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EpiWorks demonstrates 6-Inch CS-based PV solar production
June 25, 2010 1:34 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsEpiWorks, a developer and producer of compound semi epitaxial wafers based in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, reportedly demonstrated its ability to produce 6-inch compound semi-based PV wafers.
Nightingale-EOS Ltd unveils the n-Gauge? metrology tool
June 25, 2010 12:33 am | by I-Micronews | CommentsNightingale-EOS Limited (Wrexham, UK) has launched its first product, the n-Gauge? metrology tool for characterising the thickness and material properties of thin film coatings on a wide range of devices
Reportlinker Adds Global Hernia Repair Devices Industry
June 24, 2010 10:36 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsNEW YORK , June 24 /- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Hernia Repair Devices Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p0209282/Global-Hernia-Repair-Devices-Indust... This report analyzes the Global marke...
IDRI and PATH Enter into Research Collaboration Agreement to Evaluate Novel Adjuvants to Enhance Pandemic Influenza Vaccines
June 24, 2010 10:36 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsSEATTLE , June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two global health non-profit organizations headquartered in Seattle, Washington , the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) and PATH, have entered into a Research Collaboration Agreement to evaluate novel adjuvants for their ability to...
New ISHLT cardiac allograft vasculopathy standardized nomenclature
June 24, 2010 10:34 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(Elsevier Health Sciences) Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), the major limitation to long term survival after heart transplantation, can lead to dysfunction of the heart muscle or sudden death. Appropriate treatment for this condition has been hampered because of the lack of a...
Reportlinker Adds US Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Industry
June 24, 2010 10:34 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsNEW YORK , June 24 /- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: US Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p0209258/US-Enzyme-Linked-Immunosorbent-Assa... This re...
New diagnostic test for bladder cancer
June 24, 2010 10:34 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(American Journal of Pathology) Researchers from the Danish Cancer Society and the Herlev University Hospital of Copenhagen have developed a novel assay to test for multiple tumor markers in bladder cancer. The related report by Serizawa et al, "Custom-designed MLPA using multiple...
Moody's gives Universal Health speculative rating
June 24, 2010 1:45 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsMoody's Investors Service assigned a "Ba2," or "speculative" rating on Thursday to hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc.'s corporate family and probability of default ratings."The assignment of the 'Ba2' corporate family rating reflects the significant increase in leverage incurred...
UN Global Compact, Accenture Release Findings of Largest CEO Research Study on Corporate Sustainability
June 24, 2010 12:37 pm | by Material Handling Industry of America | CommentsIn spite of the recent economic downturn, an overwhelming majority of corporate CEOs – 93 percent – say that sustainability will be critical to the future success of their companies. Furthermore, CEOs believe that, within a decade, a tipping
Industry's Largest OEMs Cooperate to Create imX, an Immersive, Interactive, Experiential Event Designed to Revitalize U.S. Manufacturing
June 24, 2010 11:37 am | by Society of Manufacturing Engineers | CommentsSCHAUMBURG, Ill., June 24, 2010 - The biggest names in the industry are working together to create a new type of event designed to revitalize U.S. manufacturing. Scheduled for Sept. 12-14, 2011, in Las Vegas, the Interactive Manufacturing Experience (imX) will combine the best features of...
Biomedical scientist concerned about effects of oil spill on human health
June 24, 2010 11:34 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(University of Rhode Island) A URI biomedical researcher says that some of the same chemicals found in diesel fumes and cigarette smoke are also found in the tar balls produced as a result of the oil spill, and he is worried about the effect they will have on the health of clean-up...
Breathing New Life into Old Lungs
June 24, 2010 11:34 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsResearchers are able to grow transplant lungs from the "skeleton" of old lungs.
Endoscopic findings of cytomegalovirus gastritis
June 24, 2010 10:39 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(World Journal of Gastroenterology) A research team from Japan clarified the endoscopic and clinical findings of cytomegalovirus (CMV) gastritis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT). Their study suggested that erosion and oozing, as well as abdominal...
VIVO utilizing Scopus custom data
June 24, 2010 10:39 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(Elsevier) Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today that VIVO has begun a pilot project to evaluate the process by which Scopus Custom Data can be used to populate institutional VIVO instances.
New impact factor of European Urology underlines journal's outstanding position
June 24, 2010 10:39 am | by EurekAlert | Comments(European Association of Urology) European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, has a newly released impact factor of 7,667. This was announced in the Journal Citation Reports 2009, published by Thomson Reuters.
