News tagged with ultrasonic systems
Stirred, not shaken: Bio-inspired cilia mix medical reagents at small scales
Jun 30, 2009 |
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The equipment used for biomedical research is shrinking, but the physical properties of the fluids under investigation are not changing. This creates a problem: the reservoirs that hold the liquid are now ...
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New ORNL process brings nanoparticles into focus
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2008 |
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Scientists can study the biological impacts of engineered nanomaterials on cells within the body with greater resolution than ever because of a procedure developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National ...
Modern ceramics help advance technology
May 08, 2008 |
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Many important electronic devices used by people today would be impossible without the use of ceramics. A new study published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society illustrates the use of ceramic materials in the ...
I'm forever imploding bubbles
Apr 07, 2009 |
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed the first sensor capable of measuring localized ultrasonic cavitation - the implosion of bubbles in a liquid when a high frequency sound wave is applied. The sensor will ...
A new 'Pyrex' nanoparticle
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 07, 2008 |
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Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles. Used in microfluidic systems, these "Pyrex"-like nanoparticles are more stable when subjected to temperature ...
New 3-D sensors coming soon to computers, cameras, other gadgets
Jul 08, 2009 |
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In the science fiction movie "Minority Report," set 50 years in the future, Tom Cruise's character interacts with a computer display by moving his hands in front of it.
Electronic pen first to upload handwriting from plain paper
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 03, 2008 |
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The Mobile Digital Scribe by IOGEAR is the first electronic pen that can capture handwriting and drawings from any surface, which can later be uploaded to a computer as text and JPEG files. Unlike other electronic ...
Signals from the Atlantic salmon highway
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Aug 18, 2008 |
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For years scientists have struggled to understand the decline and slow recovery of Atlantic salmon, a once abundant and highly prized game and food fish native to New England rivers. Biologists agree that poor marine survival ...
Detecting land mines with sound
Jan 23, 2007 |
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Researchers at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory are developing a highly pinpointed sound beam that can detect buried land mines from a safe distance. The new beam will use sound to seek out land mines like a bat uses sonar to hunt ...
Revolutionizing the diagnosis of serious disease
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 02, 2009 |
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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.
Underground mission to Mars
Oct 29, 2009 |
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The Netherlands is home to around 120,000 kilometres of underground gas pipelines. Researcher Edwin Dertien of Dutch University of Twente is working on a robot which can inspect the gas pipelines independently. ...
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