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| HSE research shows importance of safety representatives in the workplace |
30 June 2005 - HSE InfoLine
A Health and Safety Executive report, published today, confirms evidence of a positive link between the appointment of safety representatives and levels of health and safety awareness and performance. |
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| Findings may lead to new nano-devices and understanding of infection |
30 June 2005 - National Science Foundation
Researchers have reported new information about how certain bacteria propel themselves from one place to another. Insight into bacterial micro-movement will benefit scientists and engineers developing nano-scale mechanical devices that may one day push fluids and transport molecules without the aid of pumps or electrical charges. |
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| New map of gene control regions provides tool for understanding cells' different roles |
29 June 2005 - National Science Foundation
In another step to decipher information in the human genome, scientists have discovered the location and sequence of over 10,000 DNA regions that function as genetic on-off switches, or 'promoters' in human fibroblasts. Fibroblasts are relatively generic, easily maintained, human cells that form connective tissues throughout the body. By knowing the specific sequences of DNA that control the nearly 8,000 active genes in fibroblasts, scientists can tease apart the biochemical regulation system these cells use to turn genes on and off during normal growth. |
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| New vibration at work regulations help prevent up to two million employees from occupational ill health |
29 June 2005 - HSE InfoLine
New regulations that will help both employers and employees to take preventive action from vibration risks in the workplace come into force on 6 July 2005, says the Health and Safety Executive. The European Physical Agents (Vibration) Directive (Directive 2002/44) deals with the control of diseases caused by vibration at work from equipment, vehicles and machines. |
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| New chem-bio sensors offer simultaneous monitoring |
29 June 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Vienna University of Technology have developed a modular system that combines chemical and biological sensing tools capable of providing simultaneous, nano-level resolution information on cell topography and biological activity. The tools integrate micro and nanoscale electrodes into the tips of an atomic force microscope. A veritable Swiss army knife of sensors, the patented technique is currently being tested to combine other sensing methods to give scientists a more holistic view of cellular activities. The research is published in Vol 44, 2005 of the chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie. |
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| Fluent previews 3Matic-for-FLUENT and TGrid 4.0 wrapping solution |
29 June 2005 - Materialise NV
Fluent Inc., and Materialise, the world leader in software development for rapid prototyping and industrial design applications, preview a new preprocessing solution for Automotive Underhood Thermal Management today to delegates at the bi-annual European Automotive CFD Conference in Frankfurt. |
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| NASA probe could reveal comet life, scientists claim |
29 June 2005 - Cardiff University
Cardiff scientists are playing a major role in a NASA mission, which they believe could reveal living matter in the icy layers beneath the surface of a comet. |
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| Watching more TV may increase seniors negative views of aging |
28 June 2005 - Yale University
The more seniors watch television, the greater their negative images of aging may be, but maintaining a diary of viewing impressions increased their awareness of the negative stereotyping on television, researchers at Yale report in the Journal of Social Issues |
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| Construction partnership provides free health and safety training for small builders |
28 June 2005 - HSE InfoLine
Today, HSE's Chief Inspector of Construction, Rosi Edwards and Plymouth City Councillor Sue Dann, cabinet member for transport and human resources, visited a mobile unit used to deliver free health and safety training to take part in a training session and celebrate the success of the initiative. During the visit, the Chief Inspector and City Councillor also committed to further action to improve the South West and Plymouth's health and safety performance and discussed the benefits of sensible health and safety with successful delegate, Paul O'Leary. |
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| Designers continue to improve their performance |
27 June 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The 2005 designer initiative in Scotland and Northern England has revealed that designers in the construction industry are becoming increasingly aware of their responsibilities to design out health and safety risks. |
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| Stadco to manufacture MG Rover spare parts |
27 June 2005 - Stadco
Following the collapse of the MG Rover Group, Stadco is working closely with XPart to secure the supply and manufacturing routes required to continue producing body components for all MG and Rover models. These spare parts are essential to keep accident-damaged vehicles on the road. |
