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| Roll Up, Roll Up For SIGMAGraF Graphics From Autotype |
30 August 2000 - Autotype International
Autotype International Ltd. is launching a complete solution for high-quality roll-up display graphics, called the SIGMAGraF Roll-up System. This innovative and unique two-part system combines the resilience and vibrant image quality of SIGMAGraF film technology, with a compatible film backing called Backstop 25, to guarantee stunning roll-up graphics that can be used time and time again.
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| New Alloys For Automotive Exhaust Systems Offer Lower Cost Or Improved Performance |
30 August 2000 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
Two new high-temperature alloys from Carpenter Technology Corporation may offer either cost or performance advantages to the manufacturers of exhaust system components for cars, trucks, buses and other highway vehicles. |
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| Israeli research team discovers the gene for an hereditary disorder occurring most commonly in Ashkenazi Jews |
30 August 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
A team of researchers from the Hadassah Medical Organization and the Weizmann Institute of Science has uncovered a gene causing Mucolipidosis IV (ML4), a rare hereditary disorder characterized by severe mental and motor retardation as well as vision abnormalities. This is one of the few cases in which a team composed entirely of Israeli scientists has discovered a gene for a genetic disease. Their findings will appear in the September issue of Nature Genetics. |
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| HVDC Light technology key to 40-kilometer subsea link |
30 August 2000 - ABB Automation Technologies
ABB, has won a US$ 120-million order to supply the transmission system for the HVDC (high-voltage direct current) Cross-Sound Cable subsea power interconnection linking Connecticut and Long Island, New York, in the U.S. |
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| Energy funnel found in conjugated polymers used in LED displays |
25 August 2000 - University of Texas at Austin
The conjugated polymer molecules used in Light Emitting Displays in computers funnel energy to single points, according to a research team at The University of Texas at Austin's department of chemistry and biochemistry. Their research has been published in the Friday issue of the journal Science. Researchers said the discovery has potential uses in future polymer-based semiconductors. |
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| Exercise may reduce the risk of impotence |
25 August 2000 - Boston University
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and the New England Research Institutes report that physical activity at a level of at least 200 calories a day, the equivalent of as walking briskly for two miles, may reduce a man's risk of developing erectile dysfunction/ED (impotence). |
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| A new three-year public-private research initiative |
24 August 2000 - DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
A new three-year public-private research initiative, which will target substantial reductions in the $100 billion spent annually in energy costs for commercial buildings, has been launched under the leadership of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
More than $13 million in research funding has been committed by the California Energy Commission, the DOE, private sector partners and Pacific Gas & Electric. |
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| A new three-year public-private research initiative |
24 August 2000 - DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
A new three-year public-private research initiative, which will target substantial reductions in the $100 billion spent annually in energy costs for commercial buildings, has been launched under the leadership of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
More than $13 million in research funding has been committed by the California Energy Commission, the DOE, private sector partners and Pacific Gas & Electric. |
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| Scientist puts cancer under fierce new light |
23 August 2000 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gelsomina De Stasio speaks English and Italian with equal fluency. But when she speaks of a 'multi-lingual approach' to curing cancer, it has little to do with either language. De Stasio, a physics professor and one of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's new strategic hires, talks about multilingual science: a hybrid of physics, chemistry, biology and oncology that is guiding her to new approaches to fighting lethal cancers. |
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| Engineers discover procedure that can make tissue temporarily transparent |
21 August 2000 - University of Texas at Austin
By manipulating the way light passes through tissue, a biomedical engineering research team at The University of Texas at Austin has taken a step toward what was once the realm of science fiction. The researchers have made tiny bits of flesh transparent for brief periods of time in the lab. |
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| New IC offers compatibility with ceramic capacitors |
21 August 2000 - Vishay Electronic
A new low-dropout regulator that allows the use of either ceramic 2.2-mF capacitors or tantalum capacitors on the input and output in power conversion designs was announced today by Siliconix incorporated, an 80.4%-owned subsidiary of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. Intended to provide power to the signal processing componentsin digital cell phones, the new Vishay Siliconix Si9182DH improves performance over previous-generation ICs |
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| One of the World's Most Powerful Revolvers Gets Lift from Aerospace Alloys |
15 August 2000 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
The new Ruger Super Redhawk .454 Casull is one of the most powerful commercially available revolvers in the world, and a classic study in creative materials management and design. |
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| Improved Machinability Offered By New Project 7000® Stainless Type 416 |
15 August 2000 - Carpenter Technology Corporation
Substantially improved machinability is offered by Project 7000® stainless Type 416, latest in the line of Project 7000 stainless alloys developed by Carpenter Technology Corp., Reading, PA.
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| New addition to family of industrial imaging computers features more power and desktop PC performance |
14 August 2000 - Matrox VITE
Matrox Imaging's 4Sight-II industrial computer offers more power, desktop PC performance, flexible video capture and leading-edge graphics capabilities. This latest addition to the 4Sight family of self-contained imaging platforms includes the tools OEMs and integrators need to build cost-effective machine vision, medical imaging and surveillance applications.
