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| Does shortening length of stay reduce or shift costs? |
30 April 2001 - Boston University
Hospitals may be saving money because coronary artery bypass surgery patients are being discharged sooner, but surgeons from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center have shown that costs are actually being shifted to other health care providers. Because CABG patients subsequently utilize outpatient nursing services and extended care facilities upon discharge from the hospital, or may be readmitted to the hospital, what appears to be cost savings is actually cost shifting. These findings appear in the April 27, 2001 issue of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. |
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| BOC Edwards Introduces Fabsense Instrumentation Solutions |
27 April 2001 - BOC Gases
BOC Edwards has introduced FabSense Instrumentation Solutions, a range of cost effective, on-line instrumentation products designed for installation at key locations in a semiconductor fab to provide continuous, real-time monitoring capability. FabSense addresses the challenges of contamination control, overall equipment effectiveness and environmental safety and health. |
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| New Generation of Steel Makes the Next Generation of Heavy Duty Vehicle Bodies |
27 April 2001 - SSAB Oxelosund
HARDOX 450 is a new extra high-strength wear plate being used to develop a new concept of body construction for trucks and dumpers. |
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| Future of laser is bright blue |
27 April 2001 - Georgia Institute of Technology
William S. Rees, Jr. imagines a future where we will carry all of the information that we would ever need, our driver's license, credit cards, security codes, even our mother-in-law's phone number, on a CD-like disk the size of a dime. With the same data storage capability that would make this possible, we could also put the entire Library of Congress on a single 12-inch disk. The key to this future is the production of a commercially viable blue laser, what Wired Magazine calls 'the Holy Grail, the closest the semiconductor biz comes to pure sex.' |
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| Students unveil concept of lidding, crossing downtown connector |
27 April 2001 - Georgia Institute of Technology
In early December 2000, Gov. Roy Barnes made public his desire to see a plaza or park structure built across Atlanta's Downtown Connector at 5th Street, a structure that would link the Georgia Tech campus to land east of the Connector. |
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| Welding consumables for maintenance and repair |
27 April 2001 - ESAB Group
ESAB has published a new 'Repair and Maintenance Welding Brochure', which details a range of MMA electrodes and cored wires to suit the majority of today's repair and maintenance applications. |
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| Great success with the new process control system from ESAB |
27 April 2001 - ESAB Group
ESAB's recently introduced PEH Process Controller has been well received by the world-wide welding market, with more than 1000 units having been delivered in recent months |
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| Video Surveillance for tomorrow's stadia with Autotex |
26 April 2001 - Autotype International
A novel control system for video surveillance equipment developed by the German company Wöhr GmbH clearly captures current trends in user interface design. The control elements are based entirely on membrane switches.
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| Eighth Morgan Mill Receives Bekaert Quality Award
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26 April 2001 - Morgan Construction Company
When Belgo Mineira's steel plant in Monlevade, Brazil, received The Bekaert Group's Vincent Gaeremynck Award earlier this year, it marked the eighth time since the Award was first presented in 1988 that the recipient produces rod steel using Morgan technology. |
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| Fluent Inc. and Concepts NREC announce strategic partnership |
26 April 2001 - Fluent
Fluent Inc., and Concepts NREC, today announced the formation of a strategic partnership to provide comprehensive design and analysis software tools for turbomachinery applications. Combining Concepts NREC's world-renowned expertise in turbomachinery design with Fluent's market and technology leadership in CFD, the collaboration will offer best-in-class software tools by bundling Fluent's general purpose CFD software with Concepts NREC's Agile Engineering Design System software. Under the terms of the partnership, both companies will sell the bundled software. |
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| Ticks now found to carry a new infectious agent related to the Lyme disease bacteria |
26 April 2001 - Yale University
The pin dot-sized deer ticks responsible for more than 100,000 cases of Lyme disease nationwide are now found to carry yet another new and infectious organism, a Yale researcher has found. |
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| New machine measures coating thickness |
25 April 2001 - CSIRO
Paper makers, the steel and aluminum and food packaging industries may benefit from a new instrument that can measure the thickness of a fine coating as it is being applied. |
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| Detecting eccentric tubes |
25 April 2001 - CSIRO
A new machine is helping to solve a major problem for manufacturers of tubes and pipes, checking that the pipe walls are of uniform thickness. According to CSIRO researcher Dr Ken Hews-Taylor, the Tube Eccentricity Measurement System will save tube manufacturers a lot of money, in the order of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. |
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| New technology could spur growth in photovoltaic panels |
24 April 2001 - DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have surpassed a record for electricity produced by solar cells made from cadmium telluride, a development that could help meet expanding demand for solar systems. |
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| BTG to license innovative 'light-switchable' technology developed by Smith & Nephew |
24 April 2001 - BTG
BTG International, a world leader in technology transfer, has signed an agreement with Smith & Nephew, the global medical device company, to commercialise certain applications of Smith & Nephew's innovative light switchable adhesive technology. |
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| Carnegie Mellon researchers are developing a new molecular template for drug makers |
24 April 2001 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
Chemical engineering researchers Andy Gellman and David Sholl are developing new solid surfaces that can be used to distinguish between the 'left-handed' and 'right-handed' versions of molecules that appear identical. Both researchers are developing surfaces that will help the pharmaceutical industry determine the molecular properties of drugs. |
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| Blood flow to brain indicates when recovering cocaine addicts are able to bBenefit from talk therapy |
24 April 2001 - Yale University
Measuring blood flow to the brain may be a useful way to determine when a recovering cocaine addict is able to benefit from cognitive behavior therapy as a treatment for cocaine addiction, a Yale researcher has found. |
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| Anders Ullberg at SSAB'S General Meeting |
24 April 2001 - SSAB
In his address to the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders in Borlänge, SSAB's CEO, Anders Ullberg gave several examples of SSAB's niche orientation and how this contributes to strengthening SSAB's position on the market.
