Superconductor Week

U.S. Budget for 2008 Cuts Research Funding
   ITER Funding Hit Hard
   Orbach Sees Little Hope of Reversal
   Fermilab Budget Cut Results in Mass Layoffs
   NIST Budgets Suffer Cuts
   Increase Lags Behind Inflation
ENDESA Awards $733,000 for HTS Cable Research
   2G Wire Development Part of Project
Zenergy Produces 10 Meter 2G HTS WireGeneral Cable Asia Pacific and IRL Partner to Develop HTS Cable
   GCAP Says Production Possible in 2 Years
   Potential Applications Include Transformers, Generators, Motors
   About General Asia Pacific
   About Industrial Research Ltd.
ORNL, SuperPower Sign HTS Wire Technology Agreement
   LMO Increases Yield
CERN to UPgrrade Infrastructure by 2016
   Progress with LHC Continues Toward Summer 2008 Start-Up
   Final CMS Element Being Installed
NIST Sees Superfluidity In Neutral Particles With Persistent Gas
   Superfluid SQUID-like Device Possible
U of Tennessee, ORNL, Boston College Say Quantum Spin May Explain for Cooper PairsCINLA Views Insulating to Conducting TransitionU of Alberta Glimpse Supersolidity
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D-Wave Raises $17 Million in New Funding
   About IIU
AMSC Receives $25 Million Contract for Project HYDRA
   AMSC Paid Washington Lobbyists $100,000
   DHS Contract Probe Not Slowing Project
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SuperPower Receives $500,000 from NYSERDA for FCL Project TVEL Sees Growth in Production of Superconducting Materials
   Nb3Sn Manufacturing Program Launched in 2003
RIKEN and NEC Create Laser with Superconducting Artificial Atoms
   Laser Based on Superconducting Aluminum
Japan, ITER Sign First Procurement Agreement
   Japan to Supply 400 Tons of Nb3Sn
ITER SIgns Partnership Agreement with Monaco Bruker BioSciences Passes Antitrust Barrier AMSC Narrows Third Quarter Loss
   Nine-Months Loss Increases Slightly
   AMSC Projects $150 Million in Revenues
Varian Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
   Scientific Instruments Segment Responsible for Sales Growth
Superconductor Technologies Files $80 Million Shelf Registration
Berkeley Researchers Use MRI to Aid Catalyst Development
PPPL Members Receive Awards
Hypres Names Art Earl Director of Strategic Business Development
DOE Calls for Peer ReviewersInsert: An Industrial Challenger to YBCO
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   D-Wave Raises $17 Million in New Funding

Philips to Retain SuperPower
   CCAS Says Future HTS Industry Benefits from Philips Decision
   Philips Cites Local Support as Factor in Decision
U.S. Suspends Most Contributions to ITER
   ITER Cuts Said to be Result of Bush Veto Threat
   2008 Funds Directed Towards Project Office Core Team
   Bush Proposes 72% Funding Increase for Fusion Energy Sciences for 2009
SuperPower Energizes 2G HTS Power Cable
   Phase II offered New Challenges
   SuperPower Seeks to Extend Project Duration
ITER, Russia Sign Procurement Arrangement
   Toroidal Field Coil Faces Host of Challenges
Helsinki University of technology Creates Tiny LTS Refrigerator
China to Import Russian High-Tech
AMSC Receives Two D-VAR Orders
FONAR Announces 39.2% Increase in Revenues for 2Q 2008
NIST’s Magnetic Mini-Sensor Detects NMR in Fluids
MIT Proposes Superconducting State and Pseudogap State Co-Exist
Oxford Instruments Debuts Helium Conservation Systems
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   Philips to Retain SuperPower

Last Piece of ATLAS Detector InstalledUniversity of Ottawa Lab Manager Says NMR Labs Can Save Money by Recycling Superconducting Magnets
   Logbooks Key For Selecting Used Magnet
   Drift Rates Should be Evaluated
   Proper Decommissioning and Shipping Procedures Critical
Iowa State Shows Path to Reduced AC Losses in Superconducting FCLs
   Malozemoff Stresses Value of Reduced AC Losses in FCLs
Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. and Air Products to Build New Helium Plant
   About Matheson Tri-Gas
ONGC Helium Plant Goes Online in IndiaAir Liquide Raises Helium PricesWendelstein 7-X Reaches First MilestoneBruker Stock Hits Record High on Increased Revenue and Income
   Bruker Stock Holders Approve Bruker BioSpin Acquisition
Superconductor Technologies Revenues Drop for 2007
   STI Completes $15 Million Placement with Hunchun BaoLi
AMSC Receives Orders for Wind Turbine Electrical Components
   Non-Superconducting Technologies See Continued Sales Grow
International Team Finds New Superconductor Behavior
Work Not Likely to Lead to New Superconductors
Hypres Names Steven Gray Senior Vice President
Hans Pieter Roetert Frederikse Dies at 87
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   Last Piece of ATLAS Detector Installed

Tai-Yang Receives $450,000 to Develop HTS Degaussing Cable Components for U.S. Navy Warships
   BSCCO and YBCO Wires Considered
   TYRC May Seek to Expand Operation to Build Commercial Systems In-House
   Navy Has Some Experience With Cryogenic Systems
   AMSC Demonstrated Full-Scale HTS Degaussing Cable in 2006
   About Tai-Yang Research Company
CCAS Urges the U.S. Congress to Increase Superconductivity Funding
   Expanded Focus Underscores Changing Landscape of Public Funding
   CCAS Argues Diverse Benefits of HTS
   Green House Gas Reduction Benefit of HTS
   CCAS Underscores Industrial Uses of High Energy Physics Program
   About CCAS
UK Astronomy Technology Centre Builds LTS Sub-MM Space Camera
   Shielding Superconductors from Heat Key Challenge of Detector Design
Elekta to Deliver Two New MEG Machines in the U.S.Morson Projects Receives $576,000 to Make Jig for JETSiemens Introduces MAGNETOM Verio 3T MRI to the U.K.Varian Makes Organizational Changes at ACCEL InstrumentsSTI Names Thomas Giunta Vice President of EngineeringAmerican Superconductor CEO Sells 10,000 SharesMax Plank Institute and University of Saskatchewan Demonstrate Hydrogen-Based Superconductors
   Research Validates Neil Ashcroft Proposal
   Hydrides also Researched as Hydrogen Storage for Fuel Cells
RIKEN and NIMS Researchers Tame Vortices in BSCCO-2212
   AC Harmonics Used to Control Vortices
   Vortices Motion Control May Help Minimize Magnetic Noise in Superconducting Devices
Brookhaven Finds 2D Fluctuating Superconductivity in HTS
Zenergy Wins CleanEquity Monaco 2008 Award
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Zenergy Receives 2nd Order for HTS Induction Heater
   Cost Benefit Lies in Energy Savings
   Zenergy’s HTS Induction Heater Wins €$160,000 Hermes Award as Green Technology
   Zenergy Unifies Company Identity
Sumitomo Electric, TEPCO to Demonstrate 66kV/3kA HTS Cable
   200 to 300m Cable Designed for Installation in Small Ducts
   Makekawa to Provide Commercial Refrigeration System
   Project Follows Successful 2003 HTS Cable Tests
MSPU Researchers Demonstrate Superconducting Single Photon Detector
   Detector Based on Niobium Stripe
   Low QE Remains Problem for Detector
   Photon Number Resolving Tied to Kinetic Inductance
Argonne National Lab Improves Performance of Niobium Cavities
   Two Fold Gain in Efficiency Expected
   Spoke Cavities Preferable to Elliptical for FRIB
   DOE to Call for FRIB Proposals Soon
Zenergy to Study HTS Fault Current Limiter for Project HYDRA
   Non-Superconducting FCL also Under Study
Bruker and IFW Dresden To Develop MgB2 Wire
   Cryogen Free MRI Cited as Major Potential Market for MgB2
   About Advanced Supercon
Oxford Instruments Acquires Technologies and Devices Intnt’l
   About Technologies and Device Zenergy Receives 2nd Order for HTS Induction Heater

Bill Foster, Fermilab Superconductivity Expert Elected to U.S. Congress
   Interview with Representative Bill Foster
   Foster Says ILC Best Pursued through Intermediate Project
   Foster Seeks to Restore Some ITER ’08 Funding
   Foster Outlines Programs to Support New R&D
   Foster’s Background Included Multiple Superconductor Projects
Dresden HMFL Demonstrates Superconductors in 32T Parallel Field
   Interview with HDL Director Joachim Wosnitza
   Magnet or Shield Applications May be Possible
Cornell Receives $100,000 from Northrop Grumman for Flux-Pinning
   Interview with Mason Peck, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell
   Northrop Grumman Seeks Electromagnetic Formation Flight Application
   Study Follows Engineering Perspective
EU Launches 1st ITER Procurement About Fusion for Energy (F4E)
EU Law to Banning Sale of New MRI Machines Postponed
Praxair Distribution Announces Helium Price Increase
Varian Revenues and Net Earnings Increase in 2Q 2008
Bruker Reports 14.9% Revenue Increase in First Quarter
Ricor to Acquire InnerSense Ltd.
AMSC Signs Multiple Wind Turbine Technology Contracts
Sinovel Wind Places $18 Million Order
Argonne Discovers Superinsulators
   Insulation Caused by Cooper’s Pairs Roadblocks
   Characterizing Phase Diagram Next Step

Japanese Researchers Discover New Family of Superconductors
   Interviews with David Larbalestier, Hideo Hosono, Hai-Hu Wen, and Zhongxian Zhao
   Larbalestier Underscores Scientific and Practical Significance of “New and Powerful” Superconductors
   Chinese Researchers Develop Superconductor With Tc of 55K
   Iron Superconductors Resemble Cuprates
   Potential for Higher Tc Suspected
MSU Approves $16 Million to Expand Cyclotron Lab AMSC, LIPA, Nexans Energize $58.5 million 138kV HTS Power Cable
   Interview with Jack McCall, Director of Business Development HTS T&D Systems at American Superconductor
   HTS Cable Carries 5 Times Current of Copper
   Budget Increases and Delays Overcome
   AMSC Reviews Advantages of HTS Cables
EHTS Achieves 90% Yield for 2G Wire Buffer Layers
   Interview with Reinhard Dietrich, EHTS' Director of Sales and Marketing
   EHTS Emphasizes Cost Savings of Stainless
   New Process Controller Improves Yield
   EHTS 306A 2G Wire Produced on Stainless Steel Tape
   Production Scaleup Next Step
Superconductor Technologies to Raise $6.0 Million in Offering STI Reports Lower Revenues for 1Q 2008 AMSC Reports Record Revenues, Declining Losses in 4Q 2007
   AMSC Reports $112.5M Revenues for 2007
Saudi Arabia and CERN Sign Protocol to Cooperation Agreement Stanford, Carnegie Researchers Study HTS Under Pressure
   Study Sheds Light on Mechanism of HTS
MCG Study Reveals Exercise Helps Fetuses
   Interview with Linda May,assistant professor of Anatomy at KCUMB
   Study May Promote Interest in MEG

