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(ISO: Geneva) -- Difficulty trying to access products, services, environments, and facilities is an issue for any of us—let alone the millions of people around the world living with disabilities. To this end, “Accessibility and the Contribution of International Standards,” an international…
Melanoma is one of the less common types of skin cancer, but it accounts for the majority of skin cancer deaths (about 75%). The five-year survival rate for early-stage melanoma is high (98%), but the rate drops precipitously if the cancer is detected late or there is recurrence.
So a great…
Editor’s note: This is part two of a food safety survey conducted by DNV and Michigan State University. View article on part one of this survey here.
(DNV Certification: Houston) -- Consumers are not only very aware of food safety issues, they also have significantly changed their shopping…
One of the more intense information wildfires to sweep through media channels recently is the news that multitasking does more harm than good. Or does it? This fire seems to burn both ways.
In his new book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Minds (W. W. Norton & Co., 2010),…
(Picarro: Sunnyvale, CA) -- Picarro, the maker of the world’s highest precision and easiest to use gas analyzers, unveiled its new 2000 series analyzer platform to meet the needs of discriminating scientists. Across a wide range of applications, including measurements of greenhouse gases,…
(Henry Ford Health System: Detroit) -- The next Henry Ford Production System On-Site LEAN Training sessions for health care take place Sept. 16–17 at the Gilmour Education Center of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
The two-day course is a didactic and hands-on introduction to lean…
(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announces that registration is open for its upcoming anticounterfeiting conference, Crossing Borders and Sectors: Exploring Robust Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions.
The Sept. 22 meeting, part of the World Standards Week 2010…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- An information technology (IT) organization is expected to “align with the business.” That is, IT is supposed to enable business performance and innovation, improve service levels, manage change, take advantage of emerging technologies, and maintain quality and…
Pat Dillon, part of Virginia Commonwealth University’s instrumentation and electrical services team, examining a new ABB swirl flowmeter installed in one of the campus buildings.
(ABB Communications: Zurich) -- The ABB flowmeters have reduced annual steam losses from 16…
Achieving higher levels of ethical conduct is a balancing act. For corporations, ethical attitude and sustainable success are achieved by striking a balance between the bottom line and the interests of employees and the community. Employees’ ethical behavior and success, on the other hand, are…
Story update 8/26/2010: We incorrectly stated that Dr. Richard A. Spritz was from the University of Colorado in Boulder. He is actually at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver.
Researchers at the University of Calgary, University of Colorado, and University of San…
Georgia Tech Research Institute researcher, David Roberts, holds laser target board.
Technologies for using laser energy to destroy threats at a distance have been in development for many years. Today, these technologies, known as “directed…
(Thermo Fisher Scientific: Ecublens, Switzerland) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced the launch of an integrated solution for the metals industry that combines the power of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) with optical emission spectrometry (OES). The solution optimizes…
(Juran Institute: Southbury, CT) -- The Juran Institute Inc. is conducting blended Six Sigma workshops for Green Belt and Black Belt certification. The workshops begin with required preworkshop assignments—approximately 20 hours of online independent study of e-learning modules—that must be…
(ACCU-SCOPE Inc.: Commack, NY) -- ACCUSCOPE Inc. announces the second generation 319CU digital microscopy camera, which builds on and improves the architecture of its predecessor by offering faster frame rates on USB 2.0 microscopy cameras.
Designed for use in brightfield microscopy…
(Rockwell Automation: Milwaukee, WI) -- Rockwell Automation has extended its PlantPAx Process Automation System with the new PlantPAx Logix Batch and Sequence Manager. The application solves a range of local, controller-based batch and sequencing needs, and allows users to configure sequences…
(ASTM: W. Conshohocken, PA) -- The eighth edition of the ASTM International Manual on Presentation of Data and Control Chart Analysis is now available. This manual includes the latest information on statistical and quality control methods, as well as recommendations for their application in…
(Renishaw: Gloucestershire, UK) -- Renishaw advances technology in laser interferometer calibration with the “lean design” XL-80 system. The new design allows a 4X faster slew rate and a 10X higher dynamic data capture rate in a smaller, lighter, and more portable package. The XL-80 brings…
With the lines between work and nonwork already badly frayed, Gartner Inc. predicts that the nature of work will undergo 10 key changes through 2020. Organizations will need to plan for increasingly chaotic environments that are out of their direct control, and adaptation must involve adjusting to…
(Veeco Instruments Inc.: Plainview, NY) -- Veeco Instruments Inc. has announced that it has agreed to sell its metrology business to Bruker Corp., a provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, for $229 million in cash. The transaction has…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- NIST will use the new ultra-dark detector, described in a new paper in Nano Letters, to make precision laser power measurements for advanced technologies such as optical communications, laser-based manufacturing, solar energy conversion, and industrial and satellite-…
As every company knows, workplace information—production schedules, customer requirements, engineering specifications, operational methods, tooling and fixtures, material procurement, work-in-process, and the thousand other details on which the daily life of the enterprise depends—can change…
In an open letter, Douglas K. Woods, president of The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT) urges Congress and the administration to help rebuild the U.S. manufacturing sector.
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AMT is urging Congress and the administration to implement policies consistent with AMT’s “…
(Extensible CAD Technologies: Raleigh, NC) -- Extensible CAD Technologies announces a new release of InspectionXpert for Solid Edge. InspectionXpert helps design and manufacturing organizations create ballooned computer-aided design (CAD) drawings and inspection forms directly from CAD drawings…
(Advanced Test Equipment Rentals: San Diego) -- Advanced Test Equipment Rentals, a provider of electronic test and measurement equipment rentals, has agreed with Emerson Process Management Rosemount division to be a distributor of the 475 Field Communicator, a universal portable communicator that…
