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| New nanotube compounds deliver uniform conductivity at low loading |
30 June 2000 - RTP Company
Nanotube Compounds, a family of specialty conductive thermoplastic compounds, deliver uniform and precise surface resistivity throughout a resistivity spectrum from strong ESD to strong anti-static, typically 104 to 109 ohms/sq. |
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| FiberSIM software from Composite Design Technologies is selected by Lockheed Martin |
30 June 2000 - VISTAGY
FiberSIM software from Composite Design Technologies, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, has been selected as the tool of choice to perform composites design at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, Fort Worth, Texas. FiberSIM will be used on the Joint Strike Fighter AAD program as well as future programs. |
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| Environmentally friendly, lower-cost alternative fuels, solvents, plastics are on the horizon |
29 June 2000 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Alternative fuels may be one step closer to popular use thanks to the combination of two new technologies. This marriage of technologies is expected to have such a positive impact on the environment that it has just earned one of four Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/greenchemistry/presgcc.htm. |
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| New State Of The Art Technology At Autotype |
29 June 2000 - Autotype International
Autotype, a world leader in industrial and graphic film applications, is opening a new state of the art film coating facility at its global manufacturing and distribution headquarters in Wantage, Oxford. The new facility has been developed at a cost of almost $8 million reaffirming the company's commitment to both breakthrough technology and the local community. |
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| UT Austin researchers announce discoveries on conjugated polymer structure |
28 June 2000 - University of Texas at Austin
Defects in the chemical makeup of conjugated polymers are important keys to the way they function, according to a research team at The University of Texas at AustinĚs department of chemistry and biochemistry. Their research is being published in the June 29 issue of the British scientific journal Nature. The material has potential commercial uses in polymer-based semiconductors or lasers for use in fabricating electronics and light emitting devices such as TV or computer screens. |
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| Negative views of aging increase cardiovascular stress in older persons |
27 June 2000 - Yale University
In the first study of its kind, a Yale-led research team has shown that older individuals' beliefs about aging can have a direct impact on their health. |
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| Bone marrow produces mature liver cells in humans |
26 June 2000 - Yale University
Mature liver cells in humans are generated from bone marrow-derived stem cells, a Yale-NYU team has discovered, paving the way for improved treatment of liver damage and disease. |
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| Fewer calories linked to healthier brains in old age |
26 June 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Eating less may be good for the health of your brain, and may help keep debilitating ailments such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases at bay. That is the message derived from a pathbreaking study that employed a powerful new gene-scanning technique to analyze activity in thousands of genes to create a molecular portrait of the aging brain in mice. |
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| Separation system on the seabed boosts offshore oil recovery by as much as 50 percent |
26 June 2000 - ABB Automation Technologies
Global technology group ABB said today the world's first subsea separation system is now fully operational in an oilfield off the coast of Norway. The ABB installation for Norsk Hydro is located in 350 meters of water in the Troll field, about 60 kilometers west of Bergen, Norway, in the North Sea. |
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| Vishay introduces new package options for military-qualified thin-film chip resistors |
26 June 2000 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology today announced that it is expanding the options for its military-qualified M55342 chip-resistor family with devices in four new case sizes. The new Vishay Thin Film M55342 devices are compliant to the QPL MIL-PRF-55342 specification with established reliability at the 'R' failure rate level of 0.01% per 1000 hours or 'C' non-ER level. |
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| Potential drug therapy may bring hope to post-menopausal female sexual dysfunction sufferers |
26 June 2000 - University of Texas at Austin
A new drug candidate undergoing clinical tests at The University of Texas at Austin has shown significant results in treating female sexual arousal disorder in post-menopausal women. Results of the tests were announced by UT psychologist Cindy Meston Saturday at the 26th conference of the International Academy of Sex Research in Paris, France. |
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| Researchers have find children with cancer with neuropathic pain require more opioids during the final days of life |
22 June 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Cancer patients with neuropathic pain, persistent pain caused by damage to the peripheral or central nervous system, describe the pain symptoms as similar to an electric shock, stabbing or burning. In addition, these patients often show signs of paralysis and pain hypersensitivity. |
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| Weizmann Researchers find evidence that links a molecular mechanism to Huntington's disease |
22 June 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Weizmann researchers have found evidence that an enzyme called transglutaminase may be the 'smoking gun' behind the deadly disease Huntington's disease. Their study is reported in the June 22 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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| Alcan Global Automotive President Unveils AlumineeringSM To European Auto Industry |
22 June 2000 - Alcan Automotive
'Achieving aluminum's full potential in the auto industry will require aluminum companies to rethink the way they serve their customers,' stated Alcan's Donald Macmillan in his address to the Metal Bulletin International Automotive Materials Conference here today. 'The winners will be the companies which can excel in the art of partnership,' he said.
