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PhD studentship, Massey University, New Zealand

A PhD studentship is available to apply state-of-the-art NMR techniques, along with other biophysical approaches and computational analyses, to protein and RNA structure and dynamics. This project is a collaboration with the University of Sydney, where complementary Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) studies will be performed, and with the New York Structural Biology Center, which houses spectrometers up to 900 MHz. The Massey University Centre for Structural Biology houses a 700 MHz Bruker Avance NMR spectrometer with cryoprobe in addition to 500, 400 and 200 MHz spectrometers. Support is via a grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand.

The PhD fellowship carries a tax exempt stipend of NZD 23,000 per anna. There is no teaching requirement, and all student tuition and fees are covered by the grant. Students with exceptional undergraduate marks may be eligible for a University Scholarship which provides an increased stipend level.

The nominal closing date is 30 September 2010, however applications will be reviewed as they are received, and will be accepted until the position is filled.

Interested parties should email a cover letter, c.v. and contact information for three referees to Associate Professor Steven Pascal.

See http://ifs.massey.ac.nz/people/staff.php?personID=56 for email address and further information.
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Steven M. Pascal
Associate Professor and
Director of BioNMR Research
Centre for Structural Biology
Institute of Fundamental Sciences
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
voice: 646-356-9099 ext 3558
fax: 646-350-5682
http://ifs.massey.ac.nz/people/staff.php?personID=56

IFA 2010 Berlin, ESCHBORN, GERMANY: Verbatim will reveal its first range of LED lamps at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin on September 3rd, 2010.

The lamps, which are direct replacements for conventional incandescent bulbs and halogen spotlamps, are all dimmable. They will be available in wholesale and retail outlets throughout Europe by the end of 2010.

* Seven models covering industry-standard E27, E14, R63, MR16 and PAR16 fittings.
* All dimmable.
* Power ratings from 4W to 10W with luminous flux from 90 to 500 lumens.
* Replacements for conventional lights rated between 15W and 40W.
* Providing energy savings of up to 80 percent.
* Offering warm white light with a colour temperature of 2700k or 2800k, depending on model.
* All based on Verbatim’s blue-chip LED technology, with a colour rendering index (CRI) of over 80.
* Life expectancy is 35,000 hours for all versions except the E14 candle lamp, which has a life expectancy of 25,000 hours.

LED lamps are now positioned to replace conventional lighting in residential and commercial applications. With an operating life of approximately 10 years at 10 hours per day (depending on conditions), and only around 20 percent of the power consumption of conventional lighting, they are now both economically and environmentally superior to other lighting technologies.

They produce very little heat and do not contain the toxic chemicals found in other low-energy lamps. In addition, they are ruggedly built and do not produce infrared or ultra-violet radiation, so do not cause fading of artwork or other materials.

Verbatim lamps are based on technologies developed by the company’s parent, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. which, as one of the world’s major chemical companies, has over 50 years’ experience in developing lighting materials.

The second generation of LED products from Verbatim is planned on violet chip technology. These will have a high colour rendering index (CRI), producing a light spectrum very close to that of natural light.

BANGALORE, INDIA: Premier Farnell has expanded its stock levels of Multicomp, Pro-Power, Tenma and Duratool products within Asia Pacific by 30 percent as part of its proposition to increase the product range that it offers to electronic design engineers.

Premier Farnell will stock 10,000 products that include 12 months warranty from these four trusted brands with access to 25,000 products globally.

The global economy is recovering from the recession and sparking off a high need for electronic components for design and production. Premier Farnell is focusing its strategic investment in expanding their inventory offering with a focus on new product introductions supported by same day despatch with no minimum order quantity to better meet the needs of electronic design engineers.

As the preferred distributor of these brands, Premier Farnell will offer the products with particular emphasis on the following product categories within these four brands:

Multicomp: New microcontroller boards, connectors, resistors, switches and capacitors.

Pro-Power: Multi-cored cables, single wires, cable accessories, marking & labelling and chemical ranges. Multi-cored cables and single wires are the top-selling products within the Pro-Power range.

Tenma: Digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, pattern and function generators, power supplies and portable DMMs. Tenma’s digital multimeters are highly popular.

Duratool: Hand, power and soldering tools, tool kits, fasteners and storage products.

Cameron Ward, VP of Strategic Sourcing, Premier Farnell, said: “The popularity and growth of Multicomp, Pro-Power, Tenma and Duratool stems from being recognized for providing quality products at affordable prices. These brands have been sold successfully around the globe for many years.

“Our recently expanded facilities within the Asia Pacific region have allowed Premier Farnell to make these brands and products available with local stocks and support, giving customers in Asia access to all the benefits that you would expect from the leading global high service distributor.”

Comprehensive technical support and community resources available for users
Nader Tadros, Marketing and eCommerce Director, Premier Farnell, Asia Pacific added: “More than just delivering the goods quickly to the hands of the customer, the real value-add they need is full support through their whole design cycle with services such as good product documentation, technical advice and updates.

“With the help of element14, the exclusive online community for electronic design engineers, Premier Farnell is successfully leveraging on the power of the Internet and technology to deliver an all-rounded user experience to our customers.”

China is the world’s largest automobile maker, but its models are unique to its market, prompting the #1 commercial vehicle maker in China, Foton Motor, to team with Freescale to soup up its mills with silicon. Look for Chinese automobiles to pioneer green automotive innovations, with the help of Freescale, over the rest of the decade and beyond. RColinJohnson @NextGenLog

Foton manufactured over 600,000 commercial vehicles like this tractor-trailor rig for the Chinese market last year.

Here is what EETimes says about Foton + Freescale: Engineers from Beiqi Foton Motor Co. Ltd. and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. will work together at the newly anointed Foton/Freescale Automotive Joint Lab in Beijing to integrate Freescale microcontrollers and sensors into automotive control systems for the powertrain, chassis, safety and “green” aspirations of the Chinese automakers. Foton Motor claims to be the biggest commercial vehicle maker in China, manufacturing 600,000 commercial vehicles in 2009—making it the fourth largest automotive maker worldwide. Following the model already established by Freescale in its work with other automotive power-houses in the U.S. and Europe—from Delphi to Robert Bosch—Foton and Freescale will jointly develop microcontroller and sensor technologies that meet the unique needs of Foton’s target market—namely Chinese vehicles….
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Memristors promise to replace DRAM, flash and even hard disks eventually, as a result of HPs licensing of its super-dense resistive random access memory (ReRAM) technology. Look for ReRAMs to compete with phase-change, FeRAM and MRAM as next-generation memory technologies over the next five years. RColinJohnson @NextGenLog

Memristors locate a material between the gaps in a cross bar switch, storing bits as resistance values.

Here is what EETimes says about memristors: Seeking to commercialize its memristor technology, Hewlett-Parkard Co. has entered into a joint development agreement with South Korea’s Hynix Semiconductor Inc. HP and Hynix will jointly develop new materials and process integration technology to transfer HP’s memristor technology from R&D to commercial development in the form of resistive random access memory (ReRAM). The deal is non-exclusive, according to HP, who said HP may work with others in the ReRAM arena. HP itself does not want to be in the ReRAM business…eventually HP hopes to use ReRAMs in its own, undisclosed products…
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