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NASA's Next-Generation Space Telescope Will Do Science at a Special Spot
A million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope will provide an unprecedented view of the early universe. At
7:20 a.m. EST on Dec. 25, the largest and most powerful space telescope
ever built hurtled into space from a launch point near Kourou, French
Guiana. It will spend a month traveling roughly a million miles from
Earth to a special spot called the second Lagrange point, or
L2. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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New Images Reveal the Ravaged Landscape of COVID-19 Lungs in Unprecedented Detail
A particle accelerator-powered imaging tool has opened new windows into human anatomy.
A revolutionary tool designed to broaden our understanding of human
anatomy has for the first time provided scientists with a cellular-level
look at lungs damaged by COVID-19. In healthy lungs, the blood vessel
system that oxygenates the blood is separate from the system that feeds
the lung tissue itself. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Media credits: ESRF/Stef Candé
Media rights: Used with permission.
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Poorer People Get Little Benefit from Digital Activity Trackers
Devices that nudge the rich and middle class to exercise don't offer same boost to those with lower incomes. Technologies
like smartwatches, mobile apps and websites have been touted as an
accessible and effective way for people to monitor and increase their
physical activity and improve their health. But a new analysis has found
that that is really only true for people of high socioeconomic status.
As with so many other areas of healthcare, poorer people appear to see
little to no benefit from these digital interventions. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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How the Toothpaste Got its Stripes
A mystery that captivated the internet has a simple answer. At least, that’s what Colgate says. Remember
as a kid sitting slack-jawed at a friend’s birthday party, all as the
county’s cheapest magician sawed a lady in half? That’s kind of what it
feels like to watch Ryan Battistella squeeze tube after tube of
toothpaste into the toilet on his TikTok account. In a series of three
viral videos posted in late November, Batistella and a friend used a
variety of techniques -- and profanities -- as they mixed up the
contents of nearly half a dozen tubes of striped toothpaste, only to
discover that when they squeezed the tubes, stripes still came
out. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Media rights: Copyright American Institute of Physics
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Newly Discovered Millipede Has More Than 1,000 Legs
A newfound millipede with 1,306 legs has the most legs of any known animal, researchers say. Millipede
means "a thousand feet" in Latin. However, until now, the most legs any
millipede was known to have was 750 with Illacme
plenipes from California. "This new millipede with 1,306 legs
nearly doubles the number of legs of the previous record-holder," said
study lead author Paul Marek, an entomologist at Virginia Tech in
Blacksburg. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Media credits: Paul E. Marek, Bruno A. Buzatto, William A. Shear, Jackson C. Means, Dennis G. Black, Mark S. Harvey, Juanita Rodriguez, Scientific Reports.
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Spinning Propeller Star Slingshots Plasma at 7 Million MPH
The fastest-spinning white dwarf on record completes a full rotation in 25 seconds.
Astronomers have detected the fastest-spinning white dwarf star found
yet -- one that researchers say acts like an extraordinarily powerful
magnetic propeller, a new study finds. White dwarfs are stars that have
burnt up all their fuel and shed their outer layers, leaving behind
their cool, dim cores. Our sun will one day become a white dwarf, as
will more than 90% of the stars in the Milky Way. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Media credits: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick
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How Crowds Run When Bulls Charge
The
running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, helped researchers study what
happens when lots of people suddenly wish to move quickly.
People walking alone walk relatively quickly. A crowd walks slowly. But
how does a crowd move when there is, say, a massive bull charging at
them? To answer this, scientists analyzed the movement of a crowd of
runners during the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, in
2019. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Media credits: imagestockdesign/Shutterstock
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The Wondrous Physics of Spinning Tops
The complex dynamics of spinning tops, such as dreidels, allow for bewildering designs and handy physics demos.
Like millions of people around the world, myself included, Kenneth
Brecher grew up spinning dreidels and gambling chocolate money this time
of year at his local synagogue. In his youth, the age-old tradition was
little more than a game to Brecher. "I would say I had never mentally
connected dreidels with physics -- I swear to God," he said. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Media credits: Photo by Kenneth Brecher
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What's Stopping Scientists from Making Viable Synthetic Blood?
The
centurieslong pursuit may finally be progressing, but designing ethical
ways to test these products is a sizable challenge. Back in the 1600s, lacking an alternative, doctors tried transfusing milk and wine into the bloodstreams of their hemorrhaging patients. When that failed, they moved on to sheep's blood.
It wasn't long before it became clear that these treatments were
killing people, not saving them. Thankfully, we now know that human
blood, donated by someone with a compatible blood type, is the way to
go. That blood is then refined, separated into its components and
screened for bloodborne diseases such as HIV. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Media credits: vladm via Shutterstock
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How to Paint a Renaissance Masterpiece, with Eggs
A new study probes the network of protons in egg-based paints to highlight how the paint works on a molecular scale.
