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June 2006
New
Zealand government venture capital helps high tech Hutt firm
Wellington, New Zealand, June 27: A
Lower Hutt technology firm
HTS-110 Ltd is experiencing international success, assisted by government
venture capital funding, Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard said
today. Trevor Mallard today visited the company HTS-110 that was formed in
2004 to capitalise on the world-leading research into high temperature
superconductor (HTS) material carried out by
Industrial Research Ltd (IRL),
a Crown Research Institute.
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American Superconductor Bolsters Corporate Governance Practices
Westborough, MA, June 27: American
Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:
AMSC), a leading energy technologies company, announced today that its Board
of Directors has undertaken a number of steps to enhance the company's corporate
governance practices. The Board of Directors reconstituted the Nominating
Committee as the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and adopted a
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee charter. The Board also adopted a
new set of corporate governance guidelines.
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CERN confirms LHC start-up for 2007
Geneva,
Switzerland, June 23: First collisions in the
Large Hadron Collider
(LHC) will happen in November 2007, said LHC project leader Lyn Evans at the
137th meeting of the CERN[1] Council held in Geneva today. A two month run in
2007, with beams colliding at an energy of 0.9 TeV will allow the LHC
accelerator and detector teams to run-in their equipment ready for a full 14 TeV
energy run to start in Spring 2008.
UW
researchers reveal insights on silicon semiconductors
Madison, WI, June 23:
"Smaller. Faster. Wildly complex." This could easily be the motto for
semiconductors-the materials that, among lots of other advances in electronics,
allow cell phones to continuously shrink in size while increasing the number of
their mind-boggling functions. While exceptionally tiny, semiconductors
possess the ability to enable a multitude of complex functions, making them an
invaluable ingredient in electronics technology. But, while the computer age is
in full bloom, knowledge of semiconductor nanostructures is still relatively
young; and research seeking to answer essential and sometimes-basic materials
questions is occurring at breakneck speed.
IBM
and Georgia Tech Break Silicon Speed Record
Somers, NY, June 20:
IBM and the
Georgia Institute of Technology
announced today that their researchers have demonstrated the first silicon-based
chip capable of operating at frequencies above 500 GHz -- 500 billion cycles per
second -- by cryogenically “freezing” the chip to 451 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit (4.5 Kelvins). Such extremely cold temperatures are found naturally
only in outer space, but can be artificially achieved on Earth using ultra-cold
materials such as liquid helium. (Absolute Zero, the coldest possible
temperature in nature, occurs at minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Philips to Acquire Intermagnetics, the World's Leading MRI Components and
Accessories Manufacturer
Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 15: Royal
Philips Electronics (NYSE:
PHG) today
announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Intermagnetics General
Corporation ("Intermagnetics") (NASDAQ:
IMGC) under
which Philips will acquire Intermagnetics for USD 27.50 per share or a total
equity value of approximately USD 1.3 billion (EUR 1 billion) to be paid in cash
upon completion. The Board of Directors of Intermagnetics has unanimously
approved the proposed transaction. Completion of the transaction is subject to
regulatory approval, to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement and to
the approval of Intermagnetics' shareholders.
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Oxford
Instruments Announces preliminary results for the year to 31 March 2006
Oxford, UK, June 13: Oxford
Instruments plc, a leading provider of high technology tools and systems
for industry and research, today announced its preliminary results for the
year to 31 March 2006. Orders and revenue of the underlying
businesses, including acquisitions, were £159.9 million (2005 £136.9
million) and £153.8 million (2005 £135.6 million) respectively; orders were
up 16.8% and revenue up 13.4%; Trading profit of the underlying businesses,
before non-recurring items and intangible amortisation, was £6.9 million
(2005 £9.1 million).
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Delft University of Technology discovers how to control nanowires
Delft,
Netherlands, June 13: Jorden van Dam, researcher at the
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, has succeeded in largely controlling
the transportation of electrons in semiconductor nanowires. Van Dam moreover
discovered how to observe a divergent type of supercurrent in these wires.
Nanowires have superior electronic properties which in time could improve the
quality of our electronics. On Tuesday, June 13, Van Dam will receive his PhD
degree at Delft University of Technology based on this research.
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New
Electromagnet-Based Probe Station
Westerville, OH, June 12:
Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. Desert Cryogenics Division is pleased to
introduce the addition of a horizontal (in-plane) field electromagnet-based
probe station to their line of cryogenic and superconducting magnet-based probe
stations. Available in Summer 2006, the new Model EMTTP4 probe station provides
field strengths in excess of 0.4 T and operates over a temperature range from 10
K to 450 K.
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VSM MedTech awarded whole-head MEG contract by University
of Tübingen
Vancouver, BC, June 8: VSM MedTech Ltd. (TSX:
VSM), a
leading supplier of magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems for noninvasive imaging
of brain function, was awarded a contract for the sale of a 275-channel
whole-head CTF MEG™ system to Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen, Germany.
The new system is expected to be installed in the fourth quarter of 2006 at the
University's MEG-Center and will replace a 151-channel CTF MEG system installed
in 1998.
Researchers Build An Ultrasound Version Of The
Laser
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Researchers Build An Ultrasound Version Of The
Laser
Champaign, IL, June 8: Researchers at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the
University of Missouri at
Rolla have built an ultrasound analogue of the laser. Called a uaser
(pronounced WAY-zer) - for ultrasound amplification by stimulated emission of
radiation, the instrument produces ultrasonic waves that are coherent and of one
frequency, and could be used to study laser dynamics and detect subtle changes,
such as phase changes, in modern materials
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Five Female Scientists Honored with
2006 L'Oreal USA Fellowships
New
York, NY, June 8: The 2006 L'Oreal USA Fellows include Dr. Michelle
Povinelli - Stanford University, Stanford, California - optics and photonics
engineer, considered to be one of the most outstanding young scientists in
the emerging area of nano-photonic devices and systems. Dr. Povinelli is
focusing on slow light in photonic-crystal structures and leading an effort
to purse enhancement of frequency conversion process in non cavity
structures. Dr. Povinelli's research project will study slow light in two
other types of engineered photonic devices (optical fibers and
superconducting qubits) with the goal of developing practical engineering
applications.
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VSM announces
multi-faceted $20 million financing agreement with Mass Financial
Vancouver, BC, June 7: VSM MedTech Ltd. (TSX:
VSM), the
world leader in the emerging clinical market for magnetoencephalography ("MEG"),
announced it has signed a multi-faceted $20 million financing agreement
("Agreement") with Mass Financial Corp. ("Mass") of Barbados, an experienced
international merchant bank with diverse global business relationships. As part
of the Agreement, VSM received $ 1.5 million in interim bridge financing today.
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American Superconductor Reports $9 Million Increase in
Power Electronic Systems Orders
Westborough, MA, June 5: American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:
AMSC), a leading energy technologies company, announced today in conjunction
with the RBC Capital Markets 2006 Energy Conference, that its Power Electronic
Systems business unit now has secured $9 million in new orders, which when
combined with its existing backlog, are expected to yield more than $20 million
in sales in the current fiscal year for this business unit. With $20 million in
sales, Power Electronic Systems will achieve a key corporate benchmark by
growing its revenues approximately 35 percent year over year.
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New Superconductors: From Granular
to High Tc
Tel Aviv, Israel, June 1: How new are the high Tc
superconductors, as compared to the conventional low Tc ones? In what sense are
these oxides different from regular metals in their normal state? How different
is the mechanism for high Tc superconductivity from the well-known
electron–phonon interaction that explains so well superconductivity in metals
and alloys? What are the implications of the new features of the high Tc oxides
for their practical applications? T
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