With the Mars Curiosity rover's science instruments working well, NASA engineers are getting ready for two big tests of their robotic rover -- blasting a rock with a laser beam and getting the rover moving. Curiosity's first drive will be ...
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Harvard University researchers have developed a squishy robot that can disguise itself or change its color to stand out from its background. Those features, scientists say, could help surgeons plan complicated operations or aid search and ...
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When NASA's newest and largest robotic rover lands on Mars early Monday morning, it will use a supersonic parachute, a tether and rockets to safely alight 350 million miles from home. Seven minutes will elapse between the time the ...
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The University of Texas at Arlington and Thermo Fisher Scientific have been granted a United States patent for a novel charge detector for ion chromatography. The technology was jointly developed by the two companies,and has been ...
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Coranet announces the release of the second issue in its "Straight Talk" series on Strategic Technology Support. (Go to www.coranet.com Home Page and click on the link in the lower left). NEW YORK, NY, December 17, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ ...
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With the Mars rover's software successfully upgraded, Curiosity is a big step closer to beginning its mission of finding out whether life has ever existed on Mars. Curiosity, NASA's super robotic rover, has been on the surface of Mars for ...
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A Missouri University of Science and Technology effort to investigate environmentally benign, corrosion-resistant coatings for military aircraft and other weapons systems has received national recognition from the U.S. Defense Department. ...
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An international research team based in Bristol, UK has reportedly developed a new quantum chip that could enable the creation of ultra-fast computers and unhackable mobile phones, according to a report in the Financial Times. The report ...
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Created by Victor Vetterlien the Bite Me is an edible desk lamp? Yes the lamp itself is made of biodegradable plastic created from vegetable glycerin and agar, a gelatin made from sea algae. The LED light-source is attached to a clear ...
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QuickMedical has announced the US launch of complete line of WaveSense blood glucose monitoring systems for detecting accurate blood glucose readings. The current use of glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinoline quinone (GDH PQQ) enzyme ...
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Delcath Systems has submitted its proprietary chemosaturation delivery system's new drug application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The application includes the use of chemosaturation system along with melphalan ...
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Mechanochemistry is a sub‐group of physical chemistry and addresses the effects of mechanical energy on solids and the resulting chemical modifications.Here,FRITSCH Planetary Mills have been indispensable for a long time. History of ...
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BWA Water Additives has been a major supplier of water treatment additives for almost 40 years. The company’s antiscalant additives are now playing a vital role in keeping reverse osmosis systems working efficiently in desalination ...
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GeNO has received four additional US patents for its proprietary nitric oxide (NO) generation chemistry and delivery technology. The patent No. 8,211,368 describes the conversion of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to NO where NO2 is stored as ...
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Advanced Denim, a new concept for sustainable denim production, was presented at the 16th annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, sponsored by the American Chemical Society's Green Chemistry Institute. The eco-friendly technique ...