R & D articles from June 2005

R & D archives from June 2005

Not completely logical technology.(technology trends)(Editorial)
June 1, 2005... In our high-technology world, many publications often take the opportunity to list their versions of "emerging technologies" or "technology trends." As is the case with varying points of view, these lists are biased in terms of their particular...

Buckyball toxicity re-examined.(MICRO/NANO TECHNOLOGY)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Results from a research effort led by teams from Georgia Tech, Atlanta, and Rice Univ., Houston, Texas, have presented new evidence on the possible damaging effects of buckyballs--a.k.a. fullerenes or C60--on the environment. Led by Georgia...

SLAC helps reveal historical truths.(ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS)(Stanford Univ. Linear Accelerator)(X-rays reveals greek manuscripts of Archimedes)(www.slac.stanford.edu)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... X-rays from the Stanford Univ. Linear Accelerator (SLAC), Calif., have recently uncovered ancient text from Greek mathematician Archimedes. The effort, led by SLAC physicist Uwe Bergmann, capitalized on the reaction between the x-rays from the...

Advanced nanoscale material facility moves forward.(LABORATORY DESIGN)(Argonne National Laboratory to open Center for Nanoscale Material)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Representatives from Illinois state government as well as the Dept. of Energy (DOE) recently convened at a dedication ceremony for Argonne National Laboratory's new $72 million Center for Nanoscale Material (CNM). The center's core mission will...

Ultra-high intensity laser facility christened.(LASERS & OPTICS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Officials at the Univ. of Rochester, N.Y., recently christened the Robert L. Sproull Center for Ultra High Intensity Laser Research. The 7,618-[m.sup.2] complex, named after the University's 7th President, will be home to the OMEGA EP (extended...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
June 1, 2005... On Page 26 of the May issue of R&D, the photo credit source for Schepens Eye Institute should be attributed to Warren Jagger.

DuPont reinvests into MIT.(MATERIALS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... DuPont, Wilmington, Del., has pledged an additional $25 million in support of its alliance with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, for the creation of next-generation materials. The additional funds bring DuPont's total...

Report reviews U.S. nanotech R&D.(BULLETIN)(Research and Development)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The President's Council of Science and Technology Advisors (PCAST) have recently released their findings on the current track of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The report, entitled, The National Nanotechnology Initiative at Five...

Summer ushers in SEMICON West.(Upcoming Conferences & Events)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
June 1, 2005... San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center will host the annual SEMICON West conference, which will run from July 11-15. More than 1,400 companies from 24 countries will showcase their latest innovations in semiconductor, flat panel display,...

Introducing Cornell dots.(MICROSCOPY)(quantum dots innovations from Cornell University)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The power of fluorescent dyes and quantum dots to highlight target molecules and shed light on biological processes is well understood. Now, researchers at Cornell Univ. (CU), Ithaca, N.Y., are offering up a possible alternative with the...

Novel embryonic stem cell lines created.(LIFE SCIENCE)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Stem cell researchers at the Seoul National Univ., South Korea, led by Hwang Woo-suk. are once again at the forefront of the latest stem cell breakthrough. In their latest advance, Woo-suk and his team successfully harnessed donated skin cells...

Best in Show at Bio-IT.(PHARMACEUTICALS)
June 1, 2005... Four distinct technologies, showcased at this year's Spring Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, held in Boston, Mass., have garnered the Best in Show awards. The annual awards recognize new products which demonstrate exceptional technology...

NIST sets out to map measurement needs.(TEST & MEASUREMENT)(National Institute of Standards and Technology )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... An initiative to "roadmap" the nation's future measurement needs was recently announced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md. "The goal of this initiative, which will be undertaken in close cooperation...

Thermo continues buying spree.(LAB EQUIPMENT)(Thermo Electron Corp.)(Rupprecht and Patashnick Co. Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Thermo Electron Corp., Waltham, Mass., recently announced that it has purchased continuous particulate monitoring instrumentation provider, Rupprecht and Patashnick Co., Inc. (R&P), East Greenbush, N.Y. R&P will now become part of the Air...

Mega diamonds in record time.(VACUUM & THIN FILMS)(chemical vapor deposition process for diamonds production)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, D.C., have learned to produce 10-carat, 1.2-cm thick single-crystal diamonds at rapid growth rates (100 [micro]m/ hr) using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process....

Korea enticing R&D centers.(R&D[TM] ASIA)(Research and Development )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... In 2004, fifteen research institutes and R&D centers of large foreign corporations, including the Pasteur Institute of France and Siemens of Germany, were established in Korea. This year, Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., and Photronics, Broshfield,...

