New evidence suggests electric hand dryers in public toilets pose health risk
A recent study by the University of Westminister found that electric hand dryers can dramatically increase the number of bacteria on people's hands after use. The shocking findings were found during a study in which they compared the numbers of bacteria on subjects' hands before and after they ha...UL Warns of Counterfeit Electric Signs
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Underwriters Laboratories is notifying consumers, sign installers, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction that electric signs manufactured by Redwood Sign bear a counterfeit UL Mark. Redwood Sign is not authorized to use the UL Mark on its signs, or represen...Low-cost LEDs to slash household electric bills
A new way of making LEDs could see household lighting bills reduced by up to 75% within five years. Gallium Nitride (GaN), a man-made semiconductor used to make LEDs (light emitting diodes), emits brilliant light but uses very little electricity. Until now high production costs have made GaN l...State House Passes Bill to Help Consumers Struggling With High Summer Electric Bills
Legislation would protect Illinois consumers against air conditioning disconnection when temperatures may reach 95 degrees or above SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP today commended the Illinois House of Representatives for its unanimous passage of House Bill 5086, w...GreenBytes Wards Off Germs and Costly Computer Repairs
... dust, grime and germs on any machine, even data rooms, can lead to pricey unscheduled maintenance, decreased production, employee sickness and higher electric bills. Depending on the number of computers and/or machines a business uses, the cumulative effect of such negligence can cost a company thousands of ...Novavax Announces Favorable Results from Phase I/IIa Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Program
...tion required to manufacture egg-based vaccines. As a key commercialization initiative, Novavax has collaborated with GE Healthcare, a unit of General electric Company (NYSE: GE ), to develop processes using disposable systems as its manufacturing approach. This manufacturing approach permits rapid commissio...Alexza Reports 2008 Second Quarter Financial Results and Updates Development of Product Candidates
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Description: Electric Reciprocating Saw, with hand throttle. Can also be purchased without hand throttle (#1915) for use with foot pedal. (#6401-000)...1000ET Electric Motor Module w/ Hand Throttle
Description: The MicroAire® Series 1000 Power Instrument System is a small power instrument system that offers versatility and convenience with modular and unitized handpieces. Electric Motor Module, with hand throttle, for use with 1025 Power Console. Accepts all 1000 and 2000 series modular attachments...Unitized Electric Micro-Drill, w/ Hand Throttle
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Description: Electric Micro Sagittal Saw, without hand throttle, 30,000 CPM, 6 deg. arc. Head rotates 360 deg. for cutting at any angle, and our unique blade locking mechanism prevents blade slippage. Must be used with foot throttle (#6401-000), can also be purchased with a hand throttle (#1920T)....Unitized Electric Micro-Drill, Throttleless
Description: Electric Micro Drill, without hand throttle, 30,000 RPM, 6.0 in./oz. of torque. Built-in medium bur guard included, long (#1100-005) and extra-long (#1100-006) bur guards are also available. Must be used with foot throttle (#6401-000), can also be purchased with a hand throttle (#1940T)....Unitized Electric Sagittal Saw w/ Hand Throttle
Description: Electric Micro Sagittal Saw, with hand throttle, 30,000 CPM, 6 deg. arc. Head rotates 360 deg. for cutting at any angle, and our unique blade locking mechanism prevents blade slippage. Can also be purchased without hand throttle (#1920) for use with foot pedal (#6401-000)....GOCE's electric ion propulsion engine switched on
GOCE's sophisticated electric ion propulsion system has been switched on and confirmed to be operating normally, marking another crucial milestone in the satellite's post-launch commissioning phase. The success of GOCE's ultra-sensitive gravity measurements depends on finely controlling the sat...Novel electric signals in plants
Using ion-selective micro-electrodes electrical signals in plants moving from leaf to leaf could be measured. The speed of the signals spreading as voltage changes over cell membranes ranged from 5 to 10 cm per minute. The scientists discovered this new kind of electrical signal transmission syste...Greenhouse gas auction revenues can help cut Md. electric use significantly, says study
COLLEGE PARK, Md. Maryland officials can reduce electricity use in the state significantly by investing revenues from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) cap-and-trade auctions in energy efficiency programs, says a new study from a University of Maryland-led research team. It adds that ...Penn engineers create carbon nanopipettes that are smaller than cells and measure electric current
PHILADELPHIA - University of Pennsylvania engineers and physicians have developed a carbon nanopipette thousands of times thinner than a human hair that measures electric current and delivers fluids into cells. Researchers developed this tiny carbon-based tool to probe cells with minimal intrusio...Electric fish conduct electric duets in aquatic courtship
Cornell researchers have discovered that in the battle of the sexes, African electric fish couples not only use specific electrical signals to court but also engage in a sort of dueling "electric duet." The study is the first to compare electrical and behavioral displays in breeding and nonbreed...Convergent evolution of molecules in electric fish
Having a set of extra genes gave fish on separate continents the ability to evolve electric organs, report researchers from The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Harold Zakon and colleagues, in a paper recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that African and S...Nanotubes find niche in electric switches
HOUSTON -- (March 9, 2009) -- New research from Rice University and the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, finds that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators that are common in electric motors and generators. The research, which appeared online t...Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution. The ability to pattern nanoscale arrays of biological material assists studies of genomics, p...Delft University of Technology rotates electron spin with electric field
Researchers at the Delft University of Technologys Kavli Institute of Nanoscience and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) have succeeded in controlling the spin of a single electron merely by using electric fields. This clears the way for a much simpler realization of the build...Four steps toward securing more reliable electric power for Wisconsin
MADISON The only thing standing between Wisconsin and a blackout as widespread as last weeks Northeast power outage is our still-sluggish economy. If more people were working and businesses were operating near peak capacity, as they were in the late 1990s, Wisconsins overtaxed transmission grid co...Engineers visualize electric memory as it fades
MADISON - While the memory inside electronic devices may often be more reliable than that of humans, it, too, can worsen over time. Now a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Argonne National Laboratory may understand why. The results are published in the early online...