Applied Physics

Body Sensor Could Help Produce Next-Gen Super Athletes

A revolutionary new sensor collects and immediately transmits data about posture, stride length, step frequency, acceleration, response to shock waves travelling through the body etc. It's cufflink-sized and clipped behind the wearer’s ear, so it does ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 13 2007 - 11:57am

Bone-Growing Nanomaterial Could Improve Artificial Hips

For orthopaedic implants to be successful, bone must meld to the metal that these artificial hips, knees and shoulders are made of. A team of Brown University engineers, led by Thomas Webster, has discovered a new material that could significantly increase ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2007 - 12:44am

How Proteins Fold Into 3-D Shapes

A team led by biophysicist Jeremy Smith of the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has taken a significant step toward unraveling the mystery of how proteins fold into unique, three-dimensional shapes. Using ORNL's Cray XT ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2007 - 12:51am

Phosgene: The Least Discussed Man-Made Poison Gas In Our Atmosphere

Phosgene is most famous for being part of the chemical arsenal used in the trenches during World War I- generals preferred it over chlorine because soldiers coughed less and therefore inhaled more. It was still stockpiled in military arsenals after the Sec ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2007 - 11:20am

Solved: The Mystery Of The Bicycle

Everyone knows how a bicycle works- or so we think. But for 150 years why a moving bicycle can, all by itself, be so stable has been something of a mystery. "Bicycle manufacturers have never been able to say precisely how a bicycle works," explai ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 21 2007 - 12:56am

ZAP Signs Electric Car Joint Venture With China's Largest Luxury Bus Manufacturer

JINHUA CITY, China and SANTA ROSA, California, September 21 /PRNewswire/--- Youngman Auto Group to Make Electric and Hybrid Cars, Trucks and Buses for Joint Venture In a joint statement released today, USA electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board: ZAA ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 22 2007 - 11:21pm

InMage Systems Brings CDP-Based Disaster Recovery And Business Continuity Software To Europe

SANTA CLARA, California, September 21 /PRNewswire/-- InMage Systems, Inc.(R), the leading provider of business continuity and disaster recovery software for small, medium and large enterprises, announced they have opened a new office near London, England. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 21 2007 - 11:22am

Falcon Oil & Gas Announces Appointment Of Directors

BUDAPEST, Hungary, September 21 /PRNewswire/-- Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSXV Symbol: FO) ("Falcon") announced today that Igor Akhmerov, David E. Fisher, Daryl H. Gilbert, Jan Van Holsbeeck and Prof. Ferenc Horvath have been elected to Falcon&# ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 21 2007 - 1:05pm

The God Particle: Is Science The New Religion? The Surrey Debate 2007

In case you happen to be in town: Professor Jim Al-Khalili of the University of Surrey will host the third public Surrey Debate ‘The God Particle: Is science the new religion?’ on Wednesday, October 17 from 7.00 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 21 2007 - 1:53pm

The Genetic Link Between Evolution And Schizophrenia

Positive selection in human evolution plays a role in genes associated with schizophrenia, according to a new study in the Sept. 2007 edition of Proceedings of the Royal Society B. It found that genes believed to be linked to schizophrenia are more likely ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 22 2007 - 10:59am