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Control System: regulates, commands, directs, or manages the behavior of other devices or systems using control loops. It can range from a single home heating controller using a thermostat controlling a domestic boiler to large Industrial control systems which are used for controlling processes or machines.
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JUN 10, 2015Technology
When you think about a computer, what do you think of? Is it the little box at your desk with a screen hooked up to it, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2015Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
The tree big private space companies, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and Paul Allen's Vulcan Aerospace hav ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 30, 2015Neuroscience
Visualize broccoli. It might not be a bumper sticker yet, but focusing the mind's eye on healthy eating could be a key t ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
Remember back before America retired the shuttle fleet, when America still has the ability to send its astronauts to the ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 27, 2015Technology
A major step forward in creating intelligent robots-ones that learn to perform tasks without having to be programmed-wil ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 14, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Understanding the function of certain groups of non-coding RNAs will lead to a greater understanding of how certain illn ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 14, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 13, 2015Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Sailing through space. Literally sailing on the solar wind, the photons emitted by the Sun. The idea was first introduce ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 12, 2015Neuroscience
A new study conducted by Dr. Jonas F. Ludvigsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and published in JAMA ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 10, 2015Neuroscience
You'd be justified in having some skepticism about a study citing the benefits of chocolate that is sponsored by Hershey ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
As you might have heard, along with the ISS and all of the satellites, there's also a bit of space junk orbiting the Ear ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
The Russian spacecraft Progress 59, which was to have brought supplies and food to the International Space Station, has ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Health & Medicine
This article by Kathleen Gillespie originally appeared on The Conversation.Young British men have a problem with diabete ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Caltech researchers have found how an abundant class of RNA genes-called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs, pronounced link ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to the fine particles associated with air pollution can cause damage to brain structures and impair c ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound--often described as ringing--that isn't really t ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJUN 10, 2015Technology
When you think about a computer, what do you think of? Is it the little box at your desk with a screen hooked up to it, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2015Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
The tree big private space companies, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and Paul Allen's Vulcan Aerospace hav ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 30, 2015Neuroscience
Visualize broccoli. It might not be a bumper sticker yet, but focusing the mind's eye on healthy eating could be a key t ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
Remember back before America retired the shuttle fleet, when America still has the ability to send its astronauts to the ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 27, 2015Technology
A major step forward in creating intelligent robots-ones that learn to perform tasks without having to be programmed-wil ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 14, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Understanding the function of certain groups of non-coding RNAs will lead to a greater understanding of how certain illn ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 14, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 13, 2015Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Sailing through space. Literally sailing on the solar wind, the photons emitted by the Sun. The idea was first introduce ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 12, 2015Neuroscience
A new study conducted by Dr. Jonas F. Ludvigsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and published in JAMA ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 10, 2015Neuroscience
You'd be justified in having some skepticism about a study citing the benefits of chocolate that is sponsored by Hershey ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
As you might have heard, along with the ISS and all of the satellites, there's also a bit of space junk orbiting the Ear ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
The Russian spacecraft Progress 59, which was to have brought supplies and food to the International Space Station, has ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Health & Medicine
This article by Kathleen Gillespie originally appeared on The Conversation.Young British men have a problem with diabete ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Caltech researchers have found how an abundant class of RNA genes-called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs, pronounced link ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to the fine particles associated with air pollution can cause damage to brain structures and impair c ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound--often described as ringing--that isn't really t ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
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