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| Household hazards are not, as commonly believed, the leading cause of falls by the elderly |
30 November 2000 - Yale University
Slippery showers, loose throw rugs, obstructed pathways and other environmental hazards are not the leading cause of falls by the elderly living at home, a study by Yale researchers shows. |
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| Duplex steel added to Sandvik hollow bar range
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30 November 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Further development of its Sanmac stainless steel hollow bar for machining has enabled Sandvik Steel to announce the addition to the range of duplex steel grade Sandvik SAF 2205 (UNS S31803).
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| More Machinable Aerospace Alloy Offers Major Gains In Productivity, Lower Parts Cost |
30 November 2000 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
An upgrade of the 15Cr-5Ni stainless steel that has been used widely by the aerospace industry offers improved machinability and with it, the opportunity to reduce part costs, cut cycle time and increase productivity.
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| Memories might not always fade |
30 November 2000 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Many people believe it's inevitable that their memory will worsen as they grow older, but there may be ways of maintaining an effective, well-functioning memory as you age, according to Christopher Hertzog, Professor of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was recently selected by the National Advisory Council on Aging to receive a MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award of the National Institutes of Health. The award, which provides long-term support to outstanding, experienced investigators, recognizes Hertzog's record of scientific achievements as a principal investigator on research projects funded by the National Institute on Aging. |
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| New therapy helps stroke victims recover arm movements |
30 November 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a new technique called constraint-induced movement therapy, or forced-use therapy, allows stroke patients to improve motor functions, even if therapy does not begin until 14 days after their stroke. The results from this pilot study appear in the December issue of the journal Stroke. |
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| FiberSIM Software from Composite Design Technologies is chosen by Fairchild Dornier |
30 November 2000 - VISTAGY
Composite Design Technologies, Inc. announced today that Fairchild Dornier has purchased CDT's FiberSIM software to design and build the composite components for the 328JET and 728JET as well as future components for the 428JET and 528JET. |
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| ESAB's new prowelder TIG power sources |
29 November 2000 - ESAB Group
The new Prowelder 160 and Prowelder 250 microprocessor controlled TIG power sources from ESAB provide both high quality welding and increased productivity. |
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| Treating depression in heart attack patients does not reduce risk of death |
28 November 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Social isolation and depression are important risk factors for heart attack and death. About 25 percent of heart attack patients have one of these conditions, contributing to a three- to four-fold increase in their risk of death. The ENRICHD study hoped to change those odds by offering treatment to heart attack patients with depression or low social support. |
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| Sandvik Steel divests Guldsmedhytte Bruks AB
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28 November 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Steel today signed an agreement covering the sales of the subsidiary Guldsmedshytte Bruks AB to the Norwegian Windcast Group A/S. Ownership of the company will be transferred to the Windcast Group on 1 January 2001.
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| Yale study finds 90 percent accuracy for needle biopsies in estimating severity of cancer in the breast |
28 November 2000 - Yale University
Physicians conducting needle biopsies with a higher gauge needle the size of a drinking straw and equipped with a vacuum suction device underestimated the severity of cancer in a breast in less than 10 percent of the cases, a study by Yale researchers shows. |
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| Progress reported in developing compounds that mimic insulin for the treatment of type II diabetes |
24 November 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Diabetic patients suffer from a metabolic disorder in which the insulin hormone responsible for allowing the passage of energy rich nutrients from the bloodstream into the body's cells does not function properly or at all. Diabetes afflicts 15 million Americans, and 90 percent of these cases are classified as type II diabetes. Type I diabetes is caused by a shortage of insulin production from cells in the pancreas. Type II diabetes is the result mainly of resistance or insensitivity of cells to insulin activity. One of the approaches to treating type II diabetes is to find a new chemical that will serve as a viable alternative to insulin and thus will not be affected by problems of insulin resistance. Weizmann Institute scientists have recently made significant progress in this area, which may one day lead to the development of a treatment that will considerably improve the quality of life of those suffering from type II diabetes. |
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| Integrated solution optimizes composite design and manufacturing capabilities |
24 November 2000 - VISTAGY
Composite Design Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of the world leading FiberSIM software for composite design and manufacturing on Pro/ENGINEER from Parametric Technology Corporation. Integrating FiberSIM with Pro/ENGINEER provides an environment that links powerful composite design, analysis, tooling and manufacturing capabilities. |
