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New Material Made From Paper Sludge Could Replace Plastic Packaging
Scientists have developed a new material by applying a biotechnological treatment to paper sludge. In many cases, the new material could replace plastic packaging and certain building materials.
ScienceDaily: Engineering News, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:43 GMT
New Lab-on-a-chip Measures Mechanics Of Bacteria Colonies
Researchers have devised a microscale tool to help them understand the mechanical behavior of biofilms, slimy colonies of bacteria involved in most human infectious diseases.
ScienceDaily: Engineering News, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:43 GMT
Disaster Setting At The RoboCup 2009: Flight And Rescue Robots Demonstrated Their Abilities
Modern robotics can help where it is too dangerous for humans to venture. Search and rescue robots (S&R robots) have meanwhile become so sophisticated that they have already carried out their first missions in disasters. And for this reason rescue robots will be given a special place at the RoboCup 2009 ? the robotics world championships in Graz.
ScienceDaily: Engineering News, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:43 GMT
Blog - AstroTwitter To Reveal Where Telescopes Are Pointing
The success of the Twitter feed from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is leading to a new generation of scientific comunications
Technology Review RSS Feeds, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:43 GMT
Second Life data offers window into how trends spread
(University of Michigan) Do friends wear the same style of shoe or see the same movies because they have similar tastes, which is why they became friends in the first place? Or once a friendship is established, do individuals influence each other to adopt like behaviors?
EurekAlert! - Technology, Engineering and Computer Science, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:43 GMT
Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis
(University of California - Santa Cruz) A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform.
EurekAlert! - Technology, Engineering and Computer Science, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:43 GMT
Natural compound stops retinopathy
(University of Oklahoma) Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States.
EurekAlert! - Technology, Engineering and Computer Science, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:43 GMT
Graduate students win prestigious prizes for their work
(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Each year, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics awards SIAM Student Paper Prizes to the most outstanding papers submitted to the SIAM Student Paper Prize Competition. SIAM is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 SIAM Student Paper Prizes who will present their papers during the SIAM Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo., July 6-10.
EurekAlert! - Technology, Engineering and Computer Science, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:43 GMT
Engineers develop bullet-proof vests from cement
Engineers at the University of Leeds are using cement to develop a cheap bullet-proof vest. Students at the university's School of Civil Engineering will create the new vests by combining super-strong cement with recycled carbon fibre to make a material tough enough to withstand most types of bullets.
Engineering News at iCivilEngineer.com, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:44 GMT
K-State Engineers Research the Effects of Expansion from Heat on An Alternative Bridge That Is Economically Efficient
Dunja Peric, associate professor of civil engineering and faculty member with the University Transportation Center at K-State, is studying the effects of different soil conditions and temperature change ranges on thermally induced expansion on integral bridges.
Engineering News at iCivilEngineer.com, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:44 GMT
"Smart" Bridges Harness Technology to Stay Safe
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Michigan Department of Transportation are funding a $19 million project to build next-generation monitoring systems for bridges.
Engineering News at iCivilEngineer.com, Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:44 GMT
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