China revising IP rules.(R&D[TM] ASIA)(Chinese Academy of Sciences)(Ministry of Science and Technology )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... China's Ministry of Science and Technology has announced that its research organizations that are responsible for key state research programs could own the intellectual property (IP) rights of the patents created from those programs. This...

Philips ups India R&D.(R&D[TM] ASIA)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Philips India, the Mumbai-based division of the Dutch electronics firm, continues to ramp up its R&D center in Bangalore from the present 1,500 people to 2,500 people by 2007. The expansion is part of Philips' $150 million investment announced...

More software R&D to India.(R&D[TM] ASIA)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... BenQ Corp., a Taipei, Taiwan electronics manufacturer, has established an R&D center in Mumbai, India, where it plans to employ about 100 researchers over the next three years. This is less than the 800 staff working in its China R&D center,...

Dutch build school in China.(R&D[TM] ASIA)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... China and Holland will cooperate to build a biomedical and information engineering school on the campus of China's Northeastern Univ., a more than 10,000-student school in Shenyang. Participants in the agreement include Northeastern Univ.,...

Parallel computer integration rises.(Data Management & Analysis)(Alamos National Laboratory and Eclipse Foundation joint venture)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The shift of high-end computing to commodity-based machines like clustered computers is forcing developers to deal with more complex systems and numerous disparate software tools. Additionally, since some of these software tools are available...

Data storage market soars.(Data Management & Analysis)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The global market for magnetic and optical storage materials is expected to rise at a 15.1% average annual growth rate (AAGR), reaching $39.9 billion in 2010. Over the next five years, the optical storage media market will grow faster (19.8%...

NAND Flash shipments grow.(Data Management & Analysis)(Not AND)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The NAND (Not AND) Flash market is forecast to increase from $5 billion in 2004 to $18 billion in 2009. The growth will be measured in the value of shipments in end products, such as USB memory or memory cards--where the majority of NAND chips...

Military apps drive simulation tools: cutting-edge software gives soldiers the training they need before heading to the real "playing field.".(Cover Story)
June 1, 2005... Battle simulations, in some form or another, have long been practiced. Their humble, yet important beginning can be traced back to as early as 1,000 B.C. and the creation of Wei Hai--a strategy-based game invented by Art of War author Sun...

Hospital supplied with complete IT solution: immediate and complete information access for staff and patients at a Norwegian hospital provides a look into the future of health care.
June 1, 2005... You might not expect to find one of the most IT-integrated commercial structures in the world north of the 63rd parallel, but that is exactly what is happening as St. Olavs Hospital nears its first stage of completion in Trondheim on the...

Thin-film PVs look to capture a greater audience: government and industry are working to improve thin-film photovoltaic efficiencies and ramping up adoption.(photovoltaics)
June 1, 2005... Perhaps the most recognized application of thin-film photovoltaics (PVs) came about in the early 1980s. At that time, manufacturers began to enlist these ultra-thin solar cells as the means to deliver power for one of the most popular tools of...

Is infrared the "new UV"? Advancements help position IR-based microscopy out of the shadows of UV.(Infrared)(Ultra violet)
June 1, 2005... The development of advanced synthetic and naturally occurring fluorescent probes over the last two decades has made it possible both to visualize and quantify intracellular events as never before. Widefield fluorescence and confocal systems...

Predicting the drydown rate: the pumpdown performance in traversing the drydown zone can be quantified by calculating the monolayers of adsorbed water molecules and determining the subsequent desorption rate graphically.
June 1, 2005... When a vacuum chamber, following exposure to ambient air, is evacuated, the resultant pressure vs. time curve will show a fairly simple first stage where the pressure drop is a function of chamber volume and pumping speed. This stage is called...

Key Internet system challenged.(Regulatory Update)(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... While the Domain Name System, which assigns user-friendly names on the Internet with numerical computer addresses, has performed well, a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council says technical and political challenges...

Compliance an issue for SMBs.(Regulatory Update)(small and medium-sized businesses)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... According to a survey released by IBM, Armonk, N.Y., data security tops the list of compliance-related challenges faced by small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)--companies with less than 1,000 employees. More than half of the SMB...

Air pollutant amendments.(Regulatory Update)
June 1, 2005... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, D.C., has issued final amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for four manufacturing plant classes. These include iron and steel foundries,...

Nanotech advisory group.(Regulatory Update)(American National Standards Institute)(Technical Advisory Group)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has submitted an application for accreditation for a proposed U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) new Technical Committee (TC) in...

