R & D articles from February 2005

R & D archives from February 2005

Study in Complexities.(Editorial)(Editorial)
February 1, 2005... One of the great challenges of the 21st century is the evaluation of the function of the human proteome. The publication of the finished human genome sequence last fall ended the 13-year Human Genome Project (HGP) which defined between 20,000...

Innovative Micro Technology.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Innovative Micro Technology (IMT) was formed in 2000, specifically to produce MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) devices. Its 130,000 sq ft facility contains a 30,000 sq ft clean room/fab, the largest and best-equipped independent MEMS fab...

Barnstead International.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Barnstead International designs, manufactures and markets value added laboratory and life science products for research, industrial and clinical markets worldwide. As a leader of the highest quality laboratory products available, Barnstead has...

Government invests in ultra-short x-rays.(Lasers & Optics)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The research availability of high-power x-ray beams has been one of the main advantages of particle accelerators situated around the globe. Realizing the importance of its applications, Congress has provided $54 million in funding from the FY05...

Refining MS results.(Analytical Instruments)
February 1, 2005... Enhancing compound identification in gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) routines is the basis behind a new software suite from Ion Signature Technologies (IST), North Smithfield, RI. The IST for GC/MS data analysis package targets...

NSF reports on doctorates.(National Science Foundation)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released its findings on the current track of the number of science & engineering (S&E) doctorates being granted in the U.S. The report, Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2003, finds that 25,258...

Thermo grows with Kendro bid.(Lab Equipment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Thermo Electron Corp., Waltham, Mass., has recently announced that it will acquire lab equipment and life science product supplier Kendro Laboratory Products, a division of SPX Corp., Ashville, N.C., for a total of $833.5 million. "Over the...

Novartis sheds light on pipeline.(Pharmaceuticals)
February 1, 2005... Novartis, Basel, Switzerland, has released details on the current track of its R&D pipeline. In addition to the 75 projects currently in clinical development, which include 52 in phase II and III, and 43 new molecular entities, the company is...

San Fran hosts MRS Spring Meeting.(Upcoming: conferences & events)(Calendar)
February 1, 2005... The 2005 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting will be held March 28 to April 1 in San Francisco, Calif. All 33 technical symposia will be located at the new Moscone West Convention Center. The meeting will high-light advances in the...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2005... The cover photo credit line was regrettably omitted in the Dec 2004 issue. The credit should have read: An SwRI-developed MEMS device undergoes testing in a probe station. The 1-[cm.sup.2] chip contains more than 60 different mechanical...

DOE opens advanced sequencing resources.(Life Science)
February 1, 2005... The U.S. Dept of Energy's (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, Calif., has approved a total of 25 research projects with access to the advanced sequencing equipment and resources of the Institute in 2005. The approvals, overseen by a...

National Instruments.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Since 1976, National Instruments has revolutionized the way engineers and scientists measure and automate the world around them through the innovative concept of virtual instrumentation. Virtual instrumentation combines PC-based technologies...

Organic RFID tags.(Materials)
February 1, 2005... What makes radio frequency identification (RFID) tags so attractive is their ability to track the location of tagged items, as well as their potential to store large amounts of information. Engineers from PolyIC, Erlangen, Germany, have...

Record resolution.(Microscopy)
February 1, 2005... Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has evolved into an indispensable imaging tool for any researcher working with nanosize features. In a major breakthrough, engineers from Carl Zeiss SMT, Oberkochen, Germany, have further reduced this...

Atmospheric super-sensor.(Test & Measurement)
February 1, 2005... Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash., are in the process of developing what it has reported as the "the world's most sophisticated moveable, atmospheric-measuring suite." The ARM Mobile Facility or AMF, is...

Coming soon: Nanomedicine journal.(Micro/Nano Technology)
February 1, 2005... Reed Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the parent company of R&D Magazine, has announced its plans to launch the world's first peer-reviewed journal dedicated entirely to the burgeoning field of nanomedicine. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology,...

Edmund Optics.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Edmund Optics has been a leading supplier of optics and optical components to industry for over 58 years. During this time they have made substantial contributions to areas as varied as medical technology, telecommunications, biometrics,...

Billion dollar N.Y. nanotech investment.(Vacuum/Thin Films)
February 1, 2005... Key integrated circuit (IC) makers have recently pledged to invest nearly $2.5 billion in support of nanoelectronics manufacturing and development in N.Y. Led by IBM, Yorktown Heights, along with partner organizations, AMD, Sunnyvale, Calif.;...

