Applied Physics

Royal College Of Art Adds ZPrinter 450's Speed And Affordability To Higher Ed's Most Highly Equipped Rapid Prototyping Bureau

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, September 26 /PRNewswire/--- Rapidform prototyping service has transformed student design by introducing Z Corporation 3D printing technology The Royal College of Art, the world's only exclusively postgraduate art and desig ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 26 2007 - 3:49am

Verizon Business Implements Communications Network For Leading German Automotive Manufacturer

READING, England, September 26 /PRNewswire/--- Verizon Private IP Provides High-Performance Infrastructure for Increased Efficiency and Productivity BMW AG, one of the world's leading automotive engineering companies, has selected Verizon Business to ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 26 2007 - 6:25am

New Aluminium Fiber For Aircraft Could Save Billions, Say Researchers

Building aircraft wings with a special aluminium fibre combination makes them nearly immune to metal fatigue. The application of this technology, partly developed at Delft University of Technology, will lead to substantial savings. The unusual qualities of ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2007 - 6:44pm

Chicken Eggshells Make Hydrogen Fuel

Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to turn discarded chicken eggshells into an alternative energy resource. The patented process uses eggshells to soak up carbon dioxide from a reaction that produces hydrogen fuel. It also includes a uniqu ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2007 - 11:53am

ARCADIS To Do Facility Management For NXP Semiconductors

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, September 27 /PRNewswire/-- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consulting and engineering company, announced today that ARCADIS AQUMEN Facility Management (AAFM) has been selected to perform facility management services ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 27 2007 - 1:26am

Northwestern Computer Engineers Double Cell Phone Memory Using Just Software

Cell phones are increasingly sophisticated-- sporting such features as cameras, music players, games, video clips, Internet access and, lest we forget, the capability to phone someone-- but these features come at a price: memory. Now computer engineers at ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2007 - 9:35am

Total Parts Plus Introduces New Value Pricing Program

FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, September 27 /PRNewswire/-- Total Parts Plus, Inc. (TPP), a leading engineering services company specializing in supply chain solutions, is pleased to announce their newly developed Value Pricing Program. This program enables c ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 27 2007 - 9:37am

The Mysteries Of Brain Folding During Embryonic Development

Folding is very important in human brain development because some of the worst neurological problems such as schizophrenia, autism and lissenchephaly (smoothness of the cortex, found with severe retardation) are associated with abnormal brain folding. On t ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2007 - 3:39pm

Do Inferior Numbers Scare Women Away From Science And Engineering?

The gender ratio in math science and engineering is approximately 3 men to every 1 woman, say Stanford psychologists Mary Murphy and Claude Steele, and situational cues, like being outnumbered, may contribute to a decrease in women’s performance expectatio ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2007 - 12:40pm

Engineering Without Complex Math: Ancient Greek Craftsmen And Their Magnificent Machines

We all know about the advanced machines of the ancient Greeks, like the water pumps and the steam engines devised by their greatest minds, but what is less known is how those with little theoretical background were still able to make well-calibrated device ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2007 - 6:39pm