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| Unchanged profit |
24 April 2001 - SSAB
SSAB today presented its accounts for the first quarter. Despite a weaker steel market, profit after financial items was largely unchanged and amounted to SEK 465 (478) million.
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| New cutting machine control suits all disciplines |
24 April 2001 - ESAB Group
ESAB Automation, in a development designed to meet the move towards unmarked cutting operations, has developed a range of controller and software programming systems that provide fully integrated cutting process solutions. The controllers can select automatically the optimum cutting conditions for any specification or thickness of material. |
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| New technology reduces noxious emissions |
23 April 2001 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
By combining an electrically charged gas with a specialized catalyst, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have successfully reduced harmful oxides of nitrogen in a diesel engine by half. Laboratory results show even greater reductions are possible. |
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| UT Austin engineers develop light-emitting silicon crystals for flat panel displays & lasers |
23 April 2001 - University of Texas at Austin
Solving a problem that has eluded scientists and engineers for more than a decade, two professors at The University of Texas at Austin College of Engineering have devised a method to make silicon shine. Their tiny, highly efficient, light-emitting spherical silicon crystals hold great promise for future applications ranging from laser technology to flat panel displays such as computer monitors and TV screens. |
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| A promising investigational drug called may become a useful new treatment for acute congestive heart failure |
22 April 2001 - Boston University
A promising investigational drug called nesiritide may become a useful new treatment for the one million Americans hospitalized each year with acute congestive heart failure, according to a comprehensive review article published in this week's issue of the Journal of Cardiac Failure. |
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| Researchers are embarking on first-of-its-kind drug study of a treatment that may reverse damaging effects of emphysema |
21 April 2001 - Boston University
Boston University School of Medicine researchers are embarking on a first-of-its-kind drug study of a treatment that may reverse the damaging effects of emphysema. The Feasibility of Retinoid Therapy for Emphysema study, is a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute funded clinical trial that will test retinoic acid, a vitamin A derivative, in treating emphysema. |
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| RTP Company develops compounds for electronic component |
21 April 2001 - RTP Company
RTP Company, a global leader in specialty compounding, introduces Electronic Component Encapsulation Compounds, (ec)2. These thermoplastic compounds are superior to standard thermoset encapsulation grade materials in protecting sensitive microelectronic components from moisture and other environmental conditions. They're ideal for packaging resistors, integrated circuits, capacitors, and fiber optic connectors. |
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| New miniaturized reflective optical sensor |
20 April 2001 - Vishay Electronic
A new reflective optical sensor that incorporates a miniaturized profile and a surface-mountable design well suited for the high-speed assembly of space-constrained end products was released today by Vishay Intertechnology. |
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| Polyurethane Coatings Help Keep the Writing Off the Wall at the San Antonio River Walk |
17 April 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
A polyurethane anti-graffiti coating is helping San Antonio maintain the beauty of its premier tourist attraction and reduce city maintenance costs at the same time. The city chose the coating system after the concrete underside walls of the north channel of the San Antonio River had been repeatedly defaced with graffiti. |
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| One gene found to command many others to build a wing |
17 April 2001 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
That scenario, where a single gene orchestrates the construction of a fruit fly wing by commanding a network of many other genes, is described in the Friday, April 13 edition of the journal Science by a team of researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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| Researchers link failed cell division, Alzheimer's disease |
17 April 2001 - Case Western Reserve University
Researchers have uncovered a key piece of missing evidence in the proof that nerve cell death in Alzheimer's disease is caused by a failed attempt at cell division. They have found a significant number of brain cells in Alzheimer's patients with extra copies of chromosomes, showing attempts at cell division in cells that are not supposed to divide. This effort to divide is the likely cause of the nerve degeneration and dementia in Alzheimer's disease, say the researchers. |
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| New weapon in war against heart disease |
17 April 2001 - CSIRO
CSIRO scientists are researching an important new weapon in the war against heart disease, plant sterols. Plant sterols are natural ingredients in the cell walls of many everyday foods including nuts, seeds and vegetables, but at quite low levels according to CSIRO scientist Dr Peter Clifton. |
