‘Electronic glue’ promises less expensive semiconductors

September 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Tuesday after delivering supplies and equipment to boost the capacity of the orbiting laboratory. Pilot Kevin Ford backed Discovery away from the station at 1926 GMT for the trip back to Earth.

August 27th, 2009 Raytheon gets $7 million semiconductor contractTEWKSBURY, Mass. — Raytheon Co.

August 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research from the University of Washington scientists has described an approach to organic electronics that allows transport of both positive and negative charges. Until now, however, circuits built with organic materials have allowed only one type of charge to move through them.

August 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a major breakthrough, researchers have duplicated the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm, for developing a long-sought medical adhesive needed to repair bones shattered in battlefield injuries, car crashes and other accidents. Dr. Russell Stewart, who led the study, said that the traditional method of repairing shattered bones is to use mechanical connectors like nails, pins and metal screws for support until they can bear weight.

August 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A forthcoming memoir by presidential speechwriter Matt Latimer has left members of the Republican Party worried. The book, tentatively titled "Speech-Less," promises a "deliciously candid" "Devil Wears Prada"-style look inside the GOP machine from Capitol Hill to the Pentagon to the White House, reports the New York Post.

August 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new piece of research suggests that what an organization promises to employees-training opportunities, benefits, compensation, etc.-do not matter nearly as much as what the organization actually delivers. Samantha Montes and co-author David Zweig, professors at the Rotman School of Management and the University of Toronto Scarborough, have found that the influence of promises has little effect on employee's emotional reactions toward the organization, their intentions to stay with the organization, and intentions to engage in citizenship behaviours.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - An aerospace pioneer has proposed that in order to develop a lighter spacecraft, engineers would need to glue the fuel tanks to the inside of the craft. Rocket-driven spacecraft normally use strong, heavy-metal mountings to hold their fuel tanks in place within the fuselage.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A study on marketers has shown that consumers sometimes link unfamiliar products to surrounding items. Authors Michelle P.

May 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - A French tycoon has come up with an automatic dog-washing machine that promises to clean and dry filthy pooches in 30 minutes or less. Romain Jarry, 31 has invented Dog-o-Matic, which has proved a huge success in his hometown of St Max, near Nancy.

May 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Stone Age humans who lived about 70,000 years ago were such good chemists that they made a sophisticated kind of natural glue by tweaking the chemical and physical properties of an iron-containing pigment, known as red ochre, with the gum of acacia trees for their shafted tools, according to a study. While it has long been believed that the blood-red pigment served a decorative or symbolic purpose, scientists also suspected that the pigment might have been purposely added to improve glue that held the peoples' tools together.

May 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at Ithaca College, US, have shed new light on the nature of the adhesive mechanism that snails use to attach themselves onto slippery surfaces, which could lead to developing surgical adhesives that would bind to wet surfaces and be less invasive than suturing mechanisms. This research follows up on an earlier study that identified the key characteristics controlling this transition from a water-based gel into a powerful yet flexible adhesive.The strength of the natural adhesive comes from the way long, rope-like polymers chemically tie together, or cross link, at certain points," said Andrew Smith, associate professor of biology.

April 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Mia Farrow thinks that U.S. president Barack Obama has not done enough for the people of Darfur.

April 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at North Carolina University, US, have developed a device that controls electron spin at room temperature. The researchers have designed a magnetic semiconductor memory device, using GaMnN thin films, which utilizes both the charge and spin of electrons at room temperature.

March 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Supermodel Gisele Bundchen, who recently walked down the aisle with American footballer Tom Brady, is desperate to adopt a Brazilian child with him. She revealed her intention of making a difference in the life of a Brazilian under-privileged child, and giving him the best in life.

March 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have developed a new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods, a breakthrough that can pave the way for advanced integrated 3-D chip technology. The researchers have found a new method to grow slimmer copper nanorods, which can be used as a low-temperature bonding agent for holding together the layers of next-generation 3-D integrated computer chips.