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| A new way to teach evolution |
23 November 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
A new take on teaching evolution in public schools, an issue stoked
white-hot by the recent decision of the Kansas state board of education,
can be found in a high school course developed at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. The difference between this course and those typically
taught across America is the difference between learning by rote and by
discovery. |
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| Scientists developing artificial 'plants' |
23 November 2000 - CSIRO
Australian researchers are developing revolutionary technology that may help to combat the Greenhouse Effect and create food and an alternative source of fuel at the same time. |
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| Yale researchers use light therapy to treat depressed pregnant women |
21 November 2000 - Yale University
A light therapy normally used to treat seasonal affective disorder is now being tested on depressed pregnant women, possibly ending the need for antidepressants that often have side effects. |
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| Results of Yale study confirm aspirin helpful in preventing a first heart attack |
21 November 2000 - Yale University
An overview by a Yale researcher of four studies examining the use of aspirin and the reduction of heart attacks in persons with no previous history of cardiovascular disease shows aspirin remains a good preventive measure. |
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| New LSR37 low ohmic surge Flash resistor for high pulse protection |
21 November 2000 - Vishay Electronic
BCcomponents, one of the world's largest manufacturers of passive components, has announced the launch of its new low ohmic surge 'Flash' resistor, the LSR37, which combines high pulse load capability (flashes) with excellent stability and reliability. |
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| Vishay Intertechnology to launch new products |
21 November 2000 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of electronic components, will launch new products at the electronica 2000 trade show, to be held November 21 through 24 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre in Munich, Germany. Electronica 2000, Europe's largest trade show devoted to components and assemblies in electronics, will showcase the products, technologies, and services of approximately 3000 exhibitors from all over the world. Dr. Felix Zandman, Chairman and CEO of Vishay, will hold a press conference at electronica 2000 on November 21, 12:00 noon. |
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| Researchers find clues to mystery of aids virus |
19 November 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scientists working with monkeys at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered new evidence explaining why retroviruses such as HIV in people and SIV in rhesus monkeys are so variable and difficult for the body's immune system to target and kill. |
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| Yale Physician conducts endoscopic surgery using high definition television |
17 November 2000 - Yale University
A Yale physician has conducted what is believed to be the first endoscopic surgical procedures using high definition television, which more than doubles the sharpness of the image when compared to current technology. |
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| Nosebleeds may signal rare hereditary disorder that attacks multiple organs and leads to strokes |
16 November 2000 - Yale University
When epistaxis or nosebleeds occur in multiple members of one family, they are an important clue to a genetic disorder of the blood vessels called Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia that can lead to strokes and other symptoms, Yale researchers report in two new studies. |
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| Scientists discover enzymes capable of duplicating damaged genetic material |
16 November 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Genetic material (DNA) is damaged on a daily basis due to environmental factors, such as solar radiation and exposure to certain hazardous materials, as well as natural cell processes. This damage can leave chaos in its wake, scrambling or deleting the genetic 'letters' encoding an organism's traits. If left unchecked, the mutated DNA will continue to replicate, and may cause impaired protein production and disease. |
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| Autotype Print & Peel beats Wear and Tear |
16 November 2000 - Autotype International
Autotype introduces a new and improved Print & Peel - the simple and cost effective method of protecting surfaces from scratches and scuffs. Print & Peel is a water-based printable mask, that can be printed onto a variety of substrates and can then be easily removed when no longer required. |
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| A toxin which may be responsible for many of symptoms associated with Lyme Disease has been identified |
16 November 2000 - Boston University
A toxin which may be largely responsible for many of the symptoms associated with Lyme Disease has been identified by Boston University Medical Center researchers. |
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| New satellite to survey our environment |
16 November 2000 - CSIRO
The condition of Australia's crops, rainforests, mangroves, coral reefs, arid zone and eucalypt woodlands is to come under unprecedented scrutiny from space with the launch of an ultra-powerful new satellite. |
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| Destruction of underwater forests, Researchers demand starving of calcareous red algae |
16 November 2000 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Calcareous red algae originally lived in peaceful co-existence with corals.
