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| New featherweight metal |
28 December 2005 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Metal foams, full of tiny air bubbles like a sponge cake, are gradually making inroads in industrial applications. Lightness and high energy absorption are two demanded material characteristics. Less known is the use of open-pored variants for decorative purposes. |
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| Radiation studies key to nuclear reactor life, recycling spent fuel |
28 December 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison projects to study advanced materials and fuels for current and future nuclear reactors received roughly $1 million this month under the Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Initiative. |
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| Modified microscope proves critical to uncovering cell-growth secret |
27 December 2005 - National Science Foundation
Researchers using a customized atomic force microscope have discovered new evidence for how the fibrous scaffolding within our cells, which is made of the protein actin, responds to obstacles in its environment. |
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| Terahertz optical modulator could permit data rates in trillions of bits per second |
26 December 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Researchers set up optical components of the free electron laser at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The work represents a key step toward a new generation of optical communication systems that would be as much as 100 times faster than current technology, bringing closer such applications as real-time telemedicine and movies on demand. While operating their terahertz modulator, the research team observed an effect that is well known in atomic physics, but until now hadn't been seen in the semiconductor materials that make up optical modulators. |
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| New techique provides first clear picture of the center of the Milky Way |
23 December 2005 - National Science Foundation
Using a new laser 'virtual star' at the W.M. Keck observatory in Hawaii, astronomers have taken the first clear picture of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, including the environs of a supermassive black hole at its very center. |
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| Scientists sink their teeth into lamprey immune system to probe alternate pathogen protection mechanism |
23 December 2005 - National Science Foundation
Researchers recently discovered that the sea lamprey, a modern representative of ancient jawless vertebrates, fights invading pathogens by generating up to 100 trillion unique receptors. These receptors, referred to as VLRs, are proteins and function like antibodies and T-cell receptors, sentinels of the immune system in all jawed vertebrates, including humans. |
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| Delft-designed heat shield a boon for spacecraft |
23 December 2005 - Delft University of Technology
The ceramic heat shields used on craft like the Space Shuttle require huge amounts of maintenance. That is far less of a problem for metal heat shields. Those currently in development, however, are unable to withstand such high temperatures as their ceramic equivalents. But using water to cool the metal could change that. |
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| Researchers combine molecular biology and math models to investigate variation in gene activity |
22 December 2005 - National Science Foundation
A population of genetically identical cells can exhibit random differences or 'noise' in gene activity that may ultimately contribute to differences in the physical characteristics of the so-called 'identical' cells. Such noise, which chimes in when cellular activity is out of sync among a population of cells, has been a nuisance to scientists studying the role genes play in a number of processes. |
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| MicroRNA gene that regulates lifespan found by Yale Scientists |
22 December 2005 - Yale University
Genes that control the timing of organ formation during development also control timing of aging and death, and provide evidence of a biological timing mechanism for aging, Yale researchers report in the journal Science. |
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| New study shows animal family tree looking bushy in places |
22 December 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Two decades ago, with the advent of methods to look at the family relationships of different organisms by analyzing DNA, scientists envisioned it would only be a matter of time before the various family trees for plants, animals, fungi and their kin would be resolved with genetic precision. |
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| Alzheimer’s Research sheds light on creatine’s presence in Brain |
21 December 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alzheimer's disease is one of the most hauntingly destructive maladies to wreak havoc on humans. It robs children of parents and spouses of each other-with lifetimes of memories lost forever behind blank stares. |
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| Europe’s newest Meteosat launches on Solstice Night |
21 December 2005 - European Space Agency
The second member of Europe’s new generation of weather satellites has successfully been lifted onto orbit, continuing an uninterrupted series of launch successes since 1977. |
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| Matrox showcases the ParheliaTM APVe & DualHead2Go multi-display solutions at DV Expo West 2005 |
21 December 2005 - Matrox VITE
Video professionals looking to stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends made their way to the year-ending DV Expo West 2005 tradeshow. Held over a 3-day period at the Los Angeles Convention Centre in Los Angeles, California, attendees came what they were looking for at Matrox Booth #349, with demonstrations of the Parhelia APVe for creative professionals and Matrox's latest creation, the new DualHead2Go for the mobile laptop user. |
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| Study cites teens' mixed emotions about parent deployment |
20 December 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Understanding how a parent’s deployment affects the emotional and behavioral development of their teenage children is the focal point of research conducted by Angela Huebner, associate professor of human development at Virginia Tech, National Capital Region, and Jay A. Mancini, professor of human development, Blacksburg campus. |
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| Professor says research shows slow progress in transportation equity |
20 December 2005 - 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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| Patient outcomes linked to biomarker levels with quantitative technology |
