Applied Physics

Baseball Debate Solved- The Head-First Slide Is Quicker

Nothing says fun to physicists and mathematicians like baseball- it's the perfect sport for the numbers-oriented crowd, and because it's the only game where the defense has the ball, it's ideally suited for the rebel mentality. With basebal ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2010 - 8:47pm

Think Kids Can't Do Science? Meet These Copenhagen 2008 Teen Science Winners And Be Amazed

We read a lot about kids not being as good in science as we were back in the day. And we read a lot about women being missing from science too. You wouldn't know it by these outstanding young scientists in this year's EU contest for Young Scienti ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2008 - 10:31am

Thin Germanium Wafers Shine Bright For Solar Cell Efficiency

University of Utah engineers have devised a new way to slice thin wafers of germanium for use in efficient solar power cells. They say the new method should lower the cost of such cells by reducing the waste and breakage of the brittle semiconductor. Germa ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2008 - 10:11am

New Camera Tech Uses Pixels Connected By Wires Rather Than A Microchip

Instead of using a flat microchip as the light sensor for their new camera, a team of engineers has developed a sensor that is a flexible mesh of wire-connected pixels. The mesh is made from many of the same materials as a standard digital-camera sensor, b ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2008 - 11:59am

Unlocking The Secrets Of Breast Milk

Researchers are reporting that new insights into the composition of human breast milk may lead to new ways to prevent and treat stomach illnesses and other diseases in babies and adults, according to an article in the Sept. 29 issue of Chemical & Engin ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2008 - 1:55am

PCB11 Found In 91 Percent Of Chicago Air Samples

Although the industrial compounds known as polychlorinated biphenols or PCBs have been found in previous air samples collected in the city of Chicago, a University of Iowa researcher says that a new study of Chicago air sampled between November 2006 and No ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2008 - 9:27am

Carbon Dioxide 'Scrubber' Takes Greenhouse Gases Right Out Of The Air

In research conducted at the University of Calgary, climate change scientist David Keith and a team of researchers showed it is possible to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, using a relatively simple m ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2008 - 10:57am

CFL Bulbs- Are We Trading Energy Conservation For Toxic Air Emissions?

A team of Yale scientists has found that certain countries and some U.S. states stand to benefit from the use of compact fluorescent lighting more than others in the fight against global warming. Some places may even produce more mercury emissions by switc ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2008 - 12:33pm

GRACE & GOCE

A gravity model of the Earth constructed with data from GRACE. Credit: University of Texas Center for Space Research and NASA It is all about gravity these days. First came GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) and then we'll have GOCE (Gra ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Mar 31 2009 - 4:22am

Real-Time Dynamic Passive Profiling- A Computer That Detects Guilt

Researchers are looking to increase security at border controls by developing a computer system that can detect guilt. Obviously a successful prototype could be used in multiple other applications, like police interrogations and interview scenarios. “Who k ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2008 - 6:33am