News articles tagged with 'sensor' (Page 2)
See how they grow: Monitoring single bacteria without a microscope
— 18 Jan 2011 16:11 | BiologyWith an invention that can be made from some of the same parts used in CD players, University of Michigan researchers have developed a way to measure the growth and drug susceptibility…
Fruit fly nervous system provides new solution to fundamental computer network problem
— 14 Jan 2011 15:50 | TechnologyThe fruit fly has evolved a method for arranging the tiny, hair-like structures it uses to feel and hear the world that's so efficient a team of scientists in Israel and at Carnegie…
Direct observation of carbon monoxide binding to metal-porphyrines
— 10 Jan 2011 19:16 | ChemistryThe mechanism for binding oxygen to metalloporphyrins is a vital process for oxygen-breathing organisms. Understanding how small gas molecules are chemically bound to the metal complex…
Radiometer finds sources of fire
— 10 Jan 2011 19:01 | TechnologyThe number and scale of forest fires has increased dramatically in recent decades. Who can forget last summer's television images of blazing infernos devouring miles and miles of forest…
The taster in your water line
— 7 Dec 2010 16:40 | TechnologyIt is supposed to be cool, colourless, tasteless and odourless. It may not have any pathogens or impair your health. This is the reason why drinking water is put to a whole series of…
Fire forecast technology could help rescue teams save lives
— 30 Nov 2010 21:45 | TechnologyFires in homes and offices could be tackled more efficiently using technology that predicts how a blaze will spread…
Underwater robots on course to the deep sea
— 25 Nov 2010 16:30 | EnvironmentEven when equipped with compressed-air bottles and diving regulators, humans reach their limits very quickly under water. In contrast, unmanned submarine vehicles that are connected…
Reading the signs: Plants and animals found common ground in response to microbial threats
— 20 Nov 2010 10:37 | BiologyThough it's been at least a billion years since plants and animals shared a common ancestor, they have through the eons shared a common threat in the form of microbes, including bacteria,…
'Wireless' humans could form backbone of new mobile networks
— 29 Oct 2010 11:54 | TechnologyMembers of the public could form the backbone of powerful new mobile internet networks by carrying wearable sensors…
NOAA: Tagged narwhals track warming near Greenland
— 28 Oct 2010 14:45 | EnvironmentIn a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists reported the southern Baffin…