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Training mechanics online
Internet-based distance learning courses and assessment tests have thousands of devotees in the UK and elsewhere. E-learning is perfect for students of previously 'paper-based' disciplines such as modern languages or accountancy. But subjects with a more practical side have proved trickier to stage... view more (2003-08-12)

Fingerprints provide crucial clue to new nanofiber fabrication technique
Fingerprints are usually used to identify people but, this time, they gave Penn State chemical engineers the crucial clue needed to discover an easy, versatile new method for making nanofibers that have potential uses in advanced filtration as well as wound care, drug delivery, bioassays and other... view more (2006-01-27)

COPD rates, higher than expected in China, will continue to grow
In China, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in people over the age of 40 is much more prevalent than previously thought, according to researchers in Guangdong.   view more (2007-10-12)

Swallowing Accelerates The Heartbeat
Life depends on the cardiac activity, therefore researchers have been studying for centuries all factors that can affect it. Among other things, researchers have been interested in the heartbeat frequency regulation. The purpose of such investigation requires that the heart systematically broke the... view more (2003-07-25)

Brightening up old church windows
Somber semi-darkness, flickering candles and the smell of incense - visitors to old churches are delighted by this atmosphere, especially at Christmas time. Yet only a few of them will have noticed that Gothic churches are growing darker inside with every passing year. The reason: Deposits of soot... view more (2002-12-20)

Prepare CO2 capture and storage now for greater environmental benefit later
CO2 capture and storage can make a major contribution to CO2 reduction in the Netherlands. By the mid-21st century 80 to 110 million tonnes of CO2 per year could be avoided in the sectors energy, industry and transport. This is half of the current CO2 emission. Moreover, this can be realised... view more (2007-04-16)

Tiny 'gas-flow' sensor has industrial, environmental applications
Researchers at Purdue University have shown how to create a new class of tiny sensors for applications ranging from environmental protection to pharmaceutical preservation.   view more (2007-02-05)

Aeroplanes would be safer if cockpits were more human-friendly, says new study.
Aircraft could achieve an even higher level of safety if cockpit designers took more of the psychological characteristics of pilots into account, according to researchers. Although the air accident rate has been constantly decreasing over the last decades, many modern aircraft have computerised... view more (2004-01-05)

Improving offset printing
The flexible packaging market offers sophisticated ways to present a product using plastic films, paper or aluminium, in the food industry, for example. Currently other printing methods dominate, as offset printing lacks the required flexibility. Now EUREKA project E! 2438 VSOP2 (Variable Sleeve... view more (2004-06-30)

UBC astronomers discover how white dwarf stars get their 'kicks'
University of British Columbia astronomer Harvey Richer and UBC graduate student Saul Davis have discovered that white dwarf stars are born with a natal kick, explaining why these smoldering embers of Sun-like stars are found on the edge rather than at the centre of globular star clusters.   view more (2007-12-05)

Drying wood with steam
Large quantities of wood chips are dried for the production of chip-board. Modifications to a widely implemented large-scale industrial process lead to enormous savings: 15 percent less heat energy is required and emissions are markedly reduced.   view more (2002-02-01)

Looking into the eye of the furnace
Every schoolchild knows that carbon burns easily. So what about brake disks? Those used in Formula-1 race cars and certain top-of-the-range Porsche and Mercedes cars are made of silicon carbide reinforced with carbon fibers. Their braking performance is so exceptional that similar materials will... view more (2004-01-05)

M. D. Anderson teaches the art of aromatherapy to soothe and heal
A bubble bath that improves memory. A kitchen cleaner that wards off nausea and energizes. A scented handkerchief that calms a patient entering the MRI. The benefits of aromatherapy are real. Below, learn the uses, healing properties and how-tos of using aromatherapy to heal and de-stress from The... view more (2006-08-28)

TU Delft puts research ‘technology with senses’ in the spotlight
TU Delft puts research ‘technology with senses’ in the spotlight In the field of intelligent sensors, TU Delft wants to call in the help of the business world and subsidy providers. For this reason, the university is founding the “Delft Institute for Intelligent Sensor... view more (2001-06-01)

Coal-based jet fuel poised for next step
A jet fuel comparable to Jet A or military JP 8, but derived from at least 50 percent bituminous coal, has successfully powered a helicopter jet engine, according to a Penn State fuel scientist.   view more (2006-03-28)

Yeast gives rise to new concept: cell fuel is 'brains' behind division
With the cost of diesel and gasoline getting nearer to the hourly minimum wage, too bad the fuel doesn't do more work - like deciding what route to take and pressing the gas pedal.   view more (2008-04-28)

3-D imaging to enable clean energy technologies
Ohio State University researchers have invented a technique to record three-dimensional scans of the gases and solids that mix inside boilers and other industrial processing reactors.   view more (2006-03-29)

Quantum computers could excel in modeling chemical reactions
Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Haverford College.   view more (2008-11-21)

Iowa State astronomer helps discover planet that offers clues to Earth's future
An international team of astronomers that includes Steve Kawaler of Iowa State University has announced the first discovery of a planet orbiting a star near the end of its life.   view more (2007-09-13)

Diamonds Are Forever Revealing New Insights into Earth's Development
Diamonds will take center stage this month in countless wedding ceremonies and other celebrations. In addition to their usual role as symbols of enduring love and fidelity, diamonds are now also helping geologists unravel clues about how the earth's precious metal mineralization was formed and why... view more (2008-06-13)

World Record Plasma Discharge in Tore Supra
On July 30th 2002, the engineers and scientists of the Association Euratom-CEA in Cadarache (France) have achieved a three and a half minutes long plasma discharge on Tore Supra, sustained by 3MW of current drive power, thus requiring to exhaust more than 600 Megajoules of thermal energy during the... view more (2002-08-02)

Transgene Aspen And Cloned Karelian Birch
Long ago genetic engineering got deep reach into pharmacological and food industry, agriculture and medicine. The trees are no exclusion, but genetic engineers started to deal with them approximately ten years later than with other objects: the trees are too difficult for genetic investigations and... view more (2003-06-16)

New wood-plastic composites to boost industry, help use waste products
Wood science researchers in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University have developed new wood-plastic composites that are stronger and less expensive than any similar products now available - a major breakthrough for this growing industry.   view more (2006-10-03)

Biofuels Can Replace a Third of Transportation Fuel Needs with Significant Research and Policy Effort
A group of experts in science, engineering and public policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Imperial College London and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory recommend a comprehensive research and policy plan aimed at increasing the practicality of using biofuels and biomaterials as a... view more (2006-02-01)

NIST chemists get scoop on crude 'oil' from pig manure
After a close examination of crude oil made from pig manure, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are certain about a number of things. Most obviously, "This stuff smells worse than manure," says NIST chemist Tom Bruno.   view more (2008-06-13)
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