Battery technology hasn't kept pace with advancements in portable electronics, but the race is on to fix this. One revolutionary concept being pursued by a team of researchers in New Zealand involves creating "wearable energy ...
General Physics
Apr 6, 2011
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Myriad sensors and systems provide modern aircraft with data for flight control. But a bird's eye perspective is also of great benefit when measuring pollutants, searching for missing persons and even in archaeological research. ...
Engineering
Apr 6, 2011
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Like any other newborn, the neonatal horse can be a challenging patient. Its immune system is still under construction, its blood chemistry can vary wildly, and – like most infants – it wants to stay close to mom.
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At the recent Society for American Archaeology meeting in Sacramento, California, archaeologist Michael Callaghan from the University of Texas presented his team's findings from the ancient site of K'o (now ...
Revolution in Libya. Revolution in Egypt. Revolution in Tunisia. The Middle East and North Africa face unprecedented change as dictatorships crumble and people clamor for democracy.
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2011
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Move over, newts and salamanders. The mouse may join you as the only animal that can re-grow their own severed limbs. Researchers are reporting that a simple chemical cocktail can coax mouse muscle fibers to become the kinds ...
Biochemistry
Apr 6, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Willow Garage, the Menlo Park, California-based consortium of robotics experts, founded by Scott Hassan in 2006 to create or develop hardware and open source software for the advancement of robotics, has ...
Researchers have long known that landfills produce methane, but had a hard time figuring out why – since landfills do not start out as a friendly environment for the organisms that produce methane. New research from ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2011
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How does an archivist understand the relationship among billions of documents or search for a single record in a sea of data? With the proliferation of digital records, the task of the archivist has grown more complex. This ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 6, 2011
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has enhanced its NAND flash portfolio with the introduction of next-generation 24-nanometer (nm) generation "SmartNAN," which integrate robust error management into the NAND package. ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Apr 6, 2011
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