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| Groundbreaking study helps explain why preemie brains improve over time |
27 June 2005 - Yale University
Infants born prematurely and with hypoxia, inadequate oxygen to the blood, are able to recover some cells, volume and weight in the brain after oxygen supply is restored, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Experimental Neurology. |
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| Fungus-farming ants around the world cultivate essentially the same fungus and are not as critical to the reproduction |
27 June 2005 - University of Texas at Austin
Fungus-farming ants are dependent on cultivating fungus gardens for food, and it has been widely believed the fungi also evolved dependence on the ants for their dispersal and reproduction. When young ant queens establish new colonies, they take a start-up crop of fungi with them from their parental garden. |
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| DuPont resins enable greater tyre safety |
27 June 2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
A new low-cost system for tyre pressure monitoring, manufactured by SmarTire Systems Inc. of Canada, uses rugged, extremely lightweight sensors made with DuPont Zytel HTN high performance polyamide and Zytel nylon 66. Spurred by demands to extend tyre life and improve safety, tyre-pressure monitoring, which is already widely used in heavy trucks and other commercial vehicles, is set for a major expansion in passenger cars. Recent US legislation requires all light passenger vehicles built or imported into the US to be equipped with tyre monitoring systems by the 2008 model year. |
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| 3M touch systems introduces MicroTouch Interactive Surface Technology |
25 June 2005 - 3M Europe
3M Touch Systems, Inc. introduces a new touch technology platform, Interactive Surface Technology, addressing the needs of traditional touch application segments such as retail, point-of-sale, kiosks, and industrial. It also expands the possibilities of touch for new emerging applications, such as outdoor environments, mobile and handheld devices, and on- and off-display implementation for use in automobiles. 3M will display MicroTouch IST this week at the Society for Information Display trade show in Boston. |
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| A very muscular baby offers hope against diseases |
24 June 2005 - University of Chicago
The moment the little boy was born, the hospital staff knew there was something unusual about him. His muscles looked nothing like the soft baby muscles of the other infants in the nursery. They were bulging and well defined, especially in his thighs and upper arms. |
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| BU medical researcher indicates facts satisfy need-to-know for financial, care decisions |
23 June 2005 - Boston University
Adult children of people with Alzheimer’s disease were satisfied and unharmed by the experience of genetic risk assessment, even when results suggested they might be at risk, according to new findings presented by Robert C. Green at the recent International Conference on the Prevention of Dementia, sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association. Green, a medical doctor and professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, led the team that conducted the study. |
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| Nicotine helps Schizophrenics with attention and memory |
23 June 2005 - Yale University
Cigarette smoking may improve attention and short–term memory in persons with schizophrenia by stimulating nicotine receptors in the brain, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the June issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry. |
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| New Health Systems professional Ed classes launched |
23 June 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
This fall Georgia Tech's renowned health systems faculty will launch a series of short courses designed for working professionals in the healthcare industry, from hospital administrators to consultants to mid-level managers and clinicians. |
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| Deep sea algae connect ancient climate, carbon dioxide and vegetation |
22 June 2005 - Yale University
Assistant Professor Mark Pagani in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale and his colleagues mapped the first detailed history of atmospheric carbon dioxide between 45–25 million years ago based on stable isotopes of carbon in a National Science Foundation study reported in Science Express. |
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| Breast cancer growth regulator holds promise for more targeted treatment |
22 June 2005 - Yale University
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered the breast cancer growth regulator sEGFR, which may be a useful tool in monitoring a patient's responsiveness to treatment with the drug letrozole. |
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| Scientists reveal aerodynamics of the tiny bird's flight |
22 June 2005 - National Science Foundation
Hummingbirds are masters of the air, unique among birds for their ability to hover for long periods of time. Using a sophisticated digital imaging technique, scientists have now determined the aerodynamics of hummingbird flight. These latest data disprove conclusions from numerous earlier studies that hummingbirds hovered like insects despite their profound muscle and skeletal differences. |
