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| Optical clarity guaranteed with Araldite® |
31 January 2002 - Huntsman Araldite
The optical clarity necessary in the production of fibre optic cables for the lighting
industry has led Absolute Lighting Designs of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, to turn to
Araldite 2011 from Vantico’s Araldite 2000 series of structural adhesives. The adhesive is used to bond fibre optic cables into an aluminium end cap. |
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| SR Signs Sticks with Araldite® |
31 January 2002 - Huntsman Araldite
Industrial and corporate signage manufacturers SR Signs, in Burnley, Lancs, have
turned to Araldite 2021 from Vantico’s Araldite 2000 series of industrial adhesives, for the production of their sign frames and other components. |
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| Sandvik Saxon produces new generation cutting rule
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31 January 2002 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Sandvik Steel has announced that its Sandvik Saxon production unit, based in Rugby, is to produce a new generation of cutting rules for the packaging and board converting industries.
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| High quality surface finishing at optimum cost |
31 January 2002 - Tecan
A dedicated new £1m purpose-built facility is providing, OEMs and other discerning partners, with access to market leading high-specification surface-finishing, producing cost-effective bespoke plating for both everyday solutions and niche applications. |
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| Chemical from the controversial horseshoe crab vital to human health |
30 January 2002 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Over the past several years, management of the horseshoe crab population has become increasingly controversial. Director of Virginia Tech’s new Horseshoe Crab Research Center Jim Berkson claims that the environmental controversy is three-pronged. |
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| Stem cell study prodives new clues to origin of Down Syndrome |
30 January 2002 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Using stem cells as a window to the earliest developmental processes in the human brain, scientists have found that a group of genes critical for brain development is selectively disrupted in Down syndrome. |
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| EPA adopts Argonne computer model for environment management projects |
29 January 2002 - DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
A new approach to solving complex computer modeling and simulation problems, developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, will help the Environmental Protection Agency develop models for ecosystems and assess environmental health. |
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| Blood Sugar Search, New method for measuring sugar production in the liver |
28 January 2002 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Diabetes results from a permanently increased blood sugar level due to the fact that the pancreas does not produce enough insulin for sugar utilisation. Exact knowledge of sugar production is of special value for appropriate diagnosis and treatment. Sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund, Prof. Michael Roden from the Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna, has developed a method which makes it easier to determine glucose production and in particular endogenous glucose production and allows these measurements to be performed on living humans. Animal experiments will thus no longer be necessary for drug testing in the future. |
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| Dosage appears to be a critical factor in cocaine vaccine |
28 January 2002 - Yale University
Dosage appears to be a critical factor in the effectiveness of a cocaine vaccine being tested by Yale researchers that is designed to block the euphoria drug abusers experience. |
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| New mint dispenser with Delrin spring component |
25 January 2002 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
A new and original unit for the promotional packaging and dispensing of Trebor mints uses DuPont Delrin acetal resin as a key component: The 'pebble' provides clean, easy and consistent dispensing of tablet-formed items thanks to the integration of a door section with a spring in Delrin 911P. The resin was selected for the application as it is among the stiffest unfilled polymers, while offering multiple flex and low friction, and is also food approved. The unit was developed and patented by Invicta Plastics Ltd. in Leicester, and was launched in stores across the UK at the end of August. |
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| Modular Cable Protectors and Ramp System to Protect Pedestrians, Cables Get Lift from Polyurethane RIM Processing |
25 January 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
From factory floors worldwide to the back lots of Hollywood, Linebacker1 cable protectors and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Access Ramps are helping people and vehicles safely cross over electrical cables and hose lines without harm to themselves or the cables and hoses. |
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| Hydro acquires Technal |
25 January 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
Hydro Aluminium has reached a final agreement to acquire Technal group, a major European player within aluminium building systems, head quartered in Toulouse, France. This finalizes the deal announced on October 30th 2001. |
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| BOC helps New Providence students improve their science knowledge |
24 January 2002 - BOC Gases
