Prototype bioreactor evaluates engineered tissue while creating it

May 3 | News

Researchers at NIST have developed a prototype bioreactor that both stimulates and evaluates tissue as it grows, mimicking natural processes while eliminating the need to stop periodically to cut up samples for analysis. Tissue created this way might someday be used to replace, for example, damaged or diseased cartilage in the knee and hip.

Superradiant laser offers substantial stability improvement

Apr 4 | News

An ordinary laser relies on millions of particles of light (photons) ricocheting back and forth between two mirrors. This doesn’t happen in a new JILA laser that relies on a million rubidium atoms working in synchrony to boost photon emissions rates by a factor of 10,000. With such technology, even a highly stable, low-power laser can be superradiant.

US. firm worker accused of illegal China exports

6 hours ago | News

A Chinese employee of a Massachusetts company has been charged in federal court with smuggling into China $6.5 million worth of equipment that can be used to enrich and produce weapons-grade uranium.Qiang "Johnson" Hu, a representative from Andover-based MKS Instruments Inc.'s sales office in...

H&R Block sets new CFO, a former Ceridian exec

6 hours ago | News

Tax prep company H&R Block Inc. said Wednesday that it named Gregory J. Macfarlane, a former executive at Ceridian Corp. and General Electric Co., as its chief financial officer as its current CFO takes a new job at the company.The appointment is effective June 4. CFO Jeff Brown is...

Clinton, military leaders plead for sea treaty

7 hours ago | News

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and military leaders implored conservative Republicans on Wednesday to approve a long-spurned high seas treaty, saying it would create jobs, open a new path to oil, gas and other resources and bolster national security.Clinton, Defense Secretary Leon...

Feds add 2012 model year to Chevy Cruze fire probe

7 hours ago | News

U.S. safety officials have added the 2012 model year to an investigation of engine fires in the Chevrolet Cruze.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said last month it was investigating the 2011 Cruze because of two complaints of fires that engulfed the compact cars.In documents...

Justices' stocks at issue in Boeing-ICO appeal

8 hours ago | News

An appeal filed in the California Supreme Court says two state appellate court justices owned stock in Boeing Co. while involved in deciding whether to reverse a multimillion-dollar award against the firm.The legal challenge Tuesday by ICO Global Communications says the justices removed...

Southwest will pay for $100M expansion in Houston

8 hours ago | News

Southwest Airlines Co. promises to pay for $100 million in airport improvements so that it can launch international flights from Houston's Hobby Airport.With the Southwest pledge, Houston Mayor Annise Parker endorsed the expansion of Hobby, which is smaller but closer to downtown than Bush...

News Summary: Saudi Arabia inks trainer plane deal

9 hours ago | News

TRAINING AMID TENSION: Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it has signed a $3 billion deal with the United Kingdom to buy air force training planes, beefing up the Gulf nation's defense capabilities as regional tensions rise.PLANES AND SIMULATORS: The deal includes 22 Hawk advanced jet trainers made by...

Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX

9 hours ago | News

A privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race.The capsule called Dragon was due to arrive near the space station for tests early Thursday and dock on Friday with its load of supplies. Space...

U.K. virtual orchestra puts you in conductor's stand

12 hours ago | News

Some 37 cameras shot 132 musicians running through the score of Gustav Holst's "The Planets” on the specially-blacked out stage at Watford Colosseum, just outside London, early this year. That footage has been used by a London museum to put the conductor's baton in visitors' hands, allowing guests to direct a virtual orchestra using 3D motion sensors.

Study eyes how to keep a Mars tumbleweed rover moving on rocky terrain

13 hours ago | News

New research from North Carolina State University shows that a wind-driven "tumbleweed" Mars rover would be capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain—findings that could also help the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) design the best possible vehicle.

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Wanted: 2011's Top Technologies

8/15/2011 | RDBlog

The editors of R&D Magazine have opened the nominations for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards competition, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the awards. If your organization introduced a new product this year, or is planning to, you can begin the entry process now.

Hello and welcome to the new R&D Daily

4/29/2011 | RDBlog

There’s nothing wrong with your watch. This is the same R&D Daily you received every afternoon. But after nearly three-and-half years and more than 5,000 stories, the R&D Daily is undergoing a mitosis of sorts, evolving to a.m. and p.m. editions. You will get the same high-technology content as before, just more of it, in a more timely manner.

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FeatureCAM Customer Testimonial Oakes Manufacturing

5/24/2010 | Videos

Based in Fort Collins, USA, Oakes Manufacturing uses FeatureCAM to manufacture piece parts for OEMs, prototype parts for research centres and universities, and even dental products for horse dentists! Find out how FeatureCAM has helped Oakes Manufacturing significantly decrease their...

Manufacturing Technology Transporter MANTRA Road Show

5/24/2010 | Videos

An engineering and manufacturing road show on wheels has begun touring the UK to bring the latest and future technologies to businesses and schools. MANTRA (The Manufacturing Technology Transporter) is a specially modified HGV packed with the latest machinery and simulators. The 14 metre...