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Plant Pathologist Jaimin Patel Joins The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer
Aug 30, 2016The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced that world-renowned plant pathologist Jaimin Patel, Ph.D., has joined the center, further strengthening the LRC’s horticultural lighting and plant ...
Tags: pathologist Jaimin Patel, LRC
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China LED Makers Challenge Industry Niche Strategy
Sep 1, 2015Raging price wars in the LED industry urged many manufacturers to veer away from low entry level products, and invest their resources in more profitable niche markets. Some of these markets include IR LED, UV LED, automotive lighting, grow ...
Tags: LED industry, IR LED, UV LED
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Super Capacitors Unconventional Internal Design Yields a Larger Capacitance
Mar 12, 2015SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists between the conductors. Its value is ...
Tags: Supercaps, Electric Vehicles
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Australia Is Experiencing Record Rural Exports
Aug 27, 2014Australia is experiencing record rural exports, more opportunities from China’s urbanisation, and global supply chains are having an effect on Australia’s export profile, according to the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation ...
Tags: Australia, Rural Exports, Service
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The Shift in Sexual Preferences During Ovulation Is an Evolutionary Holdover for Humans
Feb 28, 2014MONDAY Feb. 17, 2014, 2014 -- So, when you're in between menstrual periods, that shy, sensitive guy may make your heart flutter, but the burly man with the deep voice looks inexplicably irresistible when you're ovulating. There's a ...
Tags: Time of The Month, Hunk
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Tablets and Other Gadgets Become Smaller and More Sophisticated
Jan 22, 2014As smartphones, tablets and other gadgets become smaller and more sophisticated, the heat they generate while in use increases. This is a growing problem because it can cause the electronics inside the gadgets to fail. Conventional wisdom ...
Tags: smartphones, tablets, Consumer Electronics
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Hydrogen Holds Great Promise as an Energy Source
Jan 22, 2014Researchers 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
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Images Gathered by Scientists Report The Discovery of an Anomaly
Jan 21, 2014Images gathered by University of Oregon scientists using seismic waves penetrating to a depth of 300 kilometers (almost 200 miles) report the discovery of an anomaly that likely is the volcanic mantle plume of the Galapagos Islands. It's ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Geologic Time Is Shorthand for Slow-Paced
Jan 16, 2014Geologic time is shorthand for slow-paced. But new measurements from steep mountaintops in New Zealand show that rock can transform into soil more than twice as fast as previously believed possible. The findings were published Jan. 16 in ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Sherwin-Williams Announced a Next Generation 'Field Grade' Inorganic Zinc Rich Coatings
Dec 23, 2013For steel fabricators, the conventional wisdom is that coatings with high loadings of zinc dust are difficult to apply and can take too long to dry. The remedy for this was coatings with a lower zinc-load, which not only allowed for a ...
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Cybercriminals and Nation States Are in Possession of as Many as 100 Zero-Day Flaws
Dec 10, 2013On any given day cybercriminals and nation states are in possession of as many as 100 zero-day software exploits known only to them, NSS Labs has calculated using the commercial vulnerability market as a baseline. NSS Labs research ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Elderly Didn't Drive Increase in Healthcare,Professional Services and Devices Do
Nov 15, 2013Treating the elderly didn't drive the U.S. increase in healthcare cost from 2000; 91 percent was from professional services, drugs and devices, researchers say. Dr. Hamilton Moses III of the Alerion Institute in North Garden, Va., and the ...
Tags: elderly, healthcare, cost, drug
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Increased Spirituality in Teens Is Associated with Greater Likelihood of Abstinence
Nov 15, 2013Increased spirituality in teens undergoing substance abuse treatment is associated with greater likelihood of abstinence, U.S. researchers say. Co-investigators Matthew T. Lee, a professor the University of Akron and vice president of the ...
Tags: abstinence, teen, spirituality, marijuana
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The Treatment and Discharge of Produced and Other Waters From Onshore Oil and Gas
Aug 21, 2013In the second of a series of three articles on the treatment of waters, oil and gas industry expert David Robinson discusses the treatment and discharge of produced and other waters from onshore oil and gas production. In the first part ...
Tags: Oil, Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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Last Week's Rollout of The Motorola Moto X Was Headline-making for Several Reasons
Aug 13, 2013FRAMINGHAM (08/05/2013) – Last week’s rollout of the Motorola Moto X was headline-making for several reasons. Beyond the obvious novelty of being the first flagship release from the company since the RAZR HD line last fall, ...