Mix it!

Ultra-short pulsed lasers mix and deposit the ingredients of complex coating systems on flat panel displays and solar cells in a single step.

ABB wins US$16 million power order to support industrial infrastructure in Iraq

ABB, the power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around US$16 million from Mass Global Investment Company for the construction of a substation and SVC Light (static var compensator) system that will supply electricity to a new melt shop and steel rolling mill in northern Iraq. The order was received in the first quarter.

Neurosurgeons offer treatments for movement disorders, pain

NYU Langone's Neuromodulation Center offers innovative treatment for movement disorders, chronic pain and other neurological conditions through targeted stimulation technology, navigation techniques

Skin transplant offers new hope for vitiligo patients

Henry Ford Hospital dermatologists say skin transplant surgery is safe and effective for restoring skin pigmentation caused by the skin disease vitligo. In a first study of its kind in the United States, researchers followed 23 patients for up to six months after surgery and found that the treated area regained on average 43% of its natural skin color. In eight patients with localized vitiligo, the treated area regained on average 68% of its natural skin color.

New technology treats dry eye symptoms

Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit worldwide leader in medical care, research and education, is first in Southwest USA to treat evaporative dry eye using LipiFlow thermal pulsation system

Zamil Steel Vietnam awards SR60m project in Indonesia

Zamil Steel Buildings Vietnam Co., Ltd., the Asian operation of Zamil Steel Company, a sector business of Zamil Industrial Investment Company (Zamil Industrial), has been awarded a SR60m contract from PT Caterpillar Indonesia, a heavy machinery and equipment manufacturing company located in Cileungsi, Bogor, Indonesia, to fabricate and supply Pre-engineered Steel Buildings for the new Caterpillar Batam facility in Indonesia.

Bird flu test kit set to take off

Singapore scientists have devised a diagnostic kit that can quickly detect all known H5N1 strains

Malaysia's KPJ aims for two hospital acquisitions in 2012

KPJ Healthcare's expansion comes as Southeast Asia's growing populations and increasing affluence are fuelling demand for healthcare services

Tissue 'lattice' safely provides good reconstruction outcomes after mastectomy

Biomaterials called "acellular dermal matrices" (ADMs) provide good outcomes, with low complication rates, when used for breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer, according to a recent study

Earlier detection of bone loss may be in future

NASA-funded research looks to isotope analysis rather than X-ray for measurement

Research shows why leukemia may return after chemo

The Weizmann Institute's Prof. Ehud Shapiro leads research that shows how leukemia can evade chemotherapy. Using his method of mapping the family trees of cells, the team found that slowly dividing cancer cells are most likely to survive the toxic therapy.

David L. Rimoin MD, PhD, director of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Genetics Institute, 1936 – 2012

Dr Rimoin, Cedars-Sinai's Steven Spielberg Family chair in Pediatrics, died after a diagnosis of Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in early May