Engineers at Purdue University have designed and tested a "structural health monitoring" system to detect flaws that could hinder the performance of new types of military missiles made of composite materials instead of metal.
Engineering
Mar 21, 2007
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Up to now, the growth of the video camera market has been driven by uses such as recording weddings and birthday parties. In an effort to stimulate new demand in this largely mature market, Panasonic is introducing a new ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 21, 2007
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The number of larger-aperture telescopes is growing, but size isn't all that matters in a research telescope. Also important is how much of the sky the telescope can clearly image. A telescope used by Indiana University astronomers ...
Astronomy
Mar 21, 2007
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The stylish and uniquely crafted MOTORIZR Z3, the first GSM slider in the U.S., from Motorola, is available beginning today exclusively from T-Mobile USA. With premium communications and multimedia features, and a vibrant ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 21, 2007
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Solving a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, MIT and Harvard researchers have discovered the final piece of the synthesis pathway of vitamin B12-the only vitamin synthesized exclusively by microorganisms.
Mar 21, 2007
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Scientists from NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) announced today a new tool to monitor changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by region and source. The tool, called CarbonTracker, ...
Environment
Mar 21, 2007
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A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed new techniques that dramatically reduce the time, complexity, and cost of synthesizing natural products with pharmaceutical potential. The work dislodges ...
Mar 21, 2007
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After years of results that repeatedly dogged him, University of Oregon geologist Douglas R. Toomey decided to follow the trail of data surfacing from the Pacific Ocean. In doing so, he and his collaborators may have altered ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2007
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The inventors of self-healing plastic have come up with another invention: a new way of doing chemistry. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found a novel way to manipulate matter and drive ...
Mar 21, 2007
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Even though the sun is the closest star to Earth and has been studied for hundreds of years, it still holds surprises. The recently launched Hinode spacecraft is one of the latest observatories to probe the sun from afar. ...
Astronomy
Mar 21, 2007
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