CORTEX feeds biotech ambitions.(Laboratory Design)
February 1, 2005... Looking to lure biotech start-ups and research talent from the well-known hubs of San Francisco, Boston, and San Diego, the city of St. Louis has officially broken ground on one of the region's first speculative research lab and corporate...

Skanska USA Building Inc.(Corporate Profile)(Company Profile)
February 1, 2005... Company Description Skanska USA Building Inc. is a leader in providing world-class construction and regulatory compliance services to a large pharmaceutical and biotechnology client base, as well as government agencies, institutions,...

Browser promotes genomic studies.(Data Management & Analysis)
February 1, 2005... The work of scientists manipulating and visualizing complete genomes is made more challenging by today's difficult-to-use browsers, which possess limited and complex user interfaces. Such browsers "do not meet the visualization needs of people...

Web tool reveals what lies beneath.(Data Management & Analysis)
February 1, 2005... Since ocean color is primarily derived from the amount of chlorophyll in phytoplankton--plants that form the basis of the ocean's food chain--data about any alterations in ocean color can be used to provide information about ocean biology. Up...

Enzyme demand rises.(Data Management & Analysis)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The global market for industrial enzymes is expected to rise at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 3.3%, growing from $2.0 billion in 2004 to $2.4 billion in 2009. The animal feed enzymes sector is forecast to rise the most at a 4.0% AAGR....

Anti-spyware sales boom.(Data Management & Analysis)
February 1, 2005... The infection of 67% of today's computers with some form of spyware and its increasing threat have compelled security solution vendors to buy, build, or partner with standalone anti-spyware merchants. This has translated into an increasing...

Applied robotics.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Applied Robotics is a leading global provider of end-of-arm tooling and connectivity solutions designed to meet unique laboratory automation application needs and accelerate research. What Every Life Scientist Wants to Discover Applied...

The world trusts Minitab for quality: Minitab is the leading provider of software for process improvement and statistics education.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Quality professionals have used MINITAB[R] Statistical Software--our flagship product--to implement hundreds of thousands of improvement projects, and more students have learned statistics using MINITAB than any other package. For more...

China grows on all fronts.(R&D Asia)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... To speed economic development throughout all 23 Chinese provinces, the Chinese State Council recently announced plans for building a national expressway network that would link all cities with populations of more than 200,000. This would...

Korea expanding telecom R&D.(R&D Asia)
February 1, 2005... KT Corp., Korea's leading provider of broadband and telecom services, recently announced the renewal of its strategic relationship with Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., which began in 2001. The new phase involves the creation of a joint research and...

China manned launch in Sept.(R&D Asia)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The China National Space Administration has announced that it plans to send two Chinese astronauts into Earth orbit as early as September. The second manned venture into space by China, their astronauts would spend about five days in orbit....

GSK makes India R&D hub.(R&D Asia)
February 1, 2005... GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, with corporate headquarters in Rixensart, Belgium and South Asian headquarters in Singapore, has announced that it will make India a global hub for clinical R&D. GSK plans to conduct clinical R&D processes in India...

Adobe expands Indian R&D.(R&D Asia)
February 1, 2005... Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., recently inaugurated its second R&D center in Noida, India, on the outskirts of New Delhi. The new center has a capacity of 450 employees, which would bring its total capacity to 850 in India. The Noida...

Millipore Corp.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Millipore's Lab Water Division provides water purification systems, consumables, accessories and support for the design, installation, validation and maintenance of total water systems. We address the end-users' needs from single purification...

Medical pioneer shapes transplantation field.(researcher Anthony Atala from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine)
February 1, 2005... The goal of most researchers is to work on a discovery that will radically improve peoples' lives. For most scientists, this goal will remain a dream, but not for Anthony Atala. Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine,...

Reinventing the IC--inside and out.(Power Profile)(researcher Kathryn Guarini)
February 1, 2005... It's been 45 years since Texas Instruments and Fairchild Semiconductor were first issued patents for their work on developing the integrated circuit (IC). From those early days, ICs have undergone a wellspring of advancements in terms of scale,...

JMP[R] Software.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... What does it take to gain the leading edge? Sometimes it takes seeing something no one else sees--something that leads to a breakthrough discovery. JMP[R] Software for Windows and Macintosh helps you become better at making important...

