Long lines at store checkouts could be history if a new technology created in part at Rice University comes to pass.

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Mar 18, 2010 3.9 / 5 (13) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Major bridge failures in recent years have focused attention on the need to monitor America's highway bridges and other infrastructure. As thousands of bridges, parking garages and other structures ...

Technology - Engineering

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Chronic exposure to pesticides has a bigger knock-on effect on bees than conventional probes suggest, according to a new study on Sunday touching on the mysterious collapse of bee colonies.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 21, 2012 5 / 5 (8) 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite communications systems. ...

Technology - Engineering

Jul 07, 2011 5 / 5 (9) 14 |

Electrical engineers at Duke University have determined that unique man-made materials should theoretically make it possible to improve the power transfer to small devices, such as laptops or cell phones, or ultimately to ...

Physics - General Physics

May 23, 2011 3.9 / 5 (8) 7 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Amrita University in India have developed the framework for a smart environment that can track people's whereabouts without the use of invasive technologies such ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Mar 04, 2011 4.8 / 5 (4) 6 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A scientist at the University of Reading has become the first person in the world to be infected by a computer virus.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

May 26, 2010 3.2 / 5 (21) 11 |

Since 2007, every new U.S. passport has been outfitted with a computer chip. Embedded in the back cover of the passport, the "e-passport" contains biometric data, electronic fingerprints and pictures of the ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 15, 2010 4.8 / 5 (4) 2 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- E-readers that can be bent and folded, "smart" bandages that signal when they need changing based on oxygen levels, and biodegradable radio frequency identification tags that help companies ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Mar 16, 2010 4.7 / 5 (7) 0 |

Recent years have seen an unusual rise in the number of bees about in the cold winter months, and scientists are now beginning to find out why.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 05, 2010 4.8 / 5 (8) 1 |

A team of chemists from the University of New Hampshire has synthesized the first-ever stable derivative of nonacene, creating a compound that holds significant promise in the manufacture of flexible organic electronics such ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 11, 2010 4.3 / 5 (7) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique ...

Technology - Engineering

Nov 19, 2009 4 / 5 (3) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and ...

Technology - Engineering

Oct 27, 2009 4.1 / 5 (18) 0

Until now, creating the microchips that power all of our electronic gadgets has been a laborious, complex and time-consuming process costing billions of dollars. But if a Milpitas, Calif.-based startup succeeds, making them ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Aug 12, 2009 4.6 / 5 (16) 4

(AP) -- A cane equipped with the technology that retailers use to tag merchandise could help blind people avoid obstacles.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Aug 03, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0