Applied Physics

University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor Subrata Roy has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft design reminiscent of the spaceships seen in countless Hollywood films. Roy, however, calls his design a “wingless electromagnetic air vehicle,” or WEAV. The proposed prototype is small – the aircraft will measure less than six inches across – and will be efficient enough to be powered by on-board batteries. Roy said the design can be scaled up and theoretically should work in a much larger form. Even in miniature, though, the design…

LONDON, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - Omnify Software, Configure One, SPS Commerce and SuiteCommerce Extend NetSuite Using NS-BOS to Provide Product Lifecycle Management, Configurators, EDI Gateway NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management software suites for the mid-market enterprise and divisions of large companies, today announced the latest product extensions to NetSuite built by NetSuite developer partners using the NetSuite Business Operating System (NS-BOS). These new ISV-built solutions are focused on meeting the specific needs of…

Researchers in Spain have proven that metamaterials, materials defined by their unusual man-made cellular structure, can be designed to produce an acoustic cloak - a cloak that can make objects impervious to sound waves, literally diverting sound waves around an object. The research, 'Acoustic cloaking in two dimensions: a feasible approach', published today, Friday, 13 June, 2008, in the New Journal of Physics (NJP), builds on recent theoretical research which has sought ways to produce materials that can hide objects from sound, sight and x-rays. Daniel Torrent and José Sánchez-Dehesa…

ROCHESTER, New York, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - European and Asian Markets Served with New Signalling Network using SEGway(TM) STP Signalling Solution Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX), a leading developer of communication platforms and systems, today announced that Elephant Talk, (OTC Bulletin Board: ETLK), an international telecom and multimedia content distributor, has put into service the company's SEGway(TM) STP Signalling solution to deliver advanced mobile service offerings such as SMS-based chat, mobile games, and mobile e-commerce services to its customers. "Performance…

BOSTON, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon, today announced that Eagle ACCESS, its application service provider is currently available on Sun Microsystems' Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS). With availability on the Solaris 10 OS, Eagle is better able to deliver robust hosted solutions with a high level of performance and availability to clients. Eagle ACCESS has taken full advantage of the Solaris 10 OS to support its Eagle ACCESS clients and offer them lower operational…

TEL-AVIV, Israel, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- HCL CleanTech (http://www.hclcleantech.com), an Israeli company co founded by Prof. Avram Baniel and Prof. Ari Eyal has developed a proprietary full HCL recovery process, which makes an old, industrially proven German Cellulosic to fermentable sugars and Ethanol process economically very attractive. The new technology can also "clean" and improve other HCL dependant industries. Modern Chemical technology makes the implementation straightforward and immediate. The study and development of chemical processes which use acids for the conversion of…

The woolly mammoth was not one large homogenous group, as scientists previously had assumed, and it did not have much genetic diversity, according to a new genetic study. Woolly mammoths, descended from ancestors in Africa, were widespread in northern Europe, Asia, and North America during the last Ice Age. However, by 11,000 years ago, they all had died out, except for tiny isolated populations that held out for another few thousand years. The research marks the first time scientists have dissected the structure of an entire population of extinct mammal by using the complete mitochondrial…

Rice University computer engineers have created a way to design integrated circuits that can contain many multiple 'selves.' The chips can assume one identify or a subset of identities at a time, depending on the user's needs. New research shows that multiple "personalities" in an integrated circuit can be even a more powerful security mechanism that can be used for a variety of digital rights management tasks as well as for circuit optimization and customization without sacrificing the related power, delay and area metrics. The technology is being unveiled today at the Design Automation…

FRIMLEY, England, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Andreas J. Goss has Been Appointed Chief Executive of Siemens in the UK and North West Europe. Andreas J. Goss, who has been Chief Financial Officer in the UK since April 2006, will take on the role with immediate effect. Andreas J. Goss first joined Siemens in 1985 and held a number of management assignments within Siemens in the USA and Germany before his position as CFO of Siemens plc in the UK. Besides his role at Siemens, Goss is also a member of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Confederation of British Industry. Horst J. Kayser, the…

This year's presidential primaries have already exhibited a number of time-honored traditions in American democracy - attacks, anonymous leaks and partisan journalism. Unfortunately, like other recent presidential elections, those include a new ritual - questions about the accuracy of techniques used to cast and count ballots. A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable and Transparent Elections (ACCURATE) is a team of computer scientists and academic researchers from across the country bringing the latest research, insights and innovations from the lab to the voting booth. The project…