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'FEAsy' analyzes designs from raw sketches to speed parts creation (w/ Video)

Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Hankering for molecular electronics? Grab the new NIST sandwich

The sandwich recipe recently concocted by scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology may prove tasty for computer chip designers, who have long had an appetite for molecule-sized ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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Social media used to collect information on marine wilderness

(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Murdoch University's Cetacean Research Unit are working with colleagues from Duke University in the US and Marine Ventures Foundation on an innovative project that will use social ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zuckerberg's Facebook story is study in contrasts

(AP) -- When Hollywood set out to tell the story of how Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, it enjoyed the flexibility of portraying a man who, despite his social network's worldwide reach, was all but unknown ...

Technology / Business

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

ViviSat space vehicles will keep satellites on track

(Phys.org) -- A company that aims to sell satellite protective services is eagerly stating its business case to geosynchronous satellite operators that can benefit from its approach toward orbit mission extension. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Harnessing the awesome power of the ocean waves

MBARI engineer Andy Hamilton looks out his office window in Moss Landing and points at the waves crashing on the beach below. “Pretty impressive, aren’t they? You’d think there’d be a way ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 39 | with audio podcast

Revolving door: Yahoo ushers out another CEO (Update 4)

(AP) -- Yahoo still has credibility issues, even after casting aside CEO Scott Thompson because his official biography included a college degree that he never received.

Technology / Business

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Engineering students using such design tools as SMART boards are more successful at completing projects: study

(Phys.org) -- Classrooms have become smarter, thanks to the use of digital devices such as computers, SMART boards, and other handheld devices. But are these technological advancements birthing a new and smarter generation ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biodiversity could be casualty of Myanmar openness

(AP) -- As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney's pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Myanmar. Across the border, Thailand's last five pairs are guarded around ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers say they have new clue to Lost Colony

(AP) -- A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalizing clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North Carolina's Roanoke Island in the late 16th century.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Defects make catalysts perfect

There is now one less mystery in chemical production plants. For many decades industry has been producing methanol on a large scale from a mixture of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, as well as hydrogen. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Searching for the elusive Higgs Particle

The world of physics has its mysteries, but one of its biggest—whether the elusive Higgs boson actually exists—is closer to a resolution, of sorts.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 15


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