Advanced Supercon Begins Operations
   Interview with Tom Rosa
   ASCI Hires Tom Rosa as CFO and Senior Vice President
   Additions to Current U.S. Staff of 2 Expected
   ASCI U.S. to Sell HTS and LTS Wires
DOE Shuts Down National Compact Stellarator Experiment
   Interview with PPPL Director Robert Goldston
   Cancellation Hopes to Preserve NSTX
   DOE Not Abandoning Stallarator Research
   DOE Reiterates Support for ITER
   Benefits of NSTX Highlighted
   Two Major Upgrades Proposed for NSTX
   Upgrades Relevant to Future Fusion Projects
NHMFL, ORNL Say Fe-As Material Superconducts Above 45T
   Interview with Lead Researcher Frank Hunte
   Oxyarsenides Beat Nb3Sn and MgB2 in High Magnetic Fields 
   Oxyarsenides May Feature New Mechanism of Superconductivity
   Practical Applications for Oxyarsenides Possible
Fe-As Superconductors Share Magnetic Properties with Cuprates
U.S. Senate Approves $250M for Science Funding
   Fermilab to Go-Ahead with Layoffs
   Anonymous Donor Gives $5 Million to U of Chicago for Fermilab
America’s Physics Nobel Laureates Ask Bush to Restore Science Funding
AMSC Shares Hit Record High
   CEO Sells Shares 
   AMSC Receives Four D-VAR Orders
Oxford Instruments Acquires Link Analytical AB For $1.19M
Japanese Government to Honors Founder of Oxford Instruments

UBC Researchers Control Number of Electrons on YBCO Surface
   Work Breaks with Conventional Techniques
   Thin Layers are Key to Approach
   Techniques Could Apply to Bulk HTS
Cornell Led Researchers Verify Theory of Cuprate Superconductors
   Next Work to Focus on Practical Uses
American Superconductor Receives $450 Million Components Order
   AMSC’s Manufacturing Power System Scale-up Not Capital Intensive
   Some Analysts Skeptical of Deal
   AMSC Confident in Terms of Contract
   AMSC Says Growth of Power Systems Business Will Not Harm HTS Business
AMSC Licenses Wind Turbine Designs to TECO
   About TECO
Yurek Exercises Stock Options
Bruker President Buys 200,000 Shares of Stock
LHC Passes Safety Assessment: Devastating Black Holes Not Likely
India’s ONGC Starts Helium Plant
BOC Building New $41.3M Helium Plant in Australia
Praxair Raises Helium Prices 15-30%
Ames Shows Reversibility in Type-I Superconductor Superfroth
LBNL and Berkeley Researchers Develop New MRI Technique
EAS Wins Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Leadership Award
Praxair Cryomag Services Wins Productivity Award
U Texas Fires Most Powerful Laser
NIST/NIH Uses Micromagnets as MRI Tags

Sumitomo Electric Demonstrates Electric Car with High-Tc Superconducting Motor
   SEI Targets Large Vehicles within 10 Years
   Motor Constructed with 240m of BSCCO
   Motor Unrelated to SEI/IHI Shipboard Motor
   Open Refrigeration System Possible
EHTS Receives $740,000 HTS Research Grant from German Government
   Pre-Commercial Facility Planned
   Pilot Electro-plating Capability Built
   Low Contacting Loss and High Current Carrying Capability Sought in Electro-plating
   Bruker Expects Energy Trends to Spur U.S. Superconductivity Funding
ITER to Cost $1.9 to $2.5 Billion More and Be Delayed by Two Years
   Price Could Double Before Completion
Eden Energy Receives Patent for SMES System for Cars
   Hythane SMES Devices Based on MgB2
   SMES Offers Potential Advantages Over Lithium Ion
ORNL’s Quasi-Poloidal Stellarator Fusion Project Cancelled
RIKEN Proposes Method to Improve Quantum Coherence
U of Cambridge Researchers Identify Component of HTS
   Location and Size of Holes Revealed
Jülich Research Center Receives 9.4T MRI/PET Magnet
   Magnet Weighs 57 Metric Tons
STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab Heats Foil with Petawatt Laser
   Probing Heated Material Now Possible
   Laser Fusion Still Several Years in Future
Varian Sales Up, Earnings Down in 3Q 2008
Zenergy Receives Certification Relating to HTS Induction Heater
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Zenergy’s HTS Heater Begins Industrial Operation
   HTS Offers Operating Efficiency
Navy Begins Field Testing of AMSC HTS Degaussing System
   HTS System May Lower Risk of Degaussing Cable System Designs
   Degaussing Cable System Weight Reduced 50%
Rutgers-Led Team Develops Ultra Sensitive Superconducting THz Detector 
   Bolometer Could Be Used in Superconductor-Based Experiments
   Detector Based on Titanium Nano-Island
Hypres Contracted for LTS Electronics and Antenna Projects
CERN Announces Start-Up Date for LHC
   Synchronization Achieved
STI Loss Widens in Second Quarter 2008 
Cryostats Market to Reach $491M by 2010
Stewart Prager to Lead PPPL
   Magnetic and Inertial Confinement Imperative
   Prager Brings Broad Experience to Job
DOE Seeking Plasma Lab Manager
Zenergy Power Makes Chandler Executive Director
   More Directors Anticipated 
Fusion for Energy Seeking Experts
PPPL Physicist Ronald Davidson to Receive Maxwell Prize

MTC, Niigata U Test HTS Magnetic Levitation for Semiconductor Fab
    Initial Test Results Fall Short
Kobe University Studies Magnetohydrodynamic Seawater Generator
    Output Increases with Field and Flow
    MHD Separation Device Tested Previously
U of Edinburgh Synthesizes Two New Fe-As Superconductors
    Work on Smaller Rare Earths Planned
    High Pressure Yields High Jc Monoliths
    Iron Pnictides Most Important Discovery Since HTS
Ankara University Develops MgB2 Cable Machine
    No Length Limitation on Wires
    Machine Cost $150,000; Not Yet Fully Tested
    Turkish Boron Underexploited
    Licensing Available for Wire Technology
Kyushu Reduces AC Loss with Thinner YBCO Wires
STI, LANL to Collaborate on HTS Transmission Lines
GE Energy Signs Technology Transfer Agreement with ORNL
MIT Researchers Say Pseudogap Not Precursor to Superconductivity
    Pseudogap May Be Charge-Density Wave
    Next to Study: YBCO
JILA Physicists Demonstrate Technique to Study Ultracold Gases
    Superfluid Atoms Model SC Electrons
    Energy Gap Fundamental to Superconductivity Research
DOE Posts Superconducting Topics for 2009 Small Business Grants
Air Liquide Acquires Pure Helium
Nakamura and Tsai Awarded 2008 Simon Memorial Prize 

Central Japan Railway Supports Superconducting Maglev Train Expansion
    Study of LTS Maglev System Underway
    LTS Coils Continue as Baseline Technology
    HTS Coils Tested in 2005
    YBCO Maglev Magnet Designs Being Studied
    Critics of Maglev Remain
U.S. Navy Commissions Quick Disconnect HTS Cable Coupler
    TYRC Awarded $450,000 Phase II Contract
    Creare Developed Hubble Telescope Cryogenics
    Phase II Calls for Full Scale Prototype
    Phase III to Center on Technology Transfer to Military and Commercial Applications
    Need for Quick Disconnect Evident in Degaussing Cable Field Testing on Higgins
    Multiple HTS and LTS Applications Expected
Large Hadron Collider Struck by Massive Helium Leak in Sector 34
    LHC Circulates First Beam
Niowave Receives $1.2 Million in DOE Contracts
    Project Includes Superconducting RF Cavity R&D
EAS Claims Record Current with Powder-In-Tube Superconductor
    Achievement Made with Technology from SMI Acquisition
ITER Issues Call To Tender
    French Tax Credit System Reimburses 50% of R&D Costs
Brookhaven Suggests Magnetic Interactions Limit HTS Tc
    As Binding Energy Increases, Mottness Increases Even More Rapidly
    Fe-As Materials Being Studied
National Academies Endorse ITER
GE Says Energy Efficient MRI Could Save $10,000 Per Year in Energy Costs

SuperPower Makes 1.3km Length 153A 2G HTS Wire
    In-Field Wire Performance Improved
    Buffer Templates Routinely Produced in 1.3 to 1.5km
    Simplified Buffer Architecture Sought
    Reduced AC Current Loss Multifilamentary Wires Process Implemented
    Wire Prices Reduced as Quality Increased
    Albany HTS Cable Project Completed
    SuperPower Continues FCL Work
    SuperPower Receives FLC Awards
AMSC Initiates Volume Production of 2G HTS Wire
    2G Wire Critical Currents Below 2008 Target
    Quality Control Process Improved
    2G Wire Deliveries Underway
    AMSC Delivers 17,000m to Ultera
    120A, 500m Wires Targets for FY2009, R&D on High Ic Wires to Resume
    Lower Wire Prices Expected
Hypres Delivers Digital-RF Receivers to ONR
    2-Stage Cryogenic System Allows Integration of HTS Analog Filter
    Systems Support Ongoing Development
    Work Supported by $650,000 SBIR Contract
    Zenergy Power to Expand Rheinbach Facility by 50%
Cambridge Grows High Jc HLPE YBCO Films
    Deposited Vapor Layer Diffuses, Grows Swiftly
    HLPE Has Advantages Over PLD and MOD
    Process Requires Phase Equilibrium, Even Liquid Coating
LHC Re-Start Scheduled for 2009

FZK Produces 2.63kA DC YBCO Roebel Cable  
    SuperPower Wire Exhibits 2x Improvement
    Cable Suited to Diverse Science and Industrial Applications
    Cable Suitable for Additional R&D Purposes
    FZK Technique Reduces Risk of Wire Delamination
Oxford Instruments Sells MBE Business to RIBER
    Continued Business Planned in Superconductors and Cryogenics
    Financial Performance Affirmed
CNRS Says EHTS 2G Wire Promising for Fault Current Limiters
    Copper Sensors Applied to 2m Length of EHTS YBCO
    Performance Improved at 77K
    Heat Dissipation Burns Conductor
    Ideal Temperatures Depend on FCL Location
    Wire or Design Improvement Possible
    Initial Phenomena Need Further Study
IRL Wins Cooper Medal for Work on Low AC Loss HTS Roebel Cable
    YBCO Process Differs from BSCCO
    Conventional Cutting Better than Lasers
    AC Losses Reportedly Reduced
    IRL Says Roebel Cable Superior to Striated Wire for AC Loss Reduction
    Strand Quality Varies by Region
    IRL to Pursue Commercialization
    IRL to Supply Cable for Siemens Prototype Generator
    About the Cooper Medal
Edinburgh Adapts Astronomy Algorithm for MRI
    Commercialization in 2 or 3 Years
Washington U Details Superfluid-Superconductor Relationship
    Evidence of Type II States Found
    Finds Come as Surpise

