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  • More on Extreme Weather and the Greenhouse Effect

    Dot Earth
    By ANDREW C. REVKIN
    15 May 2012 | 8:05 am
    Fresh thoughts on the challenges in attributing extreme weather to human-driven climate change.

  • IRFS Weeknotes #107

    Research and Development
    George Wright
    14 May 2012 | 9:37 am
    Despite (or maybe because of) the short week, we're deep in the trenches at the moment, as some of our research draws to a close whilst other projects get almost enough clarity to start properly. Duncan continued work with the TV Whitespace project - working on streamlining the codebase, moving the demonstrator to new servers, and updating the dataset. Chris Newell has written a blog post about our client-side recommender module which we will be using to explore interactive recommender systems later in the year. And Andrew continued work on the ABC-IP tagging experiment - it's almost ready…

  • Isoprene research could lead to eco-friendly car tires

    R&D Mag - Editor's Picks
    16 May 2012 | 4:45 am
    The world's rubber supplies are in peril, and automobile tire producers are scrambling to seek alternative solutions. Tom Sharkey, chairperson of the Michigan State University Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, believes isoprene could be a viable option.

  • Navy pilot training enhanced by AEMASE smart machine

    R&D Mag - News
    16 May 2012 | 12:41 pm
    Navy pilots and other flight specialists soon will have a new "smart machine" installed in training simulators that learns from expert instructors to more efficiently train their students. Sandia National Laboratories' AEMASE is being provided to the Navy as a component of flight simulators.

  • LED Illumination System

    R&D Mag - Tools And Technology
    16 May 2012 | 9:41 am
    Prior Scientific has introduced the LumenLED Illumination System for fluorescence microscopy applications. The LumenLED offers two modes of operation which allows the LED to be optimized for specific application.
 
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    Research and Development

  • IRFS Weeknotes #107

    George Wright
    14 May 2012 | 9:37 am
    Despite (or maybe because of) the short week, we're deep in the trenches at the moment, as some of our research draws to a close whilst other projects get almost enough clarity to start properly. Duncan continued work with the TV Whitespace project - working on streamlining the codebase, moving the demonstrator to new servers, and updating the dataset. Chris Newell has written a blog post about our client-side recommender module which we will be using to explore interactive recommender systems later in the year. And Andrew continued work on the ABC-IP tagging experiment - it's almost ready…

  • Client-side recommendations

    Chris Newell
    8 May 2012 | 11:45 am
    Most recommender systems found on the web are server-based and centralised. This suits the typical scenario where the relationship between the user and the recommender system is passive - a background process monitors their behaviour and the resulting recommendations are embedded in the user interface with little or no opportunity for immediate interaction or refinement. However, in future work for IRFS we imagine users interacting directly with recommendations, steering the recommender to suit their current mood and interests. This interaction will obviously require a lot more work from the…

  • IRFS Weeknotes #106

    Chris Lowis
    4 May 2012 | 7:48 am
    IRFS grew in size recently when we were joined by members of the Snippets team. Snippets is an internal production tool at the BBC with a growing user base and lofty ambitions. Rob Cooper, the team's producer explains: "Thanks to iPlayer and its equivalents, finding TV and Radio shows has never been easier. But quickly finding content within programmes is almost impossible. We think that this is one of the next big challenges for broadcasters to solve, so we¹ve been prototyping ways to make it easier for programme makers (and ultimately the public) to find bits within shows. BBC Snippets is…

  • IRFS Weeknotes #105

    Andrew Nicolaou
    30 Apr 2012 | 6:32 am
    This week the team welcomed visitors from NORUT, a Norwegian research institute located far into the Arctic circle. They were partners with us on the P2P-Next project and came to present their work on multi-device synchronisation of media presentations. Chris Needham and Dominic ran a couple of workshop sessions to generate ideas and identify areas of future work. Our guests also gave a lunchtime lecture (the first one hosted from the Central London lab) on this topic. Duncan found time this week to migrate Whereabouts to Ruby on Rails. Whereabouts is a small, internal web app we wrote a…

  • IXManchester Launches

    Brandon Butterworth
    26 Apr 2012 | 12:00 pm
      MCUK by night, from Flickr user d35ign. Creative Commons license Yesterday we hosted the IXManchester launch event at the BBCs new home in Salford - Media City UK The BBC has traditionally been quite London centric with most of the commissioning and thus production being concentrated in the south.  The MCUK intervention is the first step to changing that, moving some of the major commissioning to the North and thus the production and the rest of the eco system. It is also a catalyst for others to do the same, with ITV and others clustering around MCUK. The UK internet is quite…
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    R&D Mag - Editor's Picks

  • Isoprene research could lead to eco-friendly car tires

    16 May 2012 | 4:45 am
    The world's rubber supplies are in peril, and automobile tire producers are scrambling to seek alternative solutions. Tom Sharkey, chairperson of the Michigan State University Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, believes isoprene could be a viable option.

