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| A new potent greenhouse gas of industrial origin has been discovered in the atmosphere |
28 July 2000 - Max Planck Society
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, from the School of Environmental Science at University of East Anglia/ UK, Ford Motor Company/USA, University of Reading/UK, University of Frankfurt and British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council in Cambridge/UK have detected a previously unreported compound in the atmosphere, trifluoromethyl sulphur pentaflouride (SF5CF3). The increase of this peculiar gas in the atmosphere is coupled with the increase of the very inert gas sulfur hexaflouride (SF6), suggesting a common source. |
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| New drug may be useful for patients hospitalized with acute congestive heart failure |
26 July 2000 - Boston University
There is new hope for the more than one million patients hospitalized in the United States each year with acute congestive heart failure according to an article published in this week's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. |
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| Researchers find lowering systolic blood pressure reduces incidence of stroke |
26 July 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Researchers have found that many strokes can be prevented by medications that lower isolated systolic hypertension, a condition that appears after the age of 55 and increases with age. Historically, physicians have paid more attention to diastolic blood pressure, but this study found that lowering systolic pressure below 160 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury) lowered the stroke rate by one third. And decreasing systolic pressure to lower than 150 reduced stroke risk even more. |
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| New voltage divider family combines ultra-precision performance with miniaturized surface-mount package |
24 July 2000 - Vishay Electronic
The industry's first surface-mount voltage divider family to combine ratio tracking as low as 0.1 ppm/°C with ratio match tolerances as low as ±0.005% was announced by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. |
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| New science for bubble trouble |
24 July 2000 - CSIRO
CSIRO scientists have found a solution to bubble trouble that has plagued Australian industry for years. CSIRO has developed computer software called StreamTone that can deliver the best bubbles for just about any biotechnology, mining or manufacturing application. |
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| Researchers have discovered a gene that appears to be critical for maintaining a healthy sense of balance in mice |
23 July 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Balance is determined and regulated by the vestibular system, which is housed in the inner ear. To detect gravity, a cluster of particles called otoconia rests atop hair cells lining the inner ear. Like a water buoy guided by the movement of waves, otoconia are displaced as the body moves. As otoconia move, they shift the hair cells, which triggers the cells to send messages to the brain. |
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| New pasture grass a boost for graziers |
21 July 2000 - CSIRO
Atlas PG is a new phalaris grass being released by CSIRO for the coming planting season that will help Australian graziers boost wool and meat production. 'Limited amounts of Atlas PG will be available to growers in time for next year's planting,' says Dr Richard Culvenor, CSIRO Plant Industry. |
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| Researchers discover cellular mechanisms for delivering genetic therapies |
20 July 2000 - University of Texas at Austin
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a mechanism for targeting exact locations on strands of DNA that could greatly expand basic genetic research, open the door to new possibilities in genetic engineering and improve the ability to fight diseases, including cancer and HIV, on the genetic level. |
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| Power generation technology research and development |
20 July 2000 - Georgia Institute of Technology
The program includes more than 20 projects in mechanical, aerospace and materials engineering, electronics and computer engineering, and other Web-based applications. The work will take place predominantly at Georgia Tech by its faculty and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, which includes post-doctorate and graduate students. Additional R&D will be done at GE Power Systems' Energy Services division in Atlanta, at GE's Gas Turbine plant in Greenville, S.C., and at GE Power Systems and the GE Corporate Research & Development Center in Schenectady, N.Y. as appropriate. |
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| It's a perfect protein match |
20 July 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Biochemist, turned protein matchmaker, Dr. Gideon Schreiber of the Weizmann Institute of Science and doctoral student Tziki Seltzer, took their fate to heart. Working with colleagues at the Biological Chemistry Department, they developed a computer algorithm which calculates the rate at which two proteins associate, using it to fashion proteins with increased affinity - of a hundred times or more. Their achievement, recently appearing in Nature Structural Biology, holds much promise for the pharmaceutical and food industries, since protein complexes are fundamental to many life processes. |
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| The heat is on... and measured |
20 July 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Evaluating how temperature affects superconductor performance has become far more precise, thanks to a recent development by Weizmann Institute Scientists.
