Applied Physics

A Physics First- 3D View Of Cracks Growing In Steel

A team of researchers from the University of Manchester, the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) in Lyon and the ESRF has revealed how a growing crack interacts with the 3D crystal structure of stainless steel. By using a new grain mapping techni ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2008 - 8:47pm

'Nanosculpture' Could Mean New Ways Of Harvesting Energy From Heat

A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2008 - 11:19am

E. Coli As Biology's Decoder Ring

If you had to pick one organism with which to tell the story of the modern science of biology, you couldn't do better than to pick the tiny gut bacterium Escherichia coli, commonly called just E. coli. In his latest book Microcosm: E. coli and The New ...

Article - Michael White - Jul 26 2008 - 10:47am

Qualcomm Appoints Executives To Lead Africa And Middle East Operations

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 21 /PRNewswire/-- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, today announced the appointments of James Munn ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 20 2008 - 11:31pm

A Cranberry Shield Against Bacteria Protects Against Infection

For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice, convinced of its power to ward off urinary tract infections, though the exact mechanism of its action has not been well understood. A new study by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2008 - 1:19pm

How Do Monsoons Develop? An 'Aquaplanet' Brings A New Theory

Geoscientists at the California Institute of Technology have come up with a new explanation for the formation of monsoons, proposing an overhaul of a theory about the cause of the seasonal pattern of heavy winds and rainfall that essentially had held firm ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2008 - 1:24pm

Lobula Plate Tangential Cells In Flies May Make Autonomous Robot Airplanes Reality

The nerve connections that keep a fly's gaze stable during complex aerial manoeuvres, enabling it to respond quickly to obstacles in its flight path, are revealed in new detail in research published today. Scientists from Imperial College London have ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2008 - 11:57pm

GlobalEdge Forms Alliance With QNX Software Systems, Makes Available WiFi Drivers On QNX Neutrino RTOS

BANGALORE, India, July 22 /PRNewswire/-- Global Edge Software Ltd., a leading embedded wireless software solutions and services company based in Bangalore, India, today announced its alliance with QNX Software Systems, a leading global provider of operati ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 22 2008 - 7:31am

Photos: New Version Of SolidThinking Industrial Design/Styling Software Launches Globally

TROY, Michigan, July 22 /PRNewswire/--- Proven Italian software accelerates concept development process, empowering creative community to invent, explore and fully evaluate ideas quickly and cost-effectively Leading industrial design/styling software comp ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 22 2008 - 9:31am

Create The Future Design Contest Opens For Entries: Competition Sponsored By SolidWorks And Tech Briefs Media Group Spurs Engine

NEW YORK, July 22 /PRNewswire/-- Celebrating the "a-ha!" moment latent in every product designer and engineer, the Create the Future Design Contest sponsored by SolidWorks Corporation and Tech Briefs Media Group is accepting entries from invento ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 22 2008 - 1:31pm