  • Engineers tackle challenges of hypersonic flight

    16 May 2012 | 3:20 am
    A multiyear collaboration among Stanford University engineering departments uses some of the world's fastest supercomputers to model the complexities of hypersonic flight. Someday, their work may lead to planes that fly at many times the speed of sound.

  • NIST hydrogen test facility starts delivering data

    16 May 2012 | 3:03 am
    Researchers at NIST have published their first archival paper based on data from the institute's new hydrogen test facility. The paper examines the embrittling effect of pressurized hydrogen gas on three different types of pipeline steel, an important factor for the design of future hydrogen transportation and delivery systems.

  • A mousetrap that may save lives

    16 May 2012 | 2:34 am
    Instead of building a better mousetrap, a team of Rice University freshmen took a mousetrap and built a better way to treat dehydration among children in the developing world. The device, designed by the IV DRIP (Dehydrated Relief in Pediatrics) team, is inexpensive and regulates the amount of fluid delivered to children to prevent dehydration.

  • Graphite enters different states of matter in ultrafast experiment

    15 May 2012 | 7:37 am
    For the first time, scientists have seen an X-ray-irradiated mineral go to two different states of matter in about 40 femtoseconds. Using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, Stefan Hau-Riege of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and colleagues heated graphite to induce a transition from solid to liquid and to warm-dense plasma.
 
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    R&D Mag - News

  • Navy pilot training enhanced by AEMASE smart machine

    16 May 2012 | 12:41 pm
    Navy pilots and other flight specialists soon will have a new "smart machine" installed in training simulators that learns from expert instructors to more efficiently train their students. Sandia National Laboratories' AEMASE is being provided to the Navy as a component of flight simulators.

  • Google strives to enlighten with new search tool

    16 May 2012 | 12:40 pm
    Google is introducing a new tool designed to make its search engine smarter.The new feature debuting Wednesday is called the "Knowledge Graph." It draws from a Google-built database of more than 500 million people, places and other commonly requested things to provide a summary of vital...

  • Idaho gets slice of sketchy Skechers claims pact

    16 May 2012 | 12:40 pm
    The claims about Skechers seemed amazing: The shoes with the funny rocker soles would tone up your buttocks and help fight cellulite.But they turned out to be sketchy, and Idaho residents who bought the shoes will be able to get a refund, thanks to the state's share of the $45 million legal...

  • RI to receive about $73K from Skechers settlement

    16 May 2012 | 12:40 pm
    Rhode Island is receiving about $73,000 from a multistate settlement reached with Skechers USA Inc. over allegations it made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes provided health benefits.Attorney General Peter Kilmartin announced the state's portion of the settlement on Wednesday.The...

  • Argonne, universities partner to design advanced materials

    16 May 2012 | 12:24 pm
    Argonne National Laboratory announced major new efforts with Northwestern University and the University of Chicago to advance the research and development of new materials to help solve the nation’s challenges in the fields of energy, health, and security.
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    R&D Mag - Tools And Technology

  • LED Illumination System

    16 May 2012 | 9:41 am
    Prior Scientific has introduced the LumenLED Illumination System for fluorescence microscopy applications. The LumenLED offers two modes of operation which allows the LED to be optimized for specific application.

  • Additive Manufacturing System

    16 May 2012 | 9:38 am
    Renishaw Inc.'s laser melting additive-metal manufacturing process is capable of producing fully dense metal parts direct from 3D CAD data using a high-powered fiber laser.

  • Ultrapure LC-MS Reagents

    15 May 2012 | 9:45 am
    Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has introduced three new ultrapure Fisher Chemical Optima LC/MS-grade reagents that modify the mobile phase to minimize background noise and enhance mass spectrometry (MS) detection.

  • Moisture Analyzer

    15 May 2012 | 9:42 am
    Mettler Toledo has introduced the HX204 moisture analyzer, which provides high-measurement performance and compliance with industry standards.