ITER Tests Prototype Poloidal Field Coil
    Temperatures up to 6K Possible
    Design Improvements Made
    Russia, Britain, Italy Fabricate 6 Ton Coil
    Test Completes 10 Years of Work; Procurement of Full Set of PF Coils Next
Faulty Electrical Connection Caused LHC Leak
    Connection Resistance Tripped Power Supply
    Forces Break Anchors to Concrete Floor
    Number of Magnets Needing Repair Uncertain
    Initial Cause Unclear; Detailed Investigation Forthcoming
    Additional Security Measures to Be Implemented Immediately
    CERN Celebrates LHC Inauguration
CESI RICERCA Conducts Short-Circuit Tests of FCL Prototypes
    Prototypes Constructed Using BSCCO Wire and MgB2 Wire
    1.2MVA Prototype Shows No Degradation
    FCLs Cooled with Closed System
    Increased Temperature Increase Enhances Limiting Capability
    200kVA 3-phase FCL Shows Fast Resistance
    Field Testing Affirms Positive Results
    27K MgB2 Shows Excellent Limitation Behavior
    Cost Trade-Off between Material and Cryogen
    Resistive-Type FCLs Preferred
    15MVA Prototype Planned
    Limited Experimental Results, Lack of Guidelines Are Barriers to Widespread Use
    About CESI RICERCA
Robarts Buys $10 million 7T MRI

Navigant Shows U.S. Need for HTS Fault Current Limiters and Cables
    Study Includes Analysis of Customer Needs
    FCL as Alternative to Adding New Lines Top Value for HTS Power Applications
    HTS Cables Second Greatest Value
    HTS Cable Niche Applications Include Substation Interconnect
    Utilities Voice Concerns on HTS
    About Navigant Consulting
Furukawa YBCO Cable Demonstrates Low AC Loss
    Cable Surpasses Low AC Loss Target
    2G Cable Beats Conventional Copper
    Focus Advances to Practical Cable Models
    Thin Layers Key to Low AC Loss
    Reduced Impedance May Benefit FCLs
    30m Long 2G HTS Cable Planned
Furukawa and Sumitomo Test 20M HTS Cable with Joint
    Overcurrent Tests Conducted
SCI Engineered Materials Awarded Phase II Research Contract
New SNS Instrument Probes Iron Arsenides
    Role of Lattice Vibrations Studied
    Evidence of Weak Phonon Coupling Found
    Study of Doped Superconductors Planned
    Broader Applicability of Fe-As
    Research Conducted on $15 Million ARCS
MIT Develops Spectroscopy for Qubit Study
    Technical and Cost Challenges
    Applications Include Qubit Study

Nagoya Tests YBCO-Based Fault Current Limiting Transformer
    Transformer and FCL Performance Demonstrated
    2 Types of YBCO Used in Device
    Parallel Configuration Improves Current Rating
    Back to Back Layering Performs Best
    Wire Configuration Research Relevant to Other HTS Devices
    SFCLT Offers Advantages, Technical Challenges
HiPER Preparatory Phase Begins in U.K.
IRL Joint Venture to Supply HTS Roebel Cable to Siemens
    GCS Evaluating Sources for Strand Wire
    Defect Scanner Added to Production Process
    Manufacture of 2 Cable Geometries Sought
    $3 Million Investment Planned
    Joint Venture Seeks Early Adopters
    General Cable Superconductors Has License
    AC Loss Reduction of HTS Roebel Cable About One-Half That of 4mm HTS Wire
    About Industrial Research Limited
Varian Revenues and Profits Increase in Q4 2008
    FY2009 earnings of $2.60 per share, ±$0.10.    
AMSC Reports Q2 Financial Results
    $175M to $185M Revenues Forecast
Superconductor Technologies Reports Improved Q3 Results
    STI Has Working Capital of $15.7 Million
ITER Signs Cooperation Agreement with IAEA
AMSC Licenses Wind Turbine Designs to XJ Group, Hyundai
    AMSC Licenses Wind Turbines to Hyundai
MIT’s Joseph Minervini Receives ANS Award
    About the Technical Accomplishment Award 

Fujikura Produces 176,023A-meter Wire
    Hot-Wall PLD Increases Ic
    New Mgo Template for GZO Buffer
    30m/h Production Rate Possible
    5km Wire Sold Last Year
Hypres Demonstrates Four-Stage Pulse Tube Cryocooler
    Pulse Tube Feasibility Demonstrated
    He4 Used for 1st 2 Stages, He3 Used for Last 2
    DOD Wants Smaller, More Efficient Coolers
    Hitt: Cryocooler Industry Can Support Superconductor Commercialization
    Next Design Step Will Reduce Size
LANL Develops Position Dependent Ic Anisotropy Measurement Apparatus
    Position-Dependent Investigations
    Method Determines Nature of Ic Variation
    Measurement Conditions More Realistic
    Position Dependent Anisotropy Characterization Demonstrated at 12m/h
    Integration with Industry Partners Continues
    Higher-Ic to Be Accommodated in 2009
Brookhaven Produces Nanosized Superconducting Material
    Cause of 25% Tc Rise Previously Unknown
    Techniques Apply to YBCO and BSCCO
    Applications May Include Field-Effect Transistor
    Other Characteristics to be Studied

Toshiba and Fujikura Test 2G HTS Fault Current Limiter
    Nickel-Chromium Layer Protects Conductor
    FCL Work Funded by NEDO
UKAEA Finds Magnetic Interactions Weaken Steel at High Temperatures
    Magnetic Dislocations Cause Atoms to Slide
    World Trade Center Towers Failure Provides Clues
    Temperature Resistant Alloys Possible
ORNL Improves Dielectric Materials for HTS Devices
    Dielectrics for HTS Difficult to Find
    Nanocomposites Improve Dielectric Strength
    FCL Conditions Simulated
    Voltage Withstand Increase Not Linear
2009 Emphasis: Improving Particle Dispersion
    Further Work with Industrial Partners
2008 Poor Year for Superconductivity Stock Index
    Stocks in Decline Since July
    SSI Rose 94% over 2005 - 2007
Reportlinker Forecasts High Growth for Superconductors
Matheson Tri-Gas Starts Helium Transfilling Operations
    About Matheson Tri-Gas
Nottingham’s Peter Mansfield Honored in National Portrait Gallery
Toshiba Secures MRI Broadlane Live Group Buy Agreement

Zenergy Receives €115,000 Grant to Study HTS Induction Heater
    Weseralu Reports 25% Increase in Productivity
    Weseralu Reports 50% Energy Reduction
Bruker Sells 10 NMR Systems to Saudi University
LHC to Restart in 2009
Zenergy Partners with Honeywell to Develop HTS Chemical Precursors
    Partnership Suggests Interest in HTS Broadening
Bruker’s Q3 Profit Declines on Increased Revenue
    Laukien Attributes Decreased Margins to Acquisition of Bruker Biospin
Oxford Instruments Releases Half-Year Results
    Superconducting Wires Revenues Grow
Lake Shore Cryotronics Redesigns Cryogenic Probe Stations
Coherent Improves Excimer Laser
    Multiple Factors Drive Deposition Quality
Bristol, St. Andrews, Toulouse Team Measures Quantum Oscillations
    Purity of Superconductor Crystals Key
    Continued Funding of Research Expected
Uppsala and CNRS Identify Structure for Silane
    Research Enhances Carnegie Discovery
Siemens, Magnex Make 9.4T MRI
U of Queensland Awards $75,000 For Electron Interaction Study
NEMA Publishes MRI Standards
Texas Southern University Investigates Plagiarism Case
Zenergy Changes Directorate

Qdrive Designs Acoustic Stirling Cryocoolers for HTS Applications
    Reliability Goals Met
    Prototype to Be Tested at SuperPower
    1000W Model in Procurement
    Capacity Limited by Pressure-Wave Generator
    3-Coldhead Variant Developed for Military
    Acoustic Stirling Improves on G-M
    Technical Challenges Overcome
Bruker HTS Developing New ABAD, HRPLD Machines
    HRPLD Aims for 70m/h
    Reel-to-Reel, Helical Approaches Combined
    Goal: 2000m Conductors
    New System to Build on Past Successes
Edison RTR YBCO Deposition Process in Standby
    0.4m/h Tape Speed, 130A/cm-width Ic
    Supersonic Nozzle Improves Oxidation
    Lattice Mismatch Leads to Cracks
AMSC, ANL, ORNL Improve YBCO Thick-Film Growth
    Low Moisture Creates Islands
    Results Suggest Improvements in MOD Film
    Next Step: Studying MOD Films
ITER Procures Vacuum Vessel
    Villigen Shows Superconductivity Can Induce Magnetism
    Electron Pairs Show Finite Momentum

Caltech Creates HTS Nanowires
   Wide Temperature Range for SQUIDs Possible
    Potential Current-Limiting Function
    Next Step: Raising Critical Current
Tai-Yang Research Company Awarded $670,000 for NASA HTS Devices
    Current Leads Used for Sensor Cooling
    Project to Improve on Existing HTS Leads
    About Tai-Yang Research Company
U.S. DOE Awards New Contract for Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
$725,000 Oregon State Study to Include SMES Windpower Storage
    Study to Include New Test Center
    Oregon Targets 25% Renewable Energy
New Zealand Airport Display Showcases HTS
Radiologists Say MEG Diagnosis for Autism “Promising”
    Diagnostic MEG Use Could Boost Demand
    More Data Needed
Varian Cuts 320 Jobs, Reports First Quarter Sales
    Varian Expects $205 Million in Sales
    Rogerson Named Chairman
Russia to Share Superconductor Technology with Brazil
UKAEA Closes Supplier Agreement for Fusion Reactors
    UKAEA Work Could Evolve to Include Superconductivity
    About AMEC, Assystem UK, Frazer-Nash and BNS Nuclear Services
EU Commission Gives ITER Access to Supercomputing
ORNL Develops High-Performance Steel for Possible Use in ITER
AMSC Announces D-VAR Order for Long Island Power Grid
Messer to Supply Siemens with Helium for MRIs
BNL’s Ben-Zvi Named IEEE Fellow

U.S. Stimulus Bill Directs Billions toward Science Programs
    $11 Billion for Smart Grid
    Fusion R&D Among Energy Projects
    NIST to Receive $360 Million
    Timeline Set, Allocations Uncertain
    DOE to Expedite Funding
    Rolling DOE Application Process
Zenergy Delivers HTS Fault Current Limiter
    13.8kV, BSCCO-Based FCL
    FCL Adaptable to 2G HTS Wire
    Zenergy Encouraged by DOE Spending
    Fitzgerald: Collaboration Key
Oxford Instruments to Close Sites, Cut Jobs
    Jock Lennox Appointed Non-Executive Director
Jefferson Lab Begins Awarding Contracts for $310M Upgrade
    RF Contracts in Next Two Years
    Future Contracts Include LTS Magnets
MISL Plans MEG Manufacturing
New Safeguards to Delay LHC Restart Until September 2009
    Enhanced Safeguards Developed
University of York Develops More Sensitive MRI, Licensed to Bruker
AMSC Reports Widened Q3 Loss
    AMSC Says Growth Markets Still Strong