Modeling to save lives.(Power Profile)(James Walker researcher)
February 1, 2005... The two-year anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy has just passed. In its report, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board had determined foam insulation that broke off during launch tore a hole in Columbia's left wing and warned...

Carl Zeiss SMT.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Carl Zeiss SMT's Nano Technology Systems Division offers a complete range of ultra high resolution GEMINI[R] FESEMs, multi-purpose and extended pressure SEMs, energy filtering TEMs and CrossBeam[R] FIB systems. The ULTRA, based on the...

Changing medicine with microtechnology.(Power Profile)(Doug Sparks)
February 1, 2005... As technology's role in health care continues to grow, so do the needs of medical professionals and the patients themselves. Fortunately, the pipeline for medical innovations is far from being tapped. One on the more intriguing solutions coming...

Terra Universal: Terra Universal is the leading manufacturing expert in critical environment applications, with over 20 years of design and fabrication experience in clean room-related industries.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Mission Terra Universal's mission is to provide ultra-clean, static-safe, controlled humidity and temperature environments tailored to meet a broad range of applications and industries. Terra manufactures high-value modular clean rooms,...

A winning combination.(Power Profile)
February 1, 2005... He has written over 100 articles for textbooks, journals, and magazines. Over 100 have been written about him. What is it about Wu? Other than being intelligent and ahead of his time, he is also one really nice guy. First off, let's start...

Single Iteration, a division of Watlow: Single Iteration extends your engineering department.(Corporate Profile)
February 1, 2005... Single Iteration is an engineering services organization that focuses on one thing-helping customers develop innovative solutions to managing heat. We bring thermal expertise to your staff enabling you to get your product to market quicker. ...

Measuring innovation ... Gauging your organization's success: the good news is that innovation can be measured; the bad news is that it can become a complex exercise with many differences between organizations.
February 1, 2005... The good news is that innovation can be measured; the bad news is that it can become a complex exercise with many differences between organizations. Technological innovation is, defined as the "successful exploitation of new ideas." This...

OMEGA Engineering, Inc.(Corporate Profile)(Company Profile)
February 1, 2005... Exceeding Your Expectations Since its inception in 1962, OMEGA has grown from manufacturing a single product line of thermocouples to an established global leader in the technical marketplace, offering more than 100,000 state-of-the-art...

Chromatography productivity expands in shrinking spaces: enhancements in chromatography seek to optimize production, while taking up less room in the laboratory.(Keywords * Analytical Chemistry * Chromatography * Resolution)
February 1, 2005... Although different chromatography applications are characterized by specific technological needs, the current demand is for products that occupy less bench space, while maximizing productivity and quality. Simply put, researchers want more...

Asylum research: advanced AFMs/SPMs for Nanoscience and Technology.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Asylum Research was founded on dream to create a company that would be dedicated to the scientist--where the true measure of success would be in withstanding the rigors of the most demanding research labs in the world. Our Atomic Force...

The rise of virtual microscopy: virtual microscopy promises to advance productivity and maximize user support and comfort, while delivering maximum returns on investment and time.(Keywords * Microscopes * Vitual Slides * Remote Access)
February 1, 2005... Over the last ten years, technologists have provided us with the microscopy tools to realize a rapid acceleration of new scientific discoveries. Among these tools are traditional light microscopes with glass slides, which have long been the...

Overcoming the challenges of a LIMS migration: adopting a LIMS strategy oftentimes requires the need for outside intervention.(Keywords * Data Analysis * Software * Laboratory Equipment)
February 1, 2005... One of the biggest challenges laboratory information management system (LIMS) administrators and IT professionals encounter is the daunting task of migrating from one LIMS to another. Be it a simple upgrade or migration to a completely new...

Ocean Optics, Inc.(Corporate Profile)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
February 1, 2005... Since 1989, Ocean Optics has supplied optical sensing solutions for research and development, working directly with the innovators--scientists, engineers, and OEMs--who represent a wide range of disciplines and industries in the R&D community....

Pfeiffer Vacuum: team up for better analytical performance.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Pfeiffer Vacuum, Inc. is a worldwide supplier of products and solutions for the generation, control and measurement of vacuum. Their products are used in a wide variety of analytical applications including LC-MS, GC-MS, chemical and plasma...

