

The scent of lily of the valley hangs in the air for readers of the journal Angewandte Chemie: just rub the journal’s cover and enjoy a lily-of-the-valley…

Transportation and Logistics

Paris Air Show 2023: Key Innovations Unveiled in London

Officials from the biennial Paris Air Show organisation, a full subsidiary of GIFAS (the French aerospace industries association), will discuss developments…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Temex Unveils Ultra-Low Phase Noise RF Oscillator for Defense

“This oscillator meets the requirements expressed by various Ministries of Defence in Western countries for their new-generation radar systems that are capable…

Power and Electrical Engineering

ACTIF Industries Unveils Quick-Freezing Counter Unit for Restaurants

This new quick-freezing unit comes in two versions. The TCS – Gastronorm 1/1 has a 10kg capacity and a 4.5-hour cycle. The TES (with dimensions of 600mm x…

Corporate News

Mindjet, Trigono Boost Software Distribution Partnership

Mindjet and Trigono, leading Scandinavian distributor of much of the world’s most popular software for graphics, digital video and web design, as well as…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists find major susceptibility genes for Crohn's disease

A consortium of Canadian and American researchers led by Dr. John D. Rioux, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Montreal Heart Institute and the…

Environmental Conservation

Winter Flounder Recovery: Gulf of Maine Success Story

Winter flounder – sold in markets as flounder or lemon sole – in the Gulf of Maine went into serious decline in the 1980s, taking with it a major commercial…

Environmental Conservation

Coral Mass Death Linked to Aceh Earthquake Insights

Scientists have reported what is thought to be one of the world’s greatest mass death of corals ever recorded as a result of the earthquake in Aceh, Indonesia…

Studies and Analyses

Wireless Sensors Reduce Earthquake Damage: New Study Insights

Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D., the Edward C. Dicke Professor of Civil Engineering and director of the Washington University Structural Control and Earthquake…

Power and Electrical Engineering

UCLA Engineers Break World Record in Submillimeter Wave Generation

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a new world record in high-frequency submillimeter waves. The…

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