AMSC HTS Propulsion Motor Tested At Full Power
    AMSC Envisions Additional Marine Applications
    Alstom AC Induction Motor is Navy's Baseline
    AMSC, Northrup Grumman Continue Partnership
    HTS Motor a Template For Future Projects
DOE Awards nGimat $750,000 to Develop Insulation for Nb3Sn Wire
    Multiple Performance Characteristics for Wind and React Insulation
    Manufacturability Also Important
    Coating Includes Nano-Ceramic Particles
    Nb3Sn Wire Source Not Decided
    Insulation Might Work with Other Wires
    nGimat Sees Broad Market Potential
    nGimat Believes Improved Insulation Key to Expansion of Nb3Sn Market
    About nGimat
AMSC and DOE to Collaborate on 10MW Superconductor Wind Turbines
    Elimination of Gearbox Major Advantage
    AMSC Partership with TECO-Westinghouse Continues
    Power Rating of Generators Limited
Southwire HTS Cable Operation Marks Anniversary
    Praxair Cryocoolers Demonstrated
    Southwire Touts Strengths of Triax Design
MITA Opposes Obama on Use of Radiology Budget Managers
Stony Brook U Makes New Boron Compound Under Pressure
    Insights to MgB2 Limited
    Applications for Boron Boride Possible
VTT Technical Center Inaugurates ITER Divertor Test Platform
    $9 Million Project Lasted 4 Years
FZK Julich Buys Bull Supercomputer for ITER

Insert: Superconductivity Patents

U.S. ITER to Receive Additional $124 Million for FY2009
    Cooperation Key to Achieving Results
    U.S. Contributions Assured
Zenergy to Demonstrate $420,000 FCL in Con Edison's New York Grid
    Superconducting FCL Design to Compete With Solid State Design
    Demonstration of Device Reliability Chief Focus of Project
    FCLs Facing Certification Process
    Con Edison's Approach to FCL Procurement: Multiple Vendors
    FCL Scaling Key to Implementation in Grid
Bruker HTS and Nexans Complete $7 Million HTS Cable Demonstration
    Bruker's 2G HTS Demonstrated
    New Assembly Methods Developed
    Further Nexans, Bruker Cooperation Possible
Magnifye Claims New Method for Magnetizing Bulk Superconductors
    Method Allows for Smaller, Stronger Magnets
    Magnifye Anticipates Drop in ReBCO Price
    Coombs: HTS Bulk Magnets Offer Advantages Over HTS Coil Magnets
    Magnifye Completes $63,000 Market Analysis of New HTS Magnet
    Analysis Results in Several Orders
    About Magnifye
Fermilab to Receive $34.9 Million in Recovery Act Funding
    NOvA Neutrino Experiment to Receive Funding for Upgrades
STI Reports Net Loss for Q1 2009
    Quiram Sees Signs of Market Stabilization
Bruker CEO Buys $10.7 Million of Bruker Stock
Wyoming Passes Helium Tax
Partnership for Public Service Announces Finalists

AMSC Receives HTS Wire Order From LS Cable Ltd.
    AMSC and LS Cable See Large Market
    Size, Nature of Order Significant Step Forward for Industry
    AMSC 'Well-Positioned' in Asian Market
    About KEPCO and LS Cable
DOE Announces Recipients of Energy Frontier Research Centers
    Center for Emergent Superconductivity at BNL
    Efree to Investigate HTS
    EFRCs to Concentrate Leading Scientists
DOE Announces Allocation of $1.2 Billion in Funding for Science
    Several Superconducting Facilities Funded
Austrian Officials Decide Against Withdrawal from CERN
    Hahn: CERN Ties Up Science Funding
Varian's Sale of ACCEL Allows Focus on Proton Therapy
    Divestiture Planned at Time of Purchase
    Market Potential for 50 to 100 Facilities
    Current System Shows Improvements in Weight, Cost and Effectiveness
    Manufacturing Improvements Key to Cost Reductions
Varian Reports Increased Year-on-Year Revenue for Q2 FY2009
    Guertin: Cautious Outlook
USTC Researchers See Phonon Activity in Pnictides
Kavli Institute Claims Scalable Quantum Computing Possible
    Research Suggests Different, More Effective Types of Quantum Couplings

 STI's SuperLink to be Tested in the LTE Remote Radio Head Platform
    Portion of 700MHz Range Auctioned in 2008
    Interference Challenges at 700MHz
    SuperLink Based on YBCO Superconductors
Hypres Inc. Demonstrates Superconducting RF Receiver
    Semiconductor-Superconductor System Integration Demonstrated
    Hypres Seeking Non-Military Applications
    About Digital-RF Technology and Link-16
AMSC Announces First Quarterly Profits
    Revenues Slide for Superconducting Businesses
    Workforce, Revenues Grow
Zenergy Announces Results for 2008
    Revenues Rooted in Germany
    Faster-Than-Anticipated FCL Sales Projected
Zenergy Announces Institutional Placing to Raise £9.5 Million
    Anticipated U.S. Market Inspires Growth Plans
    First Placing Since 2007
Oxford Instruments Announces Growth Despite Ongoing Job Cuts
    Layoffs Reduce Operating Costs by $18 Million
    2009 Revenues to Remain Flat
    Superconducting Wire Revenues Increase
Chinese Academy Opens $176 Million Synchrotron Radiation Facility
    Project to Have Seven Initial Beamlines
Princeton-led Team Claims to Record Quantum Spin
    Individual Electron Spin Measured
NRL Researchers Theorize Unique Mechanism in FeAs
    Experimental Evidence Supports Theory
    Theory Builds on Previous Cuprate, MgB2 Work
    Theory Posits that Fe-ions are Always Magnetic
Scientific Magnetics Clarification

CES Awarded $23 Million for Superconductor Research
    Discussions of Research Scope Ongoing
    Center Aims to Enable Creation of a Superconducting Grid
    Collaboration Key to CES
    Efree to also Conduct Research into Superconductivity
Niowave Announces Acquisition of AMAC International
    AMAC’s High-Power Coupler Technology Motivates Acquisition
Kiswire Begins Production of Superconducting Wire for ITER
    IT Diffusion Method Used to Make Strand
    Unique Design of KAT’s Nb3Sn Strand
    KAT has Experience Supplying Superconducting Strand to ITER and Others
    About KAT, Kiswire
FSZ Dresden-Rossendorf Uses Germanium as Superconductor
    Doping Technique Compatible with Chip Fabrication Processes
    Quantum Computing Experiments Possible
    Investigation to Seek Higher-Tc Compounds
BNL Researcher Patents New Particle Delivery System
    Design Uses Fixed-field LTS Magnets
    More Targeted Energy Delivery Possible
    Particle Therapy Facilities Expensive
    Lighter Weight Will Lead to Cost Reductions
    Preliminary Magnet Design Made at BNL
Orasi Medical Raises $3.5 Million in Private Investment
AMSC Contracted for Over $10M in Non-Superconductor Technology
    AMSC Licenses Wind Turbine to Inox Wind

LS Cable to Install 50MW/22.9kV 2G HTS Cable in Korean Power Grid
    Cable Testing to be Completed in Early 2010
    HTS Cables to Cut Construction Costs Five to Fifteen Times Over
    LS Cable Designing 1,000MVA HTS Cable
    Korean HTS Cable Market Taking Shape
    LS Cable Talks of “Significant” Future HTS Wire Purchases
    Cable to be used in Live-Grid Conditions
    KEPRI Testing, Operating SEI’s HTS Cable
Bruker Biospin Makes 23.5T, 1GHz NMR Spectrometer System
    Avance First to Use CyroProbe Technology
    Company Launches Two New UHF Actively Shielded NMR Magnets
    Magnets Use a Mix of Wire Technologies
    EDS Technology Improves System Performance
STI HTS Power Play, Sends Proposals to DOE with GE Global Research
    STI Seeks to Turn Cryocooler Technology to Wind Turbine Applications
    STI Aims to Produce HTS Tape at Market Viable Cost
    LANL Supporting STI Development of RCE
    ARPA-E Plans Awards Totaling Up to $150 Million
Niowave Receives Contract from MSU’s NSCL
    Ten Sub-Assemblies to be Delivered by October
    New Cavities One Part of Overall Upgrades
    Niowave Involved in a Number of Projects
Ludwig-Maximilians U Explores LTS in Optomechanics
    Superconducting Materials Used
    Superconducting Microwave Resonators Especially Promising
    Several Potential Applications for Field
    Research Ongoing at Multiple Facilities
Oxford Instruments in Sustainable Companies Index

 Yale University Researchers Create Electronic Quantum Processor
    Device has Look of Standard Micro-Processors
    Two Qubits Synthesized
    Understanding of Purcell Effect Key to Extending Qubit Duration
    Past Advances Reason for Optimism
MEG Could Be Used to Avoid Pre-Surgery in Detection of Epilepsy
    Many Medical Centers Interested in MEG
    MEG Provides More Accurate Data than EEG
    Some Insurance Agencies Open to MEG Reimbursement
UT Austin Researchers Synthesize .57nm Superconductive Film
    Other Thin Film Superconductors Reported
    Variety of Electronics Applications Possible
    Work May Bring New Research Opportunities
    Superconductive Traits Unaffected by Electron Restriction
    Advanced Synthesis Technique Employed
FZD Uses Germanium as a Superconductor
    Doping Technique Compatible with Chip Fabrication Processes
    Quantum Computing Applications Possible
    Future Investigation to Seek Higher-Tc Compounds
U of Illinois Detects Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Nanowires
    MQT May Help Extend Qubit Decoherence Times
    Future Experiments to Search for Macroscopic Quantum Coherence
STI Stock Up 381.6% Between April and June
U of Warsaw Sees Potential Discovery of Fluoride-based HTS
    Fluoroargents, Oxocuprates Possess Similarities
    Next: Oxidation-Resistant Anions
OSU Makes MRI-Safe Treadmill
Navy's Etter Award Goes to ONR HTS Degaussing Scientist 

ITER Announces Construction Schedule
    No Energy Gain Until 2026
    Fusion Proponents Stress Importance of Sticking to a Timeline
    European Commission Supports Timetable
    U.S. ITER Seeking Procurement Contract for HTS TF Coil Wire
    Additional Contracts Remain
AIST Develops New Large Capacity HTS FCL Module
    FCLs Intended for Distributed Power Generation Networks
    Shunt Layer Allows for Higher Voltages with Less Superconductor
    Tests Confirm Current of 237A/500V at Zero Resistance
    Modules Can be Linked to Form 3-Phase FCL
    Thin Film Formed Using MOD Process
    Device Uses Atypical Shunt Layer
    Hot-Spot Phenomenon can Damage FCL
    Capacitor Further Enables Shunt Layer
European Consortium Continues Development of HTS Slim Former
    Manufacturing and Testing of Subcomponents Underway
    Device has Characteristics of Inductive FCL
    Slim Former Designed to Accomodate Various HTS Strands
    Pre-Prototype tested in Budapest
STI Announces $11.26 Million Direct Offering
Carnegie Institution Probes Colossal Magnetoresistance Effect
    Magnetism Drops Manganite's Resistivity
    CMR Used in MRAM Tunneling Junctions
ESA's GOCE Lanunces with Gravity Gradiometer On Board
LHC Opening Delayed, Operating Schedule Extended
    LHC to Remain Open Year-Round
UC Riverside's Chun Ning Lau Awarded PECASE  

