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| RTP Company introduces non-halogenated flame retardant compounds |
28 April 2000 - RTP Company
RTP Company's non-halogenated flame retardant compounds are designed to help manufacturers meet environmental guidelines outlined by Eco-label initiatives such as the German Blue Angel, the EU White Flower Eco-label, and the Nordic White Swan. |
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| Borealis launches market leading polymer development for non-woven fibres |
27 April 2000 - Borealis A/S
Borealis launches a new resin at Index ´99, the world's leading non-wovens exhibition, which takes place from April 27 to April 30 in Geneva. Borealis has strengthened its family of melt blown resins with the market launch of HL 512 FB. This new polypropylene grade for non-woven fibres is the first pelletised material, globally, to offer a Melt Flow Rate of 1200 for this market. Borealis launches a new resin at Index ´99, the world's leading non-wovens exhibition, which takes place from April 27 to April 30 in Geneva. Borealis has strengthened its family of melt blown resins with the market launch of HL 512 FB. This new polypropylene grade for non-woven fibres is the first pelletised material, globally, to offer a Melt Flow Rate of 1200 for this market. |
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| Largest Ever wind power commitments sets clean energy example for nation |
27 April 2000 - DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
In a ceremony today attended by several hundred Federal government employees, Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson announced the largest ever commitment to purchase electricity generated by the wind. Federal government agencies along the Colorado Front Range have committed to the purchase of electricity from 10 megawatts of wind turbines through Public Service Co. of Colorado's Windsource program, and through other local utilities' wind energy programs, over the next several years. |
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| Race Ahead With Capillex From Autotype |
26 April 2000 - Autotype International
Capillex films won’t make you win a race, but thanks to their outstanding benefits, they are ideal for complex imaging such as graphic decals for racing bike frames.
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| Leading Art Centre Goes For OMEGA E-Z |
26 April 2000 - Autotype International
The Dundee Contemporary Art centre opened in 1999 as a unique facility to enable artists to create and present work in one site. The centre consists of state of the art facilities and is supported by the Dundee City Council and the Scottish Government. The aim of the centre is to bring art to the community, as well as to be a catalyst for experimentation.
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| GST Mill Achieves Monthly Production Record
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25 April 2000 - Morgan Construction Company
Morgan Construction Company has received word from GST Steel Company in Kansas City, Mo., that its two-strand rod mill this March achieved a record monthly production of 72,482 tons. |
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| New liposuction technique for neck and jowls offers more precise results |
24 April 2000 - Yale University
A new liposuction method for the neck and jowls using several tiny incisions and a syringe is more precise and helps guard against extracting too much fat, a Yale study shows. |
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| New electrostatic dissipative plastic provides longer useful life for IC device testing fixtures |
22 April 2000 - Quadrant EPP
When testing integrated circuit devices, an important consideration is units (tested) per hour, UPH. Test times can be less than 500 milliseconds. Since non-metallic test heads are used to hold the IC devices, their rapid movement into and out of logic testers can create the potential for electrostatic discharge. Air flowing across the surface of a plastic product can result in the buildup of static charges. |
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| First evidence that one gene controls development of all cells that produce serotonin in the central nervous system |
21 April 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Many cells use serotonin to communicate with each other, some of which are located in the brain while others reside in the spinal cord. The chemical is critical for responses such as emotion and pain, and abnormalities in the serotonin pathway can result in a variety of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety and impulsive violence. Antidepressant medications like Prozac treat serotonin imbalances, but according to Chen, it would be better to know how to treat the underlying cause of such diseases. |
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| New technical brochure for medical steels
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20 April 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
A new technical brochure covering its range of Sandvik Bioline ® high quality stainless steel products for use in medical applications has been issued by Sandvik Steel. |
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| Autotype Capillex 18 Goes On Show |
19 April 2000 - Autotype International
“Teaching the world to sing” and “it’s the real thing” are world-renowned slogans due to expert marketing campaigns which required every detail to be absolutely right. An example of this philosophy carries on today in the soft drinks vending machines that are seen in most public places, none less so than one of the most famous new tourist attractions – the Millennium Dome.
