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Economics / Business - Mechanical Engineering - 02.05.2012

Jaguar Land Rover funds new Professor at WMG to lead key Hybrid / Battery Electric Vehicle Digital Product Innovation
Jaguar Land Rover has announced that they are to fund a new Chair (Professor) in WMG at the University of Warwick as a key element in their strategic relationship with WMG.

Mechanical Engineering - 02.05.2012

Olympic kayak designer’s quest for gold
Great Britain's Olympic canoe slalom team is hoping to reap the rewards this summer of pioneering new research into kayak design by a University of Nottingham PhD student and former canoe champion. For the past four years, doctoral researcher in the Faculty of Engineering , Stuart Morris, has been working on a ground-breaking project to develop a scientific methodology for the ultimate kayak design to maximise athletes' performance in the sport.

Mechanical Engineering - Earth Sciences - 18.04.2012

Space technology landing in Hanover at largest trade fair
Space technology landing in Hanover at largest trade fair Propelling the Ariane 5 rocket into space, the Vulcain engine truly reflects Europe's impressive aerospace achievements.

Mechanical Engineering - Environment - 17.04.2012

Researchers aim to lessen clash between raptors, wind turbines
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Golden eagles love Pennsylvania's ridge-and-valley region. The hunched-up topography, with its long linear corridors running southwest to northeast, makes a perfect thruway for their spring and fall migrations.

Life Sciences - Mechanical Engineering - 09.04.2012

Egg Cetera #5: Nature’s paradoxical packaging
In the fifth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, engineers and zoologists work together to discover the secrets of the eggshell.

Mechanical Engineering - Administration - 06.04.2012

Controlling the cut - Nottingham engineers top leader board
A high-tech, precision, water jet milling control system which could transform the manufacture of complex aerospace, optical and biomedical structures and devices is being developed by an international team of engineers led by The University of Nottingham.

Mechanical Engineering - Economics / Business - 27.03.2012

Mechanical Engineering - 27.03.2012

Growing bones with Lego
A video produced for Google Science Fair shows how researchers at Cambridge making synthetic bone have turned to legendary children's toy Lego to give them a helping hand.

Mechanical Engineering - Mathematics - 26.03.2012

"Buckliball," an engineered buckling structure, advances folding materials
Inspired by a toy, the collapsible buckliball represents a new class of 3D, origami-like structures Playing with an expanding and collapsing toy (top row), researchers at Harvard and MIT were inspired to design a new type of folding structure. The result is a one-piece silicone sphere, dubbed a "buckliball" for its pressure-induced buckling behavior (bottom row).

Mechanical Engineering - Mathematics - 26.03.2012

’Buckliball’ opens new avenue in design of foldable engineering structures
Inspired by a toy, the 'buckliball' - a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material - represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures.

Mechanical Engineering - 15.03.2012

Space foil helping to build safer cars
Space foil helping to build safer cars A special foil sensor developed to measure the pressure on a spaceplane's wings during reentry into Earth's atmosphere is now helping to build safer cars. This 'space' foil has been transformed into a new super-thin and accurate sensor used by VW to measure every deformation suffered by cars during crash tests.

Mechanical Engineering - 14.03.2012

14Mar-Vultures-News-Release
Vultures are colliding with wind turbines because they cannot see the way ahead, according to research by University of Birmingham scientists published today (14 March) in the journal IBIS, the International Journal of Avian Science. Vultures are large raptors that live in warm climates. They are at the top of the food chain and so their presence provides a good indication of a healthy environment.

Mechanical Engineering - 13.03.2012

Ships and boats land at Kettle’s Yard
" The exhibition runs from 7 April to 8 July and is a unique opportunity for the public to see 40 of Wallis' colourful work.

Economics / Business - Mechanical Engineering - 13.03.2012

Center for Innovative Metal Processing created
University Park, Pa. Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory and Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries will establish the Center for Innovative Metal Processing through Direct Digital Deposition as a Manufacturing Demonstration Facility under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Open Manufacturing Initiative.