The science skills of students in the New Providence school district are getting a boost from a series of award-winning, educational videos sponsored by The BOC Group. |
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| Tecan has introduced new surface plating options |
24 January 2002 - Tecan
Dorset based specialist, Tecan, has introduced new surface plating options for its high-performance evaporation masks, delivering significant increases in operational life by virtually eradicating damage from current cleaning processes. |
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| Significant new demand for electroformed parts |
24 January 2002 - Tecan
Micro-engineered electroformed metal parts are gaining rapid ground, where traditional machined components cannot compete. Across a vast range of applications in electronics design and manufacturing they offer new and unprecedented cost/performance ratios with unparalleled performance characteristics. |
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| Decoherence is our ticket out of the quantum world |
24 January 2002 - DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
The world of quantum mechanics is exceedingly weird, one in which waves can act as if they were particles, particles can spontaneously pass from one side of a barrier to the other and gedanken cats can be simultaneously dead and alive. |
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| Scientists unlock major clue about how anthrax kills |
24 January 2002 - University of Chicago
Scientists have worked out the exact three-dimensional structure of edema factor, the last of three components in the deadly toxin produced by the anthrax bacterium. The knowledge should help both in understanding how edema factor works and in devising drugs to block it. |
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| Slash development costs with new Matrox Cronos frame grabber |
22 January 2002 - Matrox VITE
Matrox Imaging today announces an entry-level, ultra low-cost frame grabber for standard analog monochrome or color video acquisition. With its modular and scalable design, along with simple, standard connections, the new Matrox Cronos provides the flexibility required to keep development costs to a minimum. |
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| First control and safety systems set to arrive this summer |
22 January 2002 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
ABB Limited, based in St Neots, Cambridge, was selected to supply the Project's fully integrated control systems, based on its industry experience and the suitability of its product range. So far five fully integrated control and safety systems have been ordered, to provide process control, emergency shutdown and fire and gas protection at the Sangachal Terminal and on the Central Azeri, C&WP, Eastern Azeri, and Western Azeri Platforms. The approximate total value of these systems is $20 million. |
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| BOC commissions new industrial gases production facility at OneSteel`s Whyalla steelworks |
22 January 2002 - BOC Gases
The oxygen and nitrogen have begun flowing at BOC’s new industrial gases production plant at OneSteel’s Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia. The facility, constructed at a cost of $31 million (USD), includes a 715 tons-per-day (tpd) air separation unit (ASU), a 275tpd nitrogen liquefier, a 20tpd argon purifier, and 2300 tons of liquid storage. |
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| Bayer Plastics Introduces a New Line of Aliphatic Thermoplastic Polyurethanes |
22 January 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer Plastics introduces a new line of aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethanes (ATPUs) that are designed for use in rigorous outdoor applications. |
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| Water gets super clean with filters housed in DuPont Zytel |
22 January 2002 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
USFilter is meeting needs for a strong, long-lasting filter housing for its water microfiltration systems with DuPont Zytel nylon resins. Used for municipal water treatment and industrial uses, USFilter's Memcor Continuous Microfiltration system is based on microporous membrane technology. It provides filtration down to 0.2 micrometer, less than 8 millionths of an inch, which is sufficient to separate out virtually all solids and harmful microorganisms. Filter modules made of DuPont Zytel PA612 nylon resins are mounted in frames, which are linked to form high-capacity systems to filter municipal or industrial water supplies. |
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| Surface-mount devices help reduce size and weight of wireless communications products |
22 January 2002 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is adding to its magnetics portfolio with a new series of multilayer high-frequency ceramic inductors in a space-saving surface-mount 0402 package measuring 4 mils (1 mm) by 2 mils (0.5 mm) footprint and with 2-mil (0.5 mm) height profile. |
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| Carnegie Mellon brain study provides conclusive evidence that cell phones distract visual perception for Drivers |
21 January 2002 - Carnegie Mellon Universtity
By studying images of the brain at work, Carnegie Mellon University scientists have concluded that we cannot converse on cell phones without distracting our brains from the task of driving. In findings reported in the journal NeuroImage, a team led by Carnegie Mellon Psychology Professor Marcel Just discovered that attending to a conversation significantly distracts the brain from processing complex visual information. |
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| Professor says research shows slow progress in transportation equity |