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| LGC and North West Water launch new environmental analysis service to cut cost of regulatory compliance |
19 April 2000 - LGC
Two leaders in environmental analysis have joined forces to offer a new analytical service designed to help industry meet regulatory demands for higher levels of environmental monitoring. |
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| Autotype films are first choice for medical applications |
17 April 2000 - Autotype International
Hospital equipment used in intensive care needs to be completely reliable, sturdy and resistant to the most aggressive cleaning and chemical agents around. |
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| New tests on investigational treatment for cervical disc disease |
14 April 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
“The idea of replacing the disc is not new,” says K. Daniel Riew, M.D., associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and chief of the Cervical Spine Service at Washington University School of Medicine. “But in the past, the technology was not available to have a disc replacement that could last for a long time and provide the range of motion that mimics what one has in the natural spine.” |
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| Center for Millennial Studies announces launch of campaign to archive millennial documents |
12 April 2000 - Boston University
The Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University announces the launch of an international campaign to archive millennial documents and memorabilia pertaining to the year 2000. |
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| New non-isolated buck/boost converter IC simplifies ISDN power supply designs |
12 April 2000 - Vishay Electronic
A new non-isolated buck/boost converter IC that gives designers a simple and compact way to convert a -48-V input to +3.3 V or +5 Vin ISDN digital phones was released today by Vishay Intertechnology. The new Vishay Siliconix Si9121DY allows component count to be reduced by over 20% compared with typical solutions, with a complete converter design requiring just 10 passives and a single Schottky diode as the external components. |
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| Research finds that some people with diabetes struggle with ulcers forming on the bottom of their feet |
11 April 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17 million Americans have diabetes. Many patients develop nerve damage as the disease progresses, making it difficult to feel a developing foot injury. Therefore, patients often don’t recognize an injury until the skin breaks down and becomes infected, which may result in an ulcer. |
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| High-performance, composite nylon/steel gears turn electric power steering into reality |
07 April 2000 - Quadrant EPP
Electric power steering for automobiles has arrived, and a key component of this revolutionary system is its worm gear made of NylasteelT, from DSM Engineering Plastic products. |
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| Fluent and PFD announce internet-based simulation tools |
07 April 2000 - Fluent
Performance Fluid Dynamics, an engineering consultancy and software company based in Dublin, Ireland, and Fluent Inc., a market leader in computational fluid dynamics software, have teamed to provide 3-D simulation of chemical reactors on the Internet. The Internet-based simulation tool, Net.Re@ction, gives engineers access to pre-solved CFD flow simulations from the FLUENT software, coupled with PFD's PFDReaction software for prediction of the reactor system chemistry. |
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| Genes-in-space project gets new run abroad shuttle |
05 April 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have a chance in April to build evidence that microgravity is fertile ground for crop improvement.
The Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics, in partnership with the Indiana biotechnology company Producers' Natural Processing, will direct a research project aboard NASA's April 24 space shuttle mission, STS 101. |
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| New tool delivers simultaneous improvements in imaging, overlay and productivity |
04 April 2000 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML has announced the semiconductor industry's first KrF (248nm wavelength) lithography system optimized for high-volume production of ICs with 130nm design rules. The new PAS 5500/750E deep ultraviolet Step & Scan tool, introduced here at the annual SEMICON Europa trade show, provides a complete process solution by delivering significant improvements in imaging, overlay and productivity. |
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| Biological mechanisms of Anxiety: A brain receptor as switch for anxiety |
04 April 2000 - Max Planck Society
Anxiety is partially linked to the neuropeptide, corticotropin-releasing hormone acting through CRH receptor 1 and 2. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen and Howard Hughes report on anxiolytic properties of CRH receptor 2 which may be significant for future strategies of anxiolytic drug development. |
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| Scientists have reported first observations of what happens when message of a gene is being read during actual transcription |
03 April 2000 - DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Scientists at Berkeley have reported the first direct observations of what happens when the message of a gene is being read during the actual transcription of single DNA molecules. Using a unique experimental setup they designed themselves, the researchers followed transcription by single molecules of RNA polymerase, the enzyme responsible for reading the genetic message in humans and other higher organisms as well as bacteria. Their observations provide new insights into how genetic expression in cells may be regulated. |
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| Bandsaws increase sawmill productivity
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03 April 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
A change in sawing methods from circular saws to Sandvik Steel's Multishift™ bandsaws has seen an increase in productivity for Swedish sawmill Höglandssågen in Örnsköldsvik.
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| New finding offers hope of more effective treatment for tuberculosis |
01 April 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Researchers working at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, as part of a multi-institutional study, have identified an enzyme that enables the tuberculosis bacterium to persist despite counterattacks of the immune system. This may open the door to better drugs to treat the chronic stage of the disease. |
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