15/02/2005

Robots That Act Like Rats

Robots that act like rat pups can tell us something about the behavior of both, according to UC Davis researchers. Sanjay Joshi, assistant professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, and associate professor of ...

High Power Supercapacitors From Carbon Nanotubes

Supercapacitors that can deliver a strong surge of electrical power could be manufactured from carbon nanotubes using a technique developed by researchers at UC Davis. Supercapacitors are electrical storage devices that can ...

Snomipede races to solve the mysteries of life

A multi-disciplinary team of scientists from the Universities of Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester and Glasgow has been awarded a £3m research grant to develop a new nanotechnology tool which they have called the ‘Snomipede’. ...

First Next Generation Body Scanner Launched

The first 'next generation' MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) body scanner in the world will be officially launched at Hope Hospital later this week (Friday 18th February). The Achieva 3T MR Scanner has been purchased by The ...

Adding semantics to the Web

"The Web will become more than what we see on our computer screens, it will become a place where computers interact with each other and where meaning is attached to information." That is the vision behind a cutting-edge Semantic ...

CSIRO telescopes help rescue Titan experiment

CSIRO’s radio telescopes and others in Australia, China, Japan and the USA have revealed how the wind speeds on Saturn’s moon Titan vary with altitude-and have turned a disappointment into a triumph.

Nokia Teams With Microsoft Digital Media Format Support

Microsoft and Nokia agreed to long-term collaboration on extended digital media format support. This collaboration includes support for Windows Media® Audio, Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) 10 and Media Transfer ...

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