Recognition for Nanocomp.
Nanocomp Technologies of New Hampshire, USA, has received the 2008 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for materials and base technologies. The company, based in Concord, New Hampshire, USA, received the award for its unique processes for the creation of large sheets of fabric and lengths of...

YBP Library Services Announces Full Cataloging Support for Oxford Scholarship Online eBook Collections.
CONTOOCOOK, N.H., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- YBP Library Services, Inc. today announced the availability of fully customizable MARC records for all titles included in Oxford Scholarship Online eBook Collections. Oxford University Press initially launched Oxford Scholarship Online, a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and...

Romney Has Slim Lead in New Hampshire; McCain second; Huckabee tied for third.
Byline: Frank Newport Synopsis: Mitt Romney maintains a small lead among likely Republican voters in New Hampshire, with John McCain in second place. Mike Huckabee is tied for third with Rudy Giuliani and Ron Paul. PRINCETON, NJ -- A new USA Today/Gallup poll of New...

Picosecond laser micromachines tough materials.
Engineers can now micromachine hard substances, such as ceramics and diamond metals, and even soft materials, such as polymers, faster and more precisely, according to J.P. Sercel Associates (JPSA). The equipment manufacturer from Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, has developed a micromachining system based on a laser with...

USA TODAY Reports Census 2000 Results; Idaho, New Hampshire, and Washington Findings Released.
WASHINGTON, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY, the nation's top-selling newspaper, and USATODAY.com, a leading general-interest news Web site, have launched comprehensive coverage of the 2000 Census results for Idaho, New Hampshire and Washington. USA TODAY delivers the findings in a user-friendly and interactive format that helps...

Characteristics of neonatal moose habitat in northern New Hampshire.
ABSTRACT: Habitat use by parturient moose (Alces alces) may have important implications for calf survival and subsequently influence population dynamics. Because neonatal habitat may be limiting or specialized and little descriptive information exists in the northeastern United States, this study was conducted to measure the physical and vegetative characteristics...

Compaction of near-net shapes.
Mii Technologies LLC is applying its powder metallurgy (PM) technology to produce ceramic parts with complicated geometries. According to the company, from West Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA, the compaction process that it has developed can be used to make ceramic parts with high densities and uniform microstructures,...

Imitative smoking.
Researchers from the Dartmouth Medical School (in New Hampshire, USA) surveyed more than 3,500 adolescents who had never smoked, and assessed their exposure to smoking in films. In a follow-up survey between one and two years later, 10% of the adolescents had started smoking. Among those who were the...

Announcing the 2006-2007 AOAC Board of Directors.
AOAC is proud to announce the following members of the 2006-2007 Board of Directors, who assumed their positions immediately after the Business Meeting on September 21, 2006, at the 120th AOAC Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: President: Robert Koeritzer, 3M Microbiology Products, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA...

Silicon carbide gives edge rings superior thermal conductivity and purity.
The CVD Materials business of Morgan Technical Ceramics, USA, has produced high-performance silicon carbide (SiC) edge rings for rapid thermal processing (RTP) applications, specifically semiconductor wafer manufacturing. The company states that with its thermal properties, CVD SiC is an ideal material for RTP applications as an intense...