20 January 2002 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Tom Sanchez of Dumfries, Va., associate professor of urban affairs and planning in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, National Capital Region, was an invited panelist at a national workshop, “Transportation Equity: Past, Present, and Future,” sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation at Troy University in Montgomery, Ala., to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. |
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| New Vishay Dale IR touch panel provides compact, attractive and easy-to-integrate display solution |
18 January 2002 - Vishay Electronic
A new 12.1-inch infrared touch panel combining a slim-line profile, fast response times, and consistent performance under various lighting conditions was announced today by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. |
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| Ancients may have been right that Humors are linked to depression |
17 January 2002 - Yale University
A Yale School of Medicine and Veteran's Affairs Administration study finding that patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder have lower nighttime levels of bilirubin, a bile pigment found in the blood and known by ancient Greek physicians as a 'humor,' lends support to the humoral theories of mood they espoused. |
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| ESAB makes case for a-basket |
17 January 2002 - ESAB Group
ESAB, one of the world's leading welding equipment suppliers, has recently launched the Adaptorless Basket for its OK Autrod 12.51. This new development is in line with ESAB's environmental policy as it cuts down on waste as well as having 18kg of wire on a basket for 1.0 and 1.2mm wire to minimise downtime. |
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| John Deere Selects DFMA Software from Boothroyd Dewhurst |
17 January 2002 - Boothroyd Dewhurst
Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., today announced that Deere & Company (Moline, Ill.) has purchased a corporate license for Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA®) software. |
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| Dell Builds a Framework for Success |
17 January 2002 - Boothroyd Dewhurst
Dell Computer Corporation (Round Rock, Texas), the world’s leading direct computer systems company, has long been recognized as a provider of easily serviced, readily installed, customized computers. By 1998, Dell was associated as well with something else—an explosive growth 2.5 times the industry average.
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| LEAN CUISINE: Whirpool Sweden puts DFA to work to cut parts by 29 percent and assembly time by 26 percent.
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17 January 2002 - Boothroyd Dewhurst
Training is a valuable investment, but companies don’t expect immediate profits from the training sessions themselves. At Whirlpool Sweden in Norrköping, though, this was exactly the case as they trained cross-functional teams of in-plant personnel to perform design for assembly (DFA) analysis. |
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| Cool, Stylish and Green |
17 January 2002 - Boothroyd Dewhurst
In designing a new cooling display cabinet for delicatessens and supermarkets, Stockholm-based AB Electrolux, a division of UT/Carrier Corp., faced a complex challenge. |
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| SMIC selects Multiple I-line and Deep UV Step & Scan Systems from ASML to equip new foundry in China |
17 January 2002 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML today announced it was selected by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation to supply lithography systems for SMIC's new foundry operation in PuDong, Shanghai, China. |
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| Researchers discover that our perception of diagnostic features is controlled by single neurones |
17 January 2002 - Max Planck Society
Perception is something that must be learned. As we recognize things in our environment we gather experience and this experience in turn colours our perception. This is nothing new, of course. But brain researchers are going one step further to ask how different kinds of information are integrated in the brain and what principles govern how perceived objects are represented there. |
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| Device to treat urinary stress incontinence eliminates need for abdominal incisions |
17 January 2002 - Emory University
Of the 13 million people in the United States who experience urinary incontinence, the vast majority are women. Stress urinary incontinence is the most common, but treatable, form of incontinence in women. It surfaces as a result of physical changes during pregnancy, childbirth, menopause or aging. |
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| CWRU geologists develop first means to measuer amount, type of soil erosion |
16 January 2002 - Case Western Reserve University
When it rains, it does more than pour. It washes away soil. In the past, farmers could only estimate their soil loss. Now, for the first time, three CWRU geologists have found 'the recipe' to determine the amount and style of soil erosion. |
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| Thinkage takes aim at food processing variability |
16 January 2002 - BOC Gases
Thinkage LLC is taking aim at the traditional food processing industry problems of fluctuating yield, equipment downtime and product inconsistency by giving processors total control over the state of their product. |
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| New President of Sandvik Steel
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16 January 2002 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Peter Gossas, Executive Vice President of Sandvik Steel and head of the company's tube and pipe division has been appointed the new President of the business sector, Sandvik Steel, effective 7 May 2002.