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| Ambicat, a new ambient curing catalyst system from Borealis for Visico moisture crosslinkable cables |
21 June 2000 - Borealis A/S
Ambicat, a new ambient curing catalyst system from Borealis for Visico moisture crosslinkable cables. Borealis has developed a new type of catalyst system for silane moisture curable low voltage power cables, based on a Tin-free compound. The system crosslinks silane copolymer much faster than previous technologies and is suitable for crosslinking also at ambient conditions without need for hot water/sauna. The system has a superior extrudability in terms of scorch retardancy and die drool build-up which permits longer extrusion runs still with excellent smooth insulation surface. |
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| Borealis new high speed XLPE increases productivity by 25% |
21 June 2000 - Borealis A/S
Borealis, one of the leading suppliers of crosslinkable polyethylene for power cables and well know in the field of extra high voltage applications, has developed a modified type of XLPE insulation with considerably improved crosslinking speed. Production speed improvements in excess of 25% have been recorded. The new compound offers higher reactivity and response to peroxide crosslinking at temperatures experienced in the vulcanisation tube without increasing the sensitivity to scorch in the extruder. The invention is built on a proprietary high pressure polyethylene resin. |
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| Borstar, the new process from innovative Borealis |
21 June 2000 - Borealis A/S
Borealis, one of the leading suppliers of polyethylene to the wire and cable industry, has developed a special HDPE-compound for jacketing fibre optical cables. Produced by the proprietary Borstar process, the black jacketing compound HE6067 has extremely low shrink-back properties compared to traditional compounds. Utilising the flexible Borstar process, the compound is designed with a bimodular molecular weight distribution that improves relaxation/shrinkage behaviour while still maintaining excellent environmental stress crack resistance. Low shrinkage and good dimensional stability are essential requirements for optical cables as even the slightest mechanical deformation of the fibre can adversely affect the attenuation and transmission properties. |
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| X-rays, a new way to ensure the cleanliness of semiconductive compounds |
21 June 2000 - Borealis A/S
Borealis, the world's leading supplier of XLPE compounds for high voltage and extra high voltage cables, has developed a new technique for quality control of semiconductive compounds for demanding applications based on soft X-ray technique. It is well known that presence of foreign particles in the semiconductive layers can be a starting point for 'tree-formation' that can eventually grow to a size where the defect leads to a failure and breakdown of the cable. Inorganic grit particles in the size of 50-100Xm originating from the carbon black production process have been found to contain traces of Al, Si, Mg and Ca. These elements have also been found in the ion tracks of trees and have, therefore, been judged as critical for the long time performance of the cables. |
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| Copolymer modified XLPE from Borealis improves life expectancy of MV Cables |
21 June 2000 - Borealis A/S
Degradation of polymeric insulation when subjected to wet conditions, known as water treeing, has been known since the early 1970's. The situation improved drastically by the introduction of extruded outer semiconductive layer, but still the concern for wet-ageing properties demanded for further development of the XLPE insulation material. In the early 1980s copolymer modified XLPE compounds were introduced by Borealis. The are blends of polyethylene homopolymer and specially selected acrylates. |
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| XLPE insulation for DC-application, a new and revolutionary application |
21 June 2000 - Borealis A/S
Polymeric cables have to a great extent replaced fluid-filled cables in AC distribution and partly in AC transmission systems. The situation is, however, different for high voltage DC-systems as the build-up of space charges has been seen as a limiting factor. With the introduction of new solid state AC/DC and DC/AC converters the need for suitable DC-insulation has increased and Borealis has, together with ABB, after several years of co-operation designed a suitable polymeric insulation system. |
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| New non-halogen flame retardant cable insulation |
21 June 2000 - Borealis A/S
The general trend toward non-halogen flame retardant cable insulation is now materialising. A number of major cable suppliers are launching new products to challenge those traditionally used for installation, data, power and control cables as well as flexible cords for white goods, vacuum cleaners, lamps etc. Borealis is participating actively in this development by offering a range of easily extrudable products for this application. The products are based mainly on the patented Casico concept - calcium carbonate + silicone gum + oxygen containing copolymer (EBA or EEA). |
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| Use of a new lens replacement polymer may someday eliminate the need for bifocals |
21 June 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
The material also might eventually mean the end of bifocals and contact lenses for millions of people who suffer from presbyopia, literally 'old vision', a condition that makes it difficult for people over 40 to read without magnification. |
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| New fumigator for stored grain |
21 June 2000 - CSIRO
Australian farmers will be the first to benefit from the production of a portable phosphine fumigator invented by CSIRO. The fumigator is the product of several years' research at CSIRO Entomology's Stored Grain Research Laboratory in Canberra. It has been further developed, and will now be produced and marketed, by the Indian company United Phosphorus Limited under a license from CSIRO. |
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| BU student-built rocket, spectre, launched successfully |
16 June 2000 - Boston University
Four years ago, five undergraduate students at Boston University were faced with a choice: take a final exam in an introductory astronomy class or develop a NASA grant proposal for a rocket experiment. On Tuesday, June 13, a large team of undergraduates, graduate students and faculty watched that proposal take flight. |
