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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) has called for a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones and text message devices while driving. Carnegie Mellon University's Marcel Just, a leading neuroscientist...

Ultrasonic Cleaning Systems work by passing a high frequency sound wave through a liquid detergent to create thousands of small bubbles. These then implode with such force that the impact removes contaminant particles from submerged materials.

At the end of April a large cloud of volcanic ash grounded half the world’s flights, costing airlines millions of pounds.

A recent Royal Society paper acknowledged the National Physical Laboratory’s (NPL) hitherto unreported key role in the development of modern flat-panel displays. It brought to light the work of NPL’s Roger Partridge in the 1970s on organic solid-state emitters.