  • Anaerobic Chamber

    14 May 2012 | 7:10 am
    Sheldon Manufacturing Inc. has introduced the SHEL LAB Bactrox Chamber, a new addition to its Bactron line of anaerobic chambers. The Bactrox offers precise oxygen and carbon dioxide control from 1% to 20%.
 
 
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    R&D Mag - Multimedia

  • CC Radio - Episode 97

    9 May 2012 | 8:54 am
    Nutrition Department feeds minds at science festival. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/

  • CC Radio - Episode 96

    25 Apr 2012 | 2:54 pm
    Research describes how families are affected by caring for sick loved ones. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/

  • CC Radio - Episode 95

    18 Apr 2012 | 11:55 am
    Clinical Center says 'thank you' during National Volunteer Week. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/

  • CC Radio - Episode 94

    11 Apr 2012 | 8:55 am
    NIH Clinical Center transfuses bone marrow stromal cells to first study participant. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/

  • February 29, 2012 Grand Rounds Lecture

    6 Apr 2012 | 11:56 am
    The Magnitude of Radiation in Diagnostic Imaging and the Associated Risks. Approaches to Reducing Radiation Exposure in Cardiovascular CT. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/
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    R&D Mag - Lab Design News

  • Fraunhofer USA Inc., Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, Boston

    16 May 2012 | 12:29 pm
    Major energy retrofit will turn a 100-year-old building at 5 Channel Center in Boston's Innovation District into a showcase for clean energy technologies and research. A key objective of the project is accelerating adoption and acceptance of advanced building energy technologies in Massachusetts and nationwide.

  • UPS systems are scalable, reliable

    15 May 2012 | 12:57 pm
    The FN Series of stand-alone, on-line uninterruptible power supply (UPS), from Falcon UPS, offers scalability and reliability at an economical cost.

  • Plug-in raceway adds versatility to lab layouts

    15 May 2012 | 12:54 pm
    STARLINE's Plug-In Raceway is designed to meet rapidly changing power distribution and datacom needs. With the ability to add or relocate plug-in modules anywhere on the raceway, the system offers unlimited flexibility.

  • Purdue University, Drug Discovery Building, West Lafayette, Ind.

    15 May 2012 | 12:38 pm
    New laboratory in the Purdue Life and Health Sciences Park will be specifically devoted to drug discovery, a field that has not had a purpose-built home at Purdue until now. It will partially replace space in the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry and will be designed with open laboratories for maximum adaptability and collaborative work, as well as sharing of equipment and core resources.

  • I2SL solicits Go Beyond Awards nominations

    15 May 2012 | 12:16 pm
    Now in its fifth year, I2SL's Go Beyond Awards honor individuals, organizations, building projects, and manufacturers that "go beyond" the status quo to minimize the environmental impacts of high-technology facilities, including laboratories, cleanrooms, health care facilities, data centers, and vivariums.
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    Ghostweather R&D Blog

  • My Most Influential One Pixel Line

    13 May 2012 | 1:47 pm
    I thought I'd contribute one story to the "telling stories with data" genre, even if it's a silly one. It's silly 'cuz it features such a silly graph, which I shoved into an appendix of a presentation for a client a few years ago. Here's an anonymized version: I put that animation with the arrow in there on purpose, because when I presented it, I had to point out the skinny line on the top. More graphs than you'd expect come with a "performance" part and in some contexts, I think this is just fine. Afterwards, one exec at the company referred to it often as "that chart with the one pixel…

  • Digging Into NetworkX and D3

    18 Mar 2012 | 9:06 pm
    For Boston's Predictive Analytics Meetup in February, I gave a short talk on using the python library NetworkX to analyze social network link data, illustrated with some simple D3.js visuals of the results. I've since spruced up the slides to stand on their own a bit better, extended a few of the examples, and moved it all online. Here's a link to the zip file of the ppt, heavily commented code samples, and the network edgelist I used (from Moritz Stefaner's and my previous look at Twitter Infovis folks in mid-2011). Or you can browse the slides below (the links should work fine). A Fast and…

  • A Kindle Fire Review (from a Media Fan)

