Researchers from the University of Twente's CTIT research institute have developed a prototype lightweight panel that uses anti-noise to reduce noise levels inside aircraft. The panels can be used as a replacement for the ...
Engineering
May 8, 2013
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A novel rotary actuator provides greater torque, accuracy, and speed.
Engineering
Mar 25, 2013
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Active systems in helicopter rotor blades can adapt the blades' aerodynamic properties to local airflow conditions. The use of such systems leads to lower fuel consumption, increased maximum speed and reduced noise and vibration. ...
Engineering
Mar 6, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Electromagnetic devices, from power drills to smart-phones, require an electric current to create the magnetic fields that allow them to function. But with smaller devices, efficiently delivering a current to ...
Nanophysics
Feb 25, 2013
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Precision engineering requires accurate measurements and these are often made using co-ordinate measuring machines, or CMMs.
Engineering
Aug 31, 2012
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Japanese researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), have developed an all-printed flexible pressure sensor in collaboration with Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Engineering
Aug 16, 2012
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A pilot research project into vibration energy on the N34 provincial motorway near Hardenberg in the eastern Netherlands has shown that vibration energy as a local energy source is a sustainable alternative for the batteries ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 1, 2012
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Engineers predict that graphene can be coaxed into acting piezoelectric, merely by punching triangular holes into the material.
Nanomaterials
Jan 5, 2012
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Stress, fatigue and heavy loads aren't always negative elements of work - in fact, they are what attracted Jennifer Forrester to the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
General Physics
Mar 25, 2011
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Panasonic and imec present at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco an innovative SiGe (silicon germanium) thin film packaged SOI-based MEMS resonator featuring an industry-record Q factor combined with ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Dec 7, 2010
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