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Establishment of Joint MIT Center Aims at Reducing Solar Energy Costs

MIT and Fraunhofer, a German research organization, have signed an agreement to establish a research center in Massachusetts focused on significantly reducing the cost of solar energy over the next five years. The MIT-Fr...

15 Apr 2008

New Optical Techniques for Remote Sensing of Combustion Processes

Scientists from the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid study the use of optical techniques for the measurement of parameters, mainly of the temperature of the flame, in combustion processes in order to control them automat...

10 Apr 2008

Siemens To Demonstrate Automation Solutions for Packaging Lines at Interpack 08

Siemens Drive Technologies is exhibiting integrated drive and automation concepts with standardized communication solutions for packaging machines

10 Apr 2008

FEA Broadens the Scope of Application for Engineering Plastics

It was once said that “It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame.” $$IMAGE$$ This quote captures the essence of what is occurring in the field...

31 Mar 2008

Successful Launch of New Rocket Using STERN Technology

A team of engineers from Bristol University has conducted the first firing of the STERN rocket motor. Rocket engines equipped with the STERN (Static Test Expansion/Deflection Rocket Nozzle) rocket motor should benefi...

30 Mar 2008

Collaborative Research Makes Quantum Computing One Step Closer

Researchers at the U. S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Microsoft Station Q have made significant advancements in understanding a fundamental problem of quantum m...

24 Mar 2008

Sandia To Reopen Giant $90 Million Z Accelerator

Z¡¯s upgrade, which replaced 20-year-old equipment, has enabled the powerful machine to increase its output current from 18 million amperes to 26 million amperes for a few billionths of a second.

21 Mar 2008

Institute for Advanced Architectures Prepares for ‘Exascale’ Computing

Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national laboratories. An exaflop is a thousand times faster than ...

21 Mar 2008

The Secret behind the Incredible Strength of Spider Silk Unravelled

The strength of a biological material like spider silk lies in the specific geometric configuration of structural proteins, which have small clusters of weak hydrogen bonds that work cooperatively to resist force and dis...

20 Mar 2008

NIST On Quest To Shrink Electronic Devices

Recent research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated that thin films made of “metamaterials”—manmade composites engineered to offer strange combinations of electromagnetic propert...

From NIST Standard Reference Materials 19 Mar 2008

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