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January 30, 2008
 By emulating nature, scientists get sticky fingers
Inspired by the effortless wall climbing of small reptiles, researchers have finally, after years of trying, made a working facsimile of gecko feet. Made of millions of tiny plastic fibers, the adhesive is made for rapid movement on sheer surfaces. Continue...
Funding gap threatens success of green technology
Technology is the perceived panacea for an energy-starved but environmentally-sensitive economy. But start-ups in biofuel or solar energy face huge venture capital requirements that may stop them in their tracks. Continue...
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 Los Alamos fires up second nuclear test accelerator
Hydrodynamic tests help maintain the integrity of America's nuclear stockpile by simulating the detonation of a nuclear device. This requires dual electron accelerators-the second one was activated this week, using 17 million V of electricity.
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Lensless diffractive microscope sees at the nanoscale
The world's highest resolution x-ray microscope, created by a team of experts from the U.S. and Australia, captures both images and elemental specificity at just 15 nm. Better yet, the instrument avoids depth-of-focus issues associated with lenses. Continue...
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Innovation, Product Development and Commercialization
"...presents a holistic framework for the development of high-technology products. It is a book to which every serious student and practitioner of product development should read."
-Robert Carlson, Professor, MS&E Department, Stanford University.
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 New polymer may save time and expense for chip makers
The acronym PES could become a common term in the semiconductor industry. Its inventors at Rensselaer and Polyset Company say their polyset epoxy siloxane (PES) redistribution layer offers a dramatic improvement in photolithography. Continue...
 Organic dye is both a sun shade and sun collector
New solar electricity modules made by the Fraunhofer Institute aren't terribly efficient-just 4%-but they're not supposed to be. The wafer-thin film is instead meant to provide facade protection. It could function as advertising space. Continue...
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CataLyst Express robotic arm among Thermo's new offerings
 Thermo Fisher Scientific displayed several new automation products and technologies at LabAutomation 2008 in Palm Springs, Calif. These included: momentum automation workflow software, KingFisher Flex DNA/RNA sepration and purification, CataLyst Express robotic arm, Nautilus LIMS, and BioRobotix pipette tips. Continue...
Ion air knife wipes dust up to 6 m away
EXAIR's new Super Ion Air Knife neutralizes static electricity while blowing away dust and particulates from printed surfaces, paper, plastics and 3-D shapes. The 48"-wide laminar airstream full of ions requires only 8.7 scfm of compressed air at 5 psig, and force is adjustable. Continue... |
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