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| Autotype has launched a new range of high performance films, called SIGMAGraF UVjet |
22 June 2005 - Autotype International
Autotype has launched a new range of high performance films, called SIGMAGraF UVjet, which, for the first time, enable printers to purchase one type of film that can be used for floor graphics, indoor panels or outdoor display purposes. |
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| New oncologist at Veterinary School offers innovative cancer treatment options |
22 June 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Ruthanne Chun, a clinical veterinary oncologist who joined the staff this month of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, is dedicated to finding new and better ways to treat animals with cancer. |
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| Researchers have found that adolescent girls living in Maine are at an increased risk for vitamin D |
21 June 2005 - Boston University
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have found that adolescent girls living in Maine are at an increased risk for vitamin D deficiency, which may eventually compromise their bone health. |
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| Linguistics meets Veterinary Medicine, 13th Century Armenian Medical Book on horses has been translated |
20 June 2005 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
An Armenian manual about horse medicine from the 13th century has been translated into German for the first time. The compendium is Armenia's oldest preserved veterinary medical work and offers an overall view of expert knowledge about horses during the late 13th century in the Near East. The Austrian Science Fund FWF supported this project and it was made possible thanks to an Austrian Armenologist, her excellent knowledge about the country and its language as well as her close cooperation with veterinarians in Vienna. |
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| New DuPont Cool2Go Wrap keeps beer colder longer |
20 June 2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
Leave it to DuPont to find the answer to the age-old question of how to keep beer cold on a hot summer day. Utilizing its expertise as a global leader in producing science-based, innovative packaging solutions, DuPont today announced that the DuPont 'Cool2Go' wrap, is being used for the first time on beer cans to keep beer colder for a longer period of time. |
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| More success for Sandvik's coffee freezing systems |
20 June 2005 - Sandvik Materials Technology UK
Stainless steel, belt-based processing systems produced by Sandvik Process Systems are used in virtually every type of food processing, but possibly one of the fastest growing applications is the freezing of instant food products and, in particular, coffee. In recent years all of the world's major instant coffee producers have installed Sandvik systems, reflecting that freezing, with subsequent vacuum drying - has proved to be the process of choice in terms of efficiency and product quality, compared with other methods that have been tried. Controlled temperature freezing maintains both the colour and flavour of the coffee. |
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| Humans rational and irrational buying behavior is mirrored in monkeys |
20 June 2005 - Yale University
The basic economic theory that people work harder to avoid losing money than they do to make money is shared by monkeys, suggesting this trait has a long evolutionary history, according to a Yale University study under review by the Journal of Political Economy. |
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| Ashland and Signature Control Systems align to improve composites molding operations |
20 June 2005 - Ashland Specialty Chemical Company
Ashland Composite Polymers, a business group within Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc, and Signature Control Systems have entered into an alliance that will result in a new technology that composite molding operators can use to improve quality and reduce scrap material. The alliance will join Ashland Composite Polymers' new spiral-flow mold with Signature Control Systems' SmartLab technology. |
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| Italian foundries have chosen the ProCAST solution to simulate and optimize their casting process |
17 June 2005 - ESI Group
ESI Group (ISIN FR0004110310) strengthens its position as a leading supplier of foundry simulation solutions on the Italian market. Following the success of the METEF exhibition held in April 2004 in Brescia, Italy, and with the efficient collaboration of ESI Group's Italian agent Ecotre sas di Valente dr. Tiziano & C., ESI Group's casting solutions gained new ground in Italy. Over the past year, 15 new customers have decided to adopt the ProCAST solution to optimize their process and to improve their casting quality. |
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| Preschool vision and hearing pilot program highly effective |
16 June 2005 - Yale University
A pilot program to screen children in preschool for vision and hearing problems demonstrated an effective method for early detection of health problems that influence children's development and learning, according to a published study by Yale School of Nursing faculty. |
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| U.S. Chemicals business wins award |
16 June 2005 - Akcros Chemicals
