(Phys.org) —NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014—a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and pointing control ...
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Over the weekend prior to Christmas, more than 500,000 homes and businesses here in Michigan lost power in an ice storm. Hundreds of out-of-state workers took their Christmas holiday week and drove their trucks to Michigan to work in cold, ...
Tags: Storm Resilience, Instruments, power system
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from the U.K. and Germany has found that musicians playing in a string quartet keep time with one another in two distinctly different ways. One, way, the team explains in their paper ...
Tags: tempo, Royal Society, instrument, democratic
Wearable Technologies, the leading platform for technologies worn close to, on, or even in the body announced the winner of the Innovation World Cup yesterday. Wearables stepped out of the niche and early adopter market and are becoming ...
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Solos Endoscopy, a provider of healthcare instruments to hospitals across the US, announce that the company has received its ISO 13485:2003 Certification from TUV SUD America. The certification to ISO 13485:2003 will in turn allow Solos ...
Tags: TUV SUD, FDA, ISO Certified, MammoView
Technology is evolving around us at an ever-increasing rate and with this comes the challenge of making sure that these new technologies are effectively employed. Testo provides a holistic approach to test and measurement solutions, ...
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A Hydraulic ram cylinder is a mechanical device for trading power by the usage of high drive oil acting against the surface area of a chamber inside the chamber. A weight driven barrel gives immediate constrain in one center point in either ...
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UK-based etch and deposition system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has appointed Andrew McQuarrie as VP of sales & service in the USA. McQuarrie has more than 28 years of experience in semiconductor and related ...
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The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) said Thursday that it has added five new member companies from its ever-expanding circle of associated industries. New DEG members include BBC America, bitMAX, Gibson Brands, Millennium Entertainment ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Surgeons' best tools for locating tumors inside the body are often their hands. But during minimally invasive surgeries—which can reduce recovery time by days—the ability to examine tissue through touch, called palpation, is ...
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In early January, China’s leading clean energy firm Hanergy Holding Group of Beijing (parent of thin-film photovoltaic module maker Hanergy Solar) signed a trilateral framework agreement with China Minsheng Banking Corp and the Asia ...
Tags: AFCA, CIGS technology, Energy Projects, GSE
Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that a one-atom thick film of molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) may work as an effective catalyst for creating hydrogen. The work opens a new door for the production of cheap hydrogen. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Instruments, Meters
ARC Capital Holdings, an investment firm, has signed a definitive agreement with Prospect Link for the sale of its entire stake in Ningxia Xiajin Dairy for $30m. Ningxia Xiajin Dairy, which is a China-based establishment, produces milk ...
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CCurrently, space based telescopes are limited by their size and weight, particularly regarding the mirror—using rockets for delivery is very restrictive—there are both size and cost issues involved. To possibly get around that ...
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Rapid Electronics has announced that it has become an official distribution partner for Labfacility temperature and process technology products. Founded in 1971, Labfacility specializes in the field of temperature and process measurement ...
Tags: Rapid Electronics, Richard Abbott, Labfacility, RTD