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UWM study explores why women leave engineering careers

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

While only one in 10 male engineers leave their field by the time they reach their 30s, about one in four women are not working in engineering despite having completed the necessary education.


Diesel fuel

Genome Engineering Could Provide New Method of Creating Diesel

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

When we think of genetic engineering, our minds often jump to giant tomatoes and animal cloning. However, this is not always the case.


Galileo satellite platform tests under way

Galileo satellite platform tests under way

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The engineering model of the first Galileo satellites has completed platform integration tests at the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome. The platform is now undergoing functional testing. ...


Finnish technology workers warn of strike

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Some 2,000 employees in Finland's technology sector will begin a strike in two weeks time if no agreement is reached in labor talks with company managers, union leaders said Wednesday.


Robots perform Shakespeare to learn how to save people

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University?s production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs through Sunday (Nov. 15) in the Rudder Forum.


Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Technology / Software

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors ...


Bioengineers succeed in producing plastic without the use of fossil fuels

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0

A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals. This groundbreaking research, ...


Just in time for Black Friday: students turn iPhone into barcode scanner

Just in time for Black Friday: students turn iPhone into barcode scanner

Technology / Software

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Comparing prices over the Internet has become a common practice for consumers. Now, just in time for Black Friday, a group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students is putting ...


Engineering professor creates mobile lab for testing bridges

Engineering professor creates mobile lab for testing bridges

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Civil engineering students at the University of Rhode Island will soon take to the roadways to apply what they have learned in the classroom in real-world analyses of bridges, buildings and ...


Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Americans love their consumer electronics, but what happens to all the gadgets when their useful life is over? Despite being one of the largest generators of "e-waste" in the world, the U.S. has no federal ...


NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy

NJIT receives funding to improve Big Bear Telescope, study solar energy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

NJIT researchers are at work on many scientific and technological frontiers. The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following ...


Yoga boosts heart health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research to be published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of ...


Loves Me, Loves Me Not: Researchers Discover New Method for Measuring Hydrophobicity at the Nanoscale

Loves Me, Loves Me Not: Researchers Discover New Method for Measuring Hydrophobicity at the Nanoscale

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new, more precise method for measuring how much — or how little - nanoscale interfaces love water.


The politics of climate fixes

The politics of climate fixes

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (13) | comments 7

In the middle of a day filled with a stream of information-packed PowerPoint displays and alarming projections of what the future holds for our planet and our civilization, Judith Layzer’s talk was something ...


Tiny injector to speed development of new, safer, cheaper drugs

Tiny injector to speed development of new, safer, cheaper drugs

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It's no bigger than a stamp packet but it has the potential to allow rapid development of a new generation of drugs and genetic engineering organisms, and to better control in-vitro fertilization.