    20 Nov 2011 | 3:06 pm
    I'm a Kindle fan, and an Amazon fan. I really like their media content: I buy Amazon music, Amazon Kindle books, TV shows, Android apps. So when my Kindle Fire came, it was pretty much pre-loaded, and that was really nice. All my stuff is sitting there with a little "download to device" arrow, which rocks. I got this thing because of upcoming travel over the holidays (I don't own an iPad, I think they're too big). I was never intending to take the Fire instead of my reading Kindle, and after 5 days, I still wouldn't. Partly that's battery-life-related; I adore my reading Kindle for the…

  • A Personal Take on Infovis 2011

    30 Oct 2011 | 1:30 pm
    I haven't had time to go thru the papers I liked and didn't like yet, but I have been musing on some other aspects of Infovis that I thought I'd recap. To situate this, I usually go every other year to Infovis, and have been doing so since mid-2000's, I guess. Who Went, Who Didn't; Design vs. "Science" Partly due to irritable blog exchanges in the past couple years, and partly due to perceived relevance of papers and audience, many of the artistic practitioners of infovis did not come. Or, if they did, I didn't know they were there. By this I mean academic artistic sorts like Golan Levin and…

  • Combing Through the Infovis Twitter Network Hairball

    7 Sep 2011 | 8:50 pm
    A month or two ago, Moritz Stefaner posted this image of "infovis" folks on twitter, with nodes sized by number of followers ("in-degree"): I dropped him a note wondering if he'd tried any social network analysis methods to simplify it, or otherwise break it down -- so he sent me the data and said "have a go!" If I had crawled twitter links myself, I might not have used his criteria or seed set, but I was curious if I could make any more sense of his data set as is. (So I've neither re-crawled, nor added any info such as frequency or content of tweets to this data set). I compared some of the…
 
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    R&D Mag - Environment

  • MIT names provost new president

    16 May 2012 | 7:40 am
    MIT provost L. Rafael Reif, an internationally recognized electrical engineer who learned to speak English after coming to the U.S. for graduate school from his native Venezuela, was named MIT's 17th president on Wednesday.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation elected Reif to...

  • Doctors, soldiers work together to remove naval mines

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Starting this week, U.S. Navy divers will be part of a multinational effort near Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from as long ago as the First and Second World Wars. At the same time, physicians are studying these divers and how gas molecules form in humans who experience long periods deep underwater.

  • Could paint particles cool the planet?

    15 May 2012 | 7:47 am
    A former U.K. government advisor and chemical engineer recently published an article that discussed how dispersing sub-micrometer light-scattering particles into the upper atmosphere could help to combat climate change. Author Peter Davidson says the effect would replicate the cooling that occurred after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo.

  • Climate scientists discover new weak point of the Antarctic ice sheet

    15 May 2012 | 5:37 am
    According to predictions made by climate researchers with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea in Antarctica may start to melt rapidly in this century and no longer act as a barrier for ice streams draining the Antarctic Ice Sheet. They claim this finding refutes previous assumptions that climate change would not affect the Weddell Sea.

  • Microbe that can handle ionic liquids

    15 May 2012 | 2:28 am
    Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute have identified a tropical rainforest microbe that can endure relatively high concentrations of an ionic liquid used to dissolve cellulosic biomass for the production of advanced biofuels. They've also determined how the microbe accomplishes this, a discovery that holds broad implications beyond biofuels.
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    R&D Mag - Energy

  • Oil-shale companies tout research projects

    16 May 2012 | 5:40 am
    A small company that holds a federal lease to extract petroleum from oil shale reserves in western Colorado is taking a new approach to withdrawing crude oil from solid rock — one that it hopes will avoid groundwater contamination.The process is "basically the same as steaming vegetables," said...

  • NIST hydrogen test facility starts delivering data

    16 May 2012 | 3:03 am
    Researchers at NIST have published their first archival paper based on data from the institute's new hydrogen test facility. The paper examines the embrittling effect of pressurized hydrogen gas on three different types of pipeline steel, an important factor for the design of future hydrogen transportation and delivery systems.

  • Former BP worker claims evidence proves innocence

    15 May 2012 | 10:41 am
    A former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about how much oil was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico claims evidence not given to federal investigators will prove his innocence.In court documents, Kurt Mix asks U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo...

  • Repsol starts legal action against Argentina

    15 May 2012 | 10:41 am
    Spanish oil company Repsol said Tuesday it had made the first step in taking legal action against Argentina for nationalizing its energy firm YPF.In a statement, Repsol YPF SA said it had sent a letter to Argentine President Cristina Kirchner notifying her that it sees a controversy in the...

