Applied Physics

This Robot Can Bring You A Beer- Without Being Told

Since robots live in a binary world, it is difficult to program them in a way where they can understand the nuances and inflections of human speech among many different people. A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory Univer ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 23 2008 - 1:28am

Artificial Enzymes Undergo 'Evolution In A Test Tube'

Enzymes are biological catalysts that are made from a string of amino acids, which fold into specific three-dimensional protein structures. Without them, life would not exist. They are a valuable model for understanding the intricate works of nature. These ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2008 - 9:59am

Superdense Capacity In Linear Optics Gets A Bit Denser

Using classical coding, a single photon will convey only one of two messages- one bit of information. In dense coding, a single photon can convey one of four messages- two bits of information. University of Illinois researchers say they have broken the rec ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2008 - 10:40am

Microsoft And Sourcesense Partner To Contribute To Open Source, Apache POI To Support Office Open XML File Formats

REDMOND, Washington and MILAN, Italy, March 25 /PRNewswire/--- Companies to collaborate on the development of open source solutions for the Microsoft Office product suite. Microsoft Corp and Sourcesense, a leading European open source systems integration ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 25 2008 - 2:30pm

Unite Calls For International Standard Design To Be Applied For New Nuclear Power Stations

LONDON, March 26 /PRNewswire/-- Unite, the UK's largest trade union, is calling on the government and the UK's nuclear regulator to licence global designs for the new generation of UK power stations. Unite, which has more than 26,000 energy sect ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 25 2008 - 7:33pm

ARCADIS Signs Major Contract With Akzo Nobel

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, March 26 /PRNewswire/-- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design and engineering company, today announced that it has signed a three-year global contract to provide environmental consultancy services to Akz ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 26 2008 - 2:30am

Azure Dynamics Reports Fiscal 2007 Year End Results

OAK PARK, Michigan, March 26 /PRNewswire/-- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD & LSE: ADC) ("Azure" or the "Company") a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles, today announced its fi ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 26 2008 - 5:35pm

One Network Announces Selection For Department Of Defense Transportation System

DALLAS, March 27 /PRNewswire/--- Company Teams With Menlo Worldwide, CSC and Olgoonik Logistics to Deliver Multi-Party 21st Century Demand-Driven Transportation Solution One Network Enterprises, a pioneer in multi-enterprise and multi-party sense-and-resp ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 26 2008 - 11:33pm

Cellectricon Launches World's First System For High Throughput RNAi Screening

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 27 /PRNewswire/-- Cellectricon, a leading provider of screening solutions for drug discovery, today announced the launch of the new Cellaxess(R)HT System. The world's first fully automated high throughput transfection system ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 27 2008 - 4:30am

Pieris Raises EUR 25 M (US$ 38 M) In Series B Financing Round

FREISING-WEIHENSTEPHAN, Germany, March 27 /PRNewswire/--- New Investment Round Led by OrbiMed Advisors, World's Largest Healthcare Investment Firm Pieris AG, a bio-pharmaceutical company developing Anticalins(R), a novel class of targeted human prote ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 27 2008 - 5:32am