4Sight-II integrates image processing, display, networking and general purpose I/Os, and can acquire from just about any video source, including IEEE-1394 cameras. Some of the key PC technologies found on this system include an embedded Intel Celeron or Pentium-III processor for applied computing, as well as Matrox's own G450 graphics controller, featuring Dualhead display technology and graphics overlay on live video output. |
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| Food and cancer prevention |
14 August 2000 - CSIRO
'A diet which includes cereals, fruits and vegetables is likely to offer the best protection,' said Professor Richard Head, Chief of CSIRO Health Sciences and Nutrition. |
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| Comfortable low-weight pram in high-strength steel |
12 August 2000 - SSAB Tunnplåt AB
Emmaljunga, the Swedish pram, pushchair and stroller manufacturer, has developed a new pram in extra high-strength steel. Merits include its low weight, excellent suspension and shock absorption, high resistance to tensile stress and environmentally-adapted production of a totally recyclable chassis. The company describes the new pram as more comfortable for the child compared to pram chassis made of other materials. |
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| DSM EPP offers unique computer software for selecting plastic stock shapes |
10 August 2000 - Quadrant EPP
The first computerized database for plastic stock shapes is available from DSM Engineering Plastic Products. The unique software program, which is very user friendly, provides extensive property data and information about available shapes and sizes. |
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| New stainless steel alloy for wirelines
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10 August 2000 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
A new stainless steel alloy for wirelines has been developed by Swedish steelmaker Sandvik Steel for use in highly corrosive oil and gas well environments. Already established as a leading supplier of wirelines in a range of material qualities, Sandvik has developed the new steel to meet the needs of well service companies operating sour wells at ever greater depths.
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| Autotype FootPrint On TV |
09 August 2000 - Autotype International
Autotype FootPrint Floor Graphics System is leaving its mark on the world of TV and Film. FootPrint is a highly scratch and slip resistant material, developed by Autotype specifically for applying high quality graphics directly to floor areas. FootPrint has excellent clarity and image resolution combined with a high degree of transparency, and can be produced in every size and image/text combination.
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| Alcan Aluminum Recognized as 'Best of the Best' by Customers In Automotive Industries' Quest for Excellence Awards
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08 August 2000 - Alcan Automotive
The AlumineeringSM efforts of Alcan Global Automotive Products have earned the aluminum producer recognition as one of the 'best of the best' automotive suppliers in Automotive Industries' third annual Quest for Excellence awards.
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| Children may look to parents for eating and weight loss attitudes and behaviours |
08 August 2000 - Yale University
College-age women are particularly sensitive to perceived criticism about eating and weight from their mothers in forming their own eating and weight attitudes and behaviors, a study by Yale researchers shows. |
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| Researchers identify brain proteins targeted by alcohols and other anesthetics |
08 August 2000 - University of Texas at Austin
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University have released the strongest evidence to date that alcohols and surgical anesthetics, like other drugs, bind to specific sites on proteins in the brain. |
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| BTG acquires novel technology for the treatment of cytokine mediated disorders |
05 August 2000 - BTG
BTG plc has acquired, for licensing, a novel gene therapy approach for the treatment of numerous disorders that are known to be associated with excess production of specific cytokines. These disorders include asthma, allergic symptoms, septic shock syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis. This technology was developed by Dr Richard Zheng of Queen Mary and Westfield College, UK and Dr Peter Eagles of King's College London, UK. |
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| Fast instruments to discover new drugs, fast! |
01 August 2000 - CSIRO
A new generation of instruments for rapidly screening potential pharmaceutical drugs is the goal of a new research partnership. CSIRO and Axon Instruments Inc. have announced that they will collaborate in the development of these high speed, high volume instruments. |
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| UMC to use ASML MaskTools scattering-bar technology in manufacturing World s largest FPGA |
01 August 2000 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML MaskTools today announced that UMC, a leading semiconductor foundry, has licensed ASML MaskTools optical extension technology for manufacturing advanced semiconductors with 150nm design rules. |
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| New molecule boosts stem cell survival |
01 August 2000 - Weizmann Institute of Science
Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a molecule that allows blood stem cells, the body's most primitive, immature cells that originate in the bone marrow, to multiply without maturation in the test tube. This achievement, described in the August issue of the journal Blood, may improve bone marrow transplantation, in which stem cells are infused into a patient to replace defective or malignant marrow. The study may also advance gene therapy research. The new molecule was developed by Prof. Michel Revel and Dr. Judith Chebath of the Molecular Genetics Department, and its effects on blood stem cells were studied by Dr Tsvee Lapidot and graduate students Orit Kollet and Ronit Aviram of the Immunology Department. |
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| Researchers begin study to find genes involved in depression |
01 August 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Theodore Reich, M.D., the Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Psychiatry and professor of genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will help lead an international team of geneticists in a three-year study that will attempt to uncover the genetic basis of depression. |
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| Researchers learn more about the bladder’s response to infection |
01 August 2000 - Washington University in St Louis
Scientists studying how the bladder responds to bacteria that cause urinary tract infections are now closer to understanding why these infections keep coming back.
UTIs afflict one in four American women at some point in their lives, as well as some men. Intense pain, burning and frequent urination are among the symptoms. UTIs frequently recur. A person who has had one infection is 25% more likely to have another. |
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