Applied Physics

The Future Is Still Plastics- Like Robot 'Skin' And Flexible Laptops

"I want to say one word to you. Just one word," spoke Mr. Maguire to young Benjamin in the 1967 film The Graduate. That word was 'plastics' and it became a cultural litany meaning lots of different things but it's never been more t ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2008 - 11:21am

Marc Andreessen Joins Facebook Board Of Directors

PALO ALTO, California, June 30 /PRNewswire/-- Facebook today announced that Marc Andreessen has joined its board of directors. Currently co-founder and chairman at Ning, Andreessen is an investor in several Internet startups. "Marc is an industry lea ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 30 2008 - 5:30pm

Yoono Raises Additional US$4 Million From AGF

PARIS and SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 /PRNewswire/--- Yoono Comes Out Of Private Beta in Time for Release of Firefox 3 ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 2 2008 - 8:33am

Chemosensory Neurons- Why College Students Are Drawn To Pizza

Thanks to salt and hot chili peppers, researchers have found what tells a roundworm to go forward toward dinner or turn to broaden the search. It's a computational mechanism, they say, that is similar to what drives hungry college students to a pizza. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2008 - 8:33am

DOCDATA N.V. Will Publish 2008 Half-Year Results On 29 July 2008

WAALWIJK, The Netherlands, July 3 /PRNewswire/-- The management of DOCDATA N.V. today announces that the Group will publish the consolidated figures for the first half of the 2008 financial year on Tuesday 29 July 2008 by issuing a press release at 07.30A ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 3 2008 - 2:33am

Wartsila Aims To Become A Leader In Ship Design- Acquires Global Ship Design Group Vik-Sandvik

HELSINKI, July 3 /PRNewswire/-- Wartsila has acquired the global ship design group Vik-Sandvik, a leading independent group providing design and engineering services to ship owners and the ship building industry worldwide. The value of the acquisition is ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 3 2008 - 4:33am

Northrop Grumman Introduces New Desktop Marine Radar

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, July 3 /PRNewswire/-- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has recently unveiled a new integrated desktop marine radar designed to meet the latest International Electrotechnical Commission ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 3 2008 - 10:33am

Foreign-Accent Syndrome Makes Canadian Woman Acquire Different Canadian Accent

A woman in southern Ontario is one of the first cases in Canada of a rare neurological syndrome in which a person starts speaking with a different accent, McMaster University researchers report in the July issue of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Scie ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2008 - 11:03am

Anaconda's Bulge Wave Could Take A Bite Out Of CO2

A giant rubber anaconda could be a step on the road to meeting a large chunk of our energy needs using carbon-free, wave-generated electricity. The 'Anaconda' is named after the snake of the same name because of its long thin shape. It is closed ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2008 - 12:47pm

'Smart' Materials Made Of Proteins Change Shape And Size

A dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic three-dimensional structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemist Jason Shear and his former graduate student Bryan Kaehr at The University of Texas at Austin. Shear and Kae ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 5 2008 - 10:21am