Physics - Mechanical Engineering - 12.03.2012

Building Vega meant testing materials to their limits
When the first of Europe's Vega rockets thundered skywards on 13 February, it was a new design based on some novel materials. Such novelty called for rigorous technical risk management by ESA's materials specialists. Vega is aimed at carrying small and medium satellites, increasing the flexibility and competitiveness of Europe's launcher family.

Environment - Mechanical Engineering - 12.03.2012

Carnegie Mellon’s Marija Ilic Leads Team Developing New Smart Grid Models and Tools for Low-Cost Green Islands
: Carnegie Mellon's Marija Ilic Leads Team Developing New Smart Grid Models and Tools for Low-Cost Green Islands-Carnegie Mellon News - Carnegie Mellon University New Research To Be Compiled in Educa

Health - Mechanical Engineering - 02.03.2012

Heart-powered pacemaker could one day eliminate battery-replacement surgery
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves.

Physics - Mechanical Engineering - 27.02.2012

Princeton sound lab pushes boundaries of realism in audio with support from Sony
  Edgar Choueiri, a Princeton University professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is working to push the boundaries of sound reproduction through his 3-D Audio and Applied Acoustics Lab.

Mechanical Engineering - 22.02.2012

Mechanical Engineering - 20.02.2012

Mechanical Engineering - Environment - 15.02.2012

Research that offers 10 ways to improve society, the economy and the environment
University of Toronto research with a direct impact on improving life on Earth - and the planet itself - got a huge boost Feb.

Environment - Mechanical Engineering - 10.02.2012

Flumes and lasers test elite sportswear
Fabric used to make what is believed to be the fastest swimsuit to ever go on the market was tested Leeds researchers who simulated conditions close to those experienced by elite swimmers. A team led by Sedimentologist Jeff Peakall developed a methodology using lasers and flume tanks contained in a giant black box to accurately measure the speed of fabric through water.

Mechanical Engineering - Health - 09.02.2012

UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Three faculty members in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Life Sciences - Mechanical Engineering - 08.02.2012

Inspiration for New Materials in Piranha-proof Armor
It's a matchup worthy of a late-night cable movie: put a school of starving piranha and a 300-pound fish together, and who comes out the winner? The surprising answer-given the notorious guillotine-like bite of the piranha-is Brazil's massive Arapaima fish.

Physics - Mechanical Engineering - 01.02.2012

Want to understand the fluid dynamics of the oceans and atmosphere? UCLA’s got the video
Oceans and clouds, even the atmosphere itself, are in constant motion and can undergo dramatic fluctuations, like hurricanes, that lead to severe consequences.

Physics - Mechanical Engineering - 31.01.2012

How Do You Fight Fire in Space? Experiments Provide Some Answers
Improving fire-fighting techniques in space and getting a better understanding of fuel combustion here on Earth are the focus of a series of experiments on the International Space Station, led by a professor at the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. A first round of experiments ran from March 2009 to December 2011.

Mechanical Engineering - 25.01.2012

How wings really work
A 1-minute video released by the University of Cambridge sets the record straight on a much misunderstood concept - how wings lift.

Administration - Mechanical Engineering - 20.01.2012

Mechanical Engineering - 19.01.2012

Physics - Mechanical Engineering - 08.01.2012

Seeing Quantum Mechanics with the naked eye
New research lays groundwork for new generation of ultrasensitive gyroscopes to measure gravity, magnetic field, and create quantum circuits Just to see and prod quantum mechanics working in front of your eyes is amazing." —Dr Gab Christmann A Cambridge team have built a semiconductor chip that converts electrons into a quantum state that emits light but is large enough to see by eye.

Mechanical Engineering - 23.12.2011

The ecological house must have the feet warm

Mathematics - Mechanical Engineering - 15.12.2011

Less knowledge, more power: Uninformed can be vital to democracy, study finds
by Morgan Kelly Contrary to the ideal of a completely engaged electorate, individuals who have the least interest in a specific outcome can actually be vital to achieving a democratic consensus. These individuals dilute the influence of powerful minority factions who would otherwise dominate everyone else, according to new research published .

Mechanical Engineering - Electroengineering - 01.12.2011

Manchester jet engine project takes FLITES
01 Dec 2011 The University of Manchester is leading a £2.7m research project to create a key component in reducing jet engine emissions.