Their rapid spread, however, has now rendered them the greatest threat to coral reefs. In his new project, which is supported by the Austrian Science Fund, Arnfried Antonius from the Institute of Palaeontology at Vienna University investigates the reasons for the rapid increase of these reef inhabitants in tropical seas. His research results show the main reasons for this development to be ocean pollution and global warming. |
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| Report outlines promising opportunities for addressing climate change |
15 November 2000 - DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Researchers from five U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have issued a major report that finds the United States can make impressive strides toward addressing climate change through smart policies and technologies. |
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| DSM forms global team to develop fast-growing markets for machined plastic shapes |
15 November 2000 - Quadrant EPP
DSM's Engineering Plastic Products Group has established a global business organization to develop the rapidly growing markets for for its wide range of engineering plastic stock shapes. The unified organization is aimed at maximizing the speed and effectiveness of new developments on a worldwide basis. |
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| New antipsychotic drugs combined with nicotine patch help Schizophrenics quit smoking |
15 November 2000 - Yale University
Schizophrenics who took the newer antipsychotic drugs along with the nicotine patch had nearly triple the success rate quitting smoking as schizophrenics taking more traditional antipsychotic medications and the nicotine patch, a Yale study shows. |
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| Yale Scientists give the golgi apparatus its own identity, paving the way for more targeted cancer research |
14 November 2000 - Yale University
Researchers at Yale have discovered that, contrary to previous beliefs, the Golgi apparatus is an organelle that exists independently of the larger endoplasmic reticulum and is a crucial component of cell division. |
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| Yale researchers succeed in using stem cells to repair damaged spinal cord in primates |
14 November 2000 - Yale University
A Yale research team has transplanted stem cells from a primate to repair the protective sheath around the spinal cord in the same animal, an accomplishment that some day could help people with spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis. |
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| Sandvik develops sharper cutting rule
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14 November 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
A new diecutting rule for the packaging industry has been developed and is now available from Swedish Steelmaker AB Sandvik Steel.
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| SGI and Fluent Inc. combine efforts to port and optimize Fluent's CFD software |
14 November 2000 - Fluent
SGI, known worldwide for providing a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced graphics solutions, and Fluent Inc., the world-leading provider of computational fluid dynamics software and services, are combining efforts to port and optimize Fluent CFD software for the Intel Itanium platform. The results of this joint effort will give CFD users that depend on high-performance, high-memory simulations-including users in the automotive and aerospace industries-the ability to do large-scale simulations and include better resolution in their models on the Itanium architecture. |
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| Chance discovery of Immortal Skin holds medical promise |
14 November 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
From a routine study of the life span of human skin cells, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research project gave rise to an astonishing accident: A line of skin cells that simply wouldn't die. |
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| A new strategic partnership for the rapid introduction and marketing of new biopesticides |
13 November 2000 - Rohm & Haas Co
AgraQuest Inc., today announced a strategic partnership with specialty chemical company Rohm and Haas for the rapid introduction and marketing of new biopesticides that answer grower needs for safe and effective pest control. |
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| Headbands intended to protect soccer players from head injuries are effective only at high speeds |
12 November 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
About 200 million people worldwide play soccer, yet there is little research on the neurological dangers of hitting a soccer ball with the head, a common practice called “heading.” |
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| BTG sign licence agreement for grain stripper with major South American company |
12 November 2000 - BTG
BTG has signed a third licence agreement for its grain stripper with Carlos Mainero & Cia of Argentina. Under this agreement Mainero has the right to manufacture the stripper header in Argentina and sell products throughout South America. Mainero will also have the right to pursue potential infringers in this region. Other licensees for BTG's successful stripper header are Shelbourne Reynolds Engineering in the UK and AGCO in the US. |
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| New version of Icepak focuses on design integration |
11 November 2000 - Fluent
