(National Physical Laboratory) Fibers present massive challenges and opportunities for micro and nano technologies. These challenges are not in the manufacturing of the fibers but in the control and understanding of their behavior. This one-day workshop will focus on the many challenges of fiber analysis at the micro and nano-scale using state-of-the art surface chemical analysis, including SIMS, XPS and SPM techniques.
AP - The plan was nothing if not audacious: A turncoat persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 90 miles through Colombia's wilderness. A month later, disguised commandos primed with acting lessons land in a helicopter and trick the rebels into handing them over.
Reuters - The investigation of a salmonella
outbreak in the United States is shifting to the southern
border to encompass produce imported from Mexico, CNN reported
on Thursday.