Akzo Nobel Chemicals in the United States has won a major supplier award for the fifth year in a row. |
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| Pioneering technology to explore other planets |
16 June 2005 - European Space Agency
Drilling holes on other planets and inventing novel textiles to secure large structures in space are just two of the 27 challenges that expert teams have been working on in the first year of ESA's Innovation Triangle Initiative. |
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| Racing for Holland to use new suspension technology developed by Creuat and Corus in Le-Mans 24 Hour |
15 June 2005 - Corus Automotive
The Racing for Holland team entry in this year's gruelling 24-hour Le Mans race will be using a unique hydropneumatic interconnected suspension system designed to maximise the racecars' traction, grip and stability, which ultimately will help it go faster. |
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| Georgia Tech unveils new nanoTECH web portal |
15 June 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
Like many areas of scientific exploration, nanoscience and nanotechnology exist on the borders between disciplines. NanoTECH brings together the research of more than 100 Georgia Tech scientists in an easily navigated Web site, showcasing groundbreaking work in the synthesis and characteristics of nanomaterials; properties of nanomaterials; nanoscale modeling and simulation; nanodevices, nanophotonics and nanomaterials; and nanomedicine and nano-biotechnology. |
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| Borealis to showcase new power cable solutions |
15 June 2005 - Borealis A/S
Borealis, the world's leading provider of polyolefin compounds for the Wire & Cable industry, is participating at the Wire Russia 2005 International Trade Fair, June 21-24 in Moscow (Borealis stand, 4B08/4C07, Pavilion 7 in the Krasnaya Presnya Exhibition Centre). |
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| Researcher discovers how Lance Armstrong keeps on winning |
15 June 2005 - University of Texas at Austin
A marked improvement in muscle efficiency and large reductions in body fat and body weight are keys to Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong’s cycling success, according to a seven-year study by University of Texas at Austin professor Ed Coyle. |
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| Missing receptor molecule causes tumor growth |
15 June 2005 - Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
A missing receptor molecule contributes to the growth of tumors in human ovaries. This surprisingly evident connection has now been proven by a team at the Medical University of Vienna, who published their data in the science journal Molecular Cancer Research. The team, who is supported by funding from the Austrian Science Fund FWF, also discovered the possible genetic reason why the receptor molecule, which is an important factor in regulating cell growth, is missing. |
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| University psychologists find the downside to perceptual learning |
14 June 2005 - Boston University
Our ability to learn to see things that may be new or unfamiliar to us is a plus; it allows us to adapt to changes in our surrounding environment. A big benefit is that it allows us to learn to do new tasks, such as becoming skilled at seeing the mere suggestion of a tumor on a mammogram. Learning to increase our sensitivity to a visual stimulus also seems to come at a cost, according to new research by Takeo Watanabe, an associate professor and director of the Vision Science Laboratory in Boston University’s Department of Psychology. |
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| MacDermid Inc. acquires Autotype International Ltd |
14 June 2005 - Autotype International
Autotype International has become part of MacDermid Inc. of Denver, Colorado, USA. MacDermid are a US publicly quoted group with a strong family shareholding. The acquisition of Autotype from Norcros means that MacDermid will have $0.75billion sales focused in the printing, electronics and industrial finishing markets around the world. |
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| New drug abuse treatment shows promise |
14 June 2005 - Yale University
Patients who receive buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction in an office–based setting are more likely than those receiving methadone treatment to be young men, new to drug use, and with no history of methadone treatment, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. |
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| Short lifetimes of nanometre chips are centre-stage in the obsolescence debate |
14 June 2005 - Component Obsolescence Group (COG)
Arguably today's biggest dilemma for designers of military and aerospace systems is how to deal with the dramatic reduction in chip operating life caused by the semiconductor industry's move to nanometre processes which is entirely geared towards throwaway consumer products. |
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| Better Backs for the waste and recycling industry |
13 June 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health and Safety Executive is appealing to waste management and recycling industries to visit its 'Better Backs' micro site at www.betterbacks.hse.gov.uk or call 0845 345 0055, both of which offer practical tips on how to avoid back-related injuries in the workplace. |
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| Astronomers announce the most earth-like planet yet found outside the solar system |