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| Early breast cancer shares some risk factors with advanced breast cancer |
16 January 2002 - Yale University
Many of the risk factors for more advanced breast cancer also apply to an early form of breast cancer known as breast carcinoma in-situ, according to a study by Yale researchers that is the first large scale study of risk factors for this type of early cancer. |
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| M&G Announces Laboratory Move and Confirms Commitment to Technology |
15 January 2002 - M&G Group
M&G’s US research facility currently in Akron, Ohio, will move to a wholly owned facility in Sharon Center, Ohio, south of Cleveland. This move follows the completion in 2001 of a new European laboratory for M&G, which was constructed in Rivalta near Milan, Italy. |
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| Low cost fuel for home and cost to be developed |
15 January 2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology imagine a time in the near future when home electricity isn't supplied by a far-flung, gigantic power plant, rather, by a personal generator attached to a house and about the size of an air-conditioning unit. They also see the same technology replacing the fuel and battery that powers cars. |
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| Magics meets the demands of traditional tool making:
Full integration of standard tooling components in tool design software
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15 January 2002 - Materialise NV
In its latest release of Magics Tooling, Materialise introduces electronic libraries enabling injection mold designers to produce complex tooling assemblies more efficiently. With this module, Materialise meets the needs of the traditional tool making industry. |
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| Hubble servicing mission delayed |
15 January 2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology
For the second time in a month, NASA has delayed the planned launch of a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission to give engineers more time to ready a replacement for a balky pointing device on the observatory. |
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| Poultry processors use BOC`s cryogenic impingement freezer to reduce dehydration, improve yield |
15 January 2002 - BOC Gases
Poultry processors who need to reduce dehydration and product inconsistency while improving yield are using the BOC cryogenic impingement freezers to help them meet their target. |
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| BOC provides environmental technology for China`s first major water reclamation project |
15 January 2002 - BOC Gases
BOC designed and supplied the environmental technology for China’s first mobile oxygenation barge. The self-sufficient barge represents the first step in a 12-year plan to rehabilitate Suzhou Creek, a highly-polluted stream that flows through Shanghai, China’s largest city. The Suzhou Creek project is China’s most ambitious water reclamation project to date. |
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| Numerical Technologies to license ASML MaskTools patented scattering bar Technology |
15 January 2002 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML MaskTools, Inc. ('MaskTools') (Euronext Amsterdam N.V. and Nasdaq: ASML) and Numerical Technologies, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a licensing agreement that will provide semiconductor manufacturers with easier access to subwavelength manufacturing solutions that incorporate MaskTools' patented scattering bar technology. |
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| Poultry processors chill out with BOC technology |
15 January 2002 - BOC Gases
BOC’s Combo Chiller system is enabling poultry processors to increase the accuracy and consistency of the quick-chilling in their combo bins. |
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| VISTAGY, Inc. Launches New Versions of EnCapta and FiberSIM at NDES, Booth #7911 |
15 January 2002 - VISTAGY
VISTAGY, Inc., will announce new versions of its FiberSIM and EnCapta design software at the National Design Engineering Show (NDES). NDES takes place during National Manufacturing Week and is held March 18-21, 2002, in Chicago. |
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| BOC experts offer means to improve the quality of annealed steel products |
14 January 2002 - BOC Gases
A team of BOC metals specialists have developed an approach for improving the quality of annealed steel by reducing carbon deposition on the surface of the cold rolled steel strip. Surface quality is extremely important because annealed steel is usually painted or galvanized, and any surface imperfection, such as carbon deposits, iron fines, or oxides will affect the quality of the final product. |
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| Schizophrenia causes complex language processing deficits |
14 January 2002 - Yale University
Some persons with schizophrenia can remember complex sounds, such as intricate bird songs, but not simple words, providing yet more evidence about the complex nature of the mental illness, a study by Yale researchers has found. |
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| Uprooting and replanting the tree of life |
14 January 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
A new theory on the evolution of ancient microbes is set to challenge widespread scientific views of early life on earth and could overturn previous interpretations of the huge bank of molecular taxonomic data that has been built up in recent years, according to research published today in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. |
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| Destruction of fruit bats' habitat could spread disease |
11 January 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
New agricultural developments are destroying the habitats of protected fruit bat species in Australia, and could lead to the spread of deadly viral diseases to humans and farm animals, medical experts heard during a joint meeting of the European Societies of Clinical and Veterinary Virology and the Society for General Microbiology at the Royal College of Physicians, London. |
