Applied Physics

Biofuels Research Makes A Plant Evolution Discovery

Biologists have discovered that a fundamental building block in the cells of flowering plants evolved independently, yet almost identically, on a separate branch of the evolutionary tree--in an ancient plant group called lycophytes that originated at least ...

Article - News Staff - May 24 2008 - 1:31pm

Growing Human Heart Tissue From Embryonic Stem Cells

We understand in amazing detail how a heart develops- in mice. Whether the same processes that produce mouse heart tissue also generate heart tissue in humans has been unclear, because we obviously can't do the required experiments on human embryos. B ...

Article - Michael White - May 26 2008 - 11:05am

Using Microalgae Photosynthesis To Eliminate CO2 Emissions

Scientists of the University of Almeria are developing a new system to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions using microalgae photosynthetic activity. This project, called CENIT CO2, is being developed by Spanish electricity company Endesa and is supported by ...

Article - News Staff - May 26 2008 - 1:57pm

Fairport Engineering And Orchid Environmental Announce A Strategic Investment By ArcLight Capital

ADLINGTON, England, May 27 /PRNewswire/-- ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 27 2008 - 7:30am

RFMD(R) And SELEX GALILEO Announce Signing Of Strategic Supply Agreement

GREENSBORO, North Carolina and LONDON, May 27 /PRNewswire/--- Strategic Supply Agreement for Aerospace & Defense Market Valued at Approximately US$20 Million Through 2013 RF Micro Devices, (Nasdaq: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 27 2008 - 7:30am

Aleris International, Inc. Announces New Leader Of Aleris Americas

BEACHWOOD, Ohio, May 27 /PRNewswire/-- Aleris International, Inc. announced today that Galdino Claro will join Aleris as Executive Vice President and CEO, Aleris Americas, reporting to Steven J. Demetriou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, on June 3, ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 27 2008 - 8:32am

SnoMotes Go Where No One Wants To Tread

The best places to get accurate data about the world's ice shelves are not exactly the safest. Using satellites is not an accurate solution. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University have created specially de ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2008 - 5:35pm

Geo-Engineering: Really Big Sunglasses To Reduce Global Warming

As fossil fuel emissions continue to climb, reducing the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth would definitely have a cooling effect on surface temperatures. The reduction in sunlight can be accomplished by geoengineering schemes. There are two classes: th ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2008 - 9:53pm

BlackLight Power Inc. Announces Commercial Ready Alternative Energy Solution

CRANBURY, New Jersey, May 28 /PRNewswire/-- ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 28 2008 - 6:33am

Ukrainian Transformer Equipment Manufacturer Sales Up 80% At US$610 Million

ZAPORIZHIA, Ukraine, May 28 /PRNewswire/-- ZaporozhTransformator OJSC (ZTR), (Berlin: ZRTFq.BE; Frankfurt: ZRTFq.F; PFTS: ZATR), one of the largest Ukrainian manufacturers of electrical transformer equipment, announced today that as of May 20, its 2008 sa ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 28 2008 - 6:33am