13 June 2005 - National Science Foundation
Taking a major step forward in the search for Earth-like planets beyond our own solar system, a team of astronomers has announced the discovery of the smallest extrasolar planet yet detected. About seven-and-a-half times as massive as Earth, with about twice the radius, it may be the first rocky planet ever found orbiting a normal star not much different from our Sun. |
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| DSM probiotic LAFTI L10 proves it's strength |
13 June 2005 - DSM Coating Resins
Recent research by DSM has confirmed the superior efficacy, stability and survival of DSM`s probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus LAFTI L10. With the probiotic activity of many supplements significantly reduced by the time the capsule reaches the gastro-intestinal tract, the only place that really matters, the proven gastro-intestinal survival of LAFTI L10 will benefit both Dietary Supplement manufacturers and consumers. |
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| Researchers find snoring associated with head shape |
12 June 2005 - Case Western Reserve University
If a nightly symphony of snorers sleeps in your home, chances are they inherited the family's round-shaped head. Six researchers at Case Western Reserve University have used the shape of a person's head as one indicator of potential problems with sleep apnea, a chronic form of snoring. Round-headed individuals tend to interrupt a good night's sleep with snoring more than long, thin-faced people. |
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| Encouraging initial results, clinical trial report presented at national meeting |
12 June 2005 - DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
More than 400,000 Americans with advanced-stage bone cancer may one day find non-sedating relief for their excruciating bone pain, and possible treatment for their cancer, in a promising therapy now being tested in a nationwide clinical trial. |
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| Safety award for chemicals business |
10 June 2005 - Akcros Chemicals
Akzo Nobel's Chemicals business in the United States has won an award for its safe handling of hazardous chemicals. |
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| Yale poll reveals overwhelming public desire for new energy policy direction |
09 June 2005 - Yale University
A new Yale University research survey of 1,000 adults nationwide reveals that while Americans are deeply divided on many issues, they overwhelmingly believe that the United States is too dependent on imported oil. The survey shows a vast majority of the public also wants to see government action to develop new 'clean' energy sources, including solar and wind power as well as hydrogen cars. |
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| How cell suicide protects plants from infection |
09 June 2005 - Yale University
To protect themselves from viruses, plants create a zone of dead cells around an infection site that prevents the infection from spreading. Savithramma Dinesh–Kumar, associate professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale and his colleagues discovered how the plants keep from killing themselves after they turn on the cell–suicide PCD process. |
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| RP 4 Baghdad project started |
09 June 2005 - Materialise NV
Less than a month after the key-players of the Rapid Prototyping industry announced the founding of the humanitarian project 'RP 4 Baghdad' is the very first medical model a fact and is the first surgery performed. The project offers free medical support in the form of software, medical models and medical equipment for surgeons in Iraq. On June 5th, a team of Iraqi specialists successfully performed the very first surgery. |
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| Researchers from Mexico, United States find new family of catfish in Chiapas |
09 June 2005 - University of Texas at Austin
A team of researchers from Mexico and the United States has identified a new family of catfish in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The paper detailing the discovery has been published in Zootaxa, an online scientific journal. |
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| 3M launches innovative online game enabling customers to discover its amazing world |
08 June 2005 - 3M Europe
Global innovation technology company, 3M, today announced the launch of its' web-based game which combines mouse interaction with moving video. The new game demonstrates how 3M's diverse technologies and products touch nearly every aspect of modern life. |
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| Autotype helps Hoffmann+Krippner create keyboards for critical application areas |
08 June 2005 - Autotype International
The industry leading Autotex polyester film from Autotype International is being used by Hoffmann+Krippner, one of Europe’s leading membrane keyboard manufacturers, to enable the company to produce keypads for industrial and computer equipment for use in demanding environments, that are subject to high levels of dust or humidity. |
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| HSE urges safer systems for unpacking large sheets of glass |
08 June 2005 - HSE InfoLine
The Health & Safety Executive is reminding those involved in the glazing and cladding industries of the importance of conducting suitable risk assessments and having safe systems of work in place for packing and unpacking large sheets of glass. |
