Applied Sciences
The Food Network, celebrity chefs, diet-related health issues and a heightened awareness of contemporary food movements (organic, local and sustainable) appears to be translating into more college students choosing to major in food science...
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An environmentally friendlier method of separating oil from tar sands has been developed by a team of researchers at Penn State. This method, which utilizes ionic liquids to separate the heavy viscous oil from sand, is also capable of cleaning...
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Aerospace engineer and researcher Pablo de Leon is part of a unique mission to test a UND planetary exploration suit -- the NDX-1 -- at a remote military base in Antarctica. The team departed for the Antarctic base from an Argentine Air Force...
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Benjamin Clough is dedicated to making the world a safer place for emergency first responders, police and military personnel, chemical plant employees, and many others. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral student has developed...
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Getting someone’s attention can be easy with a loud noise or a shout, but what if the situation calls for a little more tact? How can a robot use subtle cues to attract a human’s notice and tell when it has captured it?
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The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has deployed a new high-performance computer (HPC) called Trestles, the result of a $2.8 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Colorado State University, Cornell University, Purdue University and Silliker, Inc. to hold Fourth Annual Molecular Methods in Food Microbiology Symposium and Workshop SeriesAvailable on Demand
Airport body scanner science could soon detect defects in aerospace vehicles, concrete bridges to skin cancer.
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15th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference/5th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry
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Maria Elena Morales, a doctoral student in neurosciences, proposed an incentive system that reduces electricity use in Washington University in St. Louis science laboratories to win the 2011 Olin Business School Sustainability Case Competition and...
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New studies by social psychologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggest that academic contact with women who have succeeded in science, math and engineering can enhance positive attitudes and boost self-confidence among girls and...
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Coming Together: Joint Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference — 15th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference + 5th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry — June 21 - 23, 2011
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