Just A Little Push

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 24 September 2012 04:03:48 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

Actuators are the "push" a system needs to get started. They are used for dozens of applications. Today we're going to be talking about the specific application of valve actuation (that almost sounded poetic!). I have a special place in my heart for valves since I worked on the recent update of

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post from Bad Astronomy on 24 September 2012 02:30:48 PM. © Bad Astronomy

I’m on a lot of social media stuff: Twitter (which I feed directly to Facebook), reddit, Fark, and so on. I get quite a few ideas for blog posts on these sites, and of course get lots of support. I also can simply chatter when I feel like it,[...]

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Alexandre Yersin

post from Dead Scientist of the Week on 24 September 2012 02:17:03 PM. © Dead Scientist of the Week

Alexander Yersin was born on September 22, 1863 in the village of Lavaux, on the shores of lake Geneva in Switzerland. He was the youngest of four children of a Swiss father and a French mother. His father, who as a high school teacher, died three weeks[...]

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Follow the Water (to our leaking pipe)

post from Planetary Society Blog on 24 September 2012 01:50:42 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

It's been an eventful week: Curiosity drove to its first science target, Endeavour arrived in Los Angeles, and a leaking pipe shut down Planetary Society headquarters. We continue to work but not from within our headquarters. We expect to be back on Thursday morning, putting our workspaces back together and catching up on any work that got quarantined. Until then, you can find us online.

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A windshield wiper for Mars dust

post from Top stories on 24 September 2012 12:37:47 PM. © Top stories

Leading energy scientists from the UK and China are joining forces to develop green technology that will revolutionise the way electricity is distributed via national power grids.

The investment in smart grids - with over £4 million funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and matched-resource funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - will help both countries reduce their carbon footprint and improve their sustainable energy output.

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Robotics

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All Blowed Up: Fixing the Marmom Wasp

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 24 September 2012 12:00:00 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

For obvious reasons it wasn't widely publicized, but Parnelli Jones blew up the Marmon Wasp last year. Ray Harroun drove the car to victory at the Indy 500 in 1911 and for the 100th anniversary, IndyCar champ Jones was tapped for parade laps. Unfortunately, the Wasp apparently threw a rod thro

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Uwingu: how you can directly fund science

post from Bad Astronomy on 24 September 2012 11:58:11 AM. © Bad Astronomy

Scientific research is facing a funding crisis, and you can help. A group of top-notch research scientists got the idea that we need a way for people to directly fund space and scientific research. They created Uwingu – Swahili for "sky"[...]

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New Efforts Aim to Track, Remove Space Debris

From EE Times: More than 500,000 space debris are orbiting the Earth, and their rising population increases the potential danger to all space vehicles. Read the whole article

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Imaging Method Could Improve Insight Into
Fertility Treatments

From The Engineer - News: Researchers have developed lens-free holographic imaging, a new high-throughput microscopy technique that could be used to improve the understanding of fertility treatments and drug development. Read the whole article

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Tiniest Trickle Will Speed All-Electronic
Lab-on-a-Chip

From New Scientist - Online news: Filling a cup from this tap would take 40,000 years but luckily its remit isn't quenching thirst Read the whole article

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