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"Ear ear" - a new audio world at the Science Museum
·How do you know instinctively where to look for a plane when it passes over? ·Where is that fly when you want to swat it? ·What has this got to do with Microsoft's new X-box games console? Hearing in three dimensions is the focus of a new display opening tomorrow, Wednesday 14 November, at the Science Museum in London. The display, called Audio... view more... (2001-11-13)
Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision
Movie characters from the Terminator to the Bionic Woman use bionic eyes to zoom in on far-off scenes, have useful facts pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. Off the screen, virtual displays have been proposed for more practical purposes -- visual aids to help vision-impaired people, holographic driving control panels and... view more... (2008-01-18)
UT multimedia program increases middle school students' interest in science
Middle school students who were part of a unique science learning program developed by The University of Texas School of Public Health showed significant increases in interest and achievement scores compared to other students, a recent study found. view more (2009-07-06)
Engineers make first 'active matrix' display using nanowires
Engineers have created the first "active matrix" display using a new class of transparent transistors and circuits, a step toward realizing applications such as e-paper, flexible color monitors and "heads-up" displays in car windshields. view more (2008-04-01)
John Innes Scientists Scoop Gold Medal at Chelsea Flower Show
The exhibit is a "fashion show" which explains how jumping genes, virus disease infection and bizarre chimeras cause the beautiful foliage and flowers we admire in plants. The display features a collection of beautiful common and unusual plants as "models" on the fashion catwalk. view more (1999-05-25)
Safety Device To Help Protect Toddlers From Danger
PARENTS or carers who want to protect adventurous children from wandering out of sight and into potential danger can soon use a security device which has been partly developed by a group of electronic experts at Staffordshire University. Crecheguard has been produced by Planescheme Ltd, a company based in Prees, north Shropshire, and has utilised... view more... (2002-11-04)
Lifeboatman finds bronze age rapier on beach
A 3,500 year old bronze-age rapier has been found by a lifeboat coxswain, who has handed it in to Newcastle University Museum of Antiquities, where it is temporarily on display before undergoinmg conservation work. The coxswain was walking along the beach during an unusually low spring tide at the seaside resort/fishing village of Amble in... view more... (1999-05-17)
Ancient catastrophes
ANCIENT HUMAN CIVILISATION AND RAPID NATURAL CHANGE Prof. Suzanne Leroy, of the department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University, one of the country's top palaeoecologists - a specialist in ancient environments - will be organising an international research conference of scientists in January, which will be held beneath the shadow of... view more... (2003-12-16)
A sophisticated virtual simulation tool to test-drive new cars
The rapidly increasing demands of today's car buyers have placed a heavy burden on car manufacturers to constantly innovate. Building prototypes to test innovative car designs is a lengthy, not to mention expensive, process and one that companies keen to retain their competitive edge can ill afford. With contemporary simulation systems often... view more... (2003-09-09)
Making bacteria make useful proteins
By adapting a single protein on the surface of the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus, researchers at the University of British Columbia have turned it into a protein production factory, making useful proteins that can act as vaccines and drugs. view more (2009-09-08)
Spinning into the future of data storage
Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have improved their understanding of the inner workings of our computers and mp3 players, thanks to an exciting new field of research called 'organic spintronics'. view more (2008-11-24)
A turbo compressor for mobile surfers
Despite faster Internet connections, many users still resentfully associate the three letters www with "world wide wait". This is also due to the fact that files are constantly increasing in size. When using wireless terminals with low-resolution displays, such as palmtops or PDAs, it is not in fact necessary to transfer all elements of... view more... (2003-02-20)
Electricity and gas consumption at a glance
People who want to save energy should always keep an eye on their consumption. The EWE Box offers customers a neat solution: It enables private households to monitor their electricity and gas consumption whenever they want - and save costs thanks to new pricing models. view more (2008-04-09)
Light-emitting polymers land CDT the engineering “Oscar”
Five engineers from one of the UK’s most exciting new companies – Cambridge Display Technology – have won the nation’s biggest engineering prize, the £50,000 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award, for their ground-breaking light-emitting polymer technology. The Academy will announce the CDT team as this... view more... (2002-07-04)
New wireless sensor network keeps tabs on the environment
Research in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Science may soon be able to answer that question. The departments of computing science and earth and atmospheric science have been working together to create a Wireless Sensor Network that allows for the clandestine data collection of environmental factors in remote locations and its monitoring... view more... (2008-06-05)
ORCA extends portable GPS technology to the deep
ORCA Instrumentation, in partnership with ACSA, has developed the GIB system, which is designed to track pinger-fitted underwater vehicles in real-time. GIB is a new concept to get GPS accuracy for underwater vehicle location and tracking, and is very easy to set and to operate. The technology is based on a surface buoy network and location... view more... (2004-03-04)
Virtual Showcases: Adding new dimensions to traditional museum displays
A new technology has museum-goers asking, Is it real or is it virtual? Researchers have developed a new Augmented Reality (AR) technology that can replace traditional museum displays and shows promise for other applications. view more (2004-11-09)
First mobile phone to recycle itself goes on display at the Science Museum
Today, the first mobile phone capable of recycling itself will go on display at the Science Museum's new contemporary science wing - the Wellcome Wing. The phone, which has been developed by engineers from Brunel University with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), will hopefully put an end to the mountain... view more... (2000-06-27)
Genes chips, robots, phone books and ancient plants at the Royal Norfolk Show as John Innes Centre scientists look into the past and the future.
Visitors to the John Innes Centre's (JIC)[1] stand (374) at this year's Royal Norfolk Show[2] will have the opportunity to see the JIC's Gold Medal winning Chelsea Flower Show exhibit 'Meet the Ancestors - of the past and the future'. Visitors will also be able to learn about the work going on in the recently opened JIC Genome Laboratory, through... view more... (2002-06-26)
Lizards shout against a noisy background to get points across
Male Anole lizards signal ownership of their territory by sitting up on a tree trunk, bobbing their heads up and down and extending a colorful throat pouch. view more (2007-02-26)
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