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When Every Molecule Counts A group of electrical engineers at Purdue University hope that their research could lead to ultrasensitive sensors capable of detecting a single molecule of a biological agent or chemical pollutant.   |
AskMen.com
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Airplane Air As if the fear of terrorism, turbulence or mechanical failure were not enough, airplane passengers still have to contend with the fear of microbial invasion. |
Salon.com
June 16, 2000
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Out of the Blue: The delinquent-flier upgrade Like high-altitude ninjas, they abandon the crowded coach cabin for an unoccupied seat in first class. |
Salon.com
August 2, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Can it really get too hot to fly? And what was it like to be in the air on Sept. 11? |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2003
Carol Matlack |
A Great Divide Between Comfort And Cattle Class? What the first-class and coach cabins will be like aboard the new Airbus A380 |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2007
John McHale |
Purdue Researchers Demonstrate New Chip-Cooling Technology Researchers are taking a new approach with a new technology that uses tiny ionic wind engines that they say might dramatically improve computer chip cooling-a constant challenge for military and commercial electronics designers. |
Salon.com
July 18, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do airlines cut down the flow of oxygen in the cabin to save fuel? Can wind shear rip off a plane's wing? |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2007
Stanley Holmes |
Better Living At 30,000 Feet Boeing hopes fliers will flock to bigger windows, cleaner air, and redesigned cabins. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2010 |
Technology Would Power Cars with Auto Exhaust Developed by GM and Purdue University, system harvests heat from engine exhaust to generate electricity. |
Popular Mechanics
July 18, 2007
David Noland |
Safest Seat on a Plane: PM Investigates How to Survive a Crash In the wake of nearly 200 passenger deaths in a Brazilian airliner accident, we take an exclusive look at 36 years' worth of NTSB reports and seating charts to determine the best way to live through a disaster in the sky. |
Salon.com
July 28, 2000
Elliott Neal Hester |
Out of the Blue Lies in the sky: An inside look at United Airlines' abysmal service. |
Chemistry World
August 2006
David Walt |
Comment: Common Sense for Sensors Designing sensors for manufacturability must be performed at the outset rather than as an afterthought. Only when we develop such reproducible sensors will they become pervasive tools for improving our quality of life. |
InsideFlyer
May 2009 |
Quote of the Month Airline quality increases when there are less passengers. |
Salon.com
June 28, 2002
Patrick Smith |
Ask the pilot Do pilots sweat bullets during wind-whipped landings? And why are those darn windows so small? |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2007
Greg Lindsay |
How To Avoid The Big Squeeze In The Sky Too close for comfort in coach? Try premium economy class. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
John McHale |
Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation to Thwart Nuclear Terrorism Researchers are engineering cell phones that help detect potential terrorist threats such as radiological "dirty bombs" and nuclear weapons. |
National Defense
March 2011
Eric Beidel |
Research Could Lead to Pocket-Sized Bomb Detectors That is the ultimate goal of university researchers trying to figure out a way to use sound and radio waves to detect bombs. |
CRM
August 2010
Lior Arussy |
When Customer Experience Matters Most An eruption of volcanic ash leads to an eruption of service mistakes. |
Salon.com
December 14, 2000
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Common cattle Every now and then, flight attendants must fly with the unwashed masses. It sucks... |
HHMI Bulletin
Spring 2013
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Sounding the Alarm Details on how cells detect and respond to foreign DNA may provide clues to autoimmune diseases. |