  • Fraunhofer USA Inc., Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, Boston

    15 May 2012 | 8:46 am
    Major energy retrofit will turn a 100-year-old building at 5 Channel Center in Boston's Innovation District into a showcase for clean energy technologies and research. A key objective of the project is accelerating adoption and acceptance of advanced building energy technologies in Massachusetts and nationwide.
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    R&D Mag - Policy & Industry

  • Doctors, soldiers work together to remove naval mines

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Starting this week, U.S. Navy divers will be part of a multinational effort near Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from as long ago as the First and Second World Wars. At the same time, physicians are studying these divers and how gas molecules form in humans who experience long periods deep underwater.

  • A new look at prolonged radiation exposure

    15 May 2012 | 2:42 am
    A new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative. The study found that when mice were exposed to radiation doses about 400 times greater than background levels for five weeks, no DNA damage could be detected.

  • Peratech creates fast-acting electronic nose

    11 May 2012 | 8:48 am
    Peratech is developing an electronic nose using its Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) material. This new sensor technology detects the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) very rapidly and can recover equally quickly, in a matter of seconds.

  • FDA advisers recommend approving weight loss drug

    11 May 2012 | 8:35 am
    Advisers to government health regulators late Thursday recommended that they approve sales of what would be the first new prescription weight-loss drug in the U.S. in more than a decade, despite concerns over cardiac risks.

  • Women researchers more likely to conduct scientific outreach

    11 May 2012 | 8:05 am
    In recent years, scientists have been under scrutiny to demonstrate the public relevance of their government-funded research. A new study from Rice University and Southern Methodist University finds that women are much more involved in these outreach efforts than their male counterparts.
 
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    R&D Mag - Life Sciences

  • US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in young kids

    16 May 2012 | 7:40 am
    For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children.The change means many more children could be diagnosed with high levels of lead in their blood. Too much lead is harmful to developing brains and can mean a lower IQ.Recent...

  • UN: High blood pressure, glucose a global problem

    16 May 2012 | 6:41 am
    A quarter of those 25 or older now have high blood pressure worldwide, and almost one in 10 has worrying levels of glucose in their blood.The World Health Organization's tally of the latest global health statistics for the first time includes a look at blood pressure and glucose levels, two of...

  • Microscope looks into cells of living fish

    16 May 2012 | 5:32 am
    Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. This is difficult to do, but a team of researchers in Germany and the U.S. have now developed a new method to visualize cell structures of an eighth of a micrometer in size in living fish larvae.

  • Doctors, soldiers work together to remove naval mines

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Starting this week, U.S. Navy divers will be part of a multinational effort near Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from as long ago as the First and Second World Wars. At the same time, physicians are studying these divers and how gas molecules form in humans who experience long periods deep underwater.

  • Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier

    16 May 2012 | 2:40 am
    Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.The most ambitious attempt: An international study announced Tuesday...
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    R&D Mag - General Sciences

  • Plasma coating technology eliminates vacuum, wet chemistry

    16 May 2012 | 5:38 am
    Wet chemical processes or vacuum plasma processes are typically used for coating applications in industry. Both have drawbacks: vacuum units are expensive and time-consuming, and wet chemistry is energy-intensive and environmentally challenging. Researchers have recently developed a new kind of plasma coating process that works at ambient pressure.

  • Microscope looks into cells of living fish

    16 May 2012 | 5:32 am
    Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. This is difficult to do, but a team of researchers in Germany and the U.S. have now developed a new method to visualize cell structures of an eighth of a micrometer in size in living fish larvae.

  • Doctors, soldiers work together to remove naval mines

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Starting this week, U.S. Navy divers will be part of a multinational effort near Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from as long ago as the First and Second World Wars. At the same time, physicians are studying these divers and how gas molecules form in humans who experience long periods deep underwater.

  • Isoprene research could lead to eco-friendly car tires

    16 May 2012 | 4:45 am
    The world's rubber supplies are in peril, and automobile tire producers are scrambling to seek alternative solutions. Tom Sharkey, chairperson of the Michigan State University Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, believes isoprene could be a viable option.

  • Engineers tackle challenges of hypersonic flight

    16 May 2012 | 3:20 am
    A multiyear collaboration among Stanford University engineering departments uses some of the world's fastest supercomputers to model the complexities of hypersonic flight. Someday, their work may lead to planes that fly at many times the speed of sound.
 
