Applied Physics

Magna Announces Second Quarter And Year To Date Results

AURORA, Ontario, August 6 /PRNewswire/-- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A; NYSE: MGA) today reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 6 2008 - 6:33pm

History Of Internal Combustion Engine Design

What are the forces that drive science and technology? How do we get from Wilbur and Orville Wright’s day where they could tinker their way to a major engineering breakthrough with little more than spruce frames, canvas and a hand built engine.... what... ...

Article - Jim Myres - Aug 6 2008 - 9:33pm

Arcadis Continues Growth And Good Result

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, August 7 /PRNewswire/--- Gross Revenues Increase by More Than 20%- Organic Growth Remains at Good Level, With Strongest Performance in Environment- Second Quarter Net Income From Operations Increased 16%, in the First Half Year by ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 7 2008 - 12:33am

Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems Strengthens Relationship With AVEVA

HAMBURG, Germany, August 7 /PRNewswire/-- AVEVA (LSE:AVV), the leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the plant and marine industries today announced that Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems has extended its 25-year association with AVEVA by signing a ne ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 7 2008 - 4:33am

Is The Third Law Of Thermodynamics More Of A Guideline?

The Third Law of Thermodynamics states that as the temperature of a pure substance moves toward absolute zero (the mathematically lowest temperature possible) its entropy, or the disorderly behavior of its molecules, also approaches zero. The molecules sh ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2008 - 1:10pm

MAN Ferrostaal Strongly Rejects Bribe Allegations

ESSEN, Germany, August 10 /PRNewswire/--- No Payments to Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma or any Other Public Official- Offset Projects Saved and Created Thousands of Jobs in SA On Sunday, August 3 and August 10, 2008, allegations appeared in a South African newsp ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 10 2008 - 7:31am

Invisibility Cloak Gets A Nanomaterial Boost

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development that could help form the basis for higher resolution optical ima ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2008 - 9:57am

Women In Science: Professor Meg Urry On Why There Are So Few Women In Physics

ScientificBlogger Matthew Brown had the chance to sit down with Professor Meg Urry, the Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Yale University. She gives readers a special understanding of the issues affecting women in science; she offers her ...

Article - Matthew Brown - Oct 8 2008 - 11:41pm

Ideaworks3D Announces Airplay SDK Supports IPhone

LONDON, August 12 /PRNewswire/-- Ideaworks3D Ltd, developer of the cross-platform Airplay(TM) SDK for advanced native mobile games and applications, today announced that Airplay SDK now supports Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. Airplay is a unique cros ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 12 2008 - 3:30am

Healing Effects Of Massage Get Some Scientific Proof

Researchers testing the long-held theory that therapeutic massage can speed recovery after a sports injury have found early scientific evidence of the healing effects of massage. The scientists have determined that immediate cyclic compression of muscles a ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2008 - 4:35pm