Software developed at the University of Sheffield has the potential to enable engineers to make 'real world' safety assessments of structures and foundations with unprecedented ease.

Technology - Engineering

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The time may be fast approaching for researchers to take better advantage of the vast amount of valuable patient information available from U.S. electronic health records. Lian Duan, an NJIT computer scientist with an expertise ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

May 14, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, another company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 14, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Researchers at India's Institute of Technology Madras have developed a new kind of portable water purification system based on nanoparticle filtration. In their paper published in the Proceedings of ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

May 07, 2013 4.9 / 5 (63) 5 |

Meticulous attention to food safety is a good thing. As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributers go above and beyond food safety mandates to ensure that healthy fresh fruits and vegetables do not carry ...

Biology - Ecology

May 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —A research project at Indiana State University into a popular packaged drink has found five types of fungus.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 01, 2013 4 / 5 (3) 0

U.S. regulators let Boeing help write the safety conditions for the problematic battery system in its beleaguered 787 "Dreamliner," prescribe how to test it and carry out those tests itself, according to ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 23, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Fire blight is a serious threat to fruit trees. Now a quick test has been developed at the Vienna University of Technology, which can indicate the danger early - with the help of bees.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Portable electric generators retrofitted with off-the-shelf hardware by the University of Alabama (UA) emitted significantly lower levels of carbon monoxide (CO) exhaust, according to the results* of tests conducted by the ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 17, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —According to experts in the Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, there were approximately 3,300 deaths and 400,000 ...

Technology - Other

Apr 11, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 1

(AP)—The pilot of a medical helicopter that ran out of fuel and crashed, killing four people, was distracted by text messages when he should have been conducting pre-flight checks, U.S. accident investigators ...

Technology - Other

Apr 09, 2013 not rated yet 0

It is not obvious when examining a wrapped lettuce or a microwavable bowl of Chinese soup. But plastic food packaging is made of multiple layers designed to act as a barrier for oxygen or bacteria. "Each ...

Chemistry - Other

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

(AP)—Chilean forensic experts exhumed the body of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda on Monday, trying to solve a four-decade mystery about the death of one the greatest poets of the 20th century.

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 09, 2013 not rated yet 0

Americans are using cellphones and other gadgets behind the wheel as much as ever, despite widespread awareness of the risks involved, a federal government agency said Friday.

Technology - Other

Apr 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 2

As part of the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP), the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is working to improve the radioactivity measurements needed to ensure safety at nuclear power plants and waste repositories ...

Technology - Engineering

Apr 04, 2013 not rated yet 0