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Innovation Promises Expanded Roles for Microsensors 2/7/2012
Researchers have learned how to improve the performance of sensors that use tiny vibrating microcantilevers to detect chemical and biological agents for applications from national security to food processing. Continue

A Therapist in Your Pocket 2/7/2012
Brooding in your apartment on Saturday afternoon? A new smart phone intuits when you're depressed and will nudge you to call or go out with friends. Continue

An Electronic Green Thumb 2/7/2012
If sensors are supposed to communicate with each other to compare the measured data and to secure them, then, in the future, a network of distributed sensor nodes will aid in that: the network ensures a problem-free communication between the sensors. Continue

New Tool for Analyzing Solar-Cell Materials 2/7/2012
Figuring out the tradeoffs involved in selecting the purity level of the starting silicon wafer — and then exactly how much to heat it, how fast, for how long, and so on through each of several steps — has largely been a matter of trial and error, guided by intuition and experience.

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Engineers Boost Computer Processor Performance 2/7/2012
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate – boosting processor performance by an average of more than 20 percent. Continue

Behzad Razavi to Receive IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award 2/7/2012
Behzad Razavi, a prolific researcher, writer and educator whose seminal work on high-speed complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuits for communications technologies has helped change the field of circuit design, is being honored by IEEE with the 2012 IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits. Continue

New Ownership Launches Gilman USA 2/7/2012
Gilman USA is now under new ownership effective Sept. 13, 2011. Continue

Metabolic 'Breathalyzer' Reveals Early Signs of Disease 2/7/2012
The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Continue

Photos of the Day: Amphibious War 2/7/2012
Military officials say the operation being conducted in Virginia and North Carolina is the largest amphibious training exercise they've attempted in at least a decade. Continue

EMAG Uses CNC & Remote Monitoring on Various Machine Tools 2/6/2012
EMAG L.L.C. is the U.S. subsidiary of a major German machine tool builder who specializes in machine tools for the production of automotive, off-highway, agricultural and oil field components. The company’s equipment ranges from basic round part turning centers to large workpiece, five-axis machining centers, gear hobbing machines and alternative equipment such as laser welding and electro-chemical machining centers. Continue

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