R & D articles from October 2005

R & D archives from October 2005

Omega engineering: CTXL Superecorder[TM] takes circular chart recording to the next level.(Emerging Technology: PROFILE)
October 1, 2005... Chart recorders are a familiar sight in manufacturing plants, where they track such variables as temperature, pressure, flow, pH, and humidity. Laboratories, meanwhile, use them to monitor scientific and engineering data generated in testing,...

Minitab--Quality solutions for quality professionals.(Emerging Technology: PROFILE)
October 1, 2005... Today, the practical application of statistical methods is more widespread than ever. In manufacturing, process industries, hospitals and services, statistical thinking is being used to drive down costs, increase efficiency, reduce defects, and...

Rees Scientific: wired, hardwired, or both.(Emerging Technology: PROFILE)(Rees Scientific Wireless)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Rees Scientific Corp. (RSC) long known as the industry leader in Alarming, Data Collection, Compliance and Validation has cut the cord! RSC Engineers have developed new wireless technology to work with all of our existing Centron and SeeR...

Shifting priorities.(Editorial)
October 1, 2005... It will be interesting to watch the debate on the FY2006 federal R&D appropriations over the next several months. While the new federal budget year began on October 1, the only research appropriations that were approved and signed into law this...

Stanford wins Grand Challenge.(ROBOTICS)(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Grand Challenge)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has recently announced the winners of its autonomous ground vehicle race, the DARPA Grand Challenge. Established in 2004, the Challenge is an off-road robot competition intended to promote...

EAS in November.(Conferences and Events)(Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
October 1, 2005... The 2005 Eastern Analytical Symposium & Exposition (EAS) will be held from Nov 14-17, at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset, N.J. Targeting analytical chemists and spectroscopists, this year's exposition will have more than 200...

NASA & Google team up.(BULLETIN)(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Officials at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and Google, Mountain View, Calif., have announced plans to collaborate on a number of technology-focused research and development activities in areas such as large scale data...

Mapping cell phone usage.(BULLETIN)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A group of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass., have been able to map an entire city in real-time by monitoring the usage of tens of thousands of cell phones. Using anonymous cell phone data...

Growing genome database.(LIFE SCIENCE)(Integrated Microbial Genomes)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... An enhanced version of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) data management system of the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has been made available to the public. The new version, IMG 1.2, contains 270...

NSF reinvests in 'material by design'.(MATERIALS)(National Science Foundation)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The National Science Foundation (NSF) has established two new Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs) at Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn., and the Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Wash., with a combined NSF investment of up to $14...

Big name nano alliance.(MICRONANO)(Ford Motor Co. and Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Industry giants, Ford Motor Co, Dearborn, Mich., and the Boeing Co., Chicago, Ill., along with Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill., have announced their intention to form an innovation alliance to research commercial application in...

Goodfellow Corp.: light guides an important advance in material selection and fabrication.(Emerging Technology PROFILE)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Light guides supplied by Goodfellow to the Spanish government-owned research organization, CIEMAT, for use in the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) destined for the International Space Station (ISS), represent a significant advance in both...

Carl Zeiss SMT: celebrating 40 years of excellence in Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).(Emerging Technology PROFILE)
October 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 SUPRA[TM]...

Letter form the CEO.(economy of Iowa)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... As a reader of R&D Magazine, you are a decision-maker--a collector of data, student of research and assessor of facts that lead you to conclusions that are right for your business, division or project. Here are some facts about Iowa to add...

Software automates process control.(Data Management & Analysis)(FermWorks 2.2 of WireWorks West)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Many biopharmaceutical researchers and scientists collect readings from their instruments, record them on a clipboard, and then enter the data into a spreadsheet. After analyzing the data, each instrument or controller is manually adjusted....

Predicting protein behavior.(Data Management & Analysis)(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Applying math and computers to the drug discovery process, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., have developed a method to predict protein separation behavior directly from protein structure. This new multi-scale protein...

Power supply forecast.(Data Management & Analysis)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The worldwide market for power supply and management semiconductor devices and software is estimated to reach $27.54 billion by the end of 2005. It is expected to grow at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 9.6%, to reach $43.64 billion by...

Strong growth for MCUs.(Data Management & Analysis)(microcontroller unit)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Propelled by communications and consumer markets, worldwide microcontroller unit (MCU) shipped between 2004 and 2009 will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.3%.The estimated CAGR is referenced to microcontrollers' stellar...

