Recently added articles from R & D:

The leading edge.(EDITORIAL)

Jun 01, 2008; Studt, Tim ... In this issue of R&D Magazine, we celebrate our 50th year of publication. Over the past half century, we've seen and published information on the dramatic changes in technologies like the development of desktop computing, the Internet, the mapping of the human genome, the rise (and ...

Technology will continue to be the driver of change: from the late-1950s to now, R&D Magazine has been proud to provide you with new products and technologies. But, take a look at what's still to come.(R&D 50 YEARS)

Jun 01, 2008; Studt, Tim ... This year we celebrate 50 years of publishing R&D Magazine, which has been dedicated throughout that past half century to providing scientists and engineers working in R&D labs with the technical information they need to do their jobs better. R&D was founded as Industrial Research (IR) ...

Advances in experimentation for improving products and processes: computing has revolutionized our testing capacity, but efficient design of experimentation remains a valuable tool for success.(R&D 50 YEARS)

Jun 01, 2008; Sall, John ... We have come a long way in harnessing the power of scientific experimentation, and many of the most important advances have come along in the last few years as computing power has enabled new ideas to emerge and become practical. Here is a brief history of the state of the art in ...

Transforming technologies for biology and medicine in the 21 century.(R&D 50 YEARS)

Jun 01, 2008; Hood, Leroy ... New directions in science are launched by new tools much more often than by new concepts. The effect of a concept-driven revolution is to explain old things in new ways. The effect of a tool-driven revolution is to discover new things that have to be explained.--Freeman J. Dyson ...

Into the looking glass: Battelle experts forecast future technologies: Battelle scientists periodically prognosticate about future developments in science and technology. A sampling of predictions was prepared for the 50th Anniversary issue of R&D.(R&D 50 YEARS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Energy Increased use of renewable and sustainable fuels for electric power generation: Population growth and economic expansion will boost demand for electricity, which is frequently generated by non-clean fuels. Thus, expect a dramatic spike in renewable and sustainable ...

Parallel computing, parallel development: as software design adjusts to multicore processors, workforces are also aligning to a new distributed model.(R&D 50 YEARS)(Report)

Jun 01, 2008; Dehne, Tim ... R&D organizations are facing two significant challenges: maximizing the emerging mainstream computing model of parallel computing resources and getting the most out of parallel human resources located around the globe. Successful development requires the efficient use of underlying ...

Winning an R&D 100 Award--innovation meets entry submission: an R&D 100 Award pays dividends that go beyond the plaque on the wall.(R&D 50 YEARS)

Jun 01, 2008; Owens, Mig ... Bryce Tappan and his brother grew up interested in science and were "partners in crime for all the backyard experiments," he recalls. So when Tappan, a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, N.M., learned he had won an R&D 100 Award, his brother, now a ...

Collaborative research in the Heartland: Indiana University's Simon Hall creates an environment for current and future research in a setting that maintains one of the strongest architectural heritages in academia.(42nd Anniversary: 2008 LAB OF THE YEAR)

Jun 01, 2008; Studt, Tim ... Indiana Univ., Bloomington, is considered one of the most beautiful college campuses in the nation, with its abundance of flowering plants and trees and cool Indiana limestone buildings. A 20-acre area in the southwest corner of this campus, known as the Old Crescent, is now also home to ...

An expression of solar research: built around a vision of sustainability, NREL's environmentally sound, high-performance Science & Technology Facility will be used to enhance the visibility of renewable technologies.(42nd Anniversary: 2008 LAB OF THE YEAR)(National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Jun 01, 2008; Walz, Martha ... The Science & Technology Facility at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, Colo., was designed to accelerate development and commercialization of promising new renewable energy sources. It is a space that stimulates communication between its myriad ...

R&D 2008 Lab of the Year.(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... R&D Magazine would like to thank the judges of the 42nd Laboratory of the Year Competition: Boyd Black Director, Project Management Services Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Jim Contratto Director Business Development ...

Economic forces continue to drive up lab construction costs: new construction lab costs are expected to increase from 3% to 10% in the U.S. in 2008, depending upon local market conditions.(LABORATORY EQUIPMENT/DESIGN)(Table)

Jun 01, 2008; Studt, Tim ... Research laboratory construction costs are expected to increase in 2008 due to the same combustible mix of forces seen over the past several years--rising oil prices, aggressive labor demands, spikes in commodity prices, and an active construction market in North America. These forecasts ...

Mixed-flow exhaust systems cut vibration and noise: laboratory workstation fume exhaust systems based on mixed-flow impellers with direct drive motors provide silent, vibration-free operation needed for high measurement accuracy at the Univ. of Oregon's research laboratories.(LABORATORY EQUIPMENT/DESIGN)

Jun 01, 2008; Livingstone, Paul ... Designing a world-class research facility requires careful planning, right down to the exhaust systems. The Integrative Science Complex (ISC) at the Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, is a unique approach to scientific research and technology problem solving, by bringing together scientists and ...

Benches adjust at the press of a button.(Tools of the Trade)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Case Systems, Inc. now offers the new YMS Analytical Bench that has an electronic lift system. It can adjust from heights of 30 to 42 inches at the push of a button-in a matter of seconds. Its tandem, twin-drive electronic screw lift frame has a ...

Flow hoods resist chemicals.(Tools of the Trade)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Flow Sciences, Inc. has engineered a flow hood with framed polypropylene sides for improved chemical resistance. The unit features pass-thrus on either side to allow the customer to connect the unit to existing Flow Sciences vented enclosures. The ...

Clamps install without damage and tangles.(Tools of the Trade)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Heyco Products, Inc., offers a new line of Push Lock Cable Clamps and Snap Lock Cable Clamps for clamping cable/wire/hose bundles securely in place. Push Lock Cable Clamps feature push in arrows for quick and easy installation with no ...

Aquacounter is available in two channel configurations.(Tools of the Trade)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... JM Science announces their new AQUACOUNTER Karl Fischer Coulometric Titrator (AQ-2100S). The titrator is available in two channel configurations as well as a component of a semi-automated or fully automated KF system. The AQUACOUNTER has a detection range from 2 ppm to 10% and ...

Flask dancer shakes it up.(Tools of the Trade)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Boekel Scientific introduces the Flask Dancer Orbital Shaker. Designed to provide a smooth horizontal mixing motion with a smooth soft start, the microprocessor controlled Flask Dancer can be programmed to operate unattended for periods up to 99 hours at speeds from 50 to 300 ...

Modern materials--the details make the difference: small-angle x-ray scattering makes sense of nanoparticles.(CHROMATOGRAPHY/SPECTROSCOPY)

Jun 01, 2008; Schnablegger, Heimo ... Modern materials technology goes "nano" because the presence, or the implementation of, nanostructures in a material can dramatically change its properties. It thus offers a huge potential to tailor synthetic materials. Self-assembled and hierarchical nanostructured materials ...

Is there cyanide in your environment? The extensive use of cyanide in everyday industrial operations requires close monitoring with reliable methodologies and instrumentation.(CHROMATOGRAPHY/SPECTROSCOPY)

Jun 01, 2008; Studt, Tim ... Mention cyanide and you almost always get an over-reaction due to its highly poisonous nature. And rightly so, the cyanide complex (CN-) binds with the enzyme cytochrome C oxidase to inhibit cellular respiration and energy production, resulting in cytotoxic hypoxia that very rapidly ...

System uses low angle light scattering detector.(Tools of the Trade)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Viscotek's Triple Detector System features an integrated triple detector array, a low angle light scattering detector, four capillary viscometer detectors, autosampler, and degasser module specifically designed for G PC/SEC applications ...