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| New finding may provide insight on Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease |
08 June 2005 - National Science Foundation
After years of intense work, researchers have discovered the 3-dimensional structure of a miniscule, yet mighty, region of a protein that forms deleterious rope-like structures in the brain. Known as amyloid fibrils, the proteins are associated with the degenerative brain disorders Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, and so-called prion diseases like mad cow. This particular region of the protein catalyzes the formation of a 'molecular zipper,' which pulls proteins together to form the stubbornly stable clumps. |
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| New device could shorten drug development |
07 June 2005 - Georgia Institute of Technology
The sequencing of the human genome was only the beginning of a much more complex task, deciphering the secrets of cellular chemistry and the mechanisms of disease. While the genome serves as a blueprint to understanding the body, proteins represent the materials that carry out these plans. There are about 2 million distinct proteins in the human body. That's a lot of proteins, and the future of personalized medicine depends on a better understanding of proteins, including their structure and interactions with drugs and medical devices. |
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| New drugs raise hope in kidney cancer fight |
07 June 2005 - University of Chicago
Several new drugs are showing unprecedented promise in treating kidney cancer, a form of cancer that has been particularly hard to treat, doctors said Sunday. 'I think they are a leap above anything we've seen previously,' said Dr. Walter Stadler, a kidney cancer expert at the University of Chicago, who spoke at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in New Orleans. |
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| Chemists are developing vaccine for skin cancer |
06 June 2005 - Case Western Reserve University
A new therapeutic vaccine under development for melanoma, one of the most deadly forms of skin cancer, offers hope of killing the disease. Zhongwu Guo, CWRU assistant professor of chemistry, is the lead researcher on a five-year, $1.1 million National Institutes of Health research project, 'Metabolic Engineering of Cancer for Immunotargeting.' |
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| Wales-first technology designed
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06 June 2005 - Cardiff University
Cardiff experts have designed world-first technology to investigate sustainable energy sources from the ocean bed by isolating ancient high-pressure bacteria from deep sediments. |
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| High hydrostatic pressure research will inactivate Hepatitis A Virus in Shellstock Oysters |
06 June 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia Sea Grant announced an award of $119,000 to study the effects of high hydrostatic pressure in inactivating Hepatitis A virus in both shucked and unshucked oysters. The project, led by Dr. Daniel Holliman, M.D., research scientist and director of research for the HPP lab, and Laura Douglas, a research associate and manager of the HPP lab, will identify one or more high pressure processing schedules resulting in inactivation of the virus. |
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| World-first technology enables study of ancient bacteria |
06 June 2005 - Cardiff University
Cardiff experts have designed world-first technology to investigate sustainable energy sources from the ocean bed by isolating ancient high-pressure bacteria from deep sediments. |
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| Understanding how bacteria communicate may help scientists prevent disease |
03 June 2005 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Rahul Kulkarni, assistant professor of physics at Virginia Tech, has been awarded a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities to continue his research on quorum sensing in bacteria. He is modeling the sequence of events that initiate activity, such as virulence, by a bacteria colony once it has reached a critical size. |
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| Automated sampling and ship-to-shore communication will aid response |
03 June 2005 - National Science Foundation
With shellfish beds from Maine to Cape Cod closed from the largest outbreak of red tide in 12 years in Massachusetts Bay, scientists are studying the algae that causes these 'red tides' and providing information to coastal managers using new molecular techniques and oceanographic models. |
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| Geologists find first clue to T. rex gender in bone tissue |
02 June 2005 - National Science Foundation
In a report published in the June 3, 2005, issue of the journal Science, Mary Schweitzer, a paleontologist at NCSU and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and her colleagues state that the presence of this particular tissue provides evidence of the dinosaur's gender, and a connection between dinosaurs and living birds. |
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| The new directed self-assembly process can yield near-perfect nano-arrays |
02 June 2005 - National Science Foundation
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have taken another big step toward complex, nanoscale electronic devices that can be directed to assemble themselves automatically, a development that would allow manufacturers to mass-produce 'nanochips' having circuit elements only a few molecules across, roughly 10 times smaller than the features in current-generation chips. |