20 December 2005 - Yale University
Researchers in the Department of Pathology at Yale University School of Medicine report that when using current pathology methods of biomarker detection, the concentration of antibodies used dramatically alters the apparent relationship of biomarker level to clinical outcome. The paper appears in the December issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |
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| HSC orders HSE investigation of Buncefield oil depot incident |
20 December 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Commission has formally asked the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency to investigate last week's incident at the Buncefield oil depot; to appoint an Investigation Board with an independent chair and to make a special report to the HSC as soon as possible. |
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| Crucell & DSM strengthen & expand development of PER.C6 Protein & Monoclonal Antibody Licensing Business |
20 December 2005 - Dow Corning Silanes
Dutch biotechnology company Crucell N.V. and DSM Biologics, a Pharmaceutical Products' business unit of Royal DSM NV announced today that they will strengthen and expand the development of the PER.C6 protein and monoclonal antibody business. The two companies will create an integrated solution for production of recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies on PER.C6 in order to increase licensing and royalty income and accelerate the development and role out of the PER.C6 technology platform in the market. |
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| Switching to new anti-bacterial targets |
16 December 2005 - Yale University
The recently emerged field of bacterial riboswitches may be a good hunting ground for effective targets against bacterial infection, according to a report by Yale researchers in the journal Chemistry and Biology. |
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| Genetic clues to sodalis deepens knowledge of bacterial diseases |
15 December 2005 - Yale University
By sequencing the genome of the symbiotic bacterium Sodalis, which lives off the major disease-transmitting insect, the tsetse fly, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have come a step closer to understanding how microbial pathogens cause disease. |
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| Langerhans cells regulate immune reactions in the skin |
15 December 2005 - Yale University
The langerhans cells are marked in red and another cell type are in green. Wild-type mice are on the bottom and have both the red and green cells. Then transgenic mice are on the top and still have the green cells but the red cells are missing. |
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| Quarry industry beats hard target |
15 December 2005 - HSE InfoLine
In an event held to celebrate the achievement, Health and Safety Commission Commissioner, Hugh Robertson, congratulated all those who had helped reach the target. He said: 'Well done to everybody in the industry who has risen to the challenge of the 'Hard Target, to cut reportable injuries by 50% by 2005. The quarry industry has shown that a competent management and a genuinely involved workforce will deliver targets making it an exemplar to other traditional heavy industries.' |
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| HSE statement: Buncefield Oil Depot investigation |
15 December 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Following the excellent work of both the Police and Fire Services, as well as many other agencies, and the successful existinguishing of the fires on the Buncefield Oil Storage site, Hertfordshire Constabulary has now started its phased withdrawal from operations. |
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| Fishing for the origins of genome complexity |
15 December 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Studying fish, like this ocean sulfish, scientists are revealing the link between evolution and a species' genome. 'As a general rule, more complex organisms, like humans, have larger genomes than less complex ones,' said J. Todd Streelman, assistant professor in the School of Biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology and co-author of the study. 'You might think this means that animals with the largest genomes are the most complex, and for the most part that would be right. But it's not always true. There are some species of frogs and some amoeba that have much larger genomes than humans.' |
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| Liquid wood, Renewable sources provide the raw materials for a growing variety of everyday products |
15 December 2005 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Renewable sources provide the raw materials for a growing variety of everyday products. One example is a meltable wood polymere called Arboform, which is injection-molded to produce different parts. In the near future, an extruder will form artists' crayons and cosmetic pencils. |
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| New measures to tackle Bovine TB in England |
15 December 2005 - Defra
New measures to tackle bovine TB in cattle in England, including the pre-movement testing of cattle and a 12-week consultation on badger culling, were announced by Defra today. |
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| Researchers discover gene linked to fish and human pigmentation |
15 December 2005 - National Science Foundation
Until now, the genetics underlying human skin pigmentation have remained a mystery. But while studying the zebrafish, a fish common to household aquariums and research laboratories, a team of interdisciplinary scientists found a gene that plays a major role in human coloration. |
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| New jets are made of powder and air, yet behave like an ultra-cold fluid |
15 December 2005 - National Science Foundation
Using nothing more than a container of loosely packed sand and a falling marble, a research team led by University of Chicago physicist Heinrich Jaeger has discovered a new state of fluid matter. |
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| Model predicts colder winter temperatures in the East, warmer in the West |
15 December 2005 - National Science Foundation
According to a model developed by atmospheric scientist Judah Cohen of Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., temperatures during Dec., Jan., and Feb. will be cold in the eastern United States and warm west of the Mississippi River. |
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| New study on engineered stem cells |
15 December 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
One of the great challenges for treating Parkinson's diseases and other neurodegenerative disorders is getting medicine to the right place in the brain.