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| Sandia discovery about proteins may help clean up pollutants, find cures for diseases |
16 April 2001 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
A discovery linking the shape of a unit called the heme in a protein to protein function may prove useful in a range of scientific advances, including finding cures for diseases and cleaning up pollutants, says discoverer John Shelnutt, a physicist at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories. The first time such a correlation has been made, the discovery is being heralded by the biochemical and biophysical communities as one of the most intriguing new findings about proteins in recent years. |
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| New ABB technology expands Yanshan's ethylene capacity |
16 April 2001 - ABB Automation Technologies
ABB has announced that the SINOPEC Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Company's ethylene complex in Beijing, China has passed the performance test for the expansion project. The expanded ethylene capacity is now 710,000 metric tons per annum. |
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| Small fuel processor powers light-weight soldiers’ system |
13 April 2001 - DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
When 21st century soldiers suit up for the battlefield in helmets featuring image displays and laser range finders, one of their most important accessories may be a new power generator so lightweight a soldier can carry it with him. The 'soldier-portable generator' is being developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Command. |
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| New radiation technique benefits patients with nasal-passage cancer |
12 April 2001 - Washington University in St Louis
Patients with advanced cancer of the nasal passages who receive a combination of chemotherapy and a cutting-edge radiation technique called intensity modulated radiation therapy live longer than patients who receive conventional radiation, according to a new study by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. |
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| Refined in Europe, Rotational Casting of Polyurethane Coverings Now Ready for U.S., According to Bayer Corporation |
12 April 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Rollers with elastomeric coverings are widely used in a variety of industries. While the majority of these rollers are covered with rubber, polyurethanes are often chosen when special properties, such as abrasion resistance, tear resistance, high load bearing with high hardness and solvent resistance are required. |
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| Bayer Corporation Develops User-Friendly Systems For Polyurethane Elastomers With Low Compression Sets |
12 April 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer Corporation researchers have developed user-friendly formulation methods to produce polyurethane elastomers with excellent compression set properties (resistance to deformation under compressive loads), as well as good overall physical properties, for use in such applications as gaskets, sealing rings and load-bearing pads. |
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| BCcomponents launches SMD electrolytic capacitor with low ESR and high ripple current capabilities |
12 April 2001 - Vishay Electronic
In response to the growing demand for SMD-only boards, BCcomponents, one of the world's largest suppliers of passive components, has launched an SMD version of its popular 150 RMI radial leaded electrolytic capacitor, the 150 CLZ. |
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| Bayer Corporation and PPG Industries Team Up to Provide 2K Clearcoat Finish for GM Astro and Safari Vans |
11 April 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
For automakers and consumers alike, a high-gloss surface finish for vehicles is highly desirable. Unfortunately, vehicle exterior top coating finishes can be marred and spotted by acid rain, bird droppings and other environmental factors. |
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| Four Bayer Scientists Receive Otto Bayer Medals for Innovations in Polyether Polyols |
11 April 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer Corporation researchers Dr. Bi Le-Khac, Dr. Ken McDaniel and Dr. José Pazos, all of Bayer Corporation's Newtown Square, Pa., Polyurethanes Research Facility, along with Dr. Joerg Hofmann of Bayer AG's Central Research Department, Uerdingen, Germany, were awarded the company's Otto Bayer Medal in a ceremony March 29, 2001, held at Bayer headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany. |
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| Mid-rail hyrdocut provides versatile waterjet cutting |
11 April 2001 - ESAB Group
ESAB Automation's versatile mid-rail Hydrocut waterjet cutting machine is a rugged gantry-type machine, capable of cutting virtually any material, from cardboard and foam to steel and inconel. It is available in many different configurations and sizes and can be supplied with non-abrasive or abrasive cutting heads, depending on the application requirements. |
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| New European Sales & Marketing Director for Sandvik Steel
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09 April 2001 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Steel has appointed Mr Sune Eriksson as European Sales & Marketing Director, effective from April 17, 2001. He will be based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and will be responsible for Sandvik Steel's sales and marketing organisation in West Europe.