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| Advanced steel solutions key to addressing environmental challenges for vehicle fluid handling systems |
02 June 2005 - Corus Automotive
Speaking at the European Automotive Components Expo in Stuttgart, Guido Wolf, manager strategic marketing, Corus Special Strip, told delegates how innovative new steels from Corus for vehicle fluid handling systems will help the automotive industry overcome existing and future environmental and technical challenges. |
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| Wheels of steel turn energy into gold |
02 June 2005 - ABB Limited (Group Headquarters)
Over 1,000 MWh of energy is being saved each year at Magnetto-Topy’s steel wheel manufacturing plant in Coventry, following the installation of seven ABB drives. |
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| New state-of-the-art, robotically assisted surgery to help patients recover more quickly |
02 June 2005 - Boston University
Robotically assisted surgery allows the surgeon to perform a complicated surgery using minimally invasive techniques that are less traumatic for the patient; it also lowers the complication rate, according to Richard Babayan, MD, chief of Urology at BMC and professor of urology at Boston University School of Medicine. “There is less blood loss and faster healing. Some patients go home the day after surgery, which is something you couldn’t do before using the old, open procedure.” |
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| ARC solar thermal building product demonstrates energy savings of 48 per cent |
01 June 2005 - Alberta Research Council
Researchers at the Alberta Research Council Inc. have completed a pilot study identifying a more efficient technology to insulate homes, reducing space heating costs for homeowners. Researchers proved by combining direct solar collection and heat storage technology with existing structural insulated panel system, energy consumption for space heating could be reduced by 48 per cent. |
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| Three or more display configurations popular |
01 June 2005 - Matrox VITE
Progress over the past two years have left PACS developers, healthcare solution integrators, and medical imaging professionals demanding newer and faster functionality and flexibility from medical imaging workstation hardware. Matrox Graphics display controller boards are offering more opportunities for application development and continue to define new approaches to classical problems. |
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| Crystal structure connected to product performance |
01 June 2005 - CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory
The appearance of different crystal structures (also known as polymorphs) in a crystallising substance can be critical to its performance in use. During manufacture, process control factors such as pressure and rate of cooling determine the composition of polymorphs that will occur. The ability to look at the detailed crystal structures developing during the manufacturing process allows an understanding of how the presence or absence of a particular polymorph can alter the behaviour, appearance, texture and other characteristics of the finished product. The properties which different polymorphs confer are often the key to improved or diminished product performance in terms of efficacy, safety and bio-availability. |
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| New MINI autos stay on the go with DuPont Vespel for transmission seals |
01 June 2005 - DuPont Engineering Polymers
The stepless automatic drive in the sporty MINI car can operate maintenance-free, thanks in part to the exceptional abrasion resistance and other high-performance capabilities of sealing rings made of DuPont Vespel SP polyimide. The drive, a continuously variable transmission type, is made by ZF Getriebe GmbH of Germany. |
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| ESI Group and MECALOG to collaborate on future releases of EASi-CRASH RAD for RADIOSS |
01 June 2005 - ESI Group
ESI Group and Mecalog announce a multi-year collaborative agreement to continue the development of EASi-CRASH RAD, a comprehensive CAE environment for multi-body and finite element occupant safety simulations using RADIOSS. |
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| Yale Scientists identify structure for RNA quality control |
01 June 2005 - Yale University
The quality control process in the cell has been well–studied for the DNA and messenger RNA components for making proteins. However, little was known about what cells do with abnormal or misfolded RNAs that are not translated into protein, such as ribosomal RNAs, transfer RNAs, and small nuclear and cytoplasmic regulatory RNAs. This work describes a molecular mechanism of RNA quality control. |
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| Updated instrument promises a better look at how tornadoes form |
01 June 2005 - National Science Foundation
A new Doppler radar instrument that can scan tornadoes every five to 10 seconds is prowling the Great Plains this spring in search of its first close-up twister. Newly enhanced for season-long thunderstorm tracking, the radar promises the most complete picture to date of tornado evolution, allowing for better tornado prediction in the future. |
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