R&D Magazine has released its annual R&D 100 list of top new technologies and scientific instruments are on the list. Aetos Technologies got a nod for its optical microscopy imager that integrates fluorescence and high resolution optical imaging, as did Centice for its Raman spectrometer. In addition, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Savannah River National Laboratories, and the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory received an award for their collaboratively produced MilliWave Thermal Analyzer. What do you think of the R&D 100 list? Do you use it to find new products and technologies?

On Friday, July 14, the GlobalSpec Great Moments in Engineering Award was presented to the Jason Jr. engineering team (1986) in honor of the 20th anniversary of their first video survey of R.M.S. Titanic.

This small engineering team from the Deep Submergence Laboratory of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — whose behind-the-scenes technical accomplishments resulted in the design and prototyping of a tethered robotic "video vehicle" 12,000+ feet deep in the North Atlantic — helped open doors to undersea discovery, commerce, innovation, and a new understanding of the ocean's ecosystem through remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).

Jason Jr. Principal Engineer Christopher J. von Alt accepted the award on the team's behalf at a ceremony held at the New England Aquarium in Boston. James Luyten, executive vice president and director of research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was on hand to recognize the team for their remarkable accomplishment. Read the full story.

Featuring technical sessions and an exhibition with scientific instrumentation, components, accessories, tools, and services. This program includes applications and products in fields such as surface analysis and engineering; biomaterials; MEMS/NEMS; nanotechnology; plasma science; thin film; vacuum technology; and electronic materials and processing.

Kahn offers optical hygrometers that use a fundamental, highly accurate, reliable method of continuously measuring dewpoint of a gas sample. Measurement ranges of -100°C to +115°C dewpoint and -40°C to +130°C temperature, with accuracies to ±0.1°C dewpoint, are achievable. Displays and output signals include dewpoint, relative humidity, and temperature.

Get the speed and resolution of ultra high pressure from your conventional HPLC system with <2LC™ Platinum™ HPLC Columns. Go here to learn more and request an evaluation column. Or view our PDF!

With a breakthrough in electrochemical cell sensor technology, the new TS Series Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Detectors from General Monitors now provide advanced protection against the deadly hazards of hydrogen sulfide gas (H₂S) for a wide range of applications, including oil/gas production, chemical refining, pulp/paper, water-wastewater, and more.

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC) has tested and evaluated Ahura's handheld FirstDefender, a Raman spectrometer designed to identify hazardous materials. The ECBC tested the device with substances such as mustard gas and sarin, with and without interferences. Read the full performance analysis at the ECBC Web site.

In this industry roundtable, a panel of industry experts weighs in on Raman spectroscopy, discussing market status, future growth, and new directions. The high-resolution, sensitive technique has powerful applications in process monitoring, biomedicine and medical therapeutics, and field-based analysis. Raman spectroscopy is poised for important new uses in areas such as nanotechnology and hyperspectral imaging.

Need tools and technical advice to help with separation or analysis? Visit the Chromatography Resource Center from Thermo Electron. Focused on HPLC, GC, and SPE consumables, the site offers downloadable technical guides, application notes, and scientific posters. You'll find a compendium of over 400 applications categorized by industry, column selection tools, and technical tips on methods.

Separation is the key to chromatography. You can perform subsequent integration with any one of the four baseline methods: drop, valley, exponential skim, or Gaussian skim. How do you know which method is the best? In this two part series, the author discusses integration error, detailing pitfalls, and helping you determine the best methodology to achieve the most accurate results for your application.

The Johnson Thread-View™ Model 3620, is the industry's first, fully automated, non-contact thread measurement system. In less than three minutes it will measure 12 thread characteristics to 0.000001 in. and then generate a full form certification.

Because high resolution plays such a crucial role in scientific imaging, Fairchild Imaging continues to be the pre-eminent industry provider of extremely high-resolution solutions for biotechnology, microscopy, crystallography, astronomy, and spectroscopy.

The new CCD 3041 is a full-frame multiport charge coupled device (CCD) designed for advanced scientific, medical, and industrial digital imaging applications.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new FRET assay for peptidases that regulate the processing of the ubiquitin-like protein SUMO-1 and its removal from conjugation. SUMO-1 can become covalently linked to other proteins, a process that may be involved with the development of cancer or viral infection. You can license a FRET substrate.

Large format imaging has a number of applications in scientific imaging, but it's not as simple as just integrating your average multi-megapixel image sensor with off-the-shelf components. In this panel discussion, optics, detector, and system experts help you understand the pitfalls, the challenges, and the applications most at risk.

Need laboratory information? The NIST Data Gateway is a portal to a wide range of scientific and technical data on everything from a basic handbook of spectral data to ionization energies for neutral atoms. Use the Gateway to find out about reference standards and calibration services, and search selected journals. The broader portal shows databases indexed by discipline and includes for-fee offerings.

We've all been through it, that heart-stopping moment when you go to boot up your computer and nothing happens. Now, courtesy of programmer Bart Lagerweij, there's a neat little rescue option out there. A must for anyone dealing with critical systems. And just a reminder, take the time to back up your work.

The QE65000 is a high-sensitivity, small-footprint spectrometer ideal for deep-UV absorbance, thin film reflectivity, and fluorescence. The QE65000 has a back-thinned area, TE-cooled CCD detector with great response in the UV. Integration times of up to 15 minutes are possible, making the QE65000 ideal for astronomy applications.

Jasco's FP-6000 series of spectrofluorometers meets the demands of both research and routine analysis. The FP-6000 series is equipped with a flexible sample compartment that allows use of a range of prealigned optional sampling accessories to meet many specific application requirements.

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In today's business world, we all have more work than can be done in a typical day. You can't make more hours spontaneously appear, but you can learn to use your time as effectively as possible. The following article applies to more than just solo entrepreneurs touted; we can all learn from it.

Experienced in spectroscopy? Then this Physicist II position at ITT might be for you. You'll do basic physics research, set up experiments, calibrate and maintain instrumentation such as a MOPO laser system, FT-IR and FT-Raman spectrometers, GC-MS sytems, and more. You'll need a technical degree with five years experience, including three years laboratory research in biological/chemical sensing.

Why did we all spend all those years in college if not to use our skills to better mankind? That's what Rice University students Todd Stadler and Chris Gouge did when they studied the Twinkie, which may well have the longest snackfood half life. Review data on resistivity, oxidation, radiation hardness, and solubility, among others.

Color is a powerful tool for transmitting information. If you're looking at images or data onscreen, then you need to be sure that the color environment on your display is as accurate as possible. Learn about color management, including how to sidestep automatic color handling to calibrate and profile each color device in your system.

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