Applied Physics

Unite Criticises Alstom Power For Ignoring Home Grown Workers

LONDON, August 29 /PRNewswire/-- Unite the Union have criticised Alstom Power's decision to bring in workers from overseas without giving consideration to the considerable pool of skilled local workers. Unite have raised concerns on behalf of its con ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 29 2008 - 7:30am

Engineers Design Artificial Bones That Naturally 'Blend' Into Tendons

Engineers at Georgia Tech have used skin cells to create artificial bones that mimic the ability of natural bone to blend into other tissues such as tendons or ligaments. The artificial bones display a gradual change from bone to softer tissue rather than ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2008 - 10:34am

Solved: 30 Year Puzzle Of Plasma Heating

Researchers at the Ruhr University in Bochum (RUB) say they have discovered the secret of electron heating in low temperature plasmas. The Bochum researchers at the Center of Excellence “Plasma Science and Technology” (CPST) at the Ruhr University say this ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2008 - 12:05pm

Global Marine Systems Ltd. Targets Energy Sector With New Business Unit

LONDON, September 1 /PRNewswire/--- Ian Gaitch Appointed Director of Global Marine Energy Global Marine Systems today confirmed its commitment to the rapidly expanding energy market with the creation of a new business unit, Global Marine Energy. Ian Gaitc ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 1 2008 - 3:30am

Atmel Launches US$399 Starter Kit For ARM7-Based Customizable Microcontrollers

SAN JOSE, California, September 2 /PRNewswire/--- Facilitates Low-cost, Easy Evaluation of CAP Capabilities Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced its AT91CAP7A-STK Starter Kit for the evaluation of its ARM7(TM)-based CAP(TM) family of custom ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 2 2008 - 7:30am

Ukraine's Lugansk Energy Interconnection Company Receives Permission To Acquire Control Of Teploelectrotsentral-3

KIEV, September 2 /PRNewswire/-- Lugansk Energy Interconnection Company LLC, one of the five largest electrical energy suppliers in Ukraine, a part of the Energy Standard Group, reports that it has received permission from the Ukrainian Anti-Monopoly Comm ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 2 2008 - 9:30am

Ancient Koronis Space Rocks Reveal The Origin Of Cosmic Dust

The origin of the microscopic meteorites that make up cosmic dust has been revealed for the first time in new research out yesterday. The research, published in the journal Geology, shows that some of the cosmic dust falling to Earth comes from an ancient ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2008 - 10:23am

Nanonets May Boost Energy 'Harvesting'

Researchers using two abundant and relatively inexpensive elements, titanium and silicon, have grown wires into a two-dimensional network of branches that resemble flat, rectangular netting, Boston College assistant professor of chemistry Dunwei Wang and h ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2008 - 4:35pm

Tech Briefs Media Group Announces Sixth Annual National Nanoengineering Conference

NEW YORK, September 3 /PRNewswire/-- Tech Briefs Media Group, (TBMG), a leading B2B publisher of content for engineering and technical professionals announced today the sixth annual National Nano Engineering Conference 2008 (NNEC), the premier event focus ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 3 2008 - 12:33pm

Agreement With Leading CO2 Capture Technology Firm, HTC Purenergy, Puts Doosan Babcock And The UK At Forefront Of Carbon Capture

LONDON, September 4 /PRNewswire/-- Doosan Babcock jointly with Doosan Heavy Industries of Korea have announced a Global Technology Licensing Agreement with a leading Canadian CO2 management technology company, HTC Purenergy Inc. ("HTC"). In conj ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 4 2008 - 3:30am