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November 1, 2007
Nanoradio could fit in human cell
A research team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has created by far the world's smallest functioning radio. What’s it made of? A single carbon nanotube molecule. Continue...
Landfills robbed of silicon waste
At best guess, about three million silicon wafers are thrown away every year. A pattern removal technique pioneered at IBM's Burlington, Vt., manufacturing facility will repurpose these chips for use in silicon-based solar panels. Continue...
Bearing down on failure with wireless sensors
Conditions inside a jet engine are extreme—tremendous air velocities and temperatures as high as 572°C. New sensor technology from Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Ind., and the U.S. Air Force uses robust MEMS to monitor engine bearings. Continue...
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Why Are Engineers Switching to Digital Microscopes?
Digital microscope technology is improving the way microscopic images are created, displayed and processed. A downloadable report: Reasons Why Engineers Choose the VHX-600, describes technologies that have made the VHX-600 the choice of engineers and microscopists. The Keyence VHX-600 Digital Microscope is an "all-in-one" design providing an incomparable depth-of-field, 3D Image Composition, dynamic topographic displays, on-screen measurements without an external computer, sophisticated illumination and more. Newly developed algorithms optimize illumination, display and suppress glare. For more information, Download report.
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World's most complex phased-array chip
DARPA has a mission—develop a phased-array chip that can serve as both a transmitter and a receiver. This new chip, developed at Univ. of California, San Diego, is a major breakthrough in that direction. Continue...
Miniaturized chemical detector gets government support
Owlstone Nanotech Inc., Saddle Brook, N.J., a subsidiary of Advance Nanotech Inc., has been awarded an incremental $3.7 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to continue development of its Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry (FAIMS) technology. Continue...
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Announcing NI LabVIEW 8.5 - Graphical Programming for the Next-Generation PC
National Instruments LabVIEW 8.5 software simplifies programming for multicore systems, helping you quickly take advantage of the latest PC technologies. Designed for engineers and scientists, LabVIEW is multithreaded and inherently parallel, so you can automatically benefit from advances in multicore processor technology. View interactive demos and try LabVIEW online. For more information, click here.
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Putting an OLED in every home
In pursuit of a simple, economical white organic light-emitting diode (OLED) design, Universal Display Corp., Ewing, N.J., has been awarded a $750,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The effort relies on the company's proprietary phosphorescence technology. Continue...
Gene responsible for rare, deadly syndrome found
Univ. of Pittsburgh cardiologists have identified the genetic mutation responsible for Brugada syndrome, an incurable arrhythmia that can cause sudden fatal cardiac arrest. Positional cloning and gene sequencing on a previously unstudied gene revealed the first clues. Continue...
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Zebron™ Inferno™ - Non-metal, High Temperature GC Columns
Phenomenex®, Inc., a global leader in the separation sciences business, has been awarded the R&D 100 Award for the Zebron Inferno gas chromatography (GC) columns. These columns have an incredible upper temperature limit of 430 °C (806 degrees Fahrenheit). As the only GC columns in history to receive the R&D 100 award, this technology opens doors for chemists world-wide who are doing high temperature GC analysis of environmental contaminants, biodiesel by-products, and food components. For more information, click here.
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