Unique in their capacity to conduct electricity without resistance, superconductors may serve to transport electric currents across vast distances and can be used in a variety of industrial and transportation technologies. A considerable number of these innovations are based on the ability to manipulate the way in which superconductors are penetrated by magnetic fields. |
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| Feel the beat |
20 July 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Scientists have long known that sensory information such as touch, vision, and hearing is converted into electrochemical impulses and channeled by neuronal pathways to respective sensory areas in the brain. The data, organized in the same spatial pattern as that obtained by the sensory organs, is then processed to divulge its encrypted messages. |
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| Crystal Polymers site to cease operating |
19 July 2000 - M&G Group
The management of Mossi & Ghisolfi (M&G) has today announced the closure of its Crystal Polymers operation at Glanford in Lincolnshire. The plant will cease trading from 1st October, 2000.
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| Stress testing may not be necessary for most older persons starting an exercise program |
18 July 2000 - Yale University
Commonly recommended exercise stress testing for older persons may deter many of them from participating in highly beneficial exercise programs, Yale researchers report. |
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| RTP Company introduces Nylon 6 nanocomposite for extruded film or sheet |
17 July 2000 - RTP Company
RTP Company, has developed a new product for film or sheet extrusion that incorporates organo-clay hybrids into nylon via the compounding process. This form of lightweight nanocomposite requires a mere 2-8% loading to exhibit equivalent or better properties than typical mineral-filled compounds with 20-30% loadings. |
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| Clean green way to dye wool takes off |
17 July 2000 - CSIRO
An Australian-invented method for dyeing wool is poised to revolutionise the way elite quality fashion fabrics are coloured in the 21st Century. CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology announced today it has licensed its
acclaimed Sirolan-LTD wool dyeing technology to Australia Pacific Specialty Chemical Limited, APS, in partnership with The Woolmark Company. |
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| Sandia researchers push Z machine to new limits to test radiation effects |
16 July 2000 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have pushed the Z machine, the world's most powerful X-ray source, to new limits using it to test effects of radiation on materials in experiments designed to mimic the response that would occur near a hostile nuclear explosion. |
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| Nine leading IC makers sign up with ASML to develop 157nm lithography solutions |
13 July 2000 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
Nine leading-edge semiconductor manufacturers have joined ASML's industry-wide 157nm lithography technology program, which the lithography equipment leader launched 11 months ago. Advanced Micro Devices, Infineon, Motorola, Philips, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, ST Microelectronics and three other top ten IC manufacturers have joined ASML and its strategic technology partners, including Carl Zeiss, in the program to extend imaging capabilities and deliver 157nm lithography systems for advanced IC manufacturing by 2003. |
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| Scientists uncover the secret to movement in super-cooled water |
12 July 2000 - Boston University
H. Eugene Stanley and colleagues at the Center for Polymer Studies at Boston University and at the Universitá di Roma La Sapienza have created a computer model that is useful in understanding how molecules move through super-cooled water. Papers in the current issue of the journal Nature and in May 15th issue of Physical Review Letters describe the results of their work, which was supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation. |
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| Two-for-one special: industrial enzymes and food grown in one plant |
12 July 2000 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Some crops are grown for food while others are grown to produce consumer products, but a special group of potato plants now is doing both at once. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a specialized capability to control genes that are transplanted into a plant. Researchers are able to direct desirable traits into a specific portion of a plant, allowing dual-use of one crop. |
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| New TrenchFETs set to support 42-V automotive systems |
12 July 2000 - Vishay Electronic
In a move to support the upcoming transition to a 42-V bus in automobiles, Siliconix incorporated, an 80.4%-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc, today announced a series ofTrenchFET power MOSFETs that give designers new options for forthcoming passenger car designs and for commercial diesel vehicle applications wherea higher-voltage standard is already in use. |
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| New solutions for slew-rate controlled switching |
12 July 2000 - Vishay Electronic
Siliconix incorporated, an 80.4%-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc, is shipping three new devicesfor slew-rate controlled switching, instant power-on, and battery disconnect functions in notebook and desktop computers. |
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| New software links design and manufacturing of composite parts |
11 July 2000 - VISTAGY
The improved Composite Engineering Environment module just introduced by Composite Design Technologies provides its FiberSIM suite of software with the tools necessary to provide a seamless link from design to manufacturing. CEE previously allowed engineers to easily organize a composite laminate, add, delete, or reorganize plies as well as generate documentation directly from the 3D CAD model. The recent improvements to CEE make it fully compatible with CDT's entire line of FiberSIM software tools that support the engineering of composites from the initial stages of part and ply definition all the way through to manufacturing. |
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| ASML MaskTools licenses scattering-bar technology to IBM |
10 July 2000 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML MaskTools, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASML, today announced that International Business Machines has licensed ASML MaskTools patented scattering-bar technology for fabrication of application-specific integrated circuits with 130nm (0.13 micron) design rules. |
