Rather it was scanned with an industrial high resolution CT (computed tomography) scanner at Penn State university so it could be studied without risking damage to its tiny teeth.
and water temperature lighting provided by LEDS (light emitting diodes) as well as levels of humidity nutrient levels
We want to optimize a system allowing the humans to get psychological benefits from interacting with the plants she said in a 2013 Web video interview produced by the University of Colorado Boulder.
Such are the findings of an international group of scientists who waded through over 700 hours of video footage to understand how it came about that one chimpanzee stuck a piece of grass in her ear
NASA also provided part of the electronics package for the Double Focusing Mass spectrometer which is built part of The swiss Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) instrument.
They're potential candidates for next-generation electronic materials he said. Co-authors include Pedro Autreto a postdoctoral researcher at the State university of Campinas Brazil who has a complementary appointment at Rice;
Say you're a customer of General electric and you're a regional hospital network and you have 20 CT scanners says Lemon.
For any organization with a CT scanner the person who is in charge of making sure the scanners work would be the person who belongs to this community.
And increasingly the study says such communal collaborative effort is what's solving customer problems
#Light-emitting diode treatments outperform traditional lighting methods for hydroponically grown tomato plantsin Canada where outdoor growing seasons are limited sales from greenhouse fruit
whether light-emitting diodes (LEDS) could reduce lighting costs in greenhouses. LEDS can be selected to target the wavelengths used by plants enabling growers to customize the light produced to enable maximum plant production
and limit wavelengths that do not significantly impact plant growth they explained. The scientists subjected hydroponically grown tomato plants to three light intensities at three red-to-blue ratio levels.
Secondary lighting treatments used for comparison included 100%high-pressure sodium (HPS) 100%red LED light supplied from above the plant 100%red LED light supplied below the plant a 50%:50%LED:
(341 fruit) 19:1 high (315 fruit) and 100%LED (310 fruit. Overall the highest producing LED treatments consistently outperformed the high-pressure sodium treatment alone the authors said.
The highest marketable fruit production resulted from the 50%:50%LED: HPS treatment. The authors said that the 5: 1 high treatment performed well in every category.
They concluded that LEDS are a promising mechanism to enhance greenhouse artificial lighting systems. Story Source:
and the results they believe underscore the complexity in regulating the rapidly growing market for the electronic nicotine delivery devices.
This spring he bought a second aircraft an A r. Drone 2. 0 with GPS produced by The french wireless electronics manufacturer Parrot.
when the operator turns the transmitter off. The Parrot drone which cost about $250 can be controlled with a smartphone
Standard pictures and video taken with drones can tell us a lot Bowman said. But what we're looking to give us even more information is multispectral cameras that can give us imagery in other wavelengths such as near-infrared to help us identify areas of crop stress.
The review marks the first comprehensive assessment of peer-reviewed published research into the relatively new phenomenon of electronic cigarettes.
Virginia Tech created a video showing how to build a trap: http://vimeo. com/92354801we knew that insects are attracted generally to light
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The optical communication demonstration will transfer video from the space station to a ground receiver located at NASA's Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory in Wrightwood Calif
and OPALS will downlink a laser beam with a formatted video to the ground. It's like trying to use a laser to point to an area that's the diameter of a human hair from 20-to-30 feet away
for use in streaming live video of Earth for online viewing. The cameras are enclosed in a temperature-specific case and exposed to the harsh radiation of the space environment.
Analysis of the effect of space on the video quality during the HDEV operational period may help engineers determine the best types of commercially available cameras to use on future missions.
when compared to the beetle as can be seen in slow motion video footage. Infrared images show that the temperature of the foam reaches 80 degrees.
diselenide--a highly sought semiconductor that is similar to graphene but has better properties for making certain electronic devices like switchable transistors and light-emitting diodes.
The method for making two-dimensional molybdenum diselenide uses a technique known as chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
because CVD is used widely by the semiconductor and materials industries to make thin films of silicon carbon fibers and other materials.
