News articles tagged with 'instrument'
Researchers use CT to recreate Stradivarius violin
— 28 Nov 2011 19:26 | TechnologyUsing computed tomography (CT) imaging and advanced manufacturing techniques, a team of experts has created a reproduction of a 1704 Stradivarius violin. Three-dimensional images of…
Accurate measurement of radioactive thoron possible at last
— 7 Mar 2011 17:31 | Technology'Many people are now saying: 'Is it really that easy? Then why didn't anyone think of it a long time ago?' But you have to have the right idea at the right time,' says Annette Roettger,…
New instrument keeps an 'eye' on nanoparticles
— 6 Mar 2011 19:05 | TechnologyPrecision measurement in the world of nanoparticles has now become a possibility, thanks to scientists at UC Santa Barbara…
Combined molecular study techniques reveal more about DNA proteins
— 3 Mar 2011 13:05 | HealthIllinois researchers have combined two molecular imaging technologies to create an instrument with incredible sensitivity that provides new, detailed insight into dynamic molecular…
Surgical instruments with electronic serial numbers
— 1 Mar 2011 19:00 | HealthBe it a heart transplant or a caesarean section, every operation requires a wide variety of surgical instruments, from simple retractors, clamps, scalpels and scissors to more specialist…
2-timing spacecraft has date with another comet
— 12 Feb 2011 20:10 | AstronomyNASA's Stardust spacecraft, equipped with the University of Chicago's Dust Flux Monitor Instrument (DFMI), is hurtling at more than 24,000 miles an hour toward a Valentine's Day encounter…
Tool makes search for Martian life easier
— 9 Feb 2011 17:02 | AstronomyFinding life on Mars could get easier with a creative adaption to a common analytical tool that can be installed directly on the robotic arm of a space rover…
The first mission to Mercury
— 1 Feb 2011 21:41 | AstronomyAs the team of scientists behind NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft eagerly awaits the craft's entry into Mercury's orbit on 17 March, we could soon get answers to questions about the origin,…
2 rockets set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range
— 27 Jan 2011 18:26 | TechnologyScientists from Virginia Tech and the University of Colorado are preparing to launch two NASA sounding rockets for two experiments at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks. The…
NASA satellites find high-energy surprises in 'constant' Crab Nebula
— 13 Jan 2011 17:15 | AstronomyThe combined data from several NASA satellites has astonished astronomers by revealing unexpected changes in X-ray emission from the Crab Nebula, once thought to be the steadiest high-energy…