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| ASML launches new TWINSCAN 300mm lithography platform |
10 July 2000 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
A new 300mm lithography platform enabling the highest productivity at the limits of optical technology has been announced by ASML, a world leader in semiconductor photolithography systems. The new platform and the first system in this new product family, the AT:700S(tm) scanner, were introduced today at the annual SEMICON/West trade show. |
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| Fluent Inc. announces CFD software for plasma modeling |
10 July 2000 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., and Kinema Research & Software, a technology leader in the field of plasma modeling, announce that they will develop a joint software product for the semiconductor industry. The new product, a computer aided engineering tool for plasma simulation, links Fluent's FLUENTTM CFD package with Kinema's PLASMATOR software, supporting users with best-in-class CFD software for design and analysis of plasma-related applications. |
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| Introduced by ESAB Ltd is the OK Pipeweld IT range of electrodes |
07 July 2000 - ESAB Group
Just introduced by ESAB Ltd is the OK Pipeweld IT range of electrodes offered in product grades AWS E6010, E7010 and E8010. |
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| Electrochemical Microstructuring, a new tool for three dimensional micromachining |
07 July 2000 - Max Planck Society
Miniaturization of mechanical parts and complete machines has been identified as a future technology. For example, very small gearwheels might find application in medical tools as well as in sensors. However, the fabrication of small parts of dimension in micrometer is still a challenge. Scientists at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, now developed a simple electrochemical procedure to fabricate such three-dimensional microstructures. |
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| What happens when genetic information is not correctly edited in brain cells |
06 July 2000 - Max Planck Society
A correlation between impaired editing of RNA and epilepsy is reported by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg/Germany. They succeeded in correcting the defect by genetic manipulation in the mouse. |
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| Solar technology breakthrough |
06 July 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
An innovative solar power system was presented at the ISES congress. The system has been under development since 1996, within the framework of the US-Israel Science and Technology Foundation, by a consortium, which includes BOEING, ORMAT, and Rotem Industries in collaboration with the Weizmann Institute of Science. The initial technologies were developed within the solar consortium Consolar in the framework of MAGNET program of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The system makes it possible to power state of the art combined cycle power plants by both natural gas and solar energy. Gas fired power plants built today with provision for the addition of solar collectors will be usable in the future as solar powered power plants. When powered by solar energy, the efficiency of the plants will be much higher that of photovoltaic cells. |
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| Sandia researchers develop world's fastest encryptor |
05 July 2000 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
The world's fastest encryption device, developed at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories, should soon be protecting data being transmitted from supercomputers, workstations, telephones and video terminals. It encrypts data at more than 6.7 billion bits per second, 10 times faster than any other known encryptor. |
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| New delivery forms for wire
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03 July 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Steel has developed new and environmentally friendly coil and spool forms of delivering spring wire to its customers. Designed for easy handling and to maximise productivity for the customer, Sandvik coils and spools are recyclable.
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| Weizmann Institute Scientists develop a potential future treatment for Myasthenia Gravis |
01 July 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Weizmann Institute researchers have developed an effective treatment, administered through the nose, for a myasthenia gravis-like disease in rats, according to a report in the July 6 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The new approach used in the study may serve as a basis for treating myasthenia gravis in humans. 'More studies will be necessary before applying our approach in clinical trials, but we have good reason to believe that an effective treatment for human patients can now be developed,' said research team leader Prof. Sara Fuchs of the Institute's Immunology Department. |
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| Self-Healing discovered in a solar cell material |
01 July 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Self-healing is normally the province of living creatures, but now a Weizmann Institute-led research team has discovered that it can occur in a semiconductor. This finding, presented in June at the European Materials Research Conference in Strasbourg and soon to be published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials, may help create better solar cells and other electronic devices. |
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| DNA becomes organized in bacteria that are subjected to various conditions of stress |
01 July 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
DNA becomes remarkably organized in bacteria that are subjected to various conditions of stress, Weizmann Institute scientists reported in the July 1 issue of Nature. The tightly packed structure promotes the ability of the cells to withstand extreme environmental assaults such as oxidating agents and starvation.
The finding may one day contribute to the development of more general methods against bacterial diseases. In addition, if a link is found between the mechanisms allowing bacteria to survive under stress, and those that render bacteria resistant against various chemical agents, chemotherapy could be efficiently used against pathological bacteria which have become resistant towards other methods. |
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