Strengthening EU relations.(Regulatory Update)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The European Commission has adopted a Communication entitled, "A stronger EU-U.S. Partnership and a more Open Market for the 21st century," which contains a range of practical policy proposals for a joint EU-U.S. strategy. On the economic side,...

3-D viewing with the naked eye.(Emerging Technologies: Industrial)
June 1, 2005... A technology that allows 3-D images to be viewed on a flatbed display with the naked eye has been developed by researchers at Toshiba's Corporate R&D Center, Kawasaki, Japan. 3-D displays that do not require aids, such as 3-D glasses, work by...

Heat/electricity generation.(Emerging Technology: Industrial)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... A system that provides homes with both heat and electrical power is being developed by American Honda Motor Co., Torrance, Calif., and Climate Energy, LLC, Boston. The system is composed of Honda's compact residential cogeneration unit and a...

Phantom security labels.(Emerging Technology: Industrial)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, the counterfeiting of branded products costs brand owners $500 billon annually in lost revenues. To combat this, JDS Uniphase Corp., San Jose, Calif.,...

Cleaner technologies.(Emerging Technologies: Industrial)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... General Electric (GE), Fairfield, Conn., has launched an initiative, Ecomagination, which aims to bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet environmental challenges. As part of the initiative, GE will increase its...

Assistive tailored captioning.(Emerging Technologies: Academic)
June 1, 2005... Captioning services are available only in select public venues in the U.S., forcing the 10% of Americans who are deaf or hard of hearing to deal with a lack of access to information. However, a wearable captioning system developed by...

Improved military tents.(Emerging Technologies: Academic)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Current large-area military tents are heavy, weighing an average of more than 700 g/[m.sup.2] Looking to lighten the load are researchers at North Carolina State Univ.'s College of Textiles, Raleigh, who created a new fabric that is lighter and...

Bendable concrete.(Emerging Technologies: Academic)(Engineered Cement Composites)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... A fiber-reinforced bendable concrete, Engineered Cement Composites (ECC), has been developed by scientists at the Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor. ECC is 500 times more resistant to cracking and 40% lighter in weight than traditional concrete....

Repellant when wet.(Emerging Technology: Academic)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... A chemical engineering team at Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, has developed a polymer that adsorbs water when dry and is water resistant (hydrophobic) when wet. The discovery was made when the group was creating anti-microbial coatings...

New variation of all-optical switch.(Emerging Technologies: Eureka)
June 1, 2005... A switching technique that uses a weak beam of light to control a stronger one has been developed by physicists at Duke Univ., Durham, N.C. Besides advancing the development of futuristic quantum communications devices, such a method could also...

Airbags that listen.(Emerging Technologies: Eureka)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... A sensor that can "hear" an accident has been developed by researchers at Siemens VDO Automotive AG, Regensburg, Germany. Set to be installed in cars in 2007, the Crash Impact Sound Sensor (CISS) monitors the vibrations in a vehicle's chassis....

Multibiometric cards.(Emerging Technologies: Eureka)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... One smart card with multibiometric support will be available for the first time thanks to Precise Biometrics, Lund, Sweden. Precise Match-On-Card enables the storage and matching of fingerprints, irises, and faces directly on a smart card with...

Fresh water technology.(Emerging Technologies: Eureka)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Scientists at Haman Technology, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, have developed a water purification technology that produces 3.7 L of fresh water from 10 L of source water, such as waste--or seawater. With this technology, the desalination of seawater...

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

Keithley's how-to temperature measurements CD.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Keithley's Understanding Measurements--Temperature is an interactive, tutorial CD on making accurate temperature measurements and offers insight into techniques for measuring temperature and choosing the best method for particular temperature...

Universal circular chart superecorder[TM].(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Omega Engineering offers 3 models: Temperature and Relative Humidity, Dual, Thermocouple Input, and Dual Process Input. The bench top and wall mountable units have Hi and Low audible and visual alarms, a convenient front panel keypad...

3-D surface profiling system.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... High-precision component manufacturers often need many inspection tools. Purchasing a different tool for every task and outsourcing of inspection requirements are both expensive and time consuming. The Talysurf CLI-3D System from AMETEK Taylor...

USB 2.0 megapixel microscope cameras.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Optronics introduces a new line of value-priced megapixel digital microscope cameras that compliment their growing line of advanced scientific grade CCD camera systems for microscopy. The new 20MPX and 3.3MPX models are developed by the...

