News tagged with window technology

Researchers develop new reversible, green window technology

Mar 03, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU, Israel) researchers have developed a new, highly energy-efficient window technology, featuring two reversible panes that will save energy all year round in homes and ...

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Glider robot a sleek ocean explorer

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

15 hours ago | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 0

The sea was heaving, the skies gray. The captain of the research ship was worried about the weather. About 120 miles off the coast of Spain, three Rutgers University scientists had a narrow window of opportunity to find and ...

NASA NuSTAR Telescope Being Built at Nevis

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's an unlikely place to build a NASA telescope: a leafy estate in Irvington, N.Y., that once belonged to the son of Alexander Hamilton. Inside a hangar-like building on the site, which is ...

Stopping a Stroke in its Tracks: Catheter Device Restrores Blood Flow to Brain by Suctioning Blood Clots

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Bobbie Laird was suffering a life-threatening stroke triggered by a blood clot in her brain that was nearly half an inch long.

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner set for maiden flight

Technology / Engineering

Dec 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 2

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner jet takes to the skies for the first time Tuesday, in a critical milestone for the problem-plagued aircraft seen as key to the future of the US aerospace giant.

VISTA: Pioneering new survey telescope starts work

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Dec 11, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (11) | 1

VISTA is the latest telescope to be added to ESO's Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is housed on the peak adjacent to the one hosting the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) and shares ...

Glasgow's joking computer

Technology / Computer Sciences

Dec 11, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Glasgow Science Centre in Scotland is exhibiting a computer that makes up jokes using its database of simple language rules and a large vocabulary.

Philips electronic skin technology enables new chameleon-like ambience designs

Technology / Hi Tech

Dec 09, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (8) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Philips Research has developed a novel color e-paper technology that opens up new design opportunities for personalizing electronic devices. This means that the color and appearance, of the ...

Cisco going from Internet plumber to platform

Technology / Business

Dec 08, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Cisco chief executive John Chambers said Tuesday that the computer switching colossus is changing from the Internet's "plumber" to a platform and provider of products for online work and leisure.

Rapid cardiac biomarker testing system developed by Singapore scientists

Medicine & Health / Research

Dec 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) have developed a rapid and sensitive integrated system to test simultaneously for specific cardiac biomarkers in finger prick amount of blood.