The brain is a complex organ with many different types of cells and structures, and it is fortified with a protective barrier erected by blood vessels and glial cells - the brain's structural building block, that effectively blocks the delivery of most drugs from the bloodstream. |
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| Swan colours rolls out DPP performance red |
15 December 2005 - Thomas Swan
A key addition to the pigment portfolio of Swan Performance Colours is a clean bright pigment red 254 for industrial applications. |
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| Rinspeed and Bayer MaterialScience jointly develop new concept car |
15 December 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
The 'zaZen' travels new roads to automotive enlightenment. The concept car to be premiered at the Geneva Motor Show at the end of February 2006 is a joint development by the Swiss design company Rinspeed, and Bayer MaterialScience AG, one of the biggest plastics producers in the world. |
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| New flexible polyurethane molded foams for electrical devices |
14 December 2005 - Bayer MaterialScience AG
New flame-resistant grades of the polyurethane foam system Bayfit Tec from Bayer MaterialScience conform to the HF-1 or even HBF classification according to the strict US fire safety standard UL 94. |
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| FLUENT 6.3 Beta release shows CFD performance enhancements with new Intel(R) C++ Compiler 9.0 for Linux |
14 December 2005 - NAFEMS
Fluent Inc., the world leader in computational fluid dynamics software and services, today announces that the recently released beta version of its flagship flow simulation software, FLUENT 6.3, includes significant performance improvements on the Linux operating system, stemming from the adoption of Intel(R) C++ Compiler 9.0 for Linux. |
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| New high-tech venture capital fund |
14 December 2005 - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
A new venture capital firm, Munich Venture Partners, is cooperating with the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to float a fund for financing high-tech startups. One of its main focuses will be to support Fraunhofer technology spin-offs. |
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| HSE publishes up to date guidance on safe operation of vehicles in the workplace |
14 December 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Workplace Transport Safety: An Employers' Guide (HSG136) was launched by HSE at the Health and Safety Partnership Conference held today at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. |
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| Plan to involve workers - Lord Hunt tells local authorities |
14 December 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Lord Hunt, Minister responsible for health and safety at work, today called on local authorities to ensure that they make worker involvement a key element of their health and safety work programme for 2006/7. His announcement heralded the launch of the Health and Safety Commission's local authority phase of its Worker Involvement Programme. |
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| Beta blockers not effective in preventing gastroesophageal complications from cirrhosis |
13 December 2005 - Yale University
Beta blockers are not effective in preventing development of varices, veins in the esophagus that can rupture and bleed, as a consequence of cirrhosis, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine. |
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| Chronic disability in older Americans greatly overestimated |
12 December 2005 - Yale University
The rates of chronic disability in older Americans has been substantially overestimated by about forty percent, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in the December 12 Archives of Internal Medicine. |
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| Staff have to be happy, healthy and here to realise efficiency gains |
12 December 2005 - HSE InfoLine
'Managing employees' health and wellbeing can make a big difference to organisations' productivity and efficiency.' This is the message given by Jonathan Rees, Deputy Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive, in his speech Health and Wellbeing: its contribution to efficiency today. The speech was delivered to the public sector's second annual Efficiency Delivery Conference, Putting policy into practice, at the QEII Conference Centre. |
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| Aesthetic appearance and functionality behind the success of washing machine panels |
12 December 2005 - Autotype International
MacDermid Autotype and Maf 3 have combined forces to create a new washing machine control panel manufactured from Autoflex EBG, a high performance hardcoated polyester-based product, combining durability, ergonomics and aesthetic appeal. |
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| Sparking hearts: SPARC promotes heart muscle formation from stem cells |
12 December 2005 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
