News tagged with industrial tools

Talking works: UB professor develops method to analyze creative problem solving

(Phys.org) -- Talk -- if it's the right kind -- can increase creativity, leading students to create useful, new ideas that solve problems, a University at Buffalo professor has found by using a statistical tool that he invented.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

French IT company aspires to be email-free within a year

How many work emails do you get a day? 80? 200? 500? More than 1,000?

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

First-of-its-kind search engine will speed materials research

Researchers from the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) jointly launched today a groundbreaking new online tool called the ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Automated cell tracker software saves weeks of image data analysis

An Australian-developed software tool that dramatically reduces the amount of time it takes cell biologists to analyse the results of their experiments was unveiled today at Bio2011, the largest global event for the biotechnology ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Good-bye, blind spot' -- man and machine always in view

Particular care must be taken in a production hall where robots and men work together, where even minor carelessness could result in serious accidents or stop production. At the Hannover Messe trade fair that ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An alliance formed by design and technology

Designers love state-of-the-art production technologies. This is the story of how a young designer worked with researchers from Fraunhofer to manufacture the Hydra steel tube chair. This chair is not only ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oil and gas exploration benefit from space technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- A special kind of titanium and a manufacturing technique used to build the Ariane 5 rocket could become the next successful spin-offs from Europe's space programme, benefiting the oil and gas industry.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New center to create models, simulations to improve solar cells

Purdue University will lead a new research center to improve photovoltaic solar cells as part of a national effort to bring alternative energy technologies to the marketplace.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nanotechnology: A risky frontier?

Inside a cramped back room at Rushford Hypersonic, a start-up headquartered in southeastern Minnesota, sits a cube-like machine that throws a mean atomic fastball. At the push of a button, the reactor hurls atoms toward a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NXP Sets New Benchmarks for LED Drivers

NXP Semiconductors today announced three major developments in its portfolio of mains connected LED driver solutions: the success of its SSL2101 LED driver IC in matching LED lifetimes in an accelerated lifetime test; the ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic discovery could break wine industry bottleneck

One of the best known episodes in the 8000-year history of grapevine cultivation led to biological changes that have not been well understood - until now. Through biomolecular detective work, German researchers have uncovered ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eyes in the soil will help food security

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new tool developed by scientists at The University of Manchester will allow farmers to see under the soil to check how efficiently crop roots are using water and nutrients.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists Shed 'Light' on Semiconductor Quandry

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego scientists are using laser plasma-produced light sources to explore performance improvements of critical inspection tools for the semiconductor industry, which ultimately will ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2