 DOE Includes FRIB Funding in Congressional Budget Review
    Funds to Support First Phase of Project
    Superconducting Components to be Used in Several Capacities
    Research to Advance Critical Applications
    FRIB to be Complimentary to NSCL
RI Research Instruments Awarded Contract for CEBAF Accelerator Cavities
    Contract Among Number of RI Projects
    Cavities Made with Niobium Sheets
    12GeV CEBAF Upgrade to Broaden Research
    Upgrades Constructed on Framework of Existing Accelerator
    Upgrades to Be Completed in 2015
    Magnets to Be Strengthened By a Factor of Two
Chinese Academy of Sciences ITER Conductor Cleared for ITER Delivery
    SULTAN Tests Critical Qualification
    T_cs Among Highest for TF Samples
    TF Strand Valued at $36 Million
    EAST Boosts Development of Superconducting Technologies
Bruker Receives $2 Million Order for 263GHz EPR Spectrometer
    System Aids Solar Cell Development
UC Merced Theorizes Gravitational Wave Measure Using LTS Films
    Ability Could Enable Gravitational-Wave Communication, Astronomy
    Type I Superconductors Predicted to Exhibit Reflectivity
Lawrence Livermore Opens National Ignition Facility
    NIF to Advance Research into Fusion Energy
Sunpower Appoints New CEO
William Parker Honored by UCI
St. Pölten & Sheffield U Study Lower Cost Electric Vehicles 

 DoD Awards $260 Under MURI
    AFOSR Making Major Commitment to New Superconductors
    Stanford Leads HTS Synthesis Initiative
    UCSD Awarded $7 Million
    UM College Park to Partner With UCSD, ISU
    About MURI
MFC Expands MEG Holdings with Acquisition of 4-D Neuroimaging
    Move Follows Acquisition of VSM Medtech
    MFC Aims for MEG Servicing Monopoly?
    MFC Motivated by 'Sound Business Principles'
    Baird: Days of Giving Away MEG Over
    Doubts Persist On MEG Potential
    MEG May Find Several Clinical Niches
    4-D's MEG Units Utilized CIV Technology
    MISL to Integrate 4-D Software Tools
    MEG Sale Need Killer Application
    MISL Turns Profit
    MFC Involved in Legal Action Against Elekta
CardioMag President Steps Down to Head LogicalNet
    Lack of Insurance Reimbursement Limits Investment
    MCG Seen as Improvement on ECG
    MCG Systems Used in Clinical Trials
Matheson & Jiyang Reach Helium Supply Agreement
    Matheson to Access Wyoming Helium
Oxford Instruments Delivers 12T Cryogen-Free Magnet
    Base Temperature of 8mK in Zero Field
William Brinkman Confirmed as Director of DOE Office of Science
UC Riverside's Chun Ning Lau Awarded PECASE

Raytheon Awarded Contract for ONR's Free Electron Laser Program
    Superconducting ADS Under Development
Silicon Power's SSFCL Competes for Installation in NYC Grid
    New Technologies May Give System New Capabilities
    About Silicon Power
DOE Awards $8.2 Million to Rochester Center for Fusion
    Center to Use University's Omega EP Beams
Rolls Royce Patents Superconducting FCL
Leiden U Uses String Theory to Describe HTS Transition State
    Zaanen: Man Who Explains HTS Will Receive Eternal Glory
    Gravity, Quantum Field Theories Opposite Sides of the Same Coin
Berkeley Lab Finds Mechanisms in Cuprates & Pnictides Differ
Princeton-led Team Measures Chalcogenide Photoemission
NIH Launches the Human Connectome Project
    HCP Combines Brain Imaging Technologies
    Unique Research Data to be Shared
ITER Awards KAERI Three Development Contracts
ITER Continues Development of Cooling Water System
GE Healthcare, Varian Announce 7T Pre-Clinical MRI System
    Varian Supplies Superconducting Magnet
    Pre-Clinical System Intended for Research
Brookhaven Develops New MRI for Screening Breast Cancer
Cavendish Lab Develops Non-Superconducting Quantum Cryptography Device
    Device Reportedly Faster, Cheaper
Onnes Prizes for Superconductivity Announced

OST Receives $49 Million ITER Contract
    Announcement Comes after 2009 Layoffs
    Financial Benefits to Come Over 3 Years
Superconductivity Innovations Teams With SUNY on Turbines Project
    SI Provides R&D Services
    Review Process to Integrate Superconductors into Industrial Environments
Washington U in St. Louis Discovers Superconductivity in Europium
    Europium an Unusual Superconductor
    Diamond Anvil Generates High Pressure
    Discovery Should Help Understanding of Superconducting Transition
NIH Awards UNM $400,000 for MEG Research
    Program Employs MEG in Novel Manner
IGCAR Developing Several SQUID-based Systems
    IGCAR Magnetometer Has Novel Features
    IGCAR's SQUID-based Set-up for Non-Destructive Evaluation
    IGCAR Developing MCG/MEG System
LANL Identifies Differences Between Chalcogenides, Pnictides
    Differences in Iron Compounds Could Mean No Single Cause for HTS
    Explanations, Questions Posited
Film Posits Lunar Future for Fusion Energy Generation 

DOE Funds Three Superconductor Smart Grid Projects
    Funding on Previous FCL Project Extended
    New FCL Different From ConEd Device
    Concept Validation Purpose of Previous Project
    AMSC Receives $4.8 Million for FCL Based 2G HTS Wire
    AMSC to Supply Wire
    Additional Funding Ensures Continuation of LIPA Cable Project
    DOE Issues First Biannual Smart Grid Status Report
SuperPower Relocates R&D Division to University of Houston
    Move Segments R&D and Manufacturing
    ARH Aims for Cluster of Texas HTS Industries
    Jacobson: SuperPower Logical Choice for TcSUH
DARPA Funds Low Power Micro Cryogenic Coolers Program
    MCCs May Be Commercially Available in 2012
    Program Employs MEMS-enabled Technologies
    Micro-Scale Coolers Already Demonstrated
MFC Takeover of 4-D Leaves Elekta, Yokogawa Last Operative MEG Manufacturers
    Elekta Forecasts Increasing MEG Sophistication at Same Price
    Elekta's 306-channel MEG
    Elekta Forecasts 2010 Sales
    Yokogawa Electric Sees Opportunity for MEG Industry
    Yokogawa MEGvision
    MEGvision Approved for Healthcare Coverage in Japan
STI Announces Q2 Results Amid Criticism of Direct Offering
Tom Mann, Engineer on SC Coils, Leaves ORNL for MSU's FRIB

DOE Allocates $327 Million in ARRA Science Funding
    Fusion Research also Funded Under Allotment
SuperPower Reports Improved In-Field 2G Wires
    Substrate Planarization, Electrodeposition Advances Reported
    Improved Electrodeposition Reduces Silver Usage
    Move to TcSUH Supported Advances
Fusion Legislation Introduced to U.S. House of Representatives
    Moving From Fundamental to Applicable Fusion Research
Zenergy Announces Successful FCL Test
    Compact SFCL Design Reduces Size, Weight
    AEP to Install Zenergy's FCL in Ohio Grid in 2010
    28kV Seattle SFCL Installation Cancelled
LHC to Initially Run at 3.5TeV
    Announcement Follows Review of SC Electrical Connections
    Program Envisions Reaching 7TeV per Beam
Varian Reports Increased Q3 Profits Amidst Shareholder Investigation
    Numerous Investigations Underway into Takeover Attempt
Mag Lab, TUW Claim Irradiation Causes Property Alterations in Pnictide Superconductors
    Technique Represents Powerful Investigative Tool
General Fusion Raises $13.5M for Fusion Reactor Development
    Project Still in Early Stages, Significant Future Funding Required
Clarification

Mag Lab and SuperPower Demonstrate 10.4 T, All-HTS Magnet
            Cumulative Magnet Field Highest in 11 Years of HTS Testing
            Record Follows Earlier Tests at Mag Lab
            Mag Lab Involved in Several SC Magnet Projects
Europe Proposes FAST, Satellite Reactor to ITER Facility
            FAST to Complement Superconducting Facilities
            FAST to be D-D, Scaled Down Version of ITER
KSTAR Tokamak Records Operational Milestones
            Facility Awaiting Upgrades
            KSTAR a Pilot Project for ITER
            KSTAR Uses Nb3Sn and NbTi Magnet Coils
            Korea Plans Commercial Fusion for 2040s
Louisiana State University Receives $1.26 Million to Upgrade CAMD
            New MPW to Use NbTi
            Upgrades will Update 17-Year Old Facility
            Beamline Upgrades Planned
            CAMD Upgrades to Complement LSU's EFRC
DARPA Funds Miniature MRUMS, SQUID Alternative
AMSC Announces Sales of Wind Technologies and New Subsidiary
            AMSC Announces Formation of AMSC India
            AMSC Signs Wind Turbine Deal with Hyundai Heavy Industries
Concerns Over China Rare Earth Stockpiling Derail Lynas Takeover
            Quotas Strengthened

Zenergy Receives $595,000 Grant for 2G Wire, HTS Generator
    Project Project of Wider Industry Collaboration
    2G Wire to be Used in Direct Drive Generators
    Zenergy, Converteam to Install HTS Generator in 2010
SuperPower Continues Development of Superconducting FCL Modules
    SuperPower Scales Back SFCL Development
    SFCL Program Looks to Improve Scalability
    New Modules Tested in Conjunction with FSU-CAPS
Zenergy Receives $700,000 Australian FCL Grant
    Funding to Develop FCK Design in Limited-Space Environments
Niowave Wins $400,000 in DOE Accelerator Contracts
    SBIR Contract for Development of SC Cavity Manufacturing Techniques
    Niowave to Replace RHIC's Copper Cavities with SC Variants
    Two Cavity Designs Under Development
    Contracts Follow AMAC Acquisition
NSF's Early Career Development Awards Fund Superconductivity
UBC Researchers Find Flaws in Theoretical HTS Models
    Hubbard Model Not Confirmed by Empirical Studies
DOE Funds LANL Superconductor Vortex Research
    Research May Ultimately Raise Jc's to Fundamental Limit
    Research to Include Broad Spectrum of Superconductors
LLNL Mercury Fusion Device Nears Breakeven
    Laser Fusion Based on Non-Superconducting Technology

Zenergy Reports Sale of Superconducting Induction Heaters
    Induction Heater Improves Efficiency
    HTS Magnet Allows Homogenous Billet Heating
    Installation Expands Plant's Aluminum Processing Versatility
N. Illinois U Awarded $486,000 for Nanoscale Superconductivity
    First Phase Leads to New Fabrication Approach
    Researchers to have Access to Equipment at ANL's CNM
    Group Also Conducting Research into Mesoscopic Crystals
ITER Reports Succcessful Testing of SC Non-Planar Coils
    Superconductor Performs Better Than Expected in Tests
PPPL Receives $13.8 Million in ARRA Funding
    NSTX Research Investigates Electron Heat Loss
    ARRA Funding to Enhance NSTX Output     
    Allocation On Top of Ongoing DOE Funding
Quantum Design Announces New PPMS
    Cryogen-Free Cooling System May Have Further Applications
    DynaCool to Operate Over BRoad Temperature Range
    QDE Owns Majority Stake in LOT
St. Louis U Receives $5.3 M for Brain Study Using MRI, MEG
Researchers Claim Smaller Role for FS Nesting in Pnictides
    Study Suggests Multiple Sources Lead to Superconductivity
AMSC Reports $100 Million in Non-SC Wind Deals
Oxford Instruments Named Business Superbrand 2010
Zenergy Recognized with German Environmental Award
AMSC Promotes DiCecco to VP of Corporate Administration