In the Rice study Ajayan and colleagues tested their atomically thin layers of molybdenum diselenide by building a field effect transistor (FET) a commonly used device in the microelectronic industry.
Tests of the FET found the electronic properties of the molybdenum diselenide layers were significantly better than those of molybdenum disulfide;
In solid-state physics electron mobility refers to how quickly electrons pass through a metal or semiconductor in the presence of an electric field.
Materials with high electron mobility are preferred often to reduce power consumption and heating in microelectronic devices.
Graphene has extraordinary electronic properties. For example its electron mobility is tens of thousands of times greater than that of TMDCS.
because their electronic properties are complementary to graphene. For example pure graphene has no bandgap--a useful electronic property that engineers can exploit to make FETS that are switched easily on and off.
As with many nanomaterials scientists have found that the physical properties of TMDCS change markedly when the material has nanoscale properties.
The difference is important for electronics because direct-bandgap materials can be used to make switchable transistors and sensitive photodetectors.
The research was supported by the Army Research Office the Semiconductor Research Corporation's FAME Center the Office of Naval Research and Singapore's MOE Academic Research Fund.
#Synthetic gene circuits pump up cell signals in study of neurodegenerative diseasessynthetic genetic circuitry created by researchers at Rice university is helping them see for the first time how to regulate cell mechanisms that degrade the misfolded proteins implicated in Parkinson's Huntington
Using a portable desktop 3d laser surface scanner to scan femora and tibiae she found that male tibiae became less rigid
The computerized navigation system uses a mobile CT-scanner to take cross-sectional images of the spine
One of the Cedars-Sinai studies showed that the mobile CT-scanner and computer-aided system used during minimally invasive surgery increased the accuracy of screw placement into vertebral pedicle bones.
and the mobile CT scanner allowed for more accurate surgical placement even within the narrowest parts of the thoracic spine particularly challenging regions in women
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They found it to be much better than nanofluids that contain higher amounts of oxide nitride or carbide ceramics metals semiconductors carbon nanotubes and other composite materials.
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and trading patterns across the Pacific says lead author Dr Vicki Thomson of ACAD. We were also able to trace the origins of these lineages back into the Philippines providing clues about the source of the original Polynesian chicken populations.
Researchers from Oxford university Save the Elephants and Disney's Animal kingdom carried out a series of audio experiments in
and a broad and narrow perch using high-speed video to record movements and electromyography to monitor electrical activity in the muscles.
The article is authored co by Daniel Thomson and Morgan Scott of Kansas State university and is titled Increased mortality in groups of cattle administered the Î-adrenergic agonists ractopamine hydrochloride and zilpaterol hydrochloride.
The Muskie Boosters for instance raise $90000 annually for athletics and other outside school activities. With crucial dollars at stake clubs can be reluctant to tinker with a reliable cash generator like concession sales.
I don't think without revenue from booster clubs especially with how schools are cutting things how they'd be able to do it says Kate Hansen a former president of the Muskie Boosters.
The Muskie Boosters offered eight healthy foods: Apples carrots and dip chicken sandwiches granola bars pickles soft pretzels string cheese and trail mix.
Additionally boosters substituted canola oil for coconut oil bars in the popcorn and swapped the cheese in the nachos eliminating trans fat from the products.
and a probabilistic rotavirus disease burden model for their consumptionâ#recently appeared in the electronic version of the journal Risk Analysis published by the Society for Risk Analysis. The researchers first determined the volume of water retained by three commonly grown Asian vegetables
In a previous large randomized controlled trial called e-BP (Electronic Blood pressure) and published in JAMA Dr. Green showed that
Those analyses uncovered several chemicals specific to intact male goats including one in particular 4-ethyloctanal with the power to activate the gonadotropin-releasing hormone pulse generator in the female brain
The purpose-built radars were developed in the labs of Paul Brennan Professor of Microwave Electronics at University college London.
We have redesigned also the electronics to minimise noise so that the units are highly sensitive at low power.
