Locomotive and Marine Diesel Engines Clean Up Will Save Lives
Statement of Bernadette Toomey, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association, March 14, 2008 WASHINGTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association salutes the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule to require substantial cuts in the air...Study Finds - Black Holes Are The Most Fuel-Efficient Engines
According to the researcher Steve Allen of Stanford University in California, monstrous matter-sucking black holes in the space are the most fuel-efficient engines in the universe, from a research//. When used in a car it will go about a billion miles (1.6 billion km) on a gallon (4.5 litres) o...Volcano Announces OCT Activities at EuroPCR 2009
...he United States. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Axsun Technologies, Volcano also develops and manufactures optical monitors, lasers and optical engines used in spectroscopy and other industrial applications. These products are sold to a variety of customers including Nokia Siemens, Erikson, Alcatel L...Study compares sound from exploding volcanoes with jet engines
New research on infrasound from volcanic eruptions shows an unexpected connection with jet engines. Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego speeded up the recorded sounds from two volcanoes and uncovered a noise very similar to typical jet engines. These new research fin...Indonesia Now Using MegaMatcher Biometric Technology in Integrated Passport Issuance System
...ated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) for both civil and forensic applications. MegaMatcher includes both fingerprint and face identification engines with a fusion algorithm that allows the two technologies to work together to provide very fast 1:N (1 to many) matching with higher reliability than A...DOE-funded research projects win 46 R&D 100 Awards for 2009
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...8, in which all new registered vehicles as well as gasoline and diesel fuel engines were required to achieve emissions standards equivalent to European Union r...,000 taxies. The improved fuel quality probably enhanced the performance of engines and catalytic converters, the researchers reported. "We are showing what...University of Houston diesel testing center teams with state transportation agency to cut emissions
...r. "Over half of total mobile-source NOx emissions are attributed to diesel engines in the greater Houston area." The team will do what Harold calls "a bas...s for the vehicles to be tested vary, Harold said, but all have Caterpillar engines with model years between 1998 and 2004 and horsepower between 120 and 305. ...Scientists develop a new HIV microbicide -- and a way to mass produce it in plants
....D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal . "Unlike their unregulated counterparts in the dietary supplement industry, these scientists are using the engines of nature to manufacture pharmaceuticals that must undergo extensive safety and efficacy testing long before the first gel or cream is administered." ...ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before
... pixels located in marine areas. Despite the fact that ships are more energy efficient than other forms of commercial transportation, many marine engines operate on extremely dirty fuel that causes large emissions of air pollutants like sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ). SO 2 and...Proteomics: Finding the key ingredients of disease
...l University and HUPO. "We found that a major contributing factor to erroneous reporting is at the database level. We expect once databases and search engines improve, the accuracy of reporting will as well." Importance of proteomics The goal of proteomics is to characterise all the proteins that are e...Scientists shed light on inner workings of human embryonic stem cells
...is reported in the May 1 issue of the journal Cell . The scientists say the finding bodes well for cancer research, since tumor stem cells are the engines responsible for the growth of tumors. The discovery is also expected to help with other diseases and injuries. The study describes nature's negative f...6 young ASU faculty earn NSF Career awards
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- Trent 1000 engines have been selected - New environmental partnership with Rolls Royce to focus on lower fuel burn SOUTH NORWALK, Conn., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin Atlantic, one of the world's leading long-haul airlines, today announced ...Purdue creating wireless sensors to monitor bearings in jet engines
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers at Purdue University, working with the U.S. Air Force, have developed tiny wireless sensors resilient enough to survive the harsh conditions inside jet engines to detect when critical bearings are close to failing and prevent breakdowns. The devices are an exa...NameProtect study shows 92% of top brands losing out on search engines
Sample of paid placement on Google for search term "Disney" MADISON NameProtect Inc. , a digital brand protection and Internet intelligence company, has released the results of an analysis of paid search engine listings that include textual advertisements within standard search engine results. ...E-business consortium evaluates 12 desktop search engines
Can't find your files? Desktop search applications bring some of the same technology used by Internet search engines to your hard drive, but the market is getting more crowded. The University of Wisconsin-Madison E-Business Consortium evaluated a dozen desktop search tools for usability, accur...Modine adapts military research to idling engines
Racine, Wis. - Adapting military research on hydrogen-powered refrigeration technology to the trucking industry could make truckers appear a little more environmentally friendly, but only after they stop driving. When truck drivers traveling cross-country pull over to rest, many leave their en...Volcano Corporation Presentation At Canaccord Adams Conference To Be Webcast
...he United States. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Axsun Technologies, Volcano also develops and manufactures optical monitors, lasers and optical engines used in telecommunications, spectroscopy and other industrial applications. These products are sold to a variety of customers, including Nokia Siemens...New clues about a hydrogen fuel catalyst
...olecule spits off the second hydrogen as well, and the two hydrogen atoms form molecular hydrogen, or H2 which is released as a gas and can be used in engines or fuel cells. Additional details remain to be drawn out by the team, said Rousseau, but this study makes a big dent in what they need to know to d...Genedata Launches Expressionist with Expanded Mass Spectrometry Biomarker Discovery Capabilities
...y hub concept for raw MS data processing, peak identification and annotation tools in Expressionist have been enhanced to offer direct links to search engines and databases such as MASCOT or HMDB. Additionally, improved library searches are possible via the computation of retention-time indices. "Th...