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Engineering Feb 4, 2016

An innovative system for prioritizing urban buses and emergency vehicles

Reinhard Schopf, head of the Transport and Urban Services department of the South-German city of Böblingen, speaks about the huge efficiency benefits and the unusual story behind Sitraffic Stream, an innovative system for ...

Energy & Green Tech Jan 28, 2016

Enormous blades could lead to more offshore energy in US

A new design for gigantic blades longer than two football fields could help bring offshore 50-megawatt (MW) wind turbines to the United States and the world.

Hi Tech & Innovation Jan 27, 2016

Is Theranos a tech revolution in healthcare or marketing hype cloaked in secrecy?

If one company were to symbolise the entire ethos of Silicon Valley, it would be Theranos. Founded by Elizabeth Holmes who was 19 at the time, the company set out to "reinvent" the laboratory blood testing industry by using ...

Business Jan 25, 2016

Siemens sees profit rise sharply in final quarter of 2015

Siemens AG, maker of trains, power turbines and medical machines, says net profit rose 42 percent in the company's most recent quarter compared with a year earlier.

Optics & Photonics Jan 20, 2016

Breakthrough imaging tool maps cells' composition in 3-D

A one-of-a-kind instrument built at CSU lets scientists map cellular composition in three dimensions at the nanoscale, allowing researchers to watch how cells respond to new medications at the most minute level ever observed.

Astronomy Dec 10, 2015

High school student helps discover new planet, calculates frequency of Jupiter-like planets

High school senior Dominick Rowan of Armonk, New York, is making discoveries about other worlds. Working with University of Texas at Austin astronomer Stefano Meschiari, Rowan has helped to find a Jupiter-like planet and ...

Optics & Photonics Dec 2, 2015

Ceramic particles supply digital X-ray plates 'from an aerosol can'

Digital X-ray systems have become a vital part of health care. The analog X-ray film of the past has been replaced by digital flat panel detectors. Today's detectors are sensitive but quite expensive and have limited resolution. ...

Archaeology Dec 1, 2015

Radiologists investigate woman who died in Egypt more than 3,000 years ago

Thousands of years ago lived a woman in the Egyptian city of Asyut, on the west side of the Nile River Valley, 375 miles south of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Her true name is unknown, but today some call her Hatason.

Hi Tech & Innovation Nov 11, 2015

UN urges more investment in cutting-edge technologies to drive growth

Japan, the United States but also increasingly China, are among the few nations driving global innovations like 3D-printing, the UN said Wednesday, urging more investments in fields expected to carry future economic growth.

Energy & Green Tech Nov 2, 2015

Grids that are smart enough to weather tomorrow's storms

At the end of October 2012, Hurricane Sandy swept across the northeastern United States at speeds of 150 kph (more than 90 mph). Millions of people were left in the dark. In an era of climate change, energy management systems ...

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