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A video of their high-resolution model clearly depicts where ash washed out from the pond basin
To see the video visit the following link: http://www. youtube. com/watch? v=3ecsaaqei2musing their model and existing aerial images of the pond taken before the spill the researchers estimated that 16-20 million gallons of ash
Once the regional hotspot locations are on the electronic map other information such as elevation socioeconomic characteristics
We created very precise electronic and atomic displacement that might actually drive the critical temperature of these superconductors higher.
A detailed description of the dissection and DNA extraction including a video illustrating the dissection technique can be viewed in the February issue of Applications in Plant sciences.
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and engineers to know as they work on technologies beyond standard photovoltaic devices that gobble light to drive chemical reactions or next-generation electronics.
and graphene or another substrate preferentially a semiconductor that will allow them to trap hot electrons.
The findings are part of Lee's research goal of developing an electronic system that can see
while watching a David Attenborough video describing the mold insects and other crud that resides in the plodding animal's thick fur.
The ones we use are made for digital watches and are said very cheap Rice postdoctoral researcher and co-lead author Wei Ren.
Novel synthesis pathway for thin film semiconductors with controlled morphologythe work points towards a new pathway for the fabrication of thin microcrystalline semiconductor films without the need of expensive vacuum technology.
Cu2znsns4-based kesterite semiconductors have gained increasing attention in the past since they are a promising alternative for the Cu (Inga) Se2 chalcopyrite solar cells
%Kesterite has similar physical properties as the chalcopyrite semiconductors but consist only of elements which are abundantly present in Earth crust.
-and nanostructured photoelectric devices as well as for semiconductor layers consisting of other materials says Mainz. But we continue to focus on kesterites
and rightfully so might hold beef to an even higher standard of excellence said Dan Thomson Kansas State university veterinarian professor and director of the Beef cattle Institute.
Beef is one of the purest most wholesome and most humanely raised forms of protein that we produce worldwide Thomson said.
K-State researchers including Thomson are among the many researchers who are examining how beta-agonists affect cattle performance
We're going to learn more about the last 30 days on feed Thomson said of research on beta-agonists.
Thomson said that because the slow-moving cattle reports were more consistent during the summer months he has questioned how heat stress
This isn't a new phenomenon Thomson said. We've seen this in other species. The swine industry 15 to 20 years ago discovered pig fatigue syndrome.
Thomson said many in the swine industry started calling these pigs NANI pigs meaning non-ambulatory non-injured.
and they don't have any clinical signs of injury besides that they don't move Thomson said.
Regardless of beta-agonist use in feeding pigs Thomson said the swine industry went from having about a 250-lb. average out weight to a 300-lb. average out weight on market hogs.
They were able to recreate the same syndrome that we're now seeing in some cattle Thomson said.
since cut the dose of beta-agonists in feeding by about 75 percent Thomson said.
what cattle fatigue syndrome is said Thomson but the reason more research must be done is that like the NANI pigs the syndrome has shown up in cattle that were fed a beta-agonist
but an increase in heart rate by about 10 beats per minute and no difference in lactate or CPK levels Thomson said.
Moving forward Thomson said the industry needs to better-understand the clinical and physiological responses of beta-agonists in cattle
and responsibility and we don't take it lightly Thomson said. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Kansas State university Research and Extension.
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#Perceived benefits of electronic cigarettes may lead to higher experimentation ratesdespite years of anti-smoking education
While anti-tobacco efforts continue across the county the introduction of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has been marketed as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes and also as a smoking cessation aid.
#Electronic tongues measure grape ripenesselectronic tongues can become an ally of grape growers as they offer detailed information on the degree of grape maturity
In the study researchers applied electronic tongues developed in his lab to measure the maturity of eight different types of grapes (Macabeo Chardonnay Pinot noir Cabernet sauvignon Shyrah Merlot
The researchers are currently working on new applications of electronic tongues in the sector. Specifically they evaluate their use to control the fermentation of grapes in vats.
the Shine represents the logical next step in fitness electronics: a data-driven device that's as fashionable on the outside as it is geeky on the inside.
