News articles tagged with 'vacuum'
Plasma-in-a-bag for sterilising devices
— 10 Nov 2009 14:30 | TechnologyThe practice of sterilising medical tools and devices helped revolutionise health care in the 19th century because it dramatically reduced infections associated with surgery. Through... — full story
Licence to go where no chemist has gone before
— 29 Sep 2009 18:16 | ChemistryScientists at The University of Nottingham have overcome one of the significant research challenges facing electrochemists. For the first time they have found a way of probing right... — full story
Low-cost solution processing method developed for CIGS-based solar cells
— 8 Jul 2009 15:13 | TechnologyThough the solar industry today predominately produces solar panels made from crystalline silicon, they remain relatively expensive to make. New players in the solar industry have instead... — full story
Calar Alto mirrors in space
— 15 May 2009 06:13 | AstronomyThe space telescope Herschel is the largest space-borne observatory to date, carrying the biggest astronomical mirror ever launched into orbit. Calar Alto Observatory has participated... — full story
Cardiff researchers could herald a new era in fundamental physics
— 4 Feb 2009 13:58 | PhysicsCardiff University researchers who are part of a British-German team searching the depths of space to study gravitational waves, may have stumbled on one of the most important discoveries... — full story
11-gauge needle better than 14-gauge in breast biopsy
— 3 Feb 2009 06:26 | HealthStereotactic vacuum-assisted breast needle biopsy, a common minimally invasive biopsy method used in the US, is more effective with an 11-gauge needle than the 14-gauge needle decreasing... — full story
Space: The not-so-final frontier
— 9 Sep 2008 15:37 | BiologyOf all environments, space must be the most hostile: It is freezing cold, close to absolute zero, there is a vacuum, so no oxygen, and the amount of lethal radiation from stars is very... — full story
Bye to batteries and power sockets
— 9 Jun 2008 11:19 | TechnologyWhen a factory machine breaks down, it's hard to know what to do. Production often comes to a standstill until the error has finally been pinpointed - and that can take hours. The causes... — full story
Soldered lenses
— 13 May 2008 14:34 | TechnologyLenses in optical devices are kept in place by adhesives. This can cause problems when the microscopes and cameras are employed inside a vacuum, as the adhesives may release gases that... — full story
Research brings terahertz closer to everyday use
— 1 Apr 2008 20:59 | PhysicsA collaboration between the Universities of Leeds and Harvard has turned the heat up on terahertz technology, bringing a handheld terahertz device a step closer to reality. The Leeds... — full story