How can you achieve the impossible? Easy -- as long as you have the right people and the right tools. The Terapixel project from Microsoft Research Redmond is proof positive.
Computer Sciences
Jul 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In between spring and fall quarters, engineering professors at UC San Diego are working to keep society safe, healthy and on the leading edge of smart technologies through a variety of research projects ...
Engineering
Jul 19, 2010
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A new infrared image has captured the center of our galaxy in never-before-seen detail--showing stars and gas swirling into the super massive black hole that lurks at the heart of our own Milky Way.
Astronomy
Jul 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuning out the noise of fellow passengers and the incessant hum of the turbojet engine, Lin Chen pored voraciously over the pages of James Watson's The Double Helix. The words and ideas flowed from the book's ...
Biochemistry
Jul 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A proposal to design a spacecraft that would seek out habitable planets beyond our own solar system could become reality after receiving support from the UK Space Agency.
Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With renewed attention being given to nuclear power, a UT Dallas researcher has snagged an $875,000 Department of Energy (DOE) grant to explore a means to boost power plant efficiency and reduce nuclear waste.
Nanomaterials
Jul 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have created a new, relatively low-cost virtual reality device that allows users not only to see a 3D image, but 'feel' it, too.
Engineering
Jul 19, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ferns play an important role in California's redwood forests by transferring moisture from fog to the forest floor -- even when it's not raining. If these plants can successfullly adapt to reduced rainfall, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2010
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European researchers have built a robot for 'on-demand' rubbish collection - just make a call and it will soon arrive at your door. It's ideal for collecting waste in the narrow streets of many historical towns.
Robotics
Jul 19, 2010
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In a cavernous structure at NASA's Plum Brook Station near Lake Erie, a concrete chamber five stories high rises from the ground. Its walls are 2-feet thick to withstand the blast of powerful gas-operated horns strong enough ...
Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2010
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