Job satisfaction and salaries improve: researchers have continued the trends seen in previous years with improvements in salaries and benefits, but workforce appears to be less dynamic.(Keywords: R&D * Management * Workforce)
October 1, 2005... The editors of R&D Magazine recently completed an analysis of two independent reader surveys for this 9th Annual R&D Career and Salary Report. Overall, most areas revealed similar trends in job satisfaction and compensation levels to those seen...

National instruments: LabVIEW 8 delivers distributed intelligence.(Emerging Technology: PROFILE)
October 1, 2005... National Instruments, a global leader in virtual instrumentation, released LabVIEW 8, a major upgrade to the LabVIEW graphical development platform that improves the productivity of engineers and scientists in design, control and test. ...

Breakthrough IR emitters: IMT and Ion Optics manufacture IR emitters with MEMS photonic crystal.(Expanded Article Online)(infrared)(Innovative Micro Technology)(Microelectromechanical systems)
October 1, 2005... Traditionally, infrared (IR) light generation can be achieved by three main technologies: blackbody-type glow bars, infrared LEDs, and quantum cascade lasers. These approaches, however, are plagued by poor efficiency, high power and high cost....

Distributing microarray data: statistical analysis software solutions look to manage the wealth of information in microarray data.(Expanded Article Online)
October 1, 2005... Microarray technology has recently come of age as a productive scientific platform for drug discovery and clinical diagnostics/therapeutics applications. Some important factors driving the success of these tools in basic research include the...

Closing the 'materials gap': a unique transmission electron microscope demystifies materials' response to catalytic activity.(Expanded Article Online)
October 1, 2005... Catalytically mediated industrial processes have tremendous economic importance, and yet in many ways, our understanding of them has advanced little from the days when alchemists strove to convert base metals to gold. Much of our knowledge is...

Pumping specific gases in high vacuum: there's more to planning and designing a vacuum process pumping system than just maximizing pumping speed.(Keywords: * Vacuum * Trapping * Gases)
October 1, 2005... All practitioners of vacuum technology share a single requirement in that, at some point, a chamber must be pumped down from atmospheric pressure after being opened to ambient air. This requirement often lulls the unwary practitioner into...

Are two better than one? Correlative microscopy incorporates both live cell optical microscopy and nano-level observation, using both methodologies in tandem to offer the best of both.(Keywords: * Microscopy * Life Science * Nanotechnology)
October 1, 2005... With the explosion of work in genomics and proteomics, scientists can now determine the structures of biomolecules with nano-precision. Understanding nucleic acids, proteins and other biomolecules in detail will ultimately lead us to a...

HDR: buildings for advanced technology.(Emerging Technology: PROFILE)
October 1, 2005... Nanotechnology is considered the next great frontier of scientific research, with applications ranging from radically new medical treatments to minuscule computing and communications devices. Conducting research at atomic scales means that...

Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems: rugged, reliable rotary piston Pumps.(Emerging Technology: )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Kinney[R] vacuum pump line from Tuthill Vacuum & Blower Systems set the industry standard in 1907 with the introduction of the first rotary piston pump. Today, Kinney rotary piston pumps are unrivaled in ruggedness and reliability due to...

Millipore Corporation: Direct-Q[R] 3 System offers a solution to laboratories' ultrapure and pure water needs.(Emerging Technology: PROFILE)
October 1, 2005... Water purification systems are required in all laboratories. The size and capabilities vary to meet users' needs. Recently, Millipore launched the Direct-Q 3 water purification system, with the objective of providing a convenient and...

NIH mapping out change.(Regulatory Update)(National Institutes of Health)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Officials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have recently reported on the progress of the NIH's Roadmap for Medical Research two years after its inception. The Roadmap, which is a series of strategic initiatives promoting research...

EPA reports on energy savings.(Regulatory Update)(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a report showing a savings of $10 billion in energy costs through agency initiatives. The report also boasts that with the help of government-backed programs, including ENERGY...

Argonne National Laboratory: leading the world into terascale computing.
October 1, 2005... The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the Univ. of Chicago are leading the world into the ultrafast environment of terascale computing--trillions of bytes of information--opening the way to unparalleled national...

Asylum Research: new innovations in combined AFM and confocal imaging techniques.(Emerging Technology: PROFILE)(atomic force microscopy)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Contocal microscopy excels at functional imaging throughout a complete 3D volume within thick samples, such as cells or tissues. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) also uses a scanning process to form a 3-D image, but is not limited by the...

