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January 25, 2008
Lab creates first-ever synthetic bacterial genome
The institute of J. Craig Venter, a former R&D Scientist of the Year, reported success in creating easily the largest-ever man-made DNA structure, a mycoplasma containing more than 580,000 base pairs. The next step: creating the world's first synthetic organism. Continue...
 The "hydrogen economy" needs a pipeline
America's biggest hydrogen test chamber will be only about the size of a small car's gas tank. But once NIST's new hydrogen pipeline testing lab is built, it will be an important key to a hydrogen future. Continue...
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Laser Confocal Microscope Revolutionizes Surface/Shape Analysis
The KEYENCE VK-9700 Laser Confocal Microscope provides SEM resolution in an optical microscope system. With 18,000x magnification and 0.001 microm measurement precision, the new VK-9700 offers high-accuracy, 3D imaging and superior color performance with operational simplicity. Users can perform a variety of non-contact 3D measurements including surface profile, roughness, 3D and comparative measurements. New technology combines real color with a high definition, ultra-depth examination system. Full details in a comprehensive, illustrated catalog. For more information, click here. |
 Computer vision is harder than we thought
Years of exhaustive testing seemed to suggest our efforts at providing computers with "vision" were succeeding. Not so, says MIT neuroscientists. It turns out simulating our eyes poses major difficulties.
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 Scientists must defy elemental hostility to create superconductor
Cornell researchers say lithium and beryllium combined should create a superconductor with exceptional properties. Getting them to work together, however, is challenging even for a Nobel laureate in chemistry. Continue...
 Dynamic liquid delivery prints 100-nm lines
Going back to basics, Princeton scientists have demonstrated a new ink deposit method that offers a 10-fold improvement on ink-jet resolution at a faster speed. The system will likely impact the printed electronics industry. Continue...
For the first time, quantum bit snared, stored, and read
An international team claimed success today in storing a quantum bit in an ultra-cold assembly of 1 million rubidium atoms for 8 µs while transmitting an unknown state to be read. Immediate application: quantum encryption. Continue...
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Wafer carriers have ±1.2 µm thickness uniformity
 Sapphire wafer carriers from Meller Optics Inc. can be made with or without perforations, flats, and laser markings. Developed for thinning semiconductor materials, the wafers have [0001] surface orientation, Moh 9 hardness, and 10 arc-sec flatness and parallelism. Available polished or unpolished. Continue...
Temperature probes designed for interchangeability
 Photon Control's new Fluotemp fiber optic temperature sensors have standardized probes that eliminate time-consuming in-field calibration. Without the need for a new calibration curve each time a new probe is used, efficiency is increased in medical and industrial applications. Continue... |
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