KEPCO Funds Superconductivity in $2.4 B Clean Energy Allocation
    KEPCO to Install 22.9 kV Cable System
AMSC Reports Advances in Korean Market
    LS Cable, AMSC to Install 10 km of HTS Cable
    LS Cable, KERI Developing 154 kV SC Cable
    AMSC Forms AMSC Korea
    Announcements COme Atop Government's Renewable Energy Plan
EU Proposes $75 Billion in Funding for Clean Energy Tech
    SET-Plan Part of Broader De-Carbonization Initiative
    Wind Initiative COuld Direct Funds Towards Superconductivity
    Power Grid, Smart City Funding Could DIrect Money to SC Cables, FCLs
    Report Highlights Europe's Need for EFRC-Equivalents
    EERA to Cooperate with KICs
    SET-Plan Allocates Funding to Solar, Bio-energy, Carbon Capture
Oxford, Yale, Aarhus Theorize 100 Qubit Quantum Computers
    Theoretical System Capable of Quibit Encoding
    Study Proposes Innovations
    Further Research Needed to Validate Theory
Johns Hopkins Compares and Contrasts Cuprate, Pnictide
      Report Acknowledges Many Questions Remain Unanswered
AMS, Superconducting Spectrometer Bound for ISS, Nears Launch
    Mission Canceled in 2003
    AMS to Succeed PAMELA Satellite

LHC Records First Beam Collisions, Sets World Record
    CERN Sets Record with 2.36 TeV Beam Collision
    First Beam Collisions Come Three Days after LHC Restart
    Activity Follows Delay of Over a Year
    LHC on Standby, To Restart in February
    CERN Weighs Expansion
Luvata Awarded $26 Million Contract for ITER SC Wire
    Chrome-Plated Composite Wire Fabricated for High Jc
    Funding Follows Previous ITER Contract
    About Luvata
NASA Uses Superconducting Magnet to Levitate Mice
    Levitator Equipped with Nb3Sn/NbTi Magnet
    Further Research Planned into Bone Loss in Mice
Nexans to Reorganize French Operations
PPPL's PFRC to Receive $320,000 in Upgrades, Including SC Coils
    FRC Allows for Smaller Fusion Reactors
    PFRC Helping Improve Stability, Energy Confinement in FRC Devices
    Funding for New Vacuum Vessel, SC Coils, RF Heating System
IEEE Announces New Superconductivity Award
Orasi Sets Up Tokyo Office to Market MEG-based Test
Zenergy Announces Insitutional Placing, Raises £20,040,000
    Placing Funds Product Development, Marketing and Operating Needs
Spiro Takes Over as President of CERN Council

Nexans Commissions Superconducting FCL at German Power Plant
        Field Operations to Begin in a Year
        800 A FCL Undergoing Testing
        FCL to Improve Plant Safety, Provide Operating Experience
        SFCL to Cut Costs at Boxberg Plant
        Bock: No Public Funding Allocated Project
        BTU Providing Support to the Project
ITER's Russian DA Signs Procurement Deal for CICC
        Cabling to be Completed at VNIIKP
        Russian Suppliers to Supply Strand
JLab Announces Succesful Testing of ILC SRF Cavity
        Cavity Manufactured by AES
        Niowave Expected to Test Cavity at JLab
        Cavity Exceeds ILC Accelerating Gradient Requirement
        Further AES Cavity Tests to Occur at JLab
        New Capabilities Facilitate Performance Advances
        Surface Treatment Increases Performance
        Favale: Key Advances Rely on Industry-Lab Partnerships
NNSA, DOE Commit $9.9 Million Through HEDLP
        Non-SC Inertial Fusion Recevies Funding
Polywell Fusion Gets $2 Million in Federal Budget
OXI Announces Debt Reduction
IFII Establishes Subsidiary as Independent Public Entity
       SERI Controls Louisiana Energy Park
MagLab Researcher Named APS Fellow

SPR Underway with EmDrive Flight Thruster Program
    SC Cavities May Offer Improvements
    EmDrive May Cut GEO Satellite Launch Costs
    Other Potential EmDrive Applications
    Thruster Development Program Underway
    Some Question EmDrive's Feasibility
    Current Activity Follows Decade of UK Study
ESRF To Purchase SC Magnet Through Upgrade Program
    Upgrade Includes New Split Coil SC Magnet
UC Santa Barbara Claims to Observe Quantum Effects
    Study Shows Feasibility of Quantum Computing
JILA, UC Boulder Develop SQUID-based Amplifier
    Amplifier's Possible Quantum Computing Applications
    Device Utilizes Josephson Junctions
    Selectively Amplifying Electromagnetic Waves Confines Quantum Noise
    SQUIDs Provide Amplifier with Wide Tunability
    Further Research Planned
AMSC Reports Increased Q3 Revenues
    AMSC Increases Full Year Predictions                   

FY2011 Budget Request Cuts $14.7 Million in DOE HTS Funding
    Budget Aims for Transition to Private Industry
    SC to Continue Fundamental Research
    HTS Cuts Would Affect a Number of National Labs
    SNL Sees Funding Increase
Fermilab Secures ARRA Funding for SRF Development
    80% of Funding Directed to Private Industry
    SRF Upgrades at ANL, JLab, SLAC
AMSC to Provide SC Cables to Tres Amigas Project
    AMSC Buys Minority Stake in Tres Amigas
    Interconnections Only Sporadically Linked
    Plans to Sell Power Across Interconnections
    AMSC to Provide SC Wire and Cable System
    About Superconductor Electricity Pipelines
GSC Awarded $201,070 NSF Grant
    Funding Part of Long-Term Study of Oxalate Oxidase
STI Releases 2009 Financial Results
    SuperLink to be Integrated into 4G Network
Aetna to Insure MEG Evaluation for Epilepsy
MIT Technology Review Names AMSC Among 50 Most Innovative   

HTS Advocates React to Possible FY2011 DOE HTS Budget Cuts
    Larbalestier: Budget Cuts Disaster for YBCO Development
    Fredette: AMSC Operations Not Affected
    Lauder: Cutting HTS Cable Costs by a Third Would Save $15 B
    Hammond: Funding Cuts Affect U.S. Leadership in HTS
    Lehner: DOE Funding Created Jobs
    Lehner: Cuts would Curtail Activity
Nexans Continues Development of HTS Round Wire
    Efficient Use of Core Volume Essential Breakthrough
Weserlau Orders Second MBH from Zenergy
    Mueller: Repeat Purchase Endorsement of MBH Technology
    Weserlau Fully Converts Site to SC Magnetic Billet Heating
IEE-CAS Uses PIT Method to Synthesize Pnictide Wires
    PIT Method Overcomes Pnictide Brittleness
    Possible High Field Commercial Applications
    PIT Method Unveils New Superocnducting Compounds
UM College Park, NIST Report Tungsten Measurements
    Research Employs NIST's EBIT
Foley Wins NSW Telestra Award     

LHC Records 7 TeV Proton Collisions
    Collisions Mark Beginning of Full Research Operations
    CERN to Operate for 18 to 24 Months
    Superconducting Detectors Double Sensitivity
    Plans Call for Upgrade to 14 TeV
BEST Receives  €24.5 million ITER Contract for Nb3Sn Strand
    BEST's Nb3Sn an ITER Benchmark Strand
Zenergy Reports Commercial Sale of FCL to ASL
    Sale Builds on Work with Grid Operators in the U.S.
    Zenergy Hails Trans-Atlantic Presence
    About the UK Electric Grid
ISTEC-SRL Develops Integrated SQUID NDE System
    Current Systems Limited to Speed or Resolution
    Striations Limit Hysteresis Loss
    Improvements in Cooling Efficiency, Evaluation Speed
    Researchers Hope to Lower Costs, Increase Resolution
NIMH Uses MEG for Study on Cortex Activity in Schizophrenics
    MRI Used to Observe Neural Activity in Grey Matter
VNIIKP Announces Personnel Changes in SC Cable Department
Hypres Names Kinner Chief Financial Officer
OXI Wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Russian Collaboration Tests 200 m, 50 MVA HTS Cable
    Tentative Plans for Moscow Installment
    SEI Supplies Wire for 200 m Prototype
    Possible Future Upscale to 1.5 km Cable
    VNIIKP Cabling CICCs for ITER
Zenergy Supplier Honeywell Passes Qualification
    Tan: Chemical Production Drastically Cuts Costs
    Zenergy Hopes to Scale Process for Renewable Generators in 2012
TcSUH Receives $3.5 Million ETF Award
    Funding to Bolster HTS Wire Development
    Collaborative Research with SuperPower to be Extended
    TcSUH-ARH to Develop HTS Biomedical Applications
    Biomedical Program to be Leveraged by HTS Wire Counterpart
LLBL, UC Berkeley Claim to Introduce Strain to CEM
    Study Places Strain in Vanadium Dioxide Nanowires
    Technique Could have Uses Beyond CEM
    Further Research into Phase Inhomogeneity Needed
VUMC Conducts MEG Study on Diabetes Patients
Wendelstein 7-X Stellerator Finishes Testing on Magnet Coils
NIF Records 1 MJ Laser Shot
HiPER ICF Facility Approaches Construction
Ingen Elected Executive Chairman of BEST Board of Directors

EPRI Study Claims DC Superconductor Cables Currently Feasible
    Report Builds on Previous Studies
    EPRI: Transmission Losses Reducible by 50%
    Cables Could Use Natural Gase Pipeline Tech
    Model Needed to Further Test, Refine Proposed System
    Improvements Needed in HTS Materials
    EPRI Releases Companion Reports
Hypres SQUID Array Program Reaches $3 Million SBIR Phase 3
    Array Enchances SQUID Performance
Hypres Files Five SC Patents in 2009
    Hitt: Patents Prt of Strategy to Open New Markets
    Niobium ICs Enable Performance Improvements
    Hypres has Additional Patents Pending
OSU, HyperTech Conclude Study on SiC-Doped MgB2
    Research Aims to Increase MgB2's Hc2, Hirr
    Study Suggests Potential Jc Improvements
Cavendish Lab Concludes Quantum Computing Study
    Atomic Gases, Trapped Ions Best Current Controlled Quantum Systems
    Köhl: Too Early to Quantify Significance to Quantum Computing
Tres Amigas Appoints Barbera Director of Reliability Assurance 

AMSC, LS Cable to Install 50 km of Superconducting Cable
    Alliance to Include Multiple Projects
    Fredette: Cables Part of Self-Healing Network
    Alliance Builds on Previous Order
    Cable Projects Part of Grid Modernization Drive
RI Announces SRF Contracts worth $6.5 Million
    RI to Deliver Two 500 MHz SRF Accelerating Modules
    Niobium Cavity Contributes 2 MV Accelerating Voltage
    JLab Contract Expanded to Include SRF Calibrations, Cleaning
DLS Orders 14 T Split-Pair Magnet from OXI
    Order Part of Ongoing Beamline Expansion
    Magnet to be Employed on BLADE
    Magnet to Include Helium-saving Cryostat
    Order Follows Magnet Sales to ISIS Neutron Source
    Burgoyne: OXI's Recondensing Magnet Production Reinforced
U Geneva Claims Improvements in Jc, Birr for MgB2
    Cold Densification Scalable to Industrial Lengths
    Technique Leads to Isotropic Wire
    Flukiger: Enhancements of High Importance
Zenergy Announces Increased 2009 Revenues
    Mueller Highlights Zenergy's Reliance on Intermittent, Large Orders 

