Rolls-Royce To Open First Swedish University Technology Centre
Rolls-Royce plc announced today that it is to open its first University Technology Centre (UTC) outside of the UK. The new centre at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, will be first to focus on the company`s growing Marine business and will be devoted to research into hydrodynamics. Scandinavia is the headquarters of the... view more... (2002-02-20)
Dolphins get a lift from delta wing technology
We can only marvel at the way that dolphins, whales and porpoises scythe through water. Their finlike flippers seem perfectly adapted for maximum aquatic agility. view more (2009-06-26)
'Flying Fish' unmanned aircraft takes off and lands on water
Flying fish were the inspiration for an unmanned seaplane with a 7-foot wingspan developed at the University of Michigan. The autonomous craft is believed to be the first seaplane that can initiate and perform its own takeoffs and landings on water. view more (2007-12-06)
Biogas production is all in the mixing
Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, using an impressive array of imaging and tracking technologies, have determined the importance of mixing in anaerobic digesters for bioenergy production and animal and farm waste treatment. view more (2008-04-17)
Floating and Spiky
With the aid of complex computer simulations, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam and at the University of Heidelberg have discovered how the shape and distribution of certain sticky areas on the cell affect its adhesion in blood vessels. view more (2006-11-06)
Maritime industry comes together to identify its future research needs
The major players in the waterborne transport sector will come together in Bremen today to start work towards a common strategic vision for the future research needs of this sector. The Waterborne Transport Technology Platform will involve industry, national authorities, regulatory bodies, research centres and universities and will... view more... (2005-01-25)
New Honorary Fellows at the Institute of Physics
Dr Clive Foxell, Professor Klaus von Klitzing, Lord Robert May and Professor Joe Vinen have been awarded Honorary Fellowships at the Institute of Physics in recognition of their outstanding contributions to physics. Dr Clive Foxell has given exceptional service to the Institute of Physics and the physics community. He was President of the... view more... (2002-09-30)
Diversity in the deep blue seas
Nature magazine has published an article by Xabier Irigoien, a researcher at AZTI, the Basque Fisheries and Marine Technological Research Centre. The article provides data on the diversity of marine life at the bottom of the sea - particularly amongst algae. Species diversity Most research carried out on the diversity of species has been with land... view more... (2004-06-28)
Synchronized swimming of algae
Using high-speed cinematography, scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that individual algal cells can regulate the beating of their flagella in and out of synchrony in a manner that controls their swimming trajectories. view more (2009-07-24)
Cluster opens a new window on 'magnetic reconnection' in the near-Earth space
Plasma physicists have made an unprecedented measurement in their study of the Earth's magnetic field. Thanks to ESA's Cluster satellites they detected an electric field thought to be a key element in the process of 'magnetic reconnection'. view more (2007-03-13)
Kraken becomes first academic machine to achieve petaflop
The National Institute for Computational Sciences' (NICS's) Cray XT5 supercomputer-Kraken-has been upgraded to become the first academic system to surpass a thousand trillion calculations a second, or one petaflop, a landmark achievement that will greatly accelerate science and place Kraken among the top five computers in the world. view more (2009-10-09)
First black holes kept to a strict diet, study shows
A new supercomputer simulation designed to track the fate of the universe's first black holes finds that, counter to expectations, they couldn't efficiently gorge themselves on nearby gas. view more (2009-08-11)
Rolls-Royce extends international research credentials with German cooperation agreement
Rolls-Royce today signed a co-operation agreement with the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) in Cottbus, Germany, to establish a joint Engine Technology Competence Centre. This marks a further chapter in the company's history of forging strong links with the academic world on high-technology research in dedicated centres of excellence.... view more... (2003-04-04)
Instants In The Flow - Request Stop
The Novosibirsk researchers have developed a device capable of producing mist with support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE). The precise name of the device is "field device for measuring liquid and gas velocities". It helps to perform prompt, precise... view more... (2005-02-14)
Scientists solve longstanding astronomy mystery
Scientists may have solved one of the most longstanding astrophysical mysteries of all times: How massive stars - up to 120 times the mass of our sun - form without blowing away the clouds of gas and dust that feed their growth. view more (2009-01-16)
Archeological evidence of human activity found beneath Lake Huron
More than 100 feet deep in Lake Huron, on a wide stoney ridge that 9,000 years ago was a land bridge, University of Michigan researchers have found the first archeological evidence of human activity preserved beneath the Great Lakes. view more (2009-06-09)
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