| |  | |  | The Pfeiffer Vacuum HiPace M high performance magnetically levitated turbopumps have high pumping speeds, high gas throughput and achieve high compression ratios for all gases. These pumps are optimized to run in all mounting orientations with a low vibration signature. They are maintenance-free and oil-free.
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| FEATURED STORY | | | In response to interest from potential competitors we have made one final extension to the 2014 R&D 100 Awards Entry Deadline: May 9. That gives anyone with a new product three more weeks to prepare their entry. It is certainly time enough to prepare a new entry as well. Remember, a new product launched at any time in the calendar year 2013, it can be considered for the Awards.
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| | | | | | | The AMETEK ta7000 gas analyzer offers high sensitivity, broad detection range and superior value vs. performance for characterizing bulk gases, including N2, Ar, He, H2, and O2, and for identifying common impurities. Available as a reduction gas detector or flame ionization detector, it includes dedicated sample processing and onboard data analysis electronics.
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| | | NEWS | | | A team of scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center has successfully reproduced the processes that occur in the atmosphere of a red giant star and lead to the formation of planet-forming interstellar dust. Using a specialized facility, the scientists are now able to recreate and study in the laboratory dust grains similar to the grains that form in the outer layers of dying stars.
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| | | NEWS | | Biomedical engineering researchers have developed an anti-cancer drug delivery method that essentially smuggles the drug into a cancer cell before triggering its release. The method can be likened to keeping a cancer-killing bomb and its detonator separate until they are inside a cancer cell, where they then combine to destroy the cell.
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| | | NEWS | | | Researchers in Australia have created a micrometer thin film with record-breaking optical nonlinearity suitable for high-performance integrated photonic devices. To create the thin film the researchers spin coated graphene oxide solution to a glass surface. Using a laser as a pen they created microstructures on the graphene oxide film to tune the nonlinearity of the material.
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| | | NEWS | | An important advance in understanding how clusters of stars like our sun are formed has been made by a team that includes seven astronomers at Penn State Univ. and two at other universities. Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared telescopes, the astronomers have shown that earlier theories about the process that creates star clusters in giant clouds of gas and dust cannot be correct.
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| | | NEWS | | Wyoming, the nation's top coal-producing state, is the first to reject new K-12 science standards proposed by national education groups mainly because of global warming components. The Wyoming Board of Education decided recently that the Next Generation Science Standards need more review after questions were raised about the treatment of man-made global warming.
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| | | ARTICLE | | Fume hoods are a central component in most laboratories. Whether designing a new laboratory or renovating an existing one, architects are challenged to incorporate safety, reliability and sustainability. These same issues hold true for laboratory managers when thinking about updating their existing equipment.
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| | | ARTICLE | | Virtually every laboratory has areas with elevated fire risks, with fume hoods being a primary concern. The presence of ignition sources, such as hot plates and Bunsen burners, the use of pyrophoric materials and the inherent volatility of the various chemicals and compounds that are commonly found in fume hoods all add up to a serious fire risk.
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| | | PRODUCT | | HEMCO Corp.'s UniMax fume hoods feature a chemical-resistant modular construction designed for isolating large and tall process equipment, including apparatus/distillation, reactors and pilot-plant operations. The floor-mounted fume hoods are supplied in standard models from 6-ft to 24-ft wide in various depth and height options.
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| | | PRODUCT | | Genevac has introduced the Rocket Evaporator, a solution for laboratories tired of constantly attending to multiple rotary evaporators. The evaporator provides truly unattended operation capability. Requiring no training, beginners can use the system in less than 5 min.
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