UV conquers the drydown zone: all vacuum systems encounter the drydown zone where the slow desorption of water vapor controls the system's pumpdown performance. Powered desorption by UV radiation can shorten the pumpdown time substantially.(Keywords * Vacuum * Desorption * Radiation)
February 1, 2005... Every vacuum practitioner needs to deal, at some point in their process, with water vapor. Water vapor can be a big enough problem with condensation or pump loading, but when a process requires high vacuum below [l0.sup.-3] torr, we have to...

CUH2A.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... The science and technology community turns to CUH2A for research facilities designed to foster discovery; discovery that ultimately will improve our lives into the future. Our architects, engineers, and planners are informed by the...

Measuring high-resistivities: semiconductor materials require accurate measuring techniques.(Keywords * Test & Measurement * Semiconductors * Instrumentation)
February 1, 2005... The resistivity and Hall mobility of semiconducting materials are fundamental properties investigated during product and process development. For example, the resistivity of a semiconductor device is primarily dependent on bulk doping and can...

Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems.(Corporate Profile)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
February 1, 2005... Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems is a leading manufacturer of vacuum pumps and systems, and rotary lobe blowers and blower systems. Tuthill combines the broad line of Kinney[R] products including rotary piston pumps, rotary vane pumps, liquid...

StatSoft, Inc.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... StatSoft is the world's largest provider of quality control/quality improvement enterprise solutions. Our STATISTICA line of products provides the most comprehensive array of data analysis, data management, data visualization, and data mining...

Certifying and updating EMS.(Regulatory Update)
February 1, 2005... The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Geneva, Switzerland, along with the International Accreditation Forum (IAF, www.iaf.nu), have released further details on the transition from ISO 14001:1996 to ISO 14001:2004, which...

Online Hispanic outreach tool.(Regulatory Update)
February 1, 2005... The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Washington, D.C., has unveiled a new Hispanic Outreach Module for its Compliance Assistance Quick Start web tool. The new Hispanic Outreach Module assists employers with a...

Desktop access to codes.(Regulatory Update)
February 1, 2005... The International Code Council, Falls Church, Va., a membership association which develops the codes used when constructing residential and commercial buildings, has released the 2003 International Code Commentaries on CD. The I-Code...

Indoor climate study.(Regulatory Update)
February 1, 2005... A National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) analysis of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) survey of U.S. public and commercial buildings found that despite careful building design, post-construction ventilation conditions are...

EPA seeks safe septic.(Regulatory Update)
February 1, 2005... Ben Grumbles, assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Water, along with representatives from the wastewater industry, have formalized an agreement to improve septic system treatment for 25 million U.S. homes. This memorandum of...

Crystals improve drug design.(Academic)
February 1, 2005... A major focus of pharmaceutical companies revolves around designing drugs that target specific proteins. Such efforts typically involve using protein crystallography to reveal a protein's geometry and help identify features that may play a role...

Breaking the power barrier.(Academic)
February 1, 2005... A computer chip that uses 100 times less energy than current state-of-the-art digital chips has been developed by scientists at the Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. The decreased energy consumption is achieved through the use of the digital...

Biotech meets art.(Academic)
February 1, 2005... Biotechnologies originally intended to deal with agricultural problems are being applied in Venezuela by a United Nations Univ., Tokyo, Japan, program--UNU-BIOLAC--to preserve the cultural heritage of the country. Decay caused by heat,...

A CAD's second opinion.(Academic)
February 1, 2005... A computer-aided design (CAD) technology created by researchers at the Univ. of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, aims to complement a radiologist's judgment and help detect more cancers. Employing computer-vision methods...

Plants inspire fuel cell cooler.(Industrial)
February 1, 2005... Portable electronic products powered by environmentally friendly fuel cells are expected to play a major role in the future. But before these products can experience widespread commercial acceptance, two main challenges need to be resolved--1)...

MEMS bar code scanners.(Industrial)
February 1, 2005... Bar codes are used globally to monitor the movement of products. This tracking will now be improved due to a recently introduced bar code laser scanning engine with enhanced capabilities. The result of a collaborative effort between Intermec...

Shrinking memory cells.(Industrial)
February 1, 2005... Scientists at Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, have created the world's smallest, non-volatile flash memory cell. By developing a distinctive 3-D configuration with a fin for the transistor as the key to the memory cell, electrostatic...

