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New Sensor Could Help Avert Pipeline Failures

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 03, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Colorado School of Mines (CSM) have developed a prototype sensor that quickly detects very small amounts of hydrogen accumulation ...





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NIST building facility for hydrogen pipeline testing

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 24, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Efforts to create a “hydrogen economy” to reduce U.S. oil imports will get a boost from a new laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology that will evaluate tests, materials, mechanical properties and ...


Improving the biomarker pipeline for early cancer detection

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Several statistical and biological issues need to be addressed in order to improve biomarker identification for early detection of cancer, according to a commentary published online July 2 in the Journal of the National Ca ...


Newer, simpler fixes restore corroded pipelines

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 14, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers are taking the guesswork out of repairing corroded oil and gas pipelines with two recent studies that appeared in the journal Experimental Techniques.


Machine vision for hot surface automatic inspection

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

TECNALIA Technological Corporation is developing an innovative application for the automatic inspection of hot steel surfaces, based on Machine Vision technologies that enhance quality control in hot rolling mill processes.


Bug splatter on your car's windshield is a treasure trove of genomic biodiversity

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

If you have ever taken a long road trip, the windshield of your car will inevitably be splattered with bugs by the time you arrive at your destination. Could the DNA left behind be used to estimate the diversity of insects ...


Electromagnetic fields as cutting tools

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- The bodywork on motor vehicles must be sufficiently stable, but processing the high-strength steels involved -- for example punching holes in them -- can prove something of a challenge. A new steel-cutting ...


Shake, rattle, no roll: Construction guide for earthquake-resistant buildings

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A guide* for designing buildings using steel moment frames to resist earthquakes has been published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as part of its support for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction ...


AFOSR funds super-fast, secure computing

Michigan scientists working on super-fast, secure computing

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Air Force Office of Scientific Research(AFOSR)-supported physicists at the University of Michigan are developing innovative components for quantum, or super-fast, computers that will improve security for data ...


Gender Schemas Affect Women in Science, Says Expert

Gender Schemas Affect Women in Science, Says Expert

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gender equity expert Virginia Valian discusses women's advancement in the STEM disciplines.


FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs (AP)

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.



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