Kinney[R] and atlantic fluidics[R] vacuum pumps.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Kinney[R] KTC vacuum pumps from Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems achieve pressures below 0.1 Tort (0.13 mbar)--the lowest possible pressures from mechanical vacuum pumps. With no internal metal-to-metal contact due to oil filled clearances,...

Software lets user fly through design.(Manufacturers' Showcase)(Sunstone Circuits, Inc)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... From Sunstone Circuits, Inc., PCB 123, a FREE design software package with 3-D Viewer, is an easy to learn and use layout and schematic capture design software, perfect for engineers and designers of all skill levels. Over 150,000 library parts...

Scanning probe XPS.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The Quantera Scanning X-ray Microprobe from Physical Electronics provides a new high-sensitivity, micro-area spectroscopy capability that has expanded the application of XPS to patterned features and defects that were previously unapproachable...

Lab Animal Watering Systems.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Rees Scientific Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Rees Scientific compliments its lab and animal room monitoring, lighting control, and security card access product line by introducing the new Triton Lab Animal Automated Watering Systems. Incorporating both re-circulating UV sterilization...

Air-cooled vacuum furnaces.(Product/Literature Showcase)(R.D. Webb Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Red Devil furnaces operate up to 2200[degrees]C without cooling water, eliminating expensive double-walled chambers and extensive plumbing connections. This patented technology allows efficient operation from standard 120/240 V wall outlets...

New antibodies and antigens.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... BIODESIGN International has just issued a new catalog supplement featuring nearly 500 new products in the following subject areas: assay development reagents, cancer research, cardiac markers, CD markers, collagens, cytokines, drugs, enzymes,...

NEW 2005 Cole-Parmer[R] material and quality testing catalog.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... This 48-page catalog features a wide selection of the best-selling physical testing and inspection instrumentation available from the material testing industry's leading manufacturers. Cole-Parmer offers everything you need to prepare, inspect,...

eberVial Filling XY System.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Oyster Bay Pump Works, Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Oyster Bay Pump Works presents the Vial Filling XY System, an automated liquid dispensing system offering fill rates and vial-to-vial moves that are fast and precise. The system accommodates various container types and sizes, fill patterns, and...

Your custom alarm leader.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Floyd Bell is the world leader in creating customized audible alarms. We have pioneered audible alarms to meet the unique needs of elevators, golf carts, radar detectors, automobiles, and many marine applications. Our full-time staff of...

Fast GC module.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The GERSTEL Modular Accelerated Column Heater (MACH) is based on standard capillary GC columns. Existing analysis methods are easily transferred to MACH and accelerated. MACH provides fast temperature ramping and fast cooling, ensuring high...

Eberbach scientific instruments.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Eberbach Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Our 2005 catalog presents Eberbach's complete line of instruments and apparatus. The shaker section contains our classic line of reciprocal and orbital units in addition to our EL series of tube rotators and rockers, hand-action and bench top...

DC/DC converters with RoHS compliance.(Product/Literature Showcase)(MEGA Electronics Inc)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The RECOM line of DC/DC converters from 0.25 W to 100 W will be RoHS compliant as of July 2005. Converters available with UL listing, up to 6 kV isolation, 4 to 1 inputs, triple outputs, and shielding. In North America contact: MEGA Electronics...

Catalog X from Melles Griot.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Melles Griot introduces Catalog X, the ultimate photonics resource with over 10,000 items including optics, lasers, spectrometers, power meters, opto-mechanical hardware, optical tables, and workstations. The catalog features 1,000 new products...

Video Palmscope.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Moritex USA Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... PalmScope[TM] is a unique product that captures still images or video clips onto a removable CompactFlash[TM] card. It is compatible with both PAL and NTSC. The Video Images are captured at full NTSC or PAL resolution and stored in MJPEG...

Save time, money & data.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Use the $429 HotMux data logger to digitize 8 thermocouple sensors, save data to file, and display results on computer monitor. RS-232 interfaced line powered HotMux provides a remote sensing capability and eliminates the sensor wire rat-nest...

MKS Series 900 vacuum transducers.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... MKS Series 900 vacuum transducers incorporate MEMS-based technologies, including MicroPirani[TM] and piezo sensors, combined with Mini Ion BA technology. Designed for a variety of vacuum system and analytical applications, Series 900...

Electrical/optic seals.(Product/Literature Showcase)(PAVE Technology Co.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Standard and custom hermetic designs. Low or high pressures or vacuums. Any cable type or pin connector may be specified. Circular or rectangular seals including micro D-sub. Design flexibility, low cost, compact sizes, high corrosion...