The protein SPARC plays a key role in the development of heart muscle in the embryo. An Austrian Science Fund project has discovered this previously unknown role of SPARC. The protein has a significant effect on the activity of the genes that are responsible for the emergence of heart cells from initially undifferentiated embryonic stem cells. |
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| Doctoral student develops computer program to find star clusters amid cosmic dust |
12 December 2005 - Boston University
Boston University researchers led a team of astronomers who recently discovered nearly 100 new star clusters in the Milky Way, each containing tens to hundreds of never before seen stars. Astronomy Professor Dan Clemens and Emily Mercer, a BU doctoral student, are members of the multi-institutional Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire team. |
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| Thomas Swan certified as a approved carbon nanotube supplier |
12 December 2005 - Thomas Swan
Thomas Swan & Company announced today that it has been certified as an approved supplier of high-quality carbon nanotubes having passed a strict supply chain certification programme designed and managed by the US based Zyvex Corporation. |
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| New study offers strategy for treatment of fatal nervous system disorder |
12 December 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Working with mice, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed the basis for a therapeutic strategy that could provide hope for children afflicted with Krabbe's disease, a fatal nervous system disorder. |
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| Rohm and Haas help builders knock-out their punch list |
12 December 2005 - Rohm & Haas Co
Rohm and Haas Company, will exhibit at the 2006 International Builders Show in Orlando, Florida,. Widely known to manufacturers as an ingredient provider for commonly used building materials, the company is recruiting Dean Johnson and his co-host of popular builder show Hometime to talk with builders about their specific punch list matters on the first two days of the show. |
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| Researchers trying to develop methods to identify why certain individuals are more susceptible to cancer |
12 December 2005 - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Researchers have been trying to develop methods to identify why certain individuals are more susceptible to cancer and from these insights, determine the molecular causes of the disease. Based on these results, scientists are now seeking to pinpoint compounds that can reduce the incidence or recurrence of cancer, a field of study known as chemoprevention. Several studies presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research's 4th annual Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting in Baltimore are focusing on new directions in this promising new field. |
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| Large press capability secures contract for Stadco |
08 December 2005 - Stadco
Stadco, one of Europe's leading suppliers of body-in-white panels and pressings to the automotive industry has announced that it has been awarded the contract to supply the tailgate for MINI. |
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| DSM NeoResins launches range of food contact compliant resins |
07 December 2005 - DSM Coating Resins
DSM NeoResins introduced a new generation waterborne resins for use in liquid inks and overprint varnish. The NeoCryl A-2090 family offers high performing inks and OPV's which are compliant with the local food contact legislation. NeoCryl A-2091: Hard acrylic-styrene emulsion copolymer with high gloss, transparency, good block and heat resistance for pre and post print applications. Food contact compliant, low residual free monomer and low odour. |
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| DSM NeoResins introduces new urethane resins for Overprint Varnishes and Ink industries |
07 December 2005 - DSM Coating Resins
DSM NeoResins has recently introduced new urethane and urethane / acrylic resins for the global Graphic Arts market. NeoRez U-321 is a high solid non reactive solvent based urethane resin for use in flexo and gravure inks for packaging. The resin improves adhesion and flexibility in flexo printing inks based on nitro-cellulose. NeoRez U-321 is used to formulate solvent based flexo and gravure inks for packaging films, especially on polyolefines and aluminium. Inks based on this resin are recommended for surface printing as well as laminating applications. |
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| Researchers developing technology to protect children's online privacy |
07 December 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Parents concerned about safeguarding their children's online privacy can look forward to better and more user-friendly technology for doing this. Technology is being developed by a team of Virginia Tech business and engineering researchers who recently won a $450,000 award for their work from the National Science Foundation’s Cyber Trust program. |
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| ASML has shipped the industry’s first EUV tools to CNSE’s Albany NanoTech and IMEC |
