News tagged with production line

Stem cell research in the UK reaches significant milestone

Stem cell scientists at King's College London will today announce they have submitted to the UK Stem Cell Bank (UKSCB) their first clinical grade human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines that are free from animal-derived products, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new spin on understanding plasma confinement

To achieve nuclear fusion for practical energy production, scientists often use magnetic fields to confine plasma. This creates a magnetic (or more precisely "magneto-hydrodynamic") fluid in which plasma is tied to magnetic ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A living factory

The time it takes for new products to come to market is getting ever shorter. As a consequence, goods are being produced using manufacturing facilities and IT systems that were designed with completely different ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Structure of a molecular copy machine: How mitochondrial genes are transcribed

Mitochondria are compartments within cells and have their own DNA. The key protein required for the expression of the genetic information in this DNA is the mitochondrial RNA polymerase enzyme. Its three-dimensional structure ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wheat resistance genes failing, new approach needed to stop flies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of the genes that allow wheat to ward off Hessian flies are no longer effective in the southeastern United States, and care should be taken to ensure that resistance genes that so far haven't been utilized ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Software development gets a better production line

(PhysOrg.com) -- Work by European researchers means that software is about to get the assembly line treatment. It offers a powerful new paradigm for software development.

Technology / Software

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Manufacturing, reinvented

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created the architecture, hardware and software that will enable super-agile distributed corporations capable of reconfiguring themselves on the fly. It promises to make 'made-to-order' ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Growing online sales could lower prices, but also trim choices

Shoppers could see lower prices but less variety to choose from as more manufacturers sell directly to consumers through the Internet, according to new research led by a University of Illinois business professor.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1