Eight-die MCP.(Industrial)
February 1, 2005... Greater functionality is now possible in high-capacity mobile devices thanks to the first eight-die multi-chip package(MCP) technology developed by researchers at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea. Using the company's proprietary...

Dendrimers customize delivery.(Eureka)
February 1, 2005... Numerous researchers in the medical arena are focusing on dendrimers--synthetic polymers that can carry different types of molecules, such as drugs, and deliver them in the body. Nanometerscale dendrimers can be assembled in many configurations...

Device monitors bone loss.(Eureka)
February 1, 2005... Evaluating human bone health can be improved thanks to a portable imaging tool capable of generating detailed pictures of bone and tissue. Developed by researchers at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Houston, Texas, the...

Golf clubs' feedback.(Eureka)
February 1, 2005... An intelligent golf club that supplies users with a feedback stream is bringing the quest for the perfect golf swing closer to reality. Created by Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, Mass., the SmartSwing's driver incorporates microelectromechanical...

Eye tracking system.(Eureka)
February 1, 2005... Insight into the skills and methods used by surgeons is one possible application for a lightweight, portable eye tracking system that analyzes eye movements. Developed by QinetiQ, Hampshire, UK, and currently licensed to Applied Science...

Thermcraft, Inc.: for over a quarter century, Thermcraft has been a leader in providing both custom and standard heat treating solutions for science and industry.(Corporate Profile)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... For more than a quarter century, Thermcraft, Inc. has been meeting the heat treating needs of science and industry. Thermcraft has been dedicated to providing the highest quality custom and standard heat treating products and unparalleled...

Next-generation data acquisition--more performance, more I/O, more value.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... The new National Instruments (NI) M Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices set a new standard for DAQ hardware capabilities with a revolutionary architecture designed from the ground up. In addition to integrating the most advanced commercially...

Wireless pH and temperature transmitter.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... The OM-CP-RFPH101A from Omega Engineering, Inc. is a miniature, wireless, battery powered, standalone, pH and temperature transmitter. This all-in-one compact, easy-to-use device will measure and transmit pH and temperature measurements. The...

Rapidly create test, measurement and control systems with LabVIEW.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... NI LabVIEW is the graphical development environment for creating flexible and scalable test, measurement, and control applications, rapidly and at minimal cost. With LabVIEW, engineers and scientists interface with real-world signals, analyze...

SterREO Discovery.V12 for materials microscopy.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... SteREO Discovery from Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc. is an outstanding choice for applications in materials research and quality control. It has impressive stability, exceptionally large specimen room, increased depth of field, excellent color...

New January 2005 catalog from Edmund Optics.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Edmund Optics' new January 2005 optics and optical components catalog contains over 7,000 products to assist in your demanding applications. New products include near-IR neutral density filters, RazorEdge[TM] longpass filters, and a new line of...

Magnetic rotary vane pump.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... The M Series from Pfeiffer Vacuum, Inc. is the world's only magnetic rotary vane pump features a magnetic coupling, eliminating the radial shaft seal. This results in no maintenance or service requirements. The environmentally responsible...

Scanning electron microscope.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... The Carl Zeiss SMT EVO[R] family of versatile SEMs offers you a choice of high vacuum, extended variable pressure and extended pressure systems. The new high resolution multi-mode column with a conical objective lens combined with a large...

MINITAB release 14.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... MINITAB Release 14 is a powerful statistical software package designed for quality professionals. Its visually engaging graphs and easy-to-use collection of methods--including Basic and Advanced Statistics, Regression and ANOVA, Reliability,...

New manual pellet presses.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... CARVER, Inc. has expanded its offering of manual pellet presses with the introduction of 40 and 50 ton versions. These presses are used to produce pellet samples from compactable homogenous powder. The manual line of presses offers the customer...

JMP version 5.1.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Learn how JMP software can help your organization make significant process improvements that increase the efficiency of doing business and give you a competitive edge. JMP links statistics with graphics to interactively explore, understand, and...

Modular components for LED analysis.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Ocean Optics offers a variety of miniature, modular spectroscopy components to measure the absolute spectral intensity and color of LEDs. Technologies include USB2000 Spectrometer, LS-1-CAL-INT Calibrated Light Source, FOIS-1 Integrating...

Laboratory automation solutions.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2005... Applied Robotics, a global end-of-arm tooling supplier, offers a customizable suite of products including servo and pneumatic grippers, microplate handling fingers, microplate hotels, tool changers and collision sensors for the life sciences...