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20 hours ago | News
Sensors that work flawlessly in laboratory settings may stumble when it comes to performing in real-world conditions, according to researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. These shortcomings are important as they relate to safeguarding the nation's food and water supplies.
May 22 | News
A
team of engineers at the University of California, Berkeley have
developed a way to keep tabs on pipeline health by using a magnetic
resonance imaging machine similar to the ones used in hospitals. Their
technology is called the Magnetic Response Imaging System (MRIS), and it
will be able to look at the state of underground pipelines.
May 18 | News
A
new study, using experimentation with a highly advanced spectrometer
for molecular rotational spectroscopy, has removed some of the mystery
about the elusive structure of water. For the first time, researchers
have a physical picture of what water molecules put together look like,
and it turns out they adopt three different geometries.
May 3 | News
A
new Agriculture Department program will begin tracing the source of
potentially contaminated ground beef as soon as there is an initial
positive test. Current procedures require USDA officials to wait until
additional testing confirms E. coli before starting
their investigation. Under the new process, the source could be traced
24 to 48 hours sooner.
May 1 | News
NASA
is readying a fleet of four identical spacecraft, the Magnetospheric
Multiscale (MMS) mission, for a 2014 launch to study space weather. The
effort will require the development of highly sensitive spectrometers
and cameras that operate at unprecedented performance levels.
Apr 25 | News
Researchers
at Northwestern University's Department of Radiation Oncology and
Argonne National Laboratory recently deployed a new non-destructive
X-ray microscopy solution from Xradia to image cryogenically preserved
cells and advance studies of intra-cellular biology.
Apr 23 | News
Emerging
from research into magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided
therapeutics, researchers in the U.K. have built a real “Sonic
Screwdriver”, which has been used to lift and spin a free-floating 10-cm
rubber puck. It works by virtue of a 1,000-element ultrasound
transducer array, strong enough to both levitate and move the puck in
water.
Apr 23 | News
Researchers
in the U.K. have developed a computation which simultaneously doubles
the resolution, sensitivity and mass accuracy of Fourier transform mass
spectrometry (FT-MS) without costing anything extra. This breakthrough
can reportedly be used in all FT-MS instruments including ion cyclotron resonance, time-of-flight, and Orbitrap.
Apr 20 | News
A
critical component of the James Webb Space Telescope is its new
technology. Much of the technology for the Webb had to be conceived,
designed and built specifically to enable it to see farther back in
time. As with many NASA technological advances, some of the innovations
are being used to benefit humankind in many other industries.
Apr 18 | News
At
Brookhaven National Laboratory, a new x-ray microscope is probing the
inner intricacies of materials spanning 25 nm, creating unparalleled
high-resolution 3D images. By integrating unique automatic calibrations,
scientists hope the new transmission X-ray microscope will offer
fundamental advances in many fields.