Philips, the Dutch home-electronics company, wants to join in the trend unveiled The Urban Beehive at this year's Dutch Design Week as part of their Microbial Home project
says Philips. The city benefits from the pollination, and humans benefit from the honey and the therapeutic value of observing these fascinating creatures in action.
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A year after Fukushima, how life in Japan has told changedas to Laura Shin by Yuki Kokubo Yuki Kokubo is based a Brooklyn filmmaker who focuses on social and environmental issues.
and the direction we are headed with electronic health, I called Chicago-based Allscripts, which makes the machines,
I think we've all gotten used to talking to the electronics, and the computer is faster than the human.
When you think about EHR (electronic health records), you think about a doctor or nurse talking to a computer or tablet.
 Jim Parks does a nice job of explaining how it all works in the video below:
investigative reports by Ma â¢s Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) have ignited public pressure on some of the world â¢s biggest companies like Nike, General electric,
So IPE wrote a scathing report that linked 29 multinational electronics firms with some of China â¢s most egregious polluters.
His work spearheading the audit of the supply chain of major multinational electronics companies and his ability to persuade Apple to agree to future independent audits have helped win him global acclaim,
with the first of these being completed in June for Meiko Electronics Co. Ltd. With the help of local fishermen, IPE and others had found that Meiko--which makes some of the tiny,
customized internal circuit boards for Apple and other electronics companies--was dumping waste into a storm water channel,
which drained into neighboring Nantaizi Lake. Water tests showed the lake was polluted seriously with heavy metals
The difference is that it can hook up with the Nike+via an embedded receiver that's been baked into the device.
and blood glucose monitors keeps track of users'bodies and Fitbit, a maker of sleep and fitness monitor provides online analytics.
and his company are influenced heavily by the work of the former design chief of electronics manufacturer  Braun.
One inhibiting factor is that its products are more expensive in Brazil than in other markets due to a tax on electronics that don't include components manufactured within its borders.
The role of the index is described in more depth in the video. Photo: Sweet corn. New jersey Dept of agriculture
In essence, Briggo has replaced banter with the barista with electronic social interaction, creating a way for customers to still have their morning coffee and conversation.
A wireless transmitter on the robot sends camera video and sensor data such as the unit's speed,
said, not including the robot's chassis, motor, pump and electronics. Purchased abroad, it â¢s very likely that would cost you some $20, 000 all told.
Smarter sprinklers help your garden growpodcast Your browser does not support the audio element. My husband and I live in San francisco. The lawn in our backyard is the size of a coffee table.
takes materials such as discarded fishing nets, plastic bottles and tires and turns them into down jackets, swimwear, flip-flops, T-shirts and more.
a poll released this month by Thomson-Reuters-NPR suggests that close to 60 percent of shoppers will choose organically produced foods over conventionally produced foods
Said Raymond Fabius, the chief medical officer at the healthcare business of Thomson Reuters: There appears to be a generational difference in preference for organic foods.
Their project is summarized in this video below: They call their system a Unique Simplified Hydroponics Method (USHM)- like true scientists they're starting with the acronyms early.
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The 10 best cities for parks in the worldas the earth's population explodes at a barely comprehensible rate,
Restoring Honor Rethinking the row home The future of LEED The buildings are alive Video:
Downsizing to an eco-friendly home Video: Prefabricated cores enable builder to churn out houses in less than 2 months Video:
Modern, net-zero energy homes made more affordable with modular design
The cancer fighting pizzai never really understand it when people dismiss pizza as unhealthy food.
That why they ll probably be buying more of these types of startups that are doing animated apps, and video.
There's a video from that link above. To all intents and purposes the market for these things is wide-open.
The rising risk of electronic medical recordsit was a low-tech burglary. No one thought that it would blossom into a high-tech security breach.
a network of doctors and hospitals in northern California, realized that one of the purloined computers contained the electronic medical data for more than four million patients.
