The scientific field of acoustics – the science of sound – will get a considerable boost at the end of next month, as experts will convene at the 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Several highlights from the planned schedule have already been made available, and it appears that som... |
25 September 2009
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Ever since micro- and nano-technology first appeared, there has been a steady strive on the part of researchers to develop ways of manipulating structures formed at such small scales. The efforts have grown considerably once experts have started realizing that nanostructures – billionths of times smaller th... |
29 August 2009
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Having to deal with clogged pipes is a very dirty and complicated business, because the clogs cannot be easily identified, and repairmen often have to take the whole installation apart, in order to look for the source of the problem. But the days of water all around the house and of high repair costs may soon go away... |
29 April 2009
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When cave tunnels collapse, the faith of the miners trapped behind is often sealed, mostly because emergency rescue teams can rarely reach the pockets where survivors are located in time, before oxygen supplies run out. In addition, drills cannot be performed with electric equipments, as any spark may cause an explos... |
26 March 2009
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The acoustical magic of the Boston Symphony Hall is due to the fact that the architectural company that built it resorted, for the first time in history, to the services of a physicist. It was built based on the design of Leipzig's Gewandhaus, which was devastated later on, during World War II. Constructed ... |
15 October 2008
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There are three ways through which a touch screen display can detect whether or not you are actually touching the display surface and the relative position of the object touching it: the resistive, capacitive or surface acoustic wave system.The resistive system operates by using a design involving a glass layer on to... |
12 May 2008
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