News tagged with production line

A living factory

The time it takes for new products to come to market is getting ever shorter. As a consequence, goods are being produced using manufacturing facilities and IT systems that were designed with completely different ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A new spin on understanding plasma confinement

To achieve nuclear fusion for practical energy production, scientists often use magnetic fields to confine plasma. This creates a magnetic (or more precisely "magneto-hydrodynamic") fluid in which plasma is tied to magnetic ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Growing online sales could lower prices, but also trim choices

Shoppers could see lower prices but less variety to choose from as more manufacturers sell directly to consumers through the Internet, according to new research led by a University of Illinois business professor.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Structure of a molecular copy machine: How mitochondrial genes are transcribed

Mitochondria are compartments within cells and have their own DNA. The key protein required for the expression of the genetic information in this DNA is the mitochondrial RNA polymerase enzyme. Its three-dimensional structure ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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