UH Researcher Patents 2 T YBCO Magnet
    Magnet Design Utilizes TFMs
    Navy, TWMC in Ongoing Negotiations
    TFMs Offer Size, Cost Reductions
    TFMs May be Suited for Use in Motors
    Original Patent Filed in 1990
    Further Advances Made Since 1990 Patent
SuperPower, UH Sign HTS Licensing Agreements
    Agreement Clarifies INtellectual Property Under Previous SRA
    UH, SuperPower Partner on Several Projects
Tufts Awarded $750,000 for Superconductor MCF Research
    Funding to Enable a Range of Mechanical Characterizations
Carnegie Models SC in Hydrides
    Proving SC in Hydrogen Difficult
    Study Models Metal Hydrides
    Study Elevates SC Potential of Trihydrides
    Previous Studies Maximized Compounds' Hydrogen-ratio
HFH Finds MEG Effective for Diagnosing Tinnitus
    MEG Enables Monitoring of Treatment Effects
    MEG to Produce Valuable Information
Correction 

Chubu U, NEI Test 200 m Superconducting DC Transmission Cable
    Cable System Uses Nitrogen Coolant
    Proposals for Grid Installation Still Out
    Plans for Sakhalin-Japan DC SC Cable
    Test Follows Flurry of SC DC Cable Activity
    Chubu U Hopes to Use SC Tech in METI Grid Projects
Tres Amigas Receives FERC Approval to Sell Transmission Services
    ERCOT Seeks to Avoid FERC Jurisdiction
    Tres Amigas Negotiating with Transmission Companies
    Tres Amigas Potential SC Power Market Hub
Zenergy Receives €860,000 Grant to Advance Wire Manufacturing
    Grant Comes Atop Previous Funding
Zenergy Awarded €175,000 to Develop Nanotech Engineering
Intel, CMU, UPitt Developing MEG Telepathy Device
    Researchers working with fMRI, MEG, EEG
    Pomerlau: Current Efforts Focused on Data Quality
SRL-ISTEC Reports Progress on IBAD-MgO/PLD Coated Conductor
    New Architecture Used for Simplified Substrate
    Researchers Employ Magnetron Sputtering
BOC Opens Darwin Helium Plant
MDT Announces 0.7 T Permanent Magnet MRI System
UB Receives £164,000 for MEG Alzheimer's Research
CES Physicist Presented Marko Jaric Award
SLAC's Kivelson Elected to NAS

LANL, HSARPA Developing MagViz Detection System
    Commercial MagViz Prototype Yet to be Built
    Work Underway to Improve Accuracy
    MagViz Relies on ULF-MRI
    Surko: MagViz has Potential Food, Medical Applications
ASL Raises £650,000 to Support UK FCL Work
    ASL in Negotiations to Order 33 kV FCL
Clemson, Yale, UT Dallas Receive $3 Million for Nanoscale SC
    Rao: CNT Yarn Current Capacity Unknown
    Researchers to Examine SC in Alternate CNT Morphologies
    Program Employs Pulsed Laser Ablation Method
Study Predicts Superconductivity in Graphene
    DOS Similarities Between Graphene, HTS
    Further Steps Needed to Prove Superconductivity in Graphene
OXI Releases FY2009 Preliminary Results
Aalto U Conducts MEG Auditory Study
    Miettinen: MEG Use for Auditory Research Growing
    MEG used to Measure AEFs
LFI Sells Oven for Heat Treating Superconducting Wire
Niobium, Rare Earth Deposits Found in Afghanistan
OXI Sells 21 NMR Analyzers
KU Researchers Develop SAFFIRE MEG Application
Osaka U Conducts MEG Schizophrenia Study
CERN Opens Doors to Non-European Nations 

OXI Receives Magnet Orders from HFIR, ANSTO
    Recondensing Cryostats Limit Helium Consumption
    Burgoyne: Magnets Suited to Neutron Scattering Applications
BEST Claims Improved Ic Performance for YBCO Tapes
    BEST Reports Ic of 1,925 A
    Schlenga: High Ic Coupled with Intrinsic Mechanical Tape Strength
UH Testing Smaller, Cheaper MCG for Fetal Heart Monitoring
    Brazedeikis: MCG Data High Quality
    fMCG may Detect Arrhythmia in First 10 to 12 Weeks
    Researchers Use Modified CardioMag MCG
    Brazedeikis: fMCG may Help in Selection of Treatment Options
Zenergy Releases Interim 2010 Results
    Zenergy Credits Slow Contracts, Delayed FCL Projects
SU Researchers Claim Link Between HTS, Oxygen Fractals
    Biancoli: Oxygen Interstitials not Random
    Fractal Quality Correlates with Higher Tc
CDMSII Claims Evidence of Dark Matter
    Project Complete, Larger Detector Under construction
    Characteristic Dark Matter Ionization, Heat Indicators Detected
UI, BNL Investigate Holes in Superconducting Supperlattice
    Holes Found to Redistribute from LSCO to LCO Layers
    Researchers use Molecular Beam Epitaxy
DOE to Issue 2011 Phase I SBIR & STTR FOA

AMSC Windtec Advances SeaTitan Development
    Fredette: SeaTitan Program Two Years Underway
    SeaTitan Lighter, Smaller, Cheaper, More Efficient
    AMSC May Begin Licensing by Year-end
    Land-based PrairieTitan also in Development
    Fredette: Offshore Turbine Market Worth $500 Million
ABB, UH, SuperPower Awarded $4.2 Million to Develop SMES
    Selvamanickam: Wire Improvements Enable SMES Project
RI Announces Sale of 300 SRF Cavities to XFEL
    Peiniger: Contract Largest in RI History
    European XFEL to have 2.1 km Accelerator
BEST Submits SEC Filing for IPO
    IPO Follows BEST's Acquisition of RI
STI Announces Completion of $6 Million Public Stock Offering
Russia's JINR Contructing NIKA Accelerator
MSU Claims Supercurrent in Ferromagnetic Junctions
    Co Layers Filter out Spin-singlet Supercurrent
    Birge: Research Underway to Understand Basic Physics
Rice Husks Used as MgB2 Dopant
    Rice Husks Used as Alternate to Nano-SiC Doping
    Syamaprasad: Refining BRH Process to Lead to Further Improvements
IHEP Opens Superconducting Magnet Technology Center
EPSRC Approves £30 Million MAST Upgrades
RI Awarded $7.7 Million BNL Contract
Correction

SupraMagnetics Awarded $1.75 Million in SBIR Funding
    PIT Nb3Sn Approach a Simple Two-step Process
    Motowidlo: Octagonal Subelements Improve Uniformity
    Approach to Conductor Architecture Enables NbTi Pinning Centers
    SupraMagnetics Involved in Bi2212 Program
Grid Logic Awarded $5 Million for FCL Program
    Grid Logic Among Nine CEAM Recipients
ITER's Motojima Discusses Fusion Reactor's Status
    Motojima: Overruns due to Price Increases Fall on DAs
    Motojima Cites Advantages to Current ITER Structure
OXI Claims Increased Profits in Mid-Year Report
    Demand for SC Wire Up
    OXI Sees Highest Growth Rates in Chinese Market
AIST Advocates use of SC in MS Instruments
    Ohkubo: New MS Tech being Transferred to Private Company
    Ohkubo: Fundamental Limits to Conventional MS Detectors
    Ohkubo: System has Sub-ns Response Time, Sensitivity to Proteins
HZB Researchers Claim Common Magnetic Origin for Iron HTS
    Researchers Worked with Fe1.02Te1-xSex
Cobham Adds Sumitomo Manufacturer Info to Software Tool
Deadline Approaches for SC Industry Nominations  

DOE Awards Qdrive $620,000 for 1 kW Cryocooler
    Corey: Qdrive Cooler Should Cost less than Convetional Equivalent
    Corey: Cryocoolers Ideal for Localized Power Devices
    Qdrive FAR Cryocoolers Offer Positionable Coldheads
    Corey: Coolers are Largely Motion- and Orientation-Insensitive
    Current Funding to Lower Costs at Low Production Volumes
    Corey: No Issues with Cryocooler During Tests So Far
LHC Circulates Lead-Ion Beams
    Collider to Shut Down Dc. 6, Restart with Protons in February
SRS Records Clinical Beam Extraction for PBRT System
    Gall: Monarch250 Highest Magnetic Field Proton Cyclotron
    Monarch250 Technology Developed at MIT's PSFC
    Monarch250 Doesn't Require MSR
EUSS, UPC, ICMAB Developing FEM Tool
    FEM Methods may Help Solve Electromagnetic Issues in SC
    Bartolome: Future Challenge Analyzing 3D Geometries
JPL Detects Near-IR Photons with SC Nano-HEB
    Karasik: Speed Important to Retain Information
    Researchers Employ a Four Element Array
    JPL to Follow-up Work with 16-Pixel System for In-field Tests on Telescope
IRL's WIlliams Awarded Hector Medal

Flexure Engineering Advocates SC Applications in Space
    Investment in Space Technology Grows with NASA's New Direction
    LRO Records 50 K at the Bottom of Shackleton Crater
    Flexure Points to Need for Coordination Across Fields
IBM Claims Qubit Design Improvements
    Improvements Follow Recent Quantum Computing Milestone
AMSC Contracts LS Cable, Nexans for Tres Amigas Cable Assembly
    Deal Part of AMSC, LS Cable Alliance
AMSC Reports Increased Year-on-Year Profits for Q2
    SC Department Reports Increased Revenues
    Yurek: AMSC to Continue to Generate Profits
AMSC Holds Public Offering of Common Stock
    AMSC to Direct Proceeds to SC Wire Manufacturing
ISTEC Detects Defects Using HTS-SQUID Gradiometer
    HTS-SQUID Detects Deeper Defects than Eddy Current NDE
    HTS-SQUID Gradiometer: Smaller Flux Noise, Magnetic Robustness
    Different Signal Amplitudes for Aluminum, Iconel-600
Huazhong U Proposes SMES-based System for Wind Turbines
    Proposed Design may Improve Fault Ride-through Capability
UB, CNR-SPIN, U Salerno Design Mgb2-based FCL
    FCL has High Thermal Diffusivity, Ic
NTU, DYU Researchers Develop YBCO Bandpass Filters
    Junctions made with Reactive DC-magnetron Fabrication
LHC Involved in Flurry of Research Results
    ALPHA Detector Successfully Produces, Traps Antihydrogen
    ATLAS, CMS Directly Observe Jet Quenching 