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    R&D Mag - Manufacturing

  • FTC: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads

    16 May 2012 | 6:40 am
    The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded...

  • GE Capital to pay $4.5B special dividend to parent

    16 May 2012 | 6:40 am
    General Electric Capital Corp. will pay a $4.5 billion special dividend this year to its parent company, restarting payments that were suspended during the recession.The special payment is subject to the approval of the board of GE Capital, which is GE's finance unit.General Electric Co....

  • Zimbabwe politician drives off in motor show car

    16 May 2012 | 5:40 am
    State prosecutors in Zimbabwe say an opposition politician at a Ford Motor Company car show got into the latest model on display and drove it away. He faces car theft charges in court next month.Court papers made available Wednesday say police arrested 38-year-old Aaron Muzungu, an official of...

  • Additive Manufacturing System

    16 May 2012 | 5:38 am
    Renishaw Inc.'s laser melting additive-metal manufacturing process is capable of producing fully dense metal parts direct from 3D CAD data using a high-powered fiber laser.

  • Plasma coating technology eliminates vacuum, wet chemistry

    16 May 2012 | 5:38 am
    Wet chemical processes or vacuum plasma processes are typically used for coating applications in industry. Both have drawbacks: vacuum units are expensive and time-consuming, and wet chemistry is energy-intensive and environmentally challenging. Researchers have recently developed a new kind of plasma coating process that works at ambient pressure.
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    R&D Mag - root

  • Plasma coating technology eliminates vacuum, wet chemistry

    16 May 2012 | 5:38 am
    Wet chemical processes or vacuum plasma processes are typically used for coating applications in industry. Both have drawbacks: vacuum units are expensive and time-consuming, and wet chemistry is energy-intensive and environmentally challenging. Researchers have recently developed a new kind of plasma coating process that works at ambient pressure.

  • Microscope looks into cells of living fish

    16 May 2012 | 5:32 am
    Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. This is difficult to do, but a team of researchers in Germany and the U.S. have now developed a new method to visualize cell structures of an eighth of a micrometer in size in living fish larvae.

  • Doctors, soldiers work together to remove naval mines

    16 May 2012 | 5:27 am
    Starting this week, U.S. Navy divers will be part of a multinational effort near Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from as long ago as the First and Second World Wars. At the same time, physicians are studying these divers and how gas molecules form in humans who experience long periods deep underwater.

  • Isoprene research could lead to eco-friendly car tires

    16 May 2012 | 4:45 am
    The world's rubber supplies are in peril, and automobile tire producers are scrambling to seek alternative solutions. Tom Sharkey, chairperson of the Michigan State University Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, believes isoprene could be a viable option.

  • Engineers tackle challenges of hypersonic flight

    16 May 2012 | 3:20 am
    A multiyear collaboration among Stanford University engineering departments uses some of the world's fastest supercomputers to model the complexities of hypersonic flight. Someday, their work may lead to planes that fly at many times the speed of sound.
 
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    R&D Mag - Strange But True

  • Microscope looks into cells of living fish

    16 May 2012 | 5:32 am
    Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. This is difficult to do, but a team of researchers in Germany and the U.S. have now developed a new method to visualize cell structures of an eighth of a micrometer in size in living fish larvae.

  • A mousetrap that may save lives

    16 May 2012 | 2:34 am
    Instead of building a better mousetrap, a team of Rice University freshmen took a mousetrap and built a better way to treat dehydration among children in the developing world. The device, designed by the IV DRIP (Dehydrated Relief in Pediatrics) team, is inexpensive and regulates the amount of fluid delivered to children to prevent dehydration.

  • Could paint particles cool the planet?

    15 May 2012 | 7:47 am
    A former U.K. government advisor and chemical engineer recently published an article that discussed how dispersing sub-micrometer light-scattering particles into the upper atmosphere could help to combat climate change. Author Peter Davidson says the effect would replicate the cooling that occurred after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo.

  • Neurotransmission is controlled by a single protein

    15 May 2012 | 3:46 am
    Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that the single protein, alpha 2 delta, exerts a spigot-like function that controls the volume of neurotransmitters and other chemicals that flow between the synapses of brain neurons. The surprising finding tells us not only how brain cells communicate, but also how a certain pain drug works.

  • A new look at prolonged radiation exposure

    15 May 2012 | 2:42 am
    A new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative. The study found that when mice were exposed to radiation doses about 400 times greater than background levels for five weeks, no DNA damage could be detected.
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