Montanans who plan to spray noxious weeds this spring should take preliminary steps when spraying to reduce nontarget injury toward nearby sensitive crops, aquatic areas, trees and/or ornamentals, says Montana State University ...

Biology - Ecology

May 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —SheerWind Inc. of Chaska, Minnesota is claiming in a press release that its newly developed funnel-based wind turbine system is capable of producing 600 percent more power than conventional ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 13, 2013 4.2 / 5 (65) 36 |

(Phys.org) —A new building-sealing technology developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis, will get a real-world test today at a Habitat for Humanity home in Stockton, Calif.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Apr 10, 2013 not rated yet 0

The world's smallest reaction chamber, with a mixing volume measured in femtolitres (million billionths of a litre), can be used to study the kind of speedy, nanoscale biochemical reactions that take place ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Dec 06, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

Kyocera Corporation today announced that it has developed a new 300 dots-per-inch (dpi) inkjet printhead -- a key component for commercial inkjet printers -- which enables simultaneous two-color printing ...

Technology - Engineering

Aug 08, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) -- Researchers from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have built a programmable robot arm with a nozzle for a hand that allows for building structures out of sand mixed with water ...

Electronics - Robotics

Aug 06, 2012 5 / 5 (9) 5 |

Clogged printer nozzles waste time and money while reducing print quality. University of Missouri engineers recently invented a clog-preventing nozzle cover by mimicking the human eye.

Technology - Engineering

Jul 16, 2012 5 / 5 (8) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- NASA engineers conducted a 550-second test of the new J-2X rocket engine at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on July 13. The J-2X engine will power the upper-stage of a planned two-stage Space ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 16, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1

Sealing cracks in roadways ensures a road's structural integrity and extends the time between major repaving projects, but conventional manual crack sealing operations expose workers to dangerous traffic and ...

Technology - Engineering

Jun 18, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 1 |

(Phys.org) -- For many years, scientists have been pursuing ways to mimic the perplexing capability of the lotus leaf to repel water. Lotus leaves hate water so much that droplets effortlessly roll off the ...

Physics - General Physics

Jun 14, 2012 4.8 / 5 (11) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- One of the hallmarks of the human race has been the myriad ways that single individuals or small groups respond when noting problems big and small. They may see something as a challenge or a ...

Technology - Engineering

Jun 08, 2012 2.5 / 5 (6) 17 |

(Phys.org) -- The shake, rattle and roar lasted just seven seconds, but the short J-2X test conducted May 16 at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi moved the space agency ever closer to ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

May 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

These coatings offer protection against rust, scratches and moisture and improve adhesion: Surfaces with a nano coating. A new plasma process enables these coatings to be applied more easily and cost-efficiently ...

Technology - Engineering

May 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Stir lots of small particles into water, and the resulting thick mixture appears highly viscous. When this dense suspension slips through a nozzle and forms a droplet, however, its behavior momentarily reveals ...

Physics - Soft Matter

Mar 30, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 13 |

In this video Dr Sungjune Jung shows us the fluid structures produced by the impact of two liquid jets.

Physics - General Physics

Feb 24, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0