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| Weizmann Institute Scientist designs the first general-purpose mechanical computing device |
15 June 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
The first general-purpose mechanical computer designed for biomolecular and
pharmaceutical applications has been developed by Prof. Ehud Shapiro of the
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department at the Weizmann Institute
of Science. The mechanical computer will be presented today at the Fifth
International Meeting on DNA-Based Computers at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. |
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| Weizmann Institute particle detectors used to explore primordial matter in International Collider Project |
14 June 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
The first collisions of particles that will allow scientists to study matter as it existed just after the Big Bang were observed today with the help of unique particle detectors designed and built at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. The collisions marked the launch of the largest experiment of its type at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, intended to simulate the first stage in the creation of matter in the universe. This experiment, called PHENIX, involves some 450 scientists from 11 national groups, including the Israeli team headed by Prof. Itzhak Tserruya of the Weizmann Institute's Particle Physics Department. |
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| ABB in alliance to develop new Web solutions for pulp and paper customers |
14 June 2000 - ABB Automation Technologies
ABB, the global technology group, today announced an alliance with PaperLoop.com, the on-line paper industry marketplace, to jointly develop a new kind of Web portal for the pulp and paper industry. ABB said the alliance is part of its strategy to develop new eBusiness solutions for enhanced customer value. |
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| Researchers make direct images of alignment of magnetic domains on both sides of an interface |
14 June 2000 - DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
For the first time, researchers have made direct images of the alignment of magnetic domains on both sides of an interface between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic films, an example of 'pinning' in the kind of layered magnetic structure vital to today's advanced computer recording heads and to the memory devices of the future. Their accomplishment is reported in the June 15, 2000, issue of the journal Nature. |
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| Researchers make direct images of alignment of magnetic domains on both sides of an interface |
14 June 2000 - DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
For the first time, researchers have made direct images of the alignment of magnetic domains on both sides of an interface between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic films, an example of 'pinning' in the kind of layered magnetic structure vital to today's advanced computer recording heads and to the memory devices of the future. Their accomplishment is reported in the June 15, 2000, issue of the journal Nature. |
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| Styling images unveiled for steel’s Advanced Vehicle Concepts programme |
12 June 2000 - Corus Automotive
Designs reveal two family-orientated vehicles from a single engineering platform
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| Pediatrician's invented head lice shampoo sheds light on age-old problem facing children & parents |
12 June 2000 - Yale University
To combat the prevalent problem of head lice in children, a Yale pediatrician has invented a shampoo that makes the nits visible under ultraviolet lights, making for easier, more effective removal. |
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| Rohm and Haas and Stockhausen form joint venture to manufacture acrylic acid manomer |
10 June 2000 - Rohm & Haas Co
Rohm and Haas Company of Philadelphia, USA and Stockhausen GmbH & Co. KG (a wholly owned subsidiary of Degussa-Hüls AG) of Krefeld, Germany today announced their intent to form a global partnership for the manufacture of acrylic acid by the end of 1999. The 50-50 joint venture will be fully operational by the end of 2000, with combined manufacturing capacity of 330,000 metric tons per year. Rohm and Haas also will acquire Stockhausen's merchant monomer business in Europe. |
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| New Oscillators from Vishay combine 3.3-V input voltage with frequency range to 70 MHz |
09 June 2000 - Vishay Electronic
A pair of clock oscillators featuring a 3.3-V input voltage and a1-MHz to 70-MHz frequency range was announced today by Vishay Intertechnology. |
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| Study finds youth drinkers more likely to drink and drive, get in alcohol-related crashes as adults |
09 June 2000 - Boston University
The BU study, published this week in the Journal of Accident Analysis and Prevention, shows that adults who began drinking before age 14 are seven times more likely to report ever being in an alcohol-related motor vehicle crash than those who began drinking after age 21. In addition, adults who began drinking before age 14 are three times more likely to report driving after drinking too much than those who began after age 21. The magnitude of differences in both categories becomes smaller as the age of drinking onset approaches 21. |
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| Windformer (TM) makes wind power more cost effective, more attractive environmentally |
08 June 2000 - ABB Automation Technologies
ABB, today unveiled a new wind power technology that makes wind farms competitive with conventional large power plants. The Windformer(TM) increases power output by up to 20 percent and cuts lifetime maintenance costs in half. |
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| Morgan Receives Patent For ARGA System
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07 June 2000 - Morgan Construction Company
Morgan Construction Company has received confirmation of its patent for an Automatic Roll Group Alignment (ARGA) System from the United States, Japan and Korea. |
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| Diemaking rules from stock
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06 June 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Saxon, the specialist manufacturer of precision steel rules for cutting, creasing and perforating in the packaging industries has announced the launch of a range of stainless steel rules from stock.