07 December 2005 - ASML Netherlands B.V.
ASML Holding NV announced today that it shipped two extreme ultraviolet Alpha Demo Tools to customers. Both the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the State University of New York at Albany, N.Y., and the nanoelectronics research institute IMEC in Leuven, Belgium, have received these industry first, full field EUV systems. |
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| New web tool may help doctors make better decisions |
06 December 2005 - National Science Foundation
According to a new study in the Nov.-Dec. issue of Annals of Family Medicine, primary care physicians were able to answer more clinical questions when they used a new online resource, the Dynamic Medical Information System, or DynaMed, than if they relied solely upon other resources. |
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| Racial minority participation in clinical trials increase with information and access |
06 December 2005 - Yale University
Racial minorities participate in health research studies at the same rate as whites when they meet the study criteria and when they are informed about the opportunity to enroll in the study, according to an article by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Yale School of Medicine. |
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| New imaging technology spotlighted by American Chemical Society |
06 December 2005 - Yale University
T-ray sensing and imaging technology, which can spot cracks in space shuttle foam, see biological agents through a sealed envelope and detect tumors without harmful radiation, was the focus of a recent symposium at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society. |
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| UNICEF report shows disabled children at serious risk |
06 December 2005 - Yale University
Yale public health researcher Nora Groce chaired the Thematic Group on Violence against Disabled Children convened by UNICEF at the United Nations, which has made recommendations for ending violence against disabled children in the forthcoming UN Secretary General's Report on Violence against Children. |
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| Relationship between incarceration and race disparities in U.S. HIV |
06 December 2005 - Yale University
There may be a relationship between incarceration and race disparities in American HIV rates, Yale researchers report in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. |
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| Galaxy collisions dominate the local universe |
06 December 2005 - Yale University
More than half of the largest galaxies in the nearby universe have collided and merged with another galaxy in the past two billion years, according to a Yale astronomer in a study using hundreds of images from two of the deepest sky surveys ever conducted. |
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| New maps reveal true extent of human footprint on earth |
05 December 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
As global populations swell, farmers are cultivating more and more land in a desperate bid to keep pace with the ever-intensifying needs of humans. As a result, agricultural activity now dominates more than a third of the Earth's landscape and has emerged as one of the central forces of global environmental change, say scientists at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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| New research to evaluate options for a commercial synchrotron analysis service at CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory |
02 December 2005 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
Intertek Caleb Brett has been appointed by CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory to conduct market research and to evaluate all options for establishing a sustainable synchrotron radiation service for industry. Under details recently announced by CCLRC, the use of the Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source by UK academia is planned for phased reduction completing at the end of 2008 and this creates an opportunity for the capacity released to be made more available for commercial use. |
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| Advantech launches eAutomationPro in Poland |
02 December 2005 - Advantech UK
Advantech's Industrial Automation Group announced today that one more localized version site of eAutomationPro has been launched in the first Premier Channel Partner, Elmark Automatyka in Poland. eAutomationPro is a website for automation professionals that offers comprehensive Advantech product information and the ability to purchase both Advantech and third party products. |
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| Yale Scientists decipher Wiring Pattern of cell signaling networks |
01 December 2005 - Yale University
A team of scientists at Yale University has completed the first comprehensive map of the proteins and kinase signaling network that controls how cells of higher organisms operate, according to a report this week in the journal Nature. |
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| Stadco named Supplier of the Year in DTI awards |
01 December 2005 - Stadco
Shrewsbury-based Stadco, the leading supplier of car body components to the motor industry in Britain and Europe, was this week named as 'Supplier of the Year' at the annual Supply Chain Group Dialogue Awards event. |
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| HSE publishes investigation report into major incident at ConocoPhillips' Humber refinery |
01 December 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Announcing the report, Kevin Allars, Head of HSE's Hazardous Installations Chemical Industries Division, said: 'The fire and explosion at the Humber refinery was a very serious event and could have been catastrophic. It shows the potential harm that arises from major hazard plant. Our investigation revealed that as well as failing to inspect pipework at its site adequately, the company's management had not correctly analysed the effects of an operating change, nor recorded it. This led to operators, inspection and monitoring staff not having a common understanding of the actual operating arrangements at the plant.' |
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| Advances may enable on-the-spot prostate cancer treatment |
01 December 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
A trio of innovations may enable physicians to plan prostate cancer patients' treatment in real time and to implant cancer-killing radiation 'seeds' more accurately and efficiently. |
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