News tagged with electrical systems


Revolutionizing the diagnosis of serious disease

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Revolutionary ultrasonic nanotechnology that could allow scientists to see inside a patient's individual cells to help diagnose serious illnesses is being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham.





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Research in aircraft control systems and robotics helps improve flight safety

Research in aircraft control systems and robotics helps improve flight safety

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At first blush, it may not seem like robots and aircraft control systems have anything in common. When you put them together, however, you arrive at the core of Guangjun Liu’s unique research ...


Toward cheaper imaging systems for identifying concealed weapons on the human body

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Electrical engineers from UC San Diego have created high-performance W-Band silicon-germanium (SiGe) radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for passive millimeter-wave imaging. This advance could lead to significantly ...


New Iowa State supercomputer, Cystorm, unleashes 28.16 trillion calculations per second

Cystorm supercomputer unleashes 28.16 trillion calculations per second

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Srinivas Aluru recently stepped between the two rows of six tall metal racks, opened up the silver doors and showed off the 3,200 computer processor cores that power Cystorm, Iowa State University's second ...


Gallium nitride transistor could replace silicon

Gallium nitride transistor could replace silicon

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (36) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell researcher has created an extremely efficient transistor made from gallium nitride, which may soon replace silicon as king of semiconductors for power applications.


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 ...


Electrical engineer working to improve monitoring systems

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An old man walks down the stairs in his home. Suddenly, he trips and falls. No one is home to help him. But soon he hears the reassuring clanging of approaching sirens. The surveillance system installed in ...


Early warning system could keep lights on

Early warning system could keep lights on

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing 'early warning systems' that could prevent power blackouts in the UK.


Making Nanowires More Electrically Stable

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's widely predicted that future electronics will largely depend on something really small -- nanomaterials used for building nanoelectronics. A key component of these tiny circuits is stable nanowires that ...


Physicists make discovery in quantum mechanics

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 49

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in quantum mechanics using a superconducting electrical circuit. The finding is reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature.


Dutch researchers develop self-learning security system for computer networks

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cyber attacks on computer networks are becoming increasingly commonplace. To counter the threat, they are protected by so-called network intrusion detection systems. But these fail to identify some attacks, ...



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