Renaissance painters had it hard. They couldn’t just visit their local
arts store to buy paint in whatever colors they wanted. Instead, they
had to make their paints by combining dry pigments with a binding medium
to make the paint stick. And one popular binding material was an
ingredient you might expect to find in the kitchen instead of the
artist’s studio: the humble egg. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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How Hydra Regrow Their Heads
The genes involved in hydra regeneration and development could offer clues about immortality. For
decades, hydra -- tiny aquatic animals that look like floating tubes
with arms -- have been synonymous with the quest for longevity. Now, a
new paper maps the ways hydra can regenerate their heads by changing how
their genes are regulated. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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Fossil Tracks Reveal Lightning Speed of Dinosaurs
Ancient 2-meter tall theropods could have outrun most humans. All
that’s left is footprints in fossilized mud, but the tracks reveal how
some theropods of the Lower Cretaceous may have ran as fast as Usain Bolt at
his best sprint. “Our speeds are the third faster dinosaur tracks
registered to date,” said Pablo Navarro-Lorbés, a doctoral student in
paleontology at the University of La Rioja in Spain who studied the
prints. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Media credits: Pablo Navarro-Lorbés
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Today's Abundance of Wine Grape Varieties Descended from Fruit Bred in Western Asia
As grapes moved throughout Europe, people interbred domesticated vines with wild fruit. Many
of the varieties of grapes used in today's wines are hundreds of years
old. Genetic analysis shows that although these vines were first
cultivated in Western Europe, new research confirms that every popular
wine grape shares an ancestor. All of today's well-known varieties
descended from the first domesticated grapes, which were developed and
grown in Western Asia about 4,000 years ago, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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When Dust Storms Strike Mars, Could Wind Power Keep the Lights On?
New research looks at how dust storms and a thin atmosphere may play into alternative energy sources on the Red Planet.
Mars is known for its dust storms, which can cause problems for lander
equipment and block out the sun that fuels solar panels. These punishing
storms, which can last for weeks, have already caused damage to
equipment and even killed NASA’s Opportunity rover.
But they could also be dangerous to astronauts on the ground, who would
rely on solar power for oxygen, heat, and water cleansing during future
missions. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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A New Idea for How Dark Matter Came to Dominate the Universe
A new paper hypothesizes how the amount of dark matter could have grown exponentially in the early universe. Eighty-five
percent of the matter in the universe is thought to be "dark" matter
invisible to humans and our scientific instruments. But scientists don't
know what dark matter is made of or how it was created in the early
universe. READ FULL ARTICLE.
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These Moths Can Track Sounds with One Ridiculously Simple Ear
Researchers hope the tiny moth ears could someday inspire improvements to cell phones and hearing aids.
One membrane, three neurons. That's all a lesser wax moth needs to not
only hear a sound, but pinpoint where it's coming from. Now, researchers
are working to figure out how they do it -- knowledge that could
someday be useful in designing products such as cell phones and hearing
aids. Humans and most other vertebrates can sense the direction a sound
is coming from because they have two ears separated in space. READ FULL ARTICLE.
Media credits: Ilia Ustyantsev via Flickr
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NCCAVS 42nd Annual Equipment Exhibition, NCCAVS Technical Symposium and 10th Annual Student Poster Session
February 17, 2022
Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, 46100 Landing Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538
The
NCCAVS sponsors an Annual Equipment Exhibition to showcase products and
services of companies supporting vacuum-related industries. Attracting
approximately 100+ exhibitors and over 700 attendees, the NCCAVS Annual
Equipment Exhibition is the largest sponsored by any AVS
Chapter. The Exhibition is hosted in conjunction with the NCCAVS
Technical Symposium and Annual Student Poster Session. The event is
scheduled to take place IN PERSON.
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Speaker events at capacity. * Extended hours provide ample time to
engage all attendees. * Lunch, Evening Reception and Cocktails at no
cost to attendees.
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Job Board
This
board will catalog positions that are available within SVC stakeholder
organizations (exhibitors and/or corporate sponsors) as well as provide a
home to the resumes of SVC members who are looking to advance their
careers. There is no cost to our SVC stakeholders or members to use
this valuable networking tool. Job postings and resumes should be sent
to Mary Ellen Quinn at Maryellen.Quinn@svc.org.
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Manager of Technical Sales
Telemark
Battle Ground, WA 98604
Thin Films Process Technician
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.
Denver, CO 80241
Service Engineer
Kurt J. Lesker Company
Jefferson Hills, PA – One Position
Livermore, CA – One Position
Thin Film Test Engineer
Kurt J. Lesker Company
Jefferson Hills, PA
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Electrical Engineer – Microwave/RF Power Electronics
Starfire Industries, LLC
Champaign, IL
Electrical Engineer – Switched-Mode Pulsed Power Microelectronics
Starfire Industries, LLC
Champaign, IL
Maintenance Tech/Mechanical Assembler
PVD Products II LLC
Huntington Beach, CA
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Society of Vacuum Coaters | PO Box 10628, Albuquerque, NM 87184
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