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3-D MRI studied by Canadian researchers

A study conducted by Canadian researchers at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center in Toronto has shown that three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (3-D MRI) can accurately detect bleeding within the walls of diseased carotid arteries.

New site “patents.com” launches

A newly launched global patent search site, patents.com, comprised of over 12 million searchable patent documents, is now available in three languages.

Eden Cryogenics hires Kazmierczak as Senior Engineer

CSA Corporate Sustaining Member Eden Cryogenics, LLC has hired Peter A. Kazmierczak as Senior Engineer.

CSA Executive Director Interviewed on Web Radio

CSA Executive Director Laurie Huget was interviewed on Sept. 14 by "Big Bob" for a web radio program, “EZ Help You & More”. Download the mp3.

Alert! All Cryogenics Colleagues: Check out CSA on web radio!

The show, entitled "EZ Help You & More" aired on Sunday, September 14, at 11 a.m. EST at the following web address: http://ezhelp.org/listen.shtml. At around 11:30 a.m. EST, CSA Executive Director Laurie Huget “appeared” as a guest on this online radio show that seeks to clear up confusions in the...

NASA observatory gets new name

NASA has announced that its newest observatory, the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, in honor of Professor Enrico Fermi (1901-1954).

Latest in Defining Cryogenics

Dewar

A dewar is a type of cryostat named after Sir James Dewar, the researcher who first developed the concept of a vacuum insulated container with silvered walls to reflect thermal radiation. Dewar was the first to liquefy hydrogen, and he created the device to store his discovery. The thermos bottle...

Stirling and Gifford-McMahon Cryocoolers

Stirling and Gifford-McMahon (GM) cryocoolers are two of the most commonly used cryocoolers in cryogenics. Both devices have a significant industrial base and operate at a wide range of temperatures and capacities. The thermodynamic cycles for both of these cryocoolers are quite similar. The Stirling cycle consists of a compressor,...

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

A significant commercial application of cryogenics is the liquefaction, transport and storage of natural gas. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is generally 95 percent methane with a few percent ethane and much lower concentrations of propane and butane. LNG liquefies at 111.6 K. Unlike many applications of cryogenics, the motivation for...

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Magnets

From “Superconductivity: Present and Future Applications” by the Coalition for the Commercial Application of Superconductors. Particle physics uses accelerators to recreate the conditions of the early universe in an attempt to piece together the complex puzzle of how we got to where we are today. These huge machines are used...

Energy Storage

From “Superconductivity: Present and Future Applications” by the Coalition for the Commercial Application of Superconductors. With power lines increasingly congested and prone to instability, strategic injection of brief bursts of real power can play a crucial role in maintaining grid reliability. Small-scale Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) systems, based on...

Astronomy

ASTRONOMY IN SPACE by Peter V. Mason, retired, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology. Pmason@alumni.caltech.edu In thinking about the reasons to perform astronomy in space, we first consider the effect of the earth’s atmosphere. On a scale of decreasing energy, gamma rays, cosmic rays, X-rays and...

Cryocoolers

What is a Cryocooler? A mechanism that can extract heat from an object (cooler) and by doing so draw its temperature down below approximately 150 Kelvin (cryo). — (Courtesy Dr. Willy Gully) What is the difference between a Cryocooler and a Cryostat? A cryostat is any device designed to maintain...

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