Applied Physics

ARCADIS Expands Environmental Presence Into Italy

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, July 7 /PRNewswire/-- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, announced today that it has acquired SET, an Italian company specialized in environmental consult ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 7 2008 - 1:30am

Carbon Design Systems Acquires SoC Designer From ARM

CAMBRIDGE, England and ACTON, Massachusetts, July 7 /PRNewswire/--- Carbon Forms new Irvine, Calif. Development Facility CAMBRIDGE, England and ACTON, Massachusetts, July 7 /PRNewswire/-- ARM (LSE:ARM) (Nasdaq:ARMH), and Carbon Design Systems(TM), the lea ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 7 2008 - 2:33pm

Is Baseball Biased Toward Lefties?

Is baseball biased toward left-handed pitchers? Indeed it is, says David A. Peters, Ph.D., McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis (and uber baseball fan) and he says he has the data to prove it. There's no que ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2010 - 8:49pm

Applied Mathematics Looks To Dolphins For Wind Turbine Design

Millions of years of evolution have maximized the efficiency of how sea creatures move through water while humans have been trying to perfect streamlined designs for barely a century- but we're catching up. Biologists and engineers from across the U.S ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2008 - 10:10pm

Prototyping Machine 'Bakes' New Bones From Metal Powder

Scientists have long been fascinated by structure of bone. Bone is very light but can withstand heavy pressure and he inside is like a sponge so bone is firm and compact in certain places and porous in others. The construction industry would love to have m ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2008 - 10:15am

IAI Supplies Passport-Personalisation-Systems To AB Svenska Pass In Tumba, Sweden

WAALWIJK, The Netherlands, July 9 /PRNewswire/-- Industrial Automation Integrators (IAI) B.V. in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, a subsidiary of DOCDATA N.V. in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, will supply two BookMaster One systems to AB Svenska Pass in Tumba, Swe ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 9 2008 - 2:33am

ION Agrees To Acquire ARAM Systems Ltd.

HOUSTON, July 9 /PRNewswire/--- Accretive Transaction Strengthens ION's Portfolio of Land Seismic Imaging Systems- Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday, July 9th at 9 AM EDT ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO) announced today that it has signed ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 9 2008 - 6:33am

ARCADIS Selected To Elite Cleantech Index (CTIUS)

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, July 10 /PRNewswire/-- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, announced today that the Company has been selected by the Cleantech Group(TM), LLC to join its p ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 10 2008 - 9:30am

'Solar Concentrator' Windows Could Also Generate Energy

Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that could allow just that. The ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2008 - 1:42pm

Digital Painting Analysis And Van Gogh

Similar to the unique make-up of a human fingerprint, each artist has a technique inimitable to only them. Scientists have recently applied this idea to finding a new way of determining the authenticity of an art piece. Using Van Gogh’s paintings and a dig ...

Article - Audrey Amara - Jul 10 2008 - 7:57pm