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| Sandvik consolidates medical steels acitivity
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09 April 2001 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Consolidation by Sandvik Steel of the sales, production and distribution of its Bioline medical steels has meant Sandvik Metinox, based in Sheffield joining forces with Sandvik P&P, Sandvik Steel's sales and production unit in Germany.
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| Four Innovative Products Molded With Bayer Polyurethane RIM Systems Win Design Awards At Structural Plastics 2001 |
06 April 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Polyurethane reaction injection molding (RIM) technology received further endorsement this week from the plastics and design industries. Four new products fabricated with RIM technology - and polyurethane RIM materials supplied by Bayer Corporation - won 4 of the 12 market categories in the design competition at the Structural Plastics 2001 conference in Atlanta. |
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| New transmissive optical sensor from Vishay |
06 April 2001 - Vishay Electronic
A new transmissive optical sensor featuring a unique horizontal slot construction was announced today by Vishay Intertechnology. With a 0.5-mm aperture, the Vishay Telefunken TCST5250 is optimized for high-accuracy sensing of horizontal-moving objects in shaft encoders, VCRs, data storage equipment, the code wheels of DC motors, and other space-limited products. |
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| Boston Medical Center offers new procedure to detect diabetic retinopathy |
06 April 2001 - Boston University
Ophthalmologists at Boston Medical Center are now able to better detect diabetic retinopathy and prevent further damage to the retina with a new Retinal Imaging Program. Simple, quick and available on a walk-in basis without an appointment, this retinal photography procedure aids in the early detection of retinopathy, and can easily be done when the patient is at the hospital for a primary care visit, just like a blood test or x-ray. |
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| 1.8 kg steel against side-on collisions |
05 April 2001 - SSAB Tunnplåt AB
Low weight, fully symmetric design, much cheaper to manufacture and easier to assemble. These are just some of the advantages Italian Frigostamp S.p.A. point out regarding their new side-collision beam. The beams are made of ultra high strength steel from SSAB Swedish Steel. Total symmetry in design means the same beam version fits both left and right-hand doors, facilitating both production and stock-keeping. |
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| New steel design behind sturdy dumper cab |
05 April 2001 - SSAB Tunnplåt AB
A new dumper cab made from high-strength steel has been developed by Volvo Articulated Haulers AB and Volvo Construction Equipment Cabs AB. The number of production parts has been reduced by more than two thirds. The result is a sturdier cab, which is safer for the driver and costs less to fabricate than earlier models. Laser-cut cold-formed plate parts are used in the new design, instead of a tubular fabrication. |
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| World's most advanced cold rolling mill in operation in Duisburg |
03 April 2001 - ThyssenKrupp Steel
'TAKO', the most advanced cold rolling mill of its kind in the world, has been in operation at the Duisburg-Beeckerwerth facility of ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG since March 26, 2001. The new mill, which took just under two years to build at a cost of almost €150 million, was officially inaugurated on April 3, 2001. 'This major investment will significantly boost the competitiveness of our Duisburg location and thus ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG as a whole', said TKS chief executive Dr. Wolfgang Kohler before the customers and representatives from the worlds of business and politics invited to the inauguration ceremony. |
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| New horizontal-oriented transmissive optical sensor |
03 April 2001 - Vishay Electronic
A new transmissive optical sensor featuring a unique horizontal slot construction was announced today by Vishay Intertechnology. With a 0.5-mm aperture, the Vishay Telefunken TCST5250 is optimized for high-accuracy sensing of horizontal-moving objects in shaft encoders, VCRs, data storage equipment, the code wheels of DC motors, and other space-limited products. |
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| Colored Concrete Pavers Provide Finishing Touches For Minnesota Street Makeover |
03 April 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
To revitalize the central business district and create an environment that would encourage people to come back downtown for shopping and entertainment, Worthington officials chose pre-cast colored concrete pavers to link the old and new elements of their town. |
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| Tai chi can reduce arthritis pain, pilot study finds |
03 April 2001 - Case Western Reserve University
Tai Chi, a gentle form of exercise long practiced in China, can significantly reduce arthritic pain in the elderly, according to a pilot study by a doctoral student at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. |
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| New John Deere Combines Harvest Design And Production Improvements Using Polyurethane RIM Technology |
01 April 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
In promoting features of its new 9650 STS and 9750 STS combines, agricultural equipment maker John Deere points farmers to the massive harvesters' side and rear shields. |
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