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| Electroluminescent Clock is sign of the time for Autotype |
29 February 2000 - Autotype International
At FESPA ’99, the subject of much discussion was the electroluminescent (EL) clock that adorned the reception desk on the Autotype International stand, representing state-of-the-art EL technology.
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| Morgan Mill Commissioned at Saarstahl
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29 February 2000 - Morgan Construction Company
Morgan Construction Company has successfully completed the installation of a mill upgrade at Saarstahl AG, in Neunkirchen, Germany. |
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| Related study finds teens with tobacco promotional item and brand recognition Twice as likely to smoke |
29 February 2000 - Boston University
Teenagers who are regularly exposed to anti-smoking messages on television are half as likely to start smoking than those not exposed, reports an article in the March issue of the American Journal of Public Health. A second study in the same journal has found that teenagers who can readily name a cigarette brand and who own a tobacco-sponsored promotional item, such as a gym bag or visor, are more than twice as likely to become established smokers than adolescents who do neither. The studies were funded by the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. |
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| ASML MaskTools offers scattering-bar IP for use with mentor graphics' calibre software |
29 February 2000 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
Further closing the gap between semiconductor design and manufacturing, ASML MaskTools, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASM Lithography, and Mentor Graphics Corporation offer the first three deliverables of their collaborative agreement from December 1999. |
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| Painless cervical cancer detection method developed by UT Austin researcher |
28 February 2000 - University of Texas at Austin
A new, painless cervical cancer detection method that uses a small fiber optic probe instead of a surgical knife will be made available to 1,800 women through a new grant to The University of Texas at Austin and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The $8.9 million grant to finance the clinical trial comes from the National Institutes of Health. |
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| Weizmann Institute scientists propose a model regulating cell adhesion |
28 February 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
'Hard times,' or more specifically, exposure to rigid environments, enhances the tendency of cells to form tight adhesions and communicate, according to a recent Weizmann Institute study published in the March issue of Nature Cell Biology. The findings reveal a new parameter regulating cell attachment, namely, the physical properties of the immediate surroundings. |
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| Moog introduces new digital servodrive |
27 February 2000 - Moog Controls
Moog Inc., Industrial Controls Division, has introduced the L180 Series Digital Servo Drive, a compact servo drive that not only delivers high-performance servo control but also simplifies installation and reduces system costs. |
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| Rare texts reveal the history of oxygen’s discovery |
27 February 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Competition and contention were present in abundance in the 'discovery' of oxygen, and two special collections in the University of Wisconsin-Madison libraries tell much of this lively piece of 18th-century history. |
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| Matrox announces version 6.0 of the Matrox Imaging Library |
23 February 2000 - Matrox VITE
Matrox Imaging today announced version 6.0 of the Matrox Imaging Library. Additions and enhancements to this award-winning package make it one of the most comprehensive development tools for OEMs and system integrators building machine vision, medical imaging and image analysis systems. |
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| New generation of machining steels
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23 February 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Ongoing product development of its Sanmac machining steels has enabled Sandvik Steel to announce the launch of a new generation of stainless steel bar and hollow bar which offer improved machining characteristics and a potential doubling a cutting tool life.
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| Borstar new PE technology selected for Shanghai expansion |
22 February 2000 - Borealis A/S
China Petrochemical Company today announced it has awarded Borealis and Tecnimont a contract for the supply of licence and know-how, engineering, procurement services, and technical assistance for a new Borstar polyethylene plant. According to the agreement signed yesterday, the Shanghai Petrochemical Company Limited will build a 250,000 tonne Borstar polyethylene plant at Jinshanwei, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The new facility, scheduled for start-up in early 2002, will be the largest polyolefin production unit in China. |
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| Scientists reveal new HIV vaccine |
20 February 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scientists have shown for the first time, using a nonhuman primate model, that the AIDS virus avoids the body's strongest immune responses during the first few weeks of infection. The finding, which appears in the Sept. 21 issue of Nature, opens the door to new vaccine directions. |
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| Cure for fatal tropical disease, Oral treatment of Leishmaniasis |
18 February 2000 - Max Planck Society
Leishmaniasis, also known as 'kala-azar', 'black fever' or 'black sickness', is a widespread infectious disease in tropical or subtropical regions, which is spreading into Southern Europe. Cases of Leishmaniasis have also appeared in other European countries, for example several hundred per year in Switzerland. The death rate is high and alarming because of an increasing resistance against the classical therapy with antimonials. |
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| Alcan Predicts Major Rise in Automotive Aluminum Usage
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18 February 2000 - Alcan Automotive
Aluminum consumption in the automotive industry will climb by 2.5 million metric tons, or more than 55 percent, over the next five years on a global basis, a senior Alcan executive told automotive journalists attending the opening of the Canadian International Auto Show here yesterday.
