News tagged with industrial process
Tendency of operational routines to falter is widespread but fixable
New research by a University of Illinois expert who studies process management points to the potential role of regulatory oversight in preventing deterioration of operational routines that are used to complete day-to-day ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 30, 2012 |
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The king of retail: New study shows symbiotic relationship between major retailers and suppliers
(Phys.org) -- A new study by supply-chain researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that the relationship between major retailers such as Walmart and Target and their suppliers is collaborative in nature, rather than ...
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May 30, 2012 |
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Livestock industry beefs up Illinois's economy
A recent report conducted by the University of Illinois provides an economic snapshot of the current state of the livestock industry, giving the Illinois livestock industry data to back up their importance to the state. The ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 29, 2012 |
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Nano-structured polymer-based materials from scrap
EU researchers developed polymer blends and processing techniques facilitating recovery of scrap from industrial processes. Advances in this area have the potential to decrease costs and waste while protecting ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 25, 2012 |
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Researchers prove new circuit pattern-design process, see promise for 14 nanometer design with directed self-assembly
(Phys.org) -- Researchers sponsored by Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) announced that they have successfully created contact hole patterns for a wide variety of practical logic and memory devices ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Pirate Bay founder to take case to EU court: lawyer
A founder of Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay will take his case to Europe's top court after the Supreme Court in Sweden refused to hear his appeal, his lawyer said Monday.
May 14, 2012 |
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Bioengineers develop artificial chip for testing how drugs interact with ion channels
(Phys.org) -- Ion channels, proteins embedded in cell membranes, are central to many of the human body's physiological processes, including cardiac activity. For this reason, they are also important targets for cardiac drugs. ...
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Scientists discover initial stages by which gypsum crystals form
Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral which is often used in industrial processes and which in nature, if left alone for thousands of years, can grow into huge translucent, towering and eerie, crystals more ...
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Scientists produce graphene using microorganisms
The Graphene Research Group at Toyohashi University of Technology (Japan) reports on the synthesis of graphene by reducing graphene oxide using microorganisms extracted from a local river.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 22, 2012 |
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The amazing technology that crafted the Webb Telescope technology
The creation of the next generation James Webb Space Telescope was only possible as a result of imagining and developing the industrial machines that would make it a reality. In the near future, some of that ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Butterfly molecule may aid quest for nuclear clean-up technology
Scientists have produced a previously unseen uranium molecule, in a development that could help improve clean-up processes for nuclear waste.
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Ultrafast sonograms shed new light on rapid phase transitions
An international team of physicists has developed a method for taking ultrafast 'sonograms' that can track the structural changes that take place within solid materials in trillionth-of-a-second intervals ...
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Hot invention cools down environment: Environmentally-friendly heat exchanger produced
The current global energy crisis means that sustainability now supplants necessity as the mother of all invention. Concordia University's Georgios Vatistas, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, ...
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Products of biotechnological origin using vegetable and fruit by-products generated by the industry
More than 192 million tonnes of fruit and vegetable waste is produced in Europe every year. The continued use of oil as a raw material is a serious obstacle in the way of sustainable industrial development, ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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New 3-D transistors promising future chips, lighter laptops
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Purdue and Harvard universities have created a new type of transistor made from a material that could replace silicon and have a 3-D structure instead of conventional flat computer chips.
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