Order high vacuum components online.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... A&N Cop (www.ancorp.com) offers convenient online ordering of high and ultra-high vacuum components including flanges and fittings (ISO, CF, and ASA), couplings, view ports, leak detector accessories, feed-throughs, valves, and...

New optical testing guide.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Our latest technical guide provides lens designer, image sensor and quality assurance engineers with the latest info on Optikos' upgraded OpTest/EROS and ISITE product lines acquired from Tropel/ SIRA/Ealing. Verify the performance of imaging...

The new handbook from Molecular Probes.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Published in March 2005 and newly revised, The Handbook: A Guide to Fluorescent Probes and Labeling Technologies, Tenth Edition, continues the legacy of this authoritative resource for fluorescence technology. The Handbook contains a wealth of...

New handbooks available.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The 3rd edition of The Book on the Technologies of Polymicro 2005 includes an overview of optical fibers, fiber optic assemblies, capillary and capillary assemblies, and precision quartz and silica microcomponents. Contact Polymicro to receive...

Radiolabeled and neurochemicals catalog.(Product/Literature Showcase)(American Radiolabeled Chemicals, Inc)(Precision Biochemicals, Inc. )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... ARC and PBI manufacture over 2,000 radiolabeled and neurochemicals for life science research, and custom synthesize using radio as well as stable isotopes. Precision Biochemicals does bulk custom syntheses of unlabeled neurochemicals and plant...

New BiSlide[R] assemblies from Velmex, Inc.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... New, modular system enables you to quickly and easily create complete single or multi-axis, high accuracy positioning systems. Travel range: 5" to 80"; size: 3.4" W x 2.6" H. Durable, low cost motorized and manual BiSlides are available as...

OSI meets your measurement needs.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Ohio Semitronics (OSI) has the broadest range of electrical transducers, hall-effect current sensors, current transformers and energy measurement instrumentation available from any single source supplier. Current, voltage, watts, watt-hours,...

New CD-ROM from Woodward.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Woodward's newest product CD-ROM features controls for diesel and gas engines and gas, steam, and hydraulic turbines. These products provide integrated system and component solutions for industrial gas and diesel engine management, power...

Photron's PC-based high speed video.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... FASTCAM-X 1024 PCI[TM] is the world's 1st PC-based slow motion imaging system with full mega pixel resolution up to 1,000 fps. The shutter can operate down to 2 msec for clear images, regardless of the speed of recorded objects. Using the same...

Synthetech expands product line.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Synthetech, Inc.--known for its work in the development and manufacture of Peptide Building Blocks (PBBs) and Specialty Amino Acids--has expanded its product line to offer a range of FMOC-amino acids preloaded on Wang and 2-CTC resins for solid...

All-metal Series 54 angle valves.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... VAT now offers Series 54 all-metal valves in three sizes: DN16, 50, and 63. Bakeable to 300[degrees]C, the Series 54 valves close on a mechanical stop and are designed for UHV and XHV applications using VAT patented all-metal VATRING sealing...

Highest sensitivity headspace analyzer.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The Entech Model 7500 introduces large headspace volumes into a GCMS for high-sensitivity analysis of outgassing volatile chemicals. The 470mL vials accommodate larger samples than other headspace autosamplers, providing better statistical...

New laboratory/ultraviolet products catalog.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... UVP designs and manufactures large selection of laboratory and ultraviolet products for many applications. Products include imaging/analysis and gel documentation systems, hybridization ovens, UV transilluminators, handheld and high intensity...

Low-cost / high-performance Fiber Stretcher.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The PZ1-STD is a cost-effective fiber-wound piezoelectric optical Fiber Stretcher useful for a wide range of fiber interferometric applications. Our unique multi-layer winding approach produces an enhanced modulation function while maintaining...

Acqiris unveils new 10-bit digitizers with sampling speeds up to 8 GS/s.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... The DC282, DC252, and DC222 PXI/CompactPCI digitizers from Acqiris provide up to 3 GHz input bandwidth or switchable high impedance input coupling with a choice of front-end input mezzanines. Unprecedented 10-bit data conversion performance at...

Smallest 10 W C[O.sub.2] laser package.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Universal Laser Systems manufactures the smallest 10 W C[O.sub.2] laser avail- able. We offer Class IV and OEM airand water-cooled configurations to suit your particular application. The 10 W C[O.sub.2] laser from ULS is compact, light- weight,...

AC power distribution and control systems.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2005... Pulizzi Engineering, Inc. offers AC power distribution and control systems for mainframe computer systems. Product is rack-mounted and provides: circuit breaker protection, EMI and RFI filtering, spike/surge protection, remote power on/off,...