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Cryogenic Tool Conditioning Extends Useful Life
equipment powered by vacuum tubes swear cryogenically processed vacuum tubes produce discernible sound-quality improvements. Other parts that have seen benefits from cryogenic processing include drill bits, milling cutters, shear blades, cold saws, metal-cutting band-saw blades, broaches, taps
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Wired 9.06: Atomic Rulers of the World
Atomic Rulers of the World (continued) Work like this has attracted more than a thousand of the best scientific and technical minds from around the world. (Whereas Xerox PARC, in its heyday, employed about 300 all told, NIST's research staff alone totals about 1,700.) It has also meant
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Applications of EBSD in Archaeometry (.pdf)
Archaeometry is the application of scientific techniques developed for the physical and biological sciences to archaeology. Electron Backscatter Diffraction or EBSD has become relatively common in the materials science characterization laboratories all around the world. However, its application
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Airbus Researchers Are Bullish On Composite Application
. The increase in composites will likely spur a secondary market, dedicated tools to handle them, says Benoit Furet from Nantes University's scientific and technical institute. A paper co-written by Furet, Jolivel and a second Airbus researcher, Didier Le Borgne, states that research "on materials, cutting tools
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. Ellsworth LeDrew, geography. "It is expected that the instrumentation, data delivery and archiving technology and potential for future atmospheric research will provide students with cutting edge tools for environmental education and research that is unmatched in a Canadian university environment
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High Speed Imaging of Small Objects
imaging applications abound. With a combination of the right optics and lighting, combined with a matched high-speed camera, even the tiniest high-speed events can be imaged, recorded, analyzed, and quantified to fulfill any scientific or engineering need. For more information about how a Phantom camera
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MICRO:Product Technology News (May '99)
A laser cutting tool for flat-panel display glass makes high-quality cuts without creating particles. While glass has traditionally been cut using a mechanical scribe-and-break process that causes fragmentation, edge chips, and microcracks that may generate particles, the laser technique uses
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Medical Device Link .
financial aid to companies that are developing cutting-edge technologies. As in previous years, the 1999 program includes a category focused on the creation of tools for molecular diagnostics. The main goal of the DNA diagnostics program is to develop low-cost assays and automation equipment