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'FEAsy' Analyzes Designs From Raw Sketches To Speed Parts Creation
September 1, 2009 — Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy. The program allows the designer to sketch a rough concept of the part and ... > full story -
Slow-Motion Earthquake Testing Probes How Buildings Collapse In Quakes
August 25, 2009 — It takes just seconds for tall buildings to collapse during earthquakes. Knowing what's happening in those seconds can help engineers design buildings that are less prone to sustaining that kind of ... > full story -
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New Supercomputer -- Cystorm -- Unleashes 28.16 Trillion Calculations Per Second
August 21, 2009 — Cystorm, Iowa State University's second supercomputer, is capable of a peak performance of 28.16 trillion calculations per second. It will help researchers advance their work in materials science, ... > full story -
Flying By The Skin Of Our Teeth
August 19, 2009 — A new study looks at the highly sophisticated structure of teeth and how this structure could be applied to aircraft and space vehicles of the ... > full story -
Capping Two-Faced 'Janus' Nanoparticle Gives Engineers Complete Control
August 11, 2009 — Engineers say they can for the first time control all the degrees of a nanoparticle's motion, opening up broad possibilities for nanotechnology and device ... > full story -
Tiny 'MEMS' Devices To Filter, Amplify Electronic Signals
August 10, 2009 — Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones and for other more exotic ... > full story -
Protein Unfolding Is Key For Understanding Blood Clot Mechanics
August 6, 2009 — Fibrin, the chief ingredient of blood clots, is a remarkably versatile polymer. On one hand, it forms a network of fibers -- a blood clot -- that stems the loss of blood at an injury site while ... > full story -
Myth Of High Engineering Dropout Rate Refuted By New Study
August 4, 2009 — Research findings suggest that, contrary to popular belief, engineering does not have a higher dropout rate than other majors and women do just as well as men, information that could lead to a ... > full story -
Improved Air Quality During Beijing Olympics Could Inform Pollution-Curbing Policies
July 24, 2009 — The air in Beijing during the 2008 Olympics was cleaner than the previous year's, due to aggressive efforts by the Chinese government to curtail traffic, increase emissions standards and halt ... > full story -
Understanding Biology Of Guam's Native Fadang Tree
July 23, 2009 — Self-sustaining organisms like plants possess the ability to synthesize their own food using inorganic materials. Plants use water and carbon dioxide to begin this process in their green tissues. The ... > full story
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