News tagged with equipment utilization

Imaging cuts in Medicare fee schedule: An access catastrophe and danger to patients

Medical imaging cuts contained in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will restrict life-saving imaging care to large hospitals, produce longer commutes and wait times to receive care, and cause life threatening delays ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Europe still has a rich reservoir of unknown species

You could be forgiven for thinking that all of Europe's plants and animals were discovered, documented and named a long time ago. But it turns out that nothing could be further from the truth.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intel previews 1Gbps DOCSIS 3.0 gateway capability

Intel Corporation has recently previewed its first DOCSIS 3.0 cable gateway solution that is capable of 1 gigabit per second (Gbps). The Intel Puma 6 technology solution will help enable service providers to meet consumer ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sci-fi no longer, NREL engineers smart homes

Thanks to TV shows such as The Jetsons and Star Trek, many Americans grew up dreaming that homes of the future would be equipped with fantastic high-tech features. From automatic food dispensers to sliding do ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Next up: Smart homes

You've got a smartphone and maybe a smart TV, and may have heard that smart refrigerators are in the works. Next up: the smart home.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New CO2-removing catalyst can take the heat

(Phys.org) -- The current method of removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flues of coal-fired power plants uses so much energy that no one bothers to use it. So says Roger Aines, principal ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Better, stronger, lighter armor

What makes a piece of armor effective? Sure, it needs to be strong, and it should be lightweight. But what is it about a material's composition that gives it such properties? And can we develop materials that ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bird vocalization research could improve poultry production, lower costs

Chickens can’t speak, but they can definitely make themselves heard. Most people who have visited a poultry farm will recall chicken vocalization – the technical term for clucking and squawking – ...

Biology / Other

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technology convergence may widen the digital divide

(Phys.org) -- Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Plant enzyme's origins traced to non-enzyme ancestors

(Phys.org) -- As plants began to transition from aquatic habitats to dry land some 500 million years ago, their needs changed. Those primitive ancestors of modern plants were ill-equipped to survive in a dry, sunlight-blasted ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The quick and easy way to measure power consumption

The ambitious goals set by the German government to promote energy efficiency have put pressure on companies to change their energy-use policies. But the sustainable management of energy resources and the associated energy-saving ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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