Systems used to detect aircraft and ships could soon be fitted in train stations to quickly identify objects – or even people – that have fallen on the tracks, preventing serious accidents and reducing delays that ...
Engineering
Jan 6, 2012
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A new EU project that aims to develop a 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) optical random access memory (RAM) chip has just kicked off. This chip will be the first of its kind.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Dec 21, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers are working to reduce the uncertainty associated with climate-change measurements using a mobile temperature-sensing technology made for tracking ...
Engineering
Jun 8, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An invention by a South Dakota State University engineer could improve alternative energy technologies by making it easier for scientists to test new devices.
Energy & Green Tech
May 24, 2011
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A new air-quality measuring instrument invented by Pat Arnott and Ian Arnold of the University of Nevada, Reno that is more economical, more portable and more accurate than older technologies has been licensed for commercial ...
Environment
Mar 29, 2011
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A straightforward new way to calculate, compile, and graphically present solar radiation measurements in a format that is accessible to decision makers and the general public has been developed by researchers at the University ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 11, 2011
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Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, are testing infrared remote sensing technology to evaluate the pollutant emissions associated with motor vehicle traffic which allows for analysis of all the gases of ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA-developed wireless sensor technology is giving recreational boat owners safer and more accurate readings of how much fuel is in their tanks.
Engineering
Apr 29, 2010
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They are masters at working with light: the scientists at the newly founded QUEST Institute at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig. And they want to work on some of the most exciting questions relating ...
General Physics
May 29, 2009
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