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| Autotype Pops Up with a complete Display Solution |
05 June 2000 - Autotype International
Drawing on its longstanding expertise in hard-coating technology, Autotype International Ltd. is launching a complete, high-quality, durable pop-up display solution, SIGMAGraF Pop Up. This innovative new two-piece system combines the resilience and vibrant image quality of SIGMAGraF film technology with a compatible film backing called Backstop 350.
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| Suicidal thoughts and attempts higher among young people with general medical illnesses |
05 June 2000 - Yale University
A new Yale study reports increased rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts by young adults nationwide with general medical illnesses, such as asthma, bronchitis and cancer. |
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| Scientists at the Weizmann Institute propose a new theory to the mystery of the origin of life |
05 June 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
One of the greatest mysteries, which continuously fascinate many scientists worldwide, concerns the way by which life emerged on primeval Earth. The accepted notion is that prior to the appearance of living organisms, there was a stage of chemical evolution, which involved selection within inanimate chemical mixtures. This is thought to have eventually led to the crucial moment, when self-replicating molecules arose. As self-replication is a most fundamental characteristic of living entities, such an event is often defined as the birth of life. |
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| A promising new weapon against cancer has begun clinical trials at Oxford BioMedica |
05 June 2000 - Boston University
A promising new weapon against cancer, developed by scientists at Boston University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has begun clinical trials at Oxford BioMedica, a British company specializing in the application of gene-based therapeutics. A recent licensing agreement extended a 1997 agreement giving Oxford BioMedica broad access to the use of the family of cytochrome P450 enzymes for cancer gene therapy. |
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| Women teaching at medical schools perceive that they are discriminated against and sexually harassed |
05 June 2000 - Boston University
Many women teaching at medical schools perceive that they are discriminated against and sexually harassed, according to a study from Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston University School of Medicine. Men seem to be relatively unaware of the problems and much less affected by them. |
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| Boston University astronomers announced today the discovery of an enormous tail of sodium gas |
02 June 2000 - Boston University
Boston University astronomers announced today the discovery of an enormous tail of sodium gas stretching to great distances from the moon. The observations were made at the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas, on nights following the Leonid meteor shower of November 1998. The tail of sodium gas was seen to distances of at least 500,000 miles from the moon, changing its appearances over three consecutive nights. These results were presented on Tuesday, June 1, at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Boston. Complete papers will appear in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters in its June 15th edition. |
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| Multifractal analysis uncovers differences between healthy and unhealthy hearts |
02 June 2000 - Boston University
In a paper published in Nature this week, scientists from Boston University’s Center for Polymer Studies describe a new technique derived from modern physics that can help doctors distinguish between a healthy heart and one that is headed for trouble. |
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| People who regularly consume alcoholic had one-half risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease |
01 June 2000 - Boston University
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have shown that people who regularly consume alcoholic beverages had approximately one-half the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease when compared to non-drinkers. These finding appear in the recent issue of the journal Alzheimer’s Reports. |
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| M&G acquires Shell Chemicals' global PET business |
01 June 2000 - M&G Group
On 1st June, 2000, the Mossi & Ghisolfi Group (M&G) acquired the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) business of Shell Chemical Companies and finalises the transaction announced on February 3rd, 2000.
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| Surviving spouses in unhappy marriages have fewer health problems than survivors in happy marriages |
01 June 2000 - Yale University
The surviving spouse in an unhappy marriage is likely to have fewer health problems than a spouse who loses his or her partner in a happy marriage, a Yale study shows. |
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| HP 9000 V-Class Enterprise Server powers FLUENT'S motor-sports consulting business |
01 June 2000 - Fluent
Hewlett-Packard Company and Fluent Inc., a market leader in computational fluid dynamics software, announced today that Fluent(TM) has procured a 16-processor HP 9000 V2250 Enterprise Server to support Fluent's growing motor-sports consulting business. In a never-ending quest to find more speed, motor-sports teams are relying more and more on CFD software, such as Fluent's, to evaluate race-car designs and configurations. According to Fluent, this increased demand on CFD usage is responsible for the company's growing motor-sports business, both in consulting and end-user licensing. |
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