Mechanical Engineering - 22.11.2011

In vivo cyclic loading decrease bone resorption rate.
In vivo loading increases mechanical properties of scaffold by affecting bone formation and bone resorption rates.

Mechanical Engineering - Environment - 22.11.2011

Art and Design - Mechanical Engineering - 18.11.2011

Documentary Hub Focuses on Success
An unlikely mix of weightlifting pensioners, Jedis, and one corner of the University has changed Scottish film culture.

Health - Mechanical Engineering - 10.11.2011

J K Rowling marks start for clinic
The author J K Rowling will bury a time capsule to mark the start of building work on a new research clinic.

Health - Mechanical Engineering - 31.10.2011

Royal visit for new chair in motor neurone research
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal attended a lecture today to mark the appointment of Professor Kevin Talbot to the new Chair of Motor Neuron Biology at the University of Oxford. The position will support research into motor neurone disease with the aim of increasing understanding of this complex disease.

Mechanical Engineering - 31.10.2011

Imperial gets revved up over sustainable car challenge
Monday 31 October 2011 by Colin Smith From competing in an all-electric supercar to helping to calculate who has won the race, Imperial College London is involved in many facets of one of the UK's premiere "green" motoring events.

Mechanical Engineering - Environment - 31.10.2011

Study evaluates bat deaths near wind turbines
It's something of an ecological murder mystery — countless numbers of bats are turning up dead near wind farms. But what is killing them? A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison links on-the-ground sleuthing and clinical diagnostic techniques to sketch a better picture of how the bats are dying.

Mechanical Engineering - 31.10.2011

Washington Poll: Liquor initiative leads, road tolls measure too close to call
A state ballot initiative that would privatize liquor sales leads by a significant margin in the new statewide Washington Poll, but an initiative on project-specific road tolls is too close to call.

Physics - Mechanical Engineering - 25.10.2011

Boeing funds strategic collaboration for carbon fibre recycling
In desert 'aircraft graveyards', where retired planes often go when flight service ends, good parts are removed and sold and many materials are recycled.

Mechanical Engineering - 21.10.2011

One Soyuz launcher, two Galileo satellites, three successes for Europe
One Soyuz launcher, two Galileo satellites, three successes for Europe PR 29 2011 - The first pair of satellites for Europe's Galileo global navigation satellite system has been lofted into orbit by

Mechanical Engineering - 19.10.2011

The Spark of a New Era
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Mechanical Engineering - 12.10.2011

Sugar high for bees
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A field of flowers may seem innocuous - but for the birds and bees that depend on it for sustenance, that floral landscape can be a battlefield mined with predators and competitors. The more efficient a pollinator is in feeding, the less chance it has of becoming food itself. Now mathematicians at MIT have found that efficient feeding depends on how sugary a flower's nectar is, and whether an animal dips or sucks the nectar out.

Physics - Mechanical Engineering - 05.10.2011

Team Uses Laser Light to Cool Object to Quantum Ground State
For the first time, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in collaboration with a team from the University of Vienna, have managed to cool a miniature mechanical object to its lowest possible energy state using laser light. The achievement paves the way for the development of exquisitely sensitive detectors as well as for quantum experiments that scientists have long dreamed of conducting.

Economics / Business - Mechanical Engineering - 04.10.2011

First Vega starts journey to Europe’s Spaceport
First Vega starts journey to Europe's Spaceport The first elements of Europe's new Vega small launcher left Italy last Thursday to begin their long journey to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, marking the final step towards its inaugural flight in January.

Mechanical Engineering - Environment - 03.10.2011

Blimp to fly at proposed wind turbines site
A blimp is to be flown at the site of a proposed wind turbine development in Nottingham to help interested parties gauge the scale of the project.

Economics / Business - Mechanical Engineering - 03.10.2011

University gives project managers a boost with joint Masters course

Mechanical Engineering - Chemistry - 14.09.2011

Printing off the paper
MIT research continues to push the boundaries of the burgeoning technology of 3-D printing. Steven Keating and Neri Oxman demonstrate how 3-D printing works Video: Melanie Gonick CAMBRIDGE, Mass.