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| Vishay adds new multilayer ferrite beads package options |
11 January 2002 - Vishay Electronic
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc, has announced the release of four new package options in its ILBBseries of multilayer ferrite beads. Now available in a total of seven surface-mount package types, the new ILBBdevices allow designers to reduce electromagnetic interference in a wide range of telecommunications, computer, and automotive applications. |
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| Coral study creates challenges for long-held theory on glacial cycles |
11 January 2002 - University of Texas at Austin
Scientists studying climate change by researching fossil corals have found an inconsistency in a widely accepted theory linking cycles of glaciation to changes in Earth's orbit. A research team from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Minnesota has found that the Milankovitch Theory, also known as orbital forcing, cannot account for an early thawing of glaciers that occurred prior to 136,000 years ago. |
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| New space telescope will catch nearby supernovae in the act of exploding at prescheduled times |
10 January 2002 - DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will catch nearby supernovae in the act of exploding at prescheduled times, the targets to be supplied 'on demand' for the first time. Spectra from these nearby supernovae will be used to calibrate measurements of the accelerating expansion of the universe. |
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| Blocking nerve cells delays onset of prion disease |
10 January 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
A chemical that specifically blocks parts of the nervous system can delay the onset of scrapie and could lead to new drugs to prevent vCJD and BSE, medical experts heard during a joint meeting of the European Societies of Clinical and Veterinary Virology and the Society for General Microbiology at the Royal College of Physicians, London. Blocking nerve cells delays onset of prion disease. |
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| Bayer Plastics Provides Design Freedom in Hard Hat Decorating |
10 January 2002 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
'Proud to be an American.' That's the message that Crescent Safety Technologies, Inc. (CST) of Tampa, Florida wants to convey with its red, white, and blue safety helmet design. |
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| Virus may contribute to certain psychiatric disorders |
09 January 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
A virus that causes a fatal brain disease in horses and sheep may be linked to certain mental disorders in man, medical experts heard during a joint meeting of the European Societies of Clinical and Veterinary Virology and the Society for General Microbiology at the Royal College of Physicians, London. |
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| Predicting the pandemic - staying one step ahead of influenza |
09 January 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
Studies to identify which influenza virus strains are present in pigs and chickens could help scientists to predict the next human pandemic strain and develop new, more effective, vaccines medical experts heard during a joint meeting of the European Societies of Clinical and Veterinary Virology and the Society for General Microbiology at the Royal College of Physicians, London. |
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| J Massimino join crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia |
08 January 2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Astronaut Michael J. Massimino joins the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia in February on an operation to upgrade and service the Hubble Space Telescope. Massimino, a former associate professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is preparing for a February launch aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-109. |
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| Hydro Capital Markets Day
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08 January 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
During the last year, Norsk Hydro has consolidated its position as a result of the successful implementation of several significant strategic measures. The acquisition of the German company VAW Aluminium, announced on Monday, will make Hydro Aluminium one of the world's leading aluminium companies. |
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| Corporate management changes
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08 January 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
In light of Hydro's successful acquisition of VAW, Germany becomes Hydro's largest market and, next to Norway, the country with the largest concentration of operational activities. Some changes in Hydro's corporate management structure will also take place. |
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| RTP Company to expand LFRT product line |
08 January 2002 - RTP Company
Custom compounder RTP Company, Winona, MN, announces that as of December 18th, 2002, it will begin offering for sale long fiber reinforced thermoplastics with fiber loadings above 30% by volume. RTP Company had been manufacturing and selling LFRT products below 30% by volume fiber content up to this date. |
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| BOC`s new helium recovery technology boon to fiber optics industry |
08 January 2002 - BOC Gases
BOC, the world's largest helium marketer, has patented a new helium recovery system that offers optical fiber manufacturers significantly reduced operating costs and increased security of supply. |
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| Researchers seeking to clone mad cow disease resistant cattle strains |
07 January 2002 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
With about $300,000 in funding from the National Institutes of Health, scientists in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech are trying to clone cattle that are genetically incapable of developing Mad Cow Disease. |
