DFG To Set Up 14 New Collaborative Research Centres
...ly developed methodswill then be demonstrated in a prototype model. The objective - which is also of great interestto industry - is to develop a systematic design process for active microsystems based onmodular systems with standardised components. Not least due to the globalisation trend, large logistic netwo..."Scifish" Technology To Protect Alaska's Fisheries And Promote Sustainable Use
...in the defense industry, SciFish hasalso created a prototype sonar device capable of identifying individual speciesof fish. This capability will become an integral part of the Fisherman'sAssociate 2.0; it will allow commercial fishers to identify fish before theypull them out of the ocean. "We have ...National Science Foundation Is Taking Small Business Into A New Phase Of Innovation
... With Phase IIB funding, Polatomic will produce a prototype laser magnetometerdesigned to measure planetary magnetic fields from an orbiting spacecraft. Theself-calibrating laser magnetometer will provide researchers with uniqueinformation on the structure and dynamics of planetary interiors and fluid flowwi...New Rehabilitative Device Combines Form And Function For Children With Mobility Impairments
...ecific parts and their costs, and a pre-production prototype — rare for a university project. "Typically,inventions that come out of universities are embryonic," said OrmanSimpson, a technology licensing associate at GTRC. "By carrying it tothis level of development, Mary Lou has significantly lowered pro...Penicillin Gets A "Checkmate" Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
...gest scientific society. Theresearchers say their prototype structure offers a "checkmate stratagem" againstre...ve. The Irish research team has produced a prototype penicillin structurethat works by incorporating a unique fragment to the penicillin molecule, whichi...... into diphtheria, where DtxR functions. "DtxR is a prototype forthe activity of many other virulent bacteria," she says. "Most pathogenicbacteria, including those responsible for tetanus, syphilis, tuberculosis, andbotulism, have their own versions of this repressor." Scientists have known for some time that t...UC Scientists Search For Alternatives For Methyl Bromide
...esearch chemist Manuel Lagunas-Solar. A working prototype should be in place in a packinghouse by the fall of 2000. The second approach uses electromagnetic energy in the form of radio waves to elevate soil temperatures just enough to kill nematodes, fungi and other pathogenic organisms. "A relativ...Clemson Researchers Turn Crabshells Into New Product Lines
...rdon's South Carolina Crab Company is developing a prototype system toprocess food-grade chitin, calcium and crab meat from the shells. The system iscurrently undergoing testing and refinements, with the possibility of commercialapplication throughout the entire seafood processing industry. Also on thehorizon ...X-Ray Concentrator Will Expand Window On High-Energy Universe
...y said that NASA/Marshall and SUNY are testing two prototype capillary"lenses." MSFC is planning to fly a test optic in late 1999 on a stratosphericballoon platform. An array of capillary lenses would concentrate X-rays onto asmall detector about 2 meters (5.5 ft) behind the lens. "Any hard X-ray detector will...Technologies Track, Map Fish Behavior
...led smolt, tend to work harder as theyapproach the prototype bypass by swimming against the current, toward the...tists looked at how fish behavior differed whenthe prototype bypass entrance was 1.5 meters (five feet) wide and 6.1 meters (20feet) wide. The study indicated t...Whitehead Receives $7 million NIH Grant To Build High-Speed Sequencing Machines
...by Dr. Matsudaira andDr. Dan Ehrlich, will build a prototype machine the first year and then developmultiple units for the Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research, which willserve as a test site for the machines' reliability from a user's perspective. By the second or third year, scientists hope to have refin...Center For Future Health Aims To Bring High-Tech, Low-Cost Health Care To The Home
...ens more throughout Latin America. "It's a prototype for the integration of communities worldwide," say...hile several are inprogress, and creation of a few prototype devices is expected soon. Among thetools in development: "Memory glasses" that a person with early ...Researchers Analyze Role Of Shear In Turbine Passage
...hwest became involvedin 1996 with development of a prototype test facility. The current researchwill continue through 1999.......Hasan Oguz and He Yuan, to design,build and test a prototype bubble-based pump. They presented their results at...ense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The team's prototype utilizes two main tubes. One is 1.6 millimeters wide, aboutthe width of the wire used to make a larg...Microbes work magic on hazardous air pollutants
...on for many biodegradable chlorinatedcompounds. A prototype system installed at the Naval Air Station-North Island in San Diego,Calif., reduced HAP emissions fromaircraft painting operations by up to 95 percent over a four month period. Apermanently installed unit at the same sitenow reduces pollution from th...Sandia-developed remote sensor expected to analyze gases up to two miles away
...hand and are waiting on the productionof a refined prototype chip from Honeywell and electronics that are being builtby an outside contractor. Both are expected in the next few months. All we'll have to do then is integrate everything, test, and see how well itworks," Sinclair says....Cincinnati chemists develop microsensors for nuclear waste cleanup, medical applications
...e it goes to yellow, wecan measure it." The first prototype sensor relies on a well-known design called a "multipleinternal reflection device"(MIRD). That allows the light waves to bounce up and down through the sensorwhere they can bedetected. Unfortunately, the waves typically only bounce two to three times...Sandia portable chemical sensor system promises new way of detecting underwater explosives
... matures, the technology willrapidly move from the prototype stage to the development stage. "As we further develop this process, this IMS-based sensor has potential torapidly and accurately classify explosive ordnance items, doing underwater whatdemining dogs [canines that sniff out explosives] do today on l......hat the institute will be primarilyresponsible for prototype development, commercialization, and spin-off of technology createdby research centers at the universities. The partnership has been under discussion since early 1998, explains Len Peters, vice provostfor research and dean of the graduate school at Vi...UB establishes institute for research on lasers, photonics and biophotonics
...aid Bergey. The institute has developed a working prototype and samples of the nanobubble material, both of which are available fortesting. Other products in advanced development at the institute are: Sensitive, cellular probes that are allowing scientists their first birds-eye view of what actually happ...