Preventing viruses from entering cells.(Emerging Technologies)
October 1, 2005... Scientists from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Rockville, Md., along with scientists from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md., and the Univ. of California at Los Angeles, have...

Smart concrete.(Emerging Technologies)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Developed by Deborah Chung of the Univ. of Buffalo, N.Y., smart concrete could improve levees like the ones damaged by Hurricane Katrina. In smart concrete, short carbon fibers are added to the conventional concrete mixture, which gives the...

Environmental solvents.(Emerging Technologies)(researchers of Georgia Institute of Technology and Queen's University)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, jointly with researchers from Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario, have developed a new class of solvents whose properties can be rapidly "switched" by the introduction of a common gas....

The "nanowalker".(Emerging Technologies)(University of California)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Researchers at the Univ. of California at Riverside have designed a molecule that can move in a straight line on a flat surface by closely mimicking the human gait. The molecule has two linkers that act as feet. The molecule moves such that...

Enabling electro-optical integrated circuits.(Emerging Technologies)(Univ. of Illinois )
October 1, 2005... Researchers at the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, led by Nick Holonyak Jr. and Milton Feng, have demonstrated the room-temperature operation of a heterojunction bipolar transistor laser. "We have shown that the transistor laser,...

New IR laser line.(Emerging Technologies)(infrared)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A research team in China has demonstrated a new way to produce continuous streams of infrared laser light. Rui Zhou and co-workers at Tianjin Univ., China, constructed their infrared laser out of Nd:YVO 4 (neodymiumdoped yttrium orthovanadate)...

Nanowires detect cancer.(Emerging Technologies)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Researchers from Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass., have found that molecular markers indicating the presence of cancer in the body can be readily detected in blood scanned by special arrays of silicon nanowires--even when these cancer markers...

Synthetic gecko foot hairs.(Emerging Technologies)(University of Akron)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Researchers from the Univ. of Akron, Ohio, are studying the powerful adhesion properties of geckos. Typically, the lizards' five-toed feet are covered with microscopic elastic hairs called setae. The ends of the setae split into spatulas, which...

Ultra high resolution FESEM.(MANUFACTURERS' SHOWCASE)(Carl Zeiss SMT)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The ULTRA FESEM from Carl Zeiss SMT delivers simultaneous ultra high resolution compositional BSE and topographic SE imaging. ULTRA, utilizing renowned GEMINI[R] FESEM technology, comprises a fully integrated Energy and angle selective...

MINITAB release 14.(MANUFACTURERS' SHOWCASE)(statistical software )(Brief Article)
October 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,...

LSM 5 PASCAL personal confocal microscope.(MANUFACTURERS' SHOWCASE)
October 1, 2005... Zeiss LSM 5 PASCAL high-performance confocal laser-scanning microscope is an ideal tool for industrial R&D, 3-D image reconstruction, surface profiling, and topography. Measuring functions such as geometric parameters, roughness and bearing...

Graphic overlays & membrane keypads.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... Amazing design options are possible with NFi's unique full color applied graphic products. Discover special features to enhance the function and appearance of your products with our sample packet of LED/LCD Windows, Serial Numbers, UL/CSA...

FREE vacuum and pressure products catalog.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... Don't forget to request your copy of the latest BOC Edwards vacuum and pressure products catalog! It's one of the most comprehensive catalogs in the industry, complete with technical data, product dimensions and market and application...

Large volume headspace autosampler.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... Entech's headspace autosampler is uniquely capable of preparing solid, liquid and gas samples for your GC or GC/MS analysis without the foaming problems of P&T systems. Analyze whole products using vials 40cc to large 1000cc. Heat samples to...

Electrical/optic seals.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 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...

AC power distribution & control systems.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 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,...

New patent-pending technology.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... The Zeta Series is a new line of balances/ scales with a five-year warranty. The foundation for this new technology is a direct-loading weighing cell. The result is a high quality, weighing sensor with readabilities down to 0.1 mg for less...

Research-grade UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... Shimadzu's UV-3600 is equipped with three detectors, which ensure high sensitivity over the entire measurement range and help achieve the world's lowest noise level with LESS THAN 0.00003 Abs noise at 1500 nm. A high-performance double...

New! Troemner desk reference is a valuable tool.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... Troemner is proud to introduce its new desk reference. This comprehensive reference will increase your understanding of precision weights and calibration. The reference contains 105 pages packed with specifications, tolerance charts,...