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| Yale study shows rinsing contaminated syringes with water & bleach still effective means of killing HIV |
07 January 2002 - Yale University
Despite reports to the contrary, clean water and full strength bleach remain an effective means for injection drug users to disinfect syringes contaminated with the HIV virus, a Yale study has found. |
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| Tiny molecular change inactivates tumor suppressor gene in Neurofibromatosis |
07 January 2002 - Washington University in St Louis
A tiny change in the cells of patients with neurofibromatosis seems to contribute to formation of aggressive tumors and could help explain why the disease, which predisposes patients to develop tumors, affects people in different ways. |
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| Hydro to acquire VAW |
07 January 2002 - Hydro Aluminium
The acquisition of VAW will make Hydro Aluminium one of the world's top-tier light metal companies, with a leading position in Europe. |
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| Putting a stop to antibiotic resistance with new drugs from seaweed |
07 January 2002 - Society for General Microbiology
Scientists have found a new way to prevent life-threatening infections not by killing the bacteria but by preventing them from talking to each other, according to research published today in the journal Microbiology. 'We've found that a group of chemicals called furanones can prevent the build up of communities of bacteria on surfaces such as surgical implants and in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients,' says Dr Michael Givskov of the Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen. |
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| Tumor size predicts survival in lung cancer patients given radiation |
04 January 2002 - Washington University in St Louis
When people with lung cancer are treated with radiation therapy, the size of their tumor may be the best predictor of the treatment’s success, rather than how far the tumor has spread within the lung.This finding by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is published in the January issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics. |
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| Researchers study impact of stroke on daily life activities |
04 January 2002 - Washington University in St Louis
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and The Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto have joined to expand the understanding of brain injury and its impact on everyday life. |
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| New study examines kids’ responses to asthma medications |
03 January 2002 - Washington University in St Louis
Pediatric researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are collaborating in a new national study to determine how to identify the best asthma medications for particular patients. Children with mild to moderate asthma may be eligible to participate in the study. This research is the first of its kind to examine how individual differences affect the body’s response to asthma medications. |
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| Thinkage to commercialize Georgia Tech`s `machine-vision` poultry screening technology |
02 January 2002 - BOC Gases
Georgia Tech Research Institute has agreed to allow Thinkage to commercialize the university’s novel machine-vision poultry screening system. The agreement will allow Thinkage to incorporate the machine-vision system into its proprietary Think Gates service and technology offering from BOC. |
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| Caddy TIG 150 DC welder makes it easy to get carried away |
02 January 2002 - ESAB Group
Caddy Tig 150 DC, the highly portable 240v single phase TIG/MMA welder from ESAB, boasts a highly impressive performance specification in a very compact unit weighing in at only 5.5kg. Designed to meet the demanding requirements of the repair and maintenance welding market, The Caddy Tig is fully compliant with IP23 for outdoor use and comes with a rugged damage resistant case equipped with carrying handle and shoulder strap. |
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| Rynite PET stands up to heat in New Ford Electric Car |
02 January 2002 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
A large transformer bobbin made of DuPont Rynite PET thermoplastic polyester resin plays a key role in recharging the battery of Ford Motor Company's new 'Th!nk' electric-powered vehicle. The transformer bobbin is part of the Th!nk's sophisticated built-in battery charger developed by Diversified Power International, LLC. Plugged into an ordinary house-current outlet, the charger steps down the main power supply to 72 volts and converts alternating current to direct current for the battery. During charging, the bobbin made of Rynite PET withstands a temperature rise of 100°C (212°F) above ambient temperature. Ford's ambient temperature specification runs from -20°C to +50°C (-4°F to 122°F). |
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| Acupuncture not effective as a stand-alone treatment for cocaine addiction |
02 January 2002 - Yale University
Contrary to previous Yale findings showing beneficial effects of acupuncture for treating cocaine addiction, a new large-scale study published in the January 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that acupuncture is not effective as a primary treatment for this disorder. |
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| Researchers looking at how neighborhoods contribute to healthy lifestyles |
01 January 2002 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Families living in the Nellies Cave Park area of Blacksburg are helping researchers learn about healthy lifestyles and in return are getting information about their own health. The project by nutrition researchers from Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is part of efforts to learn how a neighborhood influences physical activity and diet. |
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