The sensitive personal information contained in medical records is becoming more accessible than ever as the United states embarks on a fast and unprecedented shift to electronic health records.
or stolen electronic health records are used routinely by identity thieves. Criminals can buy social security numbers online for about $5 each,
linked electronic systems only magnify the errors, privacy groups argue--giving insurance companies and employers inaccurate ammunition to deny employment to candidates.
a privacy law attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San francisco. It was a slow-moving fire before,
privacy concerns The federal government's $19 billion investment in electronic medical record conversion has created already a massive market for HIES,
Technology companies large and small, from IT industry heavyweights such as Google, IBM, General electric and Dell to startups, operate in the market.
hospitals reported losses or thefts of electronic medical data 364 times from 2010 to 2011 in incidents that affected 18 million patients, according to Associated press reports.
The rapid adoption of networked electronic records has centralized massive amounts of valuable data faster than law
The electronic health records system soon may provide the cops with access in their station to a terminal with everyone s health records,
and they marry their system to the healthcare electronic records, they can find out when a suspect s next doctor appointment is.
access to electronic health data may predetermine who can get jobs or serve in public office,
That's according to Thomson Reuters'2010 Innovation Report, which was published on Wednesday. According to the report, aerospace showed the strongest surge in patent activity between 2009 and 2010, with an astounding 25 percent boost.
Semiconductors: 86,479 patents in 2010; down 9%from 2009. Pharmaceuticals: 59,350 patents in 2010; down 0%from 2009.
it's still the computers, automotive, telecommunications and semiconductor industries that lead industry in terms of sheer number of patents.
overall patent volume for the automotive industry actually surpassed the telecommunications and semiconductors industries in 2010.
it was powered alternatively vehicles that led the way, posting a 21 percent increase from 2009.
Surprisingly, there was a huge 29 percent increase in patents related to scanners. However, traditional computers retain the lion's share of the industry's patent volume, with 71 percent.
LG, Matsushita and Bosch & Siemens. Food, Tobacco and Fermentation Fermentation is the hot ticket in this sector,
Semiconductors The industry's year-over-year drop in patents is due to double-digit decreases in three sub-sectors:
On the other hand, materials and processes showed gains, thanks to Korea's Samsung and Hynix Semiconductor and Japan s Toshiba.
So I made a video and posted it to my Facebook page and website. My thinking:
My dear friend Laura saw my video on Facebook and said to count her in for $100.
a new video (edited by Boing Boing's managing editor, Rob Beschizza), provides a super-fast cram session on how Apple products have evolved.
the video is worth watching to get a sense of how the company's designers, engineers,
Here's the video:(via Boing Boing
Three designs that will transform the National Mallthe National Mall in Washington, D c.:it's the ultimate public space.
A few years back, BMW and Mercedes benz had to turn off some of the onboard electronics on their high-end cars
Watch the TEDXBOSTON video here
Urban beekeeping thrives on Melbourne rooftopsmelbourne--The practice of urban beekeeping is not a new concept;
Video: Clothes made from cow's milkwhen milk goes bad, the standard protocol is simply to throw it out.
Related on Smartplanet Video: Air-conditioned clothing keeps you cool, saves energy New soldier uniforms will harness solar power Finally, a urinal for girls More environmentally-friendly innovations:
Video: Lockheed martin debuts maple seed-inspired dronemaple seeds. Most people admire them for being pretty and delicate
Watch the video below (from 2010) to see the SAMARAI be launched like a boomerang, take off vertically and land in a specific spot:
This video simulates the graceful motion a maple seed in flight: via Popular Science, Navy Times photo:
Video: Man uses fish poo, sensors to grow gardenin Oakland, California, a man grows veggies with fish excrement instead of soil.
Video: Trees that grow into'living bridges'It's pretty obvious that all of us here at Smartplanet love hearing about innovative technologies that not only give people a leg up on their lives,
literally, as in there even photos and video to prove it. The living structures, some of which stretch over one hundred feet in length, are sturdy enough to support the weight of more than 50 people.
Video: China unveils world s longest sea bridge, but is it? Infographic: Which American cities are most vulnerable to natural disasters?
Invention turns fog into drinking water Video: World s cheapest light bulb Innovative bike tire can inflate itself Finally,
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