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From cars to cancer: UH professor employs auto industry tools for tumor therapy

An effort is under way at the University of Houston to use technologies with origins in the automobile industry to develop new tools that will help doctors and technicians better plan radiation therapy for patients with head and neck cancer. Dr. Ali Kamrani, founding director of the Design and ...

Oak Ridge to lead auto supplier R&D partnership

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 17, 2008 -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory will lead research and development work for the automotive supplier industry initiated through the U.S. Automotive Partnership for Advancing Research and Technologies, or USAutoPARTs collaborative announced today at the North America...

Fuel cells gearing up to power auto industry

HOUSTON, October 29, 2007 The average price for all types of gasoline is holding steady around $2.95 per gallon nationwide, but the pain at the pump might be short-lived as research from the University of Houston may eliminate one of the biggest hurdles to the wide-scale production of fuel cell-p...

Hybrid vehicle rebates produce scant environmental benefits, high cost

... that some programs may serve as de facto "bailouts" for the North American auto industry. "The criteria for Ontario's recent rebate increase seem design...s are believed to extend to the U.S. market, given the similarities between auto industries, in terms of vehicle buying patterns, pricing structures and car...

Fujitsu Expands Support for Ethernet Networks With New Additions to XG Switch Product Line

... low-cost upgrade path to full 10Gb networking combined with the Fujitsu brand name they have come to trust. The XG0224 and XG0448 will feature auto sensing 10/100/1000 Base-T with 4 ports of SFP optics and open slots for 1 or 2 dual port 10GbE uplink cards, depending upon the model. The low-power...

Cheap and efficient white light LEDs new design described in AIP's Journal of Applied Physics

...ts is the light itself. LEDs can easily be manufactured to produce light of a single color -- like red -- with applications such as traffic lights and auto brake lights. Indoor lighting though, requires "natural" white light. This quality is measured by the color-rendering index (CRI), which assigns a val...

Penn medicine draws road map for elimination of central line-associated bloodstream infections

...sociated urinary tract infections. More recently, several HUP units implemented the Toyota Production System, which applies processes honed in the auto manufacturing industry to reduce variation in practice and to streamline and improve hospital care. The hospital has also begun an active central line...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Jan. 28, 2009

... In the magazine's cover story, C&EN Associate Editor Bethany Halford points out that for many years NASCAR (the National Association for Stock Car auto Racing) left safety innovations in the hands of mechanics and engineers tinkering in the garage. These innovations haven't kept pace with NASCAR's pus...

Cell movements totally modular, Stanford study shows

...ch led scientists to try to chart the individual actions of millions of genes. Cell biologists have a penchant for comparing the cell's workings to auto mechanics and Vitorino is no exception. "Using the human genome, biochemical studies and proteomic approaches, scientists have generated a comprehensi...

Space researchers developing tool to help disoriented pilots

...members believe the onboard aids developed for spaceflight will be an essential tool for pilots of medical emergency helicopters, who often respond to auto accidents on dark, rainy nights when it is easy to become disoriented. Military and civilian pilots are also likely to benefit from the research. ...

State fund advances titanium powder research, 9 other Iowa State projects

... J-TEC Associates Inc. of Cedar Rapids to develop the next generation of meters that measure exhaust flows from automobiles. The technology could help auto manufacturers develop engine technologies that minimize pollutants from biofuels. $79,050 to Michael Kessler, an assistant professor of materials...

Sony Cyber-shot Cameras Get Smarter

...s now a permanent fixture on the camera's LCD screen in record mode, and can be toggled off and on at the touch of a finger. And during smile capture, auto focus and zoom functions are available, as well as the ability to take a limitless number of shots. Not One, But Two Photo Libraries i...

Len Hunt Joins Gallup Consulting Group

...to Add Greater Value to Consultancy in Automotive IRVINE, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Gallup Consulting announced today that Len Hunt, a veteran auto industry executive who has worked with Jaguar, Audi, Volkswagen, and Kia has joined the company as a Partner. The position will be based in Irvine, Ca...

Unmanned aircraft to study Southern California smog and its consequences

...derstand the effects of that pollution. The imported smog is only one of several sources of atmospheric aerosols in Southern California, joining local auto and industrial emissions and smoke from wildfires. Researchers have seen evidence that this air pollution can mix with falling snow and accelerate its...

Carnegie Mellon researchers urge development of low carbon electricity

...Ph.D. candidate in EPP. Already, automakers have discussed plans to develop plug-in hybrids and California recently ruled that the auto industry must sell nearly 60,000 plug-ins statewide by 2014. With the price of gas heading beyond $4 per gallon, interest in alternative vehicles cont...

e-SMART Technologies Continues Delivery of Its New Super SMART Card in South Korea

...eading manufacturer of control and system engineering machinery and tools in South Korea. It supplies contactless card terminals, vending machines and auto parking lot systems in Pusan City. As part of the Agreement between e-SMART(R) and SamWon FA, e-SMART(R) will begin delivering its most advanced Super...

New research suggests biofuel blending is often inaccurate

...proper blending of biofuels could lead to engine problems from drivers in cold climates, Reddy noted, because it could freeze or clog fuel lines. Most auto manufacturers recommend against using mixtures greater than B20, though the reasons are unclear. Reddy believes the discrepancies could harm consum...

Therapeutic role found for carbon monoxide

... In a medical case of Jekyll and Hyde, carbon monoxide ?the highly toxic gas emitted from auto exhausts and faulty heating systems ?has proven effective in treating the symptoms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), an extremely debilitating...

UNC scientists solve mystery of how largest cellular motor protein powers movement

...assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics in the UNC School of Medicine. Dokholyan said the dynein puzzle is similar to figuring out how auto engines make cars move. “You have an engine up front that burns gas, but we didn’t know how the wheels are made to move.? Dr. Timothy Elston,...

Cincinnati surgeons report new treatment for often-fatal injury

...w, minimally invasive method for repairing a common and deadly form of aortic injury--an advance that could help reduce the number of deaths caused by auto accidents and major falls. The potentially life-saving technique is reported by Joseph Giglia, MD, interim director of UC's division of vascular sur...

Agilent Technologies introduces advanced zebrafish, mouse microarrays for stem cell and developmental biology research

...harks for years. Worldwide, about one million people a year are killed in auto accidents, including more than 42,000 a year in the United States. McEac...adlines. The drive you will make to the beach is far more dangerous, but an auto accident that kills several people will not make big headlines across the U...

New HIV drug candidate developed in Sweden

...harks for years. Worldwide, about one million people a year are killed in auto accidents, including more than 42,000 a year in the United States. McEac...adlines. The drive you will make to the beach is far more dangerous, but an auto accident that kills several people will not make big headlines across the U...

Shark attack worries? Driving to the beach is more deadly

...harks for years. Worldwide, about one million people a year are killed in auto accidents, including more than 42,000 a year in the United States. McEac...adlines. The drive you will make to the beach is far more dangerous, but an auto accident that kills several people will not make big headlines across the U...

Scientists use manufacturing methods to reconstruct mastodon

... Combining 13,000-year-old bones with 21st century auto manufacturing techniques, scientists and exhibit preparators at the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural history are reconstructing a male...