Molycorp has Agreement with Hitachi, Moves Forward on U.S. Mine
    Alliance Follows Completion of Permitting for Mountain Pass Mine
    Moves Come Amid Concerns Regarding Chinese Supply
    Sumitomo to Loan Molycorp $130 Million 
    Molycorp Shares Show Strong Growth 
OPT Building $170 Million PBRT Center in Dayton
    OPT Marketing Conforma 3000
HTS-110, IRL and LEI Develop Lightweight Generator with HTS Rotors
    Generator Suitable for Emergencies, Rapid Deployment
    HTS Generator Successfully Tested
    Rotors Operate Faster than in Conventional Generators 
ENEA Designs HTS Coils for a 30 kVA Machine
    Simulations Reach High Magnetic Flux Density Value 
    Joining of Machine to Wind Turbine Planned
VTT, Avion Oy Developing SQUID Sensors for MEG-MRI
    SQUIDs Recover from Pulses up to 11 mT
    Researchers use Niobium-based Superconductor
    Sensors to Undergo Further Study
LANL Increases JE in a Coated Conductor 
    Research Aimed at Increasing JE without Adding Width 
NCNR Study Sheds Light on HTS Transition 
CERN to Enter into Discussions with Potential Members 
ORNL's Goyal Named Top Innovator of 2010
AMS Launching Without SC Magnet 

VHF-SMC Developing High-Field Bi-2212 Magnets 
    Bi-2212 Needs Improved Ic, Je
    Bi-2212 May Enable High-Field Accelerators 
    Program Aims to Simplify Coil Construction
    Godeke: Goal of Collaboration to Analyze Precursor Powder Variants
    Tests to be Performed at LBNL's LD1
Superconductor Week Celebrates 100 Years of Superconductivity 
Researchers Patent Superconducting Motor/Generator

    Goodzeit: LTS Microfilaments may be Ideal for Generator
    Machine Design may help Reduce Necessary Current 
    Dual Armatures Allow for Increased Power Density
    FIT Developing non-SC Prototype 
Fermilab's Tevatron to Close in September 

    Tevatron to Close due to Concerns over Federal Budget
Northrop Grumman Develops New Phase Qubit

    Qubit Features Shorted Transmission Line
    Phase Qubits Designed for Practical Quantum Computer
    Shunting Capacitors Enable Improved Coherence Times
BCC Research Projects 11.3% Annual SC Market Growth 
OXI Negotiates New Credit Facility 
David Stokes Appointed Optivus President
MIT's Dauler Receives Young Innovator Award 
Buckley, Tallon Awarded Prime Minister's Sceince Prize

Ad Astra's VX-200 VASIMR Achieves Performance Targets
    VASIMR Could Shoren Interplanetary Travel Times 
    VX-200 Records Exhaust Speed of 50 km/s at 200 kW
    Engine Refinements Increase RF Coupler Reliability 
    VX-200 Thrust Data Exceeds VF-200 Requirement by a Factor of Two
    Operational Modifications Enable Results 
    VF-200 Faces PDR in 2012 
D-Wave, JPL Propose Google Quantum Computing Facility 
    Proposal Builds on Previous Cooperation 
NIST Shipping Programmable AC/DC 10 V Standard 
    Benz: 10 V PJVS Development Began in 2008
    Circuit Contains 300,000 SC Josephson Junctions 
    New Junction Technology Represents Key Advance 
    Benz: New Circuit Easier to Use than Predecessors 
    First System Delivered to KSC 
Elekta Introduces Neuromag TRIUX MEG Platform 
    Increased Dynamic Range, Greater Robustness Towards Magnetic Interference 
    Maintenance and Operating Costs Unchanged 
    TRIUX Not Yet FDA Approved 
UMN-led Team Discovers Magnetic Wave in Complex Cuprate 
    Study Sheds Light on the Psuedogap Phase 
    Unusal Magnetic Waves Involve Oxygen Atoms 
Johnson, Shen and Campuzano Awarded 2011 Buckley Prize 
SC Awards Nomination Deadline Extended 

ASL Wins £2.5 Million SFCL Contract from CE Electric 
    Initial SFCL Installation Scheduled for Summer 2012
    Waller: ASL Taking Hollistic Approach to SFCL Installation
    New Round of Financing 
UV, AAS, VUT Announce Establishment of VCQ
    VCQ Intended to Strengthen Research through Collaboration
    Aspelmeyer: VCQ to be Based on Predecessors 
Superconductor Week Speaks with Venkat Selvamanickam 
    ARH Seeking Partners in Private Industry 
    Selva: ARH to Expand SC Device R&D
    Selva: Market Penetration Lags Behind Technology Advances 
    Selva: Coupling SFCL to Other Devices may be Wave of the Future
    Selva: Opportunities for HTS in Renewable Energy 
    Selva: Room to Improve YBCO
AMSC Reports Increased non-SC Revenues
    Decreased Total, Proportional Income from Superconductors
STI Announces $13.3 Million Common Stock Direct Offering 
BNG Designs and Fabricates YBCO Undulator 
    Undulator has Max Field on Axis of 1.38 T
    Undulator Prototype Reaches 550 A at 4.2 K
RTRI Developing SC Magnetic Bearings for Electric Railways 
    Train Acceleration Using Regenerated Energy 
    Testing Occuring on Miniature and Demonstration Models
    Researchers Assessing Feasibility of Configuration, Clarifying Rotor Dynamics 
Students Awarded at TcSUH Student Symposium
Superconductor Week is Now on Twitter!

MIUR, KI, MIT Collaborate on Ignitor Fusion Reactor
    Previous Work Focused on Building Prototype Components
    Coppi: DOE Participation Welcome
    Coppi: Project Collaborators Support Use of MgB2 Coils
    Ignitor Grows out of Alcator Program
    Ignitor Design Optimized for Jp
    Project to be Smaller, Less Expensive than ITER Concept
    Future, Scaled-up Reactors Tentatively Planned
UC Merced Researchers Proposes Superconducting Gravity-wave Antenna
    Antenna to Measure Spacetime Curvature 
Flexure Engineering, UH Awarded $100,000 SBIR
    Scharfstein: Maglev Inside Chamber a Great Innovation
    Phase I Grant to Fund Planning, Conceptual Design
    Flexure Proposes More LSA-focused Research at TcSUH's ARH
STI Reports Q4, Full Year 2010 Earnings
    STI Expects Warning from Auditor
    Quiram: STI in Transitional Year, Preparing 2G HTS Wire for Market
RUB Researchers Demonstrate Superconductivity in Triplet Cooper Pairs
    Singlet Cooper Pairs Unable to Exist in Ferromagnetic Materials 
    Triplet Cooper Pairs Operate in Ferromagnetic Materials
    Triplet Cooper Pairs Create Stronger Tunnel Current 
    Fine Tuning Ferromagnetic Strength 
Call for Papers Issued for Tenth EPRI Superconductivity Conference

STI Announces High In-Field Values for 2G Wire
    Wire has Minimum Ic of 228 A at 65 K in a 3 T Magnetic Field
    HTS Material Avoids Artificial Pinning Centers
    RCE-CDR Minimizes Material Processing Steps
    Wire Meets Customer Requirements
NHMFL Contracts Bruker Daltronics for 21 T FT-ICR Magnet
    Higher Resolution Extends Accuracy, Range of Analysis
    Petroleum Analysis: Understanding the Structure of Heavier Fuels
    NHMFL Developing Special Instrumentation
Superconductor Week Speaks with UH's Paul Chu
    Chu: Results will Emerge from New Paradigm
    Chu: Theory not Major Historical Contributor to HTS Material Discovery
    Chu: RTS has to Happen
    Chu: AFOSR-funded Groups, CES Collaborate
Zenergy Reports 2010 Results
    Zenergy Seeking a Buyer
    MBH has Operational Problems, Device not Seen as Growth Driver
Stanford, Berkeley Explore Fermiology of Cuprates
    Psuedogap State Distinct from SC
    Researchers Use Two Approaches
    Shen: ARPES Technology Enables Detailed Measurements

Converteam Completes Tests on SC Hydro Generator
    Scale Model for Wind Applications Under Construction
Ad Astra, JSC Sign Support Agreement
    NASA to Help on Design and System Integration of VF-200
Varian Receives 510(k) Clearance for PBRT System
    Varian Highlights IMPT Technology
AMSC Revises Expected FY2010 Earnings
    Sinovel Accounts for 70% of AMSC Revenues
    Douglas Raises Stake to 18.7%
AMSC Faces Litigation from Investors
China Implements Rare Earth Tax
    China Increases 2011 Rare Earth Oxide Quota by 5%
    Tax to be Followed by Emissions Limits on RE Producers
Princeton Researchers Discover SC with Metallic Surface
    Potential for Dectecting Majorana Fermions
    Majorana Fermions Hold Promise of Fault Tolerance
    Ongoing Search for Topological Superconductors
    Further Research Planned
CNRS Suggests Vacuum Turns SC at High Magnetic Fields
    Chernodub: Quantum Fluctuations Play Key Role
IOP Makes 100 Articles Available for Centennial

HTS-110 Raises Investment from NZ-based Scott Technology
    Investment Funds HTS-110 Expansion
    Scott Technology Expects HTS-110 to have Positive Earnings
    HTS-110 in Agreement with WelTec
    Robinson: Continued Investment in Research Key
BEST Receives Order for Three SC-CGMs
    BEST Enters Collaboration with PVA TePLA AG
    High Oxygen Content in Silicon Degrades PV Cells
Superconductor Week Speaks with Valerii Vinokour
    Vinokour: Superinsulating State Identified in 2007
    Superinsulation Observed in Known Superconductors
    Vinokour: Superinsulating Detectors could have High SNR
    Vinokour: Superinsulation Invigorates Study of SC Hybrid Materials
    Vinokour: Superinsulation Understanding Progressing Quickly
    Vinokour: Researchers Seeking to Raise Superinsulation Transition Temperature
Bruker Reports Higher Revenues, Lower GAAP Earnings
STI Reports Increased Quarter-on-Quarter Revenues
    Quiram: STI Delivers HTS Wire for Target Applications
    Increased Cash and R&D, Reduced Backlog
Munich Hospital Begins Offering Varian IMPT Treatments
    Karmalaway: IMPT Allows Greater Doses at Less Risk
    Varian Aims to Reduce IMPT Costs

Long-Term SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Bill Fails to Achieve Cloture
    Sen. Landrieu Files for One-year Extension
    Differences between Long-Term Extensions before House, Senate
    S.493 Would Have Raised Allocation to Cover Admin Expenses
ASTeC, SEG, JLab Complete UK SRF Production Facility
    McIntosh: JLab Provides EBW Assistance
    SEG to Bid for SRF Supply Contracts
    McIntosh: Capacity to be Upgraded
Magnifye, Cambridge U Develop All-Superconducting Motor
    Potential Uses for Motor in Transportation, Wind Power
    Greater Energy Savings at Lower Motor Speeds
    Greater Magnetization Possible with Rare Earth Superconductors
    Heat Engine Creates Stable Magnetic Field
DOE Names Niowave SBIR/STTR Small Business of the Year
    Niowave Completes SC Electron Accelerator
NUAA Suggests Tunable SC Cloak
    Liu: Cloak could have Military, Medical Applications
    Cloak Exhibits Fine Tunability in LTS Range
Scientific Magnetics Reports Magnet Orders
Hypres Names John Levy to Board of Directors
Greenland Minerals Prospects for Rare Earths at Kvanefeld
    Site may contain 25% of World Demand for Rare Earths
Tres Amigas Appoints Esposito Chief Commercial Officer
    Tres Amigas Signs Lease
Swinburne Acquires Elekta MEG