http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Nanotechnology, Canadian engineers suggest that research is needed into the risks associated with the growing field of nanotechnology manufacture so that appropriate protective equipment can be developed urgently. http://www.physorg.com/news174662290.html Nanotechnology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:30:05 EST news174662290 (PhysOrg.com) -- For the better part of a century, they`ve promised us robots. From Elektro, the 7-foot metal man of the 1939 World`s Fair, to Rosie the robot maid on "The Jetsons" to the android lieutenant commander Data on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," American pop culture has shown a future where humans do little work, leaving the heavy labor to their robot friends. Yet here we are in the year 2009 without a mechanical maid or butler in sight. It may seem petty to ask, but where are all the cool robots? http://www.physorg.com/news173636356.html Electronics Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:20:08 EST news173636356 The Virginia Tech College of Engineering's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) has captured another top award for its updated innovative robotic hand that can automatically change its grasping force using compressed air. http://www.physorg.com/news173365028.html Technology Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:20:01 EST news173365028 (PhysOrg.com) -- Many residents of New Longoro, a small village in the countryside of Ghana, are small-scale farmers, and one of the crops they grow is groundnuts - what we call peanuts. But harvesting and processing the nuts is a long and labor-intensive process, and the hardest part is the threshing - scraping the uprooted plants to release the pods containing the nuts. A better, faster way to thresh the nuts could enable each farmer to grow more of them and get them to market faster, thereby boosting their incomes. http://www.physorg.com/news173102562.html Technology Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:20:01 EST news173102562 A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D printer. The technique allows a new material to be used in such devices. http://www.physorg.com/news173022660.html Technology Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:51:30 EST news173022660 Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy. http://www.physorg.com/news171039417.html Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:57:26 EST news171039417 It's been a mystery: how can our teeth withstand such an enormous amount of pressure, over many years, when tooth enamel is only about as strong as glass? A new study by Prof. Herzl Chai of Tel Aviv University's School of Mechanical Engineering and his colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and George Washington University gives the answer. http://www.physorg.com/news169915589.html Technology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:00:03 EST news169915589 The UK spends around £2.5 billion each year on dental materials to replace or strengthen teeth. The Chewing Robot is a new biologically inspired way to test dental materials and it will be shown to the public for the first time at this year's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition [30 June to 4 July]. http://www.physorg.com/news165564631.html Technology Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:11:30 EST news165564631 The April 2009 edition of Mechanical Engineering magazine profiles Mike Marshall, the former major league baseball hurler who teaches a pitching methodology based on Sir Isaac Newton`s three laws of motion. http://www.physorg.com/news158334634.html Technology Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:51:03 EST news158334634 This story is, literally, stone age meets digital age: University of Washington researchers are combining the ancient art of ceramics and the new technology of 3-D printing. Along the way, they are making 3-D printing dramatically cheaper. http://www.physorg.com/news157730197.html Technology Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:58:25 EST news157730197 (PhysOrg.com) -- Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting it to use as an electronic device. http://www.physorg.com/news154796282.html Nanotechnology Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:58:37 EST news154796282 (PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists need to detect and analyze DNA, or traces of a bioweapon or maybe an environmental contaminant, there's a good chance they'll turn to a lab technique called electrophoresis -or one of its many cousins. The versatile process is so pervasive that scientists published research employing it at a pace exceeding one paper every hour in 2007. But even though electrophoresis is used for routine experiments, such as gene sequencing or clinical analysis, it can be fiendishly difficult to create new experiment variations because the technique can be intricate and subtle. http://www.physorg.com/news153592196.html Chemistry Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:30:50 EST news153592196 Children with mobility issues, like cerebral palsy and spina bifida, can't explore the world like other babies, because they can't crawl or walk. Infant development emerges from the thousands of daily discoveries experienced by babies as they move and explore their worlds. http://www.physorg.com/news152988862.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:54:50 EST news152988862 Researchers in Taiwan are designing a computer for pedal cyclists that tells them when to change gear to optimize the power they develop while maintaining comfort. The system is described in the latest issue of the International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation. http://www.physorg.com/news151064058.html Technology Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:14:18 EST news151064058 The glitter of gold may hold more than just beauty, or so says a team of MIT researchers that is working on ways to use tiny gold rods to fight cancer, deliver drugs and more. http://www.physorg.com/news138633587.html Physics Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:19:47 EST news138633587