New CSA Corporate Sustaining Member American Superconductor was recently featured in a program entitled "High-Tech War on Terror" on the National Geographic channel.
Month: February 2009
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard visit CERN
Actors Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer, along with director Ron Howard made a visit to CERN this month to show clips of their new movie "Angels and Demons".
Having some difficulty with the design of a cryogenic pressure vessel
I am a graduate student in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at West Virginia University. As a part of my research, I'm doing a case study of design of a Cryogenic Pressure Vessel. I'm facing a little difficulty in the process, and would be very grateful to you if you could give me some information, … Continue reading Having some difficulty with the design of a cryogenic pressure vessel
Fermi gets closer to finding Higgs boson
Scientists at Fermilab now believe that there is a good chance that the Higgs boson will be detected by the Tevatron by the end of next year.
LCFOA changes name, mission and bylaws
The Linear Collider Forum of America has changed its name, mission and bylaws.
“Cryovolcanoes” spotted by NASA scientists
Observations of Titan, a distant moon of the planet Saturn, show that a frozen mixture of ammonia, water and methane are being spewed from volcanoes into Titan's atmosphere, according to the San Fransisco Chronicle.
What's the difference between a cryocooler and a cryostat?
What's the difference between a cryocooler and a cryostat?
Cryogenics enables ovary transplant
Cryogenics was at the heart of an ovary transplant that produced the first baby to be born as a result of the successful transplant.
Recommendations made for LHC startup
A workshop was held in Chamonix, France on February 6 where recommendations were made to CERN management about how to ensure that the production of physics data starts in late 2009.
NASA Kennedy Space Center featured in NASA’s “Tech Transfer”
The Fall/Winter 08 issue of the Kennedy Tech Transfer news featured the NASA Kennedy Cryogenics Test Laboratory, headed by James Fesmire, a CSA Technical Director.
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