Applied Physics

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

Managing Power Grids Using Brain Cell Technology

In old movies we were going to improve society by making everything think like a computer. Now the goal is to make computers think like brains. Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology say they can make power network management more eff ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2008 - 8:58am

Sixth Annual Methanol Forum To Be Held In Dubai

ARLINGTON, Virginia and HOUSTON, October 4 /PRNewswire/-- The Methanol Institute and its member companies have once again joined with Jim Jordan & Associates (JJ&A) to host the premier global methanol conference. The 2008 Methanol Forum will be he ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 4 2008 - 12:34am

Space-Tech Prosthetic Leg Helps Set Paralympics Long Jump World Record

German athlete Wojtek Czyz, running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching 6.50 m and beating the previous world record by 27 cm. In spring 2004, ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme (T ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 4 2008 - 11:49pm

Fungus Can Remove Sulfur From Crude Oil

Researchers in Iran are publishing what they describe as the first study on a fungus that can remove sulfur, a major source of air pollution, from crude oil more effectively than conventional refining methods. The finding could help reduce air pollution an ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 6 2008 - 1:18am

Grifols Breaks Ground On New IVIG Facility

LOS ANGELES, October 6 /PRNewswire/--- The new facility, based in Los Angeles, California is anticipated to be operational in 2013 and will expand the Company's ability to supply its new generation of intravenous immune globulin into the foreseeable ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 6 2008 - 10:34am

Wireless Networking Using Light Instead Of Radio Waves

Your next wireless network could use light instead of radio waves. Researchers funded by a National Science Foundation grant expect to piggyback data communications capabilities on low-power light emitting diodes, or LEDs, to create "Smart Lighting&qu ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 6 2008 - 1:25pm

ARM Announces Active Assist Service To Accelerate Parter Deployment Of ARM Architecture

CAMBRIDGE, England, October 7 /PRNewswire/--- ARM Active Assist Offers ARM Partners Targeted Onsite Expert Advice to Help Teams Better Optimize ARM Subsystem Designs ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 7 2008 - 4:34am

Atmel Enrolls BitSim As Expert Design Center For AT91CAP Customizable Microcontroller Implementations

ROUSSET, France and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, October 7 /PRNewswire/--- BitSim Contributes BADGE Graphics Accelerator for Enhanced Visual Effects ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 7 2008 - 7:30am

Atmel Extends Li-ion Battery Lifetime And Safety With Single-chip Battery Management Family

SAN JOSE, California, October 8 /PRNewswire/--- Improved accuracy increases energy availability up to 15% and additional monitoring functions ensure higher safety Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today a family of single-chip Li-ion battery m ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 8 2008 - 7:30am