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| Yale Surgeon one of few to regularly use new treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome |
17 February 2000 - Yale University
A new surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome that improves recovery time and reduces the number of complications from current treatments, is being used by Yale surgeon, Grant Thomson, M.D. |
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| You may not know it, but you took a course in linguistics as a baby |
17 February 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
By listening to the talk around them, infants pick up sound patterns that help them understand the speech they hear, according to new research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But this research also shows that some patterns are easier to identify, suggesting that the development of human language may have been shaped by what infants could learn. |
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| New treatment approach might prevent serious complications of liver disease |
14 February 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Children with the most common genetic cause of liver disease are at increased risk of developing life-threatening liver disease and emphysema. Using mice, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a new treatment approach that could prevent the serious complications of the disease, called alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. |
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| XENA & XRD, on-line analysers for cement industry |
11 February 2000 - CSIRO
CSIRO has developed a set of on-line analysers as part of an ambitious 3-year program by Adelaide Brighton Management Ltd to improve processing in the Australian cement industry. |
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| New Vishay IR emitters combine high speed, high power, and high efficiency for fast IrDA-compliant infrared data transfer |
11 February 2000 - Vishay Electronic
Two new high-speed, high-power infrared emitters built on an advanced double hetero technology were announced today by Vishay Intertechnology. Combining fast switching times with low power consumption, the new Vishay Telefunken devices are aimed at IrDA-compliant infrared data communication applications in cell phones, palmtops, computers, multimedia, and alarm and safety systems, where their high-efficiency operation will prolong battery life even while enabling a high rate of data transmission. |
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| Researchers identify damage mechanism in fetal alcohol syndrome |
11 February 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
For years, physicians and scientists have known that alcohol has detrimental effects on the human fetus. A new study from investigators in Berlin, Tokyo and St. Louis identifies how the damage associated with fetal alcohol syndrome might occur. |
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| Duratron XP... A new high-purity, easy-to-machine polyimide |
11 February 2000 - Quadrant EPP
Duratron XP is a high-purity, easy-to-machine polyimide ideal for components in semiconductor manufacturing and test equipment. Like other polyimides, Duratron XP has high strength and high heat resistance. Duratron XP polyimide stock shapes, including rod, bar and plate, can be easily machined to make dimensionally stable, structural parts designed for continuous use at temperatures up to 500 °F. |
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| SSAB's Profit for 1999 was SEK 467 Million |
10 February 2000 - SSAB
SSAB today presented its results for 1999. Profit after financial items declined to SEK 467 (1,424) million. |
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| ISO 14001 approval
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08 February 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Stainless steel and special alloys producer Sandvik Steel has been approved by German TÜV to ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard, at its main manufacturing plant in Sandviken, Sweden.
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| New way to probe interacting molecules reported |
08 February 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Taking a page from modern astronomy, where scientists are making a raft of new discoveries by sampling starlight across the electromagnetic spectrum, a group of chemists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has refined a powerful new way to probe the molecular universe using infrared light. |
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| Bone marrow transplants improved thanks to new key mechanism underlying human stem cell migration |
05 February 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
In bone marrow transplantation, a patient receives a transfusion of stem cells, which migrate to the patient's bone marrow and start producing new, healthy blood. But many transplants fail because, usually, very few stem cells make their way from the blood circulation into the recipient's marrow. |
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| Fluent Inc. and Aspen Technology announce strategic technology initiative |
04 February 2000 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., and Aspen Technology, Inc., today announced the formation of a strategic technology initiative to provide comprehensive design and simulation tools for the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, and power industries. The collaboration will leverage the complementary expertise of the two companies to provide best-in-class tools for engineers engaged in process equipment design and process optimization, enabling manufacturers to see how individual plant assets impact overall plant performance and efficiency. |
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| Joint venture for the production of acrylic acid |
03 February 2000 - Rohm & Haas Co
The Degussa-Hüls AG subsidiary Stockhausen GmbH & Co. KG and the Rohm and Haas Company of Philadelphia, USA announced they have established a joint venture for the production of acrylic acid, an initial product for superabsorbers, among other things.The 50-50 joint venture, which will be called StoHaas Monomer GmbH & Co. KG, has received all necessary government approvals, and will be fully operational by the end of 2000. The company will be headquartered in Marl, Germany. The companies had announced their intent to form this venture in June 1999. |
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| New study suggest proteins normally pass into kidneys & kidney disease may result from an inability to draw them back out |
02 February 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
A study, which will be published in the journal Science, is the first to suggest that proteins normally pass into the kidneys and that kidney disease may result from an inability to draw them back out. It also identifies at least two patients with kidney disease who lack one copy of CD2AP, suggesting that this mutation may be responsible for illness in some humans. |
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| Weizmann Institute Scientists devise an approach for Recruiting immune system response to partial spinal cord injuries |
01 February 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Severing the spinal cord causes complete paralysis of the organs innervated by the central nervous system, from the point of injury downwards. In fact, even a partial injury of the spinal cord may cause complete paralysis. The main reason for this is that damaged fibers create a 'hostile environment' which harms other, undamaged fibers. As a result, even in cases of partial spinal cord injury, the damage continues to spread, intensifying the paralysis. Blocking the spread of damage may therefore save the nerve cells undamaged by the initial trauma, and with them, at least some of the patient's motor activity. This is what the Weizmann Institute scientists hope to achieve. |
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| New colours for BARLO SPC |
01 February 2000 - Quinn Plastics
Barlo Plastics has introduced a number of new colours for its range of BARLO SPC, multi-wall polycarbonate sheet products. These new colour ranges have been included in the already extensive range of Barlo Plastics SPC sheet products in order to meet specific market demands. |
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