Thermal conductivity.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... LFA 447 NanoFlash measures thermal conductivity, diffusivity, and specific heat from RT to 300 C using the xenon flash technique for samples such as electronic packaging materials, polymers (including melts), thin films, aerogels, composites,...

New optical testing guide.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 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 I-SITE product lines acquired from Tropel/SIRA/Ealing. Verify the performance of imaging...

Reliable and dust-free, dry vacuum.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... The low cost XtraDry dry pump is designed to replace scroll pumps where reliability and contamination are a concern. XtraDry delivers high reliability, low particulate generation and reduced maintenance in a simple piston design. It features...

Automated lab animal watering systems allows for full-turn key solution.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 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...

NEW low cost USB DAQ from NI.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... Free Data Logging Software Included Acquire and log data in minutes with new USB DAQ devices from National Instruments. With ready-to-run data logging software and driver software for LabVIEW included, taking measurements is simple. The...

Lightning[R] FastVideo & data acquisition.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... * Compact, lightweight camera head * Mono and color versions * Video to 100,000 fps * Data instrumentation to 1250 kS/sec * Memory to 16 gigabytes Call 1-760-918-0526 and ask about the Lightning[R] RDT-Plus[TM]. DRS...

Bio-photonics instruments, medical lasers.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... B&W Tek is a customer-needs oriented total solution provider serving Life Science and Biomedical communities by providing OED and OEM of various bio-photonics instruments and medical lasers. Committed to meeting customer's needs, B&W Tek...

Vacuum valves 2008.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... VAT has just released a new catalog! The 'Vacuum Valves 2008' catalog is an excellent reference source containing technical information and drawings for 1000+ standard valves and details a complete line of vacuum valves, pressure control...

MKS Series 900 vacuum transducers.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Brief Article)
October 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 transducers...

Joining and thermal management materials.(Product/Literature Showcase)(AIM Specialty Materials USA)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... AIM Specialty Materials manufactures alloys of Indium, Tin, Lead, Bismuth, Cadmium, Gold, and Gallium for a wide range of applications. These materials come in a variety of forms, including preforms, wire, foil & ribbon, seals, pastes,...

Optical liquids catalog.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Advertisement)
October 1, 2005... New catalog of specialty optical liquids features high-transmission, safe-handling, laser liquids, plus fused silica matching liquids, and specific refractive index liquids (1,300-2.11 [n.sub.D]. Now includes comparative diagrams of glasses and...

Catalog X.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... Melles Griot, a leading global supplier of photonics products, announces Catalog X, with more than 10,000 individual parts. These include optical components and systems, lasers, motion-control systems, laser measurement instrumentation,...

Over 5,000 optics with 5,000,000 in stock!(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 1, 2005... Experimental and commercial grade optics are ideal for low volume, educational applications, prototype, research, start-up, initial run requirements and single unit application use. A line of 5000 lenses, prisms, mirrors, windows, filters and...

Precision micro-tools.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Advertisement)
October 1, 2005... Efficient, precise and realistically proportioned instruments are ideal for microscopes. Our line of micro-tools includes needles, gravers, chisels, knives, hooks, mirrors, probes, spatulas, scribes and micro-rulers. Also featured are...

Save time, money & data.(Product/Literature Showcase)
October 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...

Eberbach scientific instruments.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Advertisement)
October 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...

NTegra Spectra.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Advertisement)
October 1, 2005... NTegra Spectra is the next-generation tool for the advanced imaging lab, offering seamless integration of light and fluorescence microscopy with Nearfield scanning (NSOM) and over 40 possible AFM/STM techniques. Its dual channel spectrometer...

Order high vacuum components online.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Advertisement)
October 1, 2005... A&N Corp. (www.ancorp.com) offers convenient online ordering of high and ultra-high vacuum components including flanges and fittings (ISO, CE and ASA), couplings, view ports, leak detector accessories, feedthroughs, valves, and...

NTegra Tomo.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Advertisement)
October 1, 2005... NTegra TOMO opens new horizons for true 3D nanoscale imaging. The first fully integrated AFM/Ultramicrotome, slices with all the precision of a Leica UC6 then images the blockface using a choice of AFM modalities. Create your choice of 3-D...

Titan Tool measuring eyepiece only $495.(Product/Literature Showcase)(Advertisement)
October 1, 2005... At only $495, Titan Tool Supply's new model AME-5M 10X Angle Measuring Eyepiece for microscopes is lower in cost than comparable models on the market priced over $800. The protractor eyepiece measures 360[degrees] to an accuracy of 5' (minutes)...