For all the technological breakthroughs it has produced, Silicon Valley is an architectural wasteland.

Technology - Business

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 1

It may sound like science fiction, but it's anything but. Today, engineers and entrepreneurs can design a product on a computer and, with the help of increasingly accessible 3-D printers, have a prototype ...

Technology - Engineering

Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 2

The National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has been awarded a LEED gold rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. NSLS-II is Brook ...

Physics - General Physics

Feb 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

An airplane roaring down the runway and into the air is a familiar sight to most travellers today. In fact, this image has not changed much in 50 years. While significant advances have been made in terms ...

Technology - Engineering

Feb 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 2

Researchers at USC have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses porous silicon nanoparticles in place of the traditional graphite anodes to provide superior performance.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Feb 12, 2013 4 / 5 (14) 4 |

(Phys.org)—Multiferroics are in a class of materials that exhibits more than one ferroic order simultaneously. One of the prototypical multiferroics is BiFeO3, an important material because it is one of ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Feb 11, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Gun laws have been back in the media recently due, largely, to the horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012 which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults. In response President ...

Technology - Engineering

Feb 11, 2013 4.2 / 5 (9) 71

Research into using simple video clips to build up a virtual 3D environment has won a Best Paper award for a team from the Department of Engineering.

Technology - Engineering

Feb 11, 2013 not rated yet 0

A new guide for Web developers recently released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will make it easier for electric utilities and vendors to give customers convenient, electronic access to their ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Feb 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Designing a building holistically, and making sure that its components and systems work together according to design intent, can pay big dividends in energy savings and occupant satisfaction, ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Feb 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a classroom design that gives instructors increased flexibility in how to teach their courses and improves accessibility for students, while slashing administrative ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Feb 05, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—It is not enough to be energy efficient; LED lighting also must be consistently high quality and reliable to win over consumers.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Feb 05, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 2

(Phys.org)—In experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, scientists observed a surprisingly dense form of water that remained liquid well beyond its typical ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Feb 01, 2013 4.9 / 5 (7) 4 |

(Phys.org)—There's a wobbly new biochemical structure in Burckhard Seelig's lab at the University of Minnesota that may resemble what enzymes looked like billions of years ago, when life on earth began ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jan 30, 2013 4.4 / 5 (18) 11 |

TDK Corporation has expanded its CKG series of MEGACAP Type MLCCs to include miniature 1608 to 3216 (EIA 0603 to 1206) packages. Until now these MLCCs were available only in 3225 to 5750 packages (EIA 1210 ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Jan 30, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0