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Software development gets a better production line

(PhysOrg.com) -- Work by European researchers means that software is about to get the assembly line treatment. It offers a powerful new paradigm for software development.

Technology / Software

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Purdue researchers studied Haitian fault; warned of potential for a large earthquake (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The potential for large earthquakes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic was forecast by a model of the northeastern Caribbean created by a team of experts.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Japan Airlines bankruptcy filing expected Tuesday

(AP) -- Japan Airlines is expected to file for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, ending months-long speculation about its fate and launching a massive overhaul to shed the fat and inefficiency that hobbled Asia's ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Fault Responsible for Haiti Quake Slices Island's Topography

(PhysOrg.com) -- The fault responsible for the Jan. 12 magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti is visible in images created using NASA radar topography data acquired in 2000.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 15, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

WHOI expert: Haiti quake occurred in complex, active seismic region

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that triggered disastrous destruction and mounting death tolls in Haiti this week occurred in a highly complex tangle of tectonic faults near the intersection of the Caribbean and North American ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Solar Scientists Use 'Magnetic Mirror Effect' to Reproduce IBEX Observation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, mission scientists released the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system's edge in particles, solar physicists have been busy ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New ARS-Developed Soybean Line Resists Key Nematode

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new soybean line developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists is good news for growers. The line, JTN-5109, is effective against the most virulent soybean cyst nematode, called ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists Demystify Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've seen an Internet ad for capacitor-type power factor correction devices, you might be led to believe that using one can save you money on your residential electricity bill. However, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Magnetic Dance of Titan and Saturn To Be Main Attraction during Flyby

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it flies by Saturn's largest moon, Titan, this weekend, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will study the interactions between the magnetic field of Saturn and Titan. The flyby will take place ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacterial protein mimics its host to disable a key enzyme (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria use all sorts of cunning to trick hosts into doing their bidding. One con in their bag of tricks: the molecular mimic. In this ruse, bacteria or their agents look for all purposes like some native ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Television control for the remote

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap way to deliver interactive communications to remote communities has been successfully tested in Brazil and Italy.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Manufacturing, reinvented

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created the architecture, hardware and software that will enable super-agile distributed corporations capable of reconfiguring themselves on the fly. It promises to make 'made-to-order' ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

"What's happening?" Twitter wants to know

Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know "What's happening?"

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Underground lines that bypass monuments

A team of mathematicians from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of the University of Seville has created a method to design underground lines whereby a city's historical buildings are unaffected. The ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ultra-Long Carbon Nanotubes Could Serve as Future Transmission Lines

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to carbon nanotubes, the majority of research so far has focused on small-scale applications. But now, a team of researchers from Rice University has created carbon nanotubes ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (30) | comments 15 weblog