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Relief from 'Parking Wars': Computer Software to Revamp City Parking
October 31, 2011 — Researchers have developed a traffic simulator that takes into account real parking policies, the habits of urban drivers, and the movements of traffic inspectors to identify strategies for ... > full story -
New Approach to Overcome Key Hurdle for Next-Generation Superconductors
October 27, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new computational approach to improve the utility of superconductive materials for specific design applications -- and have used the approach to solve a key research ... > full story -
Restraint Improves Dielectric Performance, Lifespan
October 25, 2011 — Just as a corset improves the appearance of its wearer by keeping everything tightly together, rigidly constraining insulating materials in electrical components can increase their energy density and ... > full story -
Gallium Nitride Is Non-Toxic, Biocompatible; Holds Promise for Implants, Research Finds
October 24, 2011 — Researchers have shown that the semiconductor material gallium nitride is non-toxic and is compatible with human cells -- opening the door to the material's use in a variety of biomedical implant ... > full story -
Spreading Like Wildfire? Maybe Not Always: Research Helps Define Fire Standards to Protect Homes
October 12, 2011 — The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate is funding experimental fire research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to discover when and how ... > full story -
New Program to Expand, Enhance Use of LIDAR Sensing Technology
October 11, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and erosion and use the powerful ... > full story -
Polymeric Material Has Potential for Noninvasive Procedures
October 3, 2011 — Scientists have developed what they believe to be the first polymeric material that is sensitive to biologically benign levels of near infrared irradiation, enabling the material to disassemble in a ... > full story -
Pressurized Vascular Systems for Self-Healing Materials
September 29, 2011 — Artificial microvascular systems for self-repair of materials damage, such as cracks in a coating applied to a building or bridge, have relied on capillary force for transport of the healing agents. ... > full story -
Researchers Produce Cheap Sugars for Sustainable Biofuel Production
September 29, 2011 — Researchers have developed technologies to efficiently produce, recover and separate sugars from the fast pyrolysis of biomass. That's a big deal because those sugars can be further processed into ... > full story -
In Unique Fire Tests, Outdoor Decks Will Be Under Firebrand Attack
September 28, 2011 — NIST will unleash its Dragon, an invention that bellows showers of glowing embers, at a unique wind tunnel test facility in Japan, where researchers will evaluate the vulnerability of outdoor deck ... > full story -
Nature Shows the Way: Self-Healing Membranes
September 23, 2011 — The plant liana, whose stabilization rings of woody cells heal spontaneously after suffering damage, serves as a natural example to bionic experts of self-repairing membranes. Such membranes could ... > full story -
Shake, Rattle and … Power Up? New Device Generates Energy from Small Vibrations
September 14, 2011 — Today's wireless-sensor networks can do everything from supervising factory machinery to tracking environmental pollution to measuring the movement of buildings and bridges. Working together, ... > full story
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