Fluent Inc. announces that the newest version of its Icepak electronics cooling simulation software is now available. Icepak 3.2 provides major new user options for reading files to and from CAD and other CAE packages commonly used in electronics engineering. 'Our customers use Icepak because it provides thermal information that helps them to design better and faster,' says Icepak product manager Rajesh Nair. 'It helps them to find the best way to keep their system cool,' he adds 'but design time and cost are further reduced when the thermal, electrical, and mechanical analyses are as streamlined as possible. Icepak 3.2 gives you more ways to 'talk' to your other CAE software than any other thermal design tool, that's the major significance of this version,' he concludes. |
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| ESAB's new MIG welding equipment |
09 November 2000 - ESAB Group
A new ESAB Guide gives full details and specifications of the comprehensive range of MIG welding equipment manufactured by the company, including power sources, wire feed units and MIG torches. |
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| DSM introduces new static-dissipative, high-strength plastic |
08 November 2000 - Quadrant EPP
A new electrostatic dissipative plastic from DSM Engineering Plastic Products has a unique combination of properties: static dissipation, low coefficient of expansion, high strength and heat resistance and is non-sloughing. ESd 420 has a tensile modulus of 550,000 psi, a heat deflection temperature (at 264 psi) of 420°F, and a surface resistivity in the intermediate range of 106 to 109 ohms/square. |
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| Moog to provide service, spares & maintenance for McFadden systems hydraulic motion simulators |
08 November 2000 - Moog Controls
We are pleased to announce that Moog Inc. of East Aurora, New York will now be providing factory-authorized service, spares, and long-term maintenance agreements for owners and operators of McFadden Systems’ complete line of high-performance hydraulic motion simulators. |
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| New research to target animal parasites |
08 November 2000 - CSIRO
CSIRO scientists are to search for new weapons to fight animal diseases caused by parasites following a research agreement with Schering-Plough Animal Health.
Worldwide, more than $US 2.5 billion is spent annually on chemical agents for the control of animal diseases caused by parasites and there is a need for more effective products, according to Adjunct Professor Alan Seale, Chair of CSIRO's Chemicals and Plastics Sector Advisory Committee. |
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| PAS 5500/1100TM system combines 90 WPH productivity with imaging performance |
07 November 2000 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML today introduced its newest 193nm Step & Scan lithography tool for high-volume production of semiconductor devices at the 100nm technology node. The PAS 5500/1100TM system provides the highest value of ownership for leading-edge IC makers by combining a 0.75 numerical aperture (NA) lens, improved leveling performance and industry-leading overlay with an exposure capacity exceeding 90 200mm wafers per hour at a dose of 20 mJ/cm2. |
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| RTP Company introduces new glow-in-the-dark precolored compounds |
06 November 2000 - RTP Company
RTP Company, a global leader in specialty compounding, has developed a series of innovative glow-in-the-dark precolored compounds. Available in a wide range of pastel colors such as peach, pink, blue, cream, and green, these compounds display surprising new daylight colors that differ from their color in darkness. |
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| Breakthrough for composite tubes in waste incineration
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06 November 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Steel has confirmed that its composite tubes have been installed in a new boiler at the Renova municipal waste incineration plant in Gothenburg. |
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| Implementing transit-oriented development in Atlanta region |
04 November 2000 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Since the 1950s, the automobile has dominated land use planning in the United States. Today, the average American driver travels nearly 30 miles per day. People drive, rather than walk, because they are widely spread out in suburbs, and sidewalks don't exist in many areas. To better understand how metro Atlanta gets around, Georgia Tech researchers are expanding their latest three-year study, called Strategies for Metropolitan Atlanta's Regional Transportation and Air Quality. This study was first introduced last fall, but a recently awarded grant of $2.4 million from the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and a $75,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will enable SMARTRAQ to undertake an important expansion of this study. |
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| Provides clue to devastation of Alzheimer's Disease |
01 November 2000 - Yale University
A new study by Yale researchers shows that loss of nicotine receptors in the brain in the late stages of Alzheimer's Disease may contribute to the cognitive impairments associated with the disease. |
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| ESAB has introduced stainless steel welding wire in an octagonal Marathon Pac |
01 November 2000 - ESAB Group
ESAB has introduced stainless steel welding wire in an octagonal Marathon Pac as a result of increasing demand from the automotive and related industries. |
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| Researchers find that weight loss drug blocks cholesterol absorption |
01 November 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Washington University investigators have shown that a weight-loss drug, orlistat, can help prevent obese people from absorbing cholesterol from their food. They present their findings today at the annual scientific meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity in Long Beach, Calif. |
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