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5/7/12
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Yale University engineers have developed a novel automated system for generating strong, flexible, transparent coatings with promising uses in lithium-ion battery and fuel cell production, among other applications. The system, called spin-spray layer-by-layer, cuts process time and produces films with both nanolevel precision and improved function.
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.
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.
1 hour ago | News
When architect Wang Shu accepts his field's richest prize in a ceremony Friday at the seat of China's legislature, a symbolic second winner will be waiting in the background — Hyatt Hotels.The Pritzker Architecture Prize has special resonance for communist leaders who want to promote China as a...
7 hours ago | News
A broken piece of glass is getting the blame for a fire that consumed eight acres of grassland in Washtenaw County.Ypsilanti Township fire Lt. Keith Harr says his crews got a call about 2 p.m. Wednesday of a fire burning near Ford Motor Co.'s Rawsonville plant. It's about 25 miles...
12 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...
12 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...
13 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...
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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...
14 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...
14 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...
15 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...
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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...
