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Software may speed journey from catwalk to consumer

Software may speed journey from catwalk to consumer

Technology / Engineering

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest fashions could find their way from catwalk to consumers faster in the future, thanks to the work of a student at The University of Manchester.





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Scientists Bring 2000 year old painted warrior to virtual live

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A 2000-year-old painted statue is being restored to her original glory by scientists from WMG at the University of Warwick, the University of Southampton, and the Herculaneum Conservation Project.


Diminishing dinosaur steps saved by laser and laptop

Technology / Engineering

created May 09, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The Fumanya site, in the Bergueda region of central Catalonia, is so delicate that experts cannot get physically close enough to the tracks to examine them.


New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

New radar helps monitor site of century-old tragedy

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Alberta researcher has turned the site of a southern Alberta rockslide tragedy into the proving ground for new equipment meant to avert such a disaster in the future.


Highlight: STM banopatterning on pristine Nb-doped SrTiO3 surfaces

Highlight: STM banopatterning on pristine Nb-doped SrTiO3 surfaces

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Collaborative users from the Advanced Photon Source at the Argonne National Laboratory, working with the Electronic & Magnetic Materials & Devices Group, have found a controllable way to modify the surfaces ...


a full-scale model of Lucy

Famous fossil Lucy scanned at the University of Texas at Austin

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (9) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Ethiopian government, have completed the first high-resolution CT scan of the world's most famous fossil, Lucy, an ...


Data: Actual imaging use far below President's rec. 95 percent utilization rate for Medicare

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The amount of time imaging equipment is in use in outpatient settings does not approach use rates President Obama and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommend Medicare utilize to calculate reimbursement ...


New 'superlens' reveals hidden nanostructures

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 14, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (41) | comments 0

A microscope used to scan nanostructures can be dramatically enhanced by using a 'superlens,' reports an international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biochemistry and The University of Texas at ...


Nanopore Sequencing Could Slash DNA Analysis Costs

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past 5 years, researchers have been exploring the use of nanoscale pores as nucleic acid sequencing tools. In theory, such pores should generate a unique response characteristic of each of the four ...


700,000 callers phone digital TV hot line

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.


New hybrid microscope probes nano-electronics

New Hybrid Microscope Probes Nano-Electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 27, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (19) | comments 0

A new form of scanning microscopy that simultaneously reveals physical and electronic profiles of metal nanostructures has been demonstrated at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards ...



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