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Superconductor Week No. 2305 E-mail
Saturday May 02, 2009
STI receives $4.1 million DARPA SURF Phase II
BASC Acquires ACCEL Research Instruments from Varian

    ARI to be Divided into Two Subsidiaries
    ARI Businesses to be Split
    Business Expected to Generate $25 Million Per Year
D-Wave Systems Testing 128Qubit Quantum Computing Chip
    Doubts Over Entanglement Persisit
    Quantum Computers Have Broad Potential
    System Coherency Biggest Challenge
    Pulse Tube Provides Refrigeration
Sensitivity to Noise a Development Hurdle

    Scaling More Difficult than Anticipated
    Further External Investment May Be Needed
Shanghai Electric Cable and AMSC Extend Strategic Alliance  
    SECRI Orders HTS Wire
    Chinese Market Presents Challenges
    About SECRI
STI Announces Losses For Q4 2008
    Quiram Sees Growth Possibilities
U of Barcelona Sees Similarities Between Cuprates, Oxypnictides
    Hybrid Functionals Account for Deficiencies in LDA, GGA
U of Liverpool, U of Durham Develop Compound to Study HTS
    Results Link C60, Copper-Oxide HTS
Robert W. Conn Named President of The Kavli Foundation
Europe Awards CE Mark for Varian’s Proton Therapy System

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Superconductor Week No. 2304 E-mail
Sunday March 29, 2009
Nexans Supplies Fault Current Limiter to Applied Superconductor Limited
    AC Losses Substantial Challenge
    Proven Operation Key to Technology Adoption
    Nexans Emphasizes Strategic Shift From Materials to Component Manufacture
    BSCCO Advances Aid Return to Resistive Model
    Previous FCL Demonstration at Netphen Led to Improved Cryocooler Integration
Fermilab, Indian Institutions Sign MOU on Accelerator Development
    Several Accelerators Planned
    Improving Yield, Lowering Cost of RF Cavities
    Fermilab Engages International Partners
RWE Commissions Zenergy for Hydro Power Contract
Zenergy and Sandia Commit $1M to Extend HTS Wire Research
Bruker Announces Lower Q4 Profits
    Margins Below Internal Goals
Uppsala University Explains Transition to Hidden Order Phase
    Hidden Order May Suggest New Materials
    Further Research Planned
U Fribourg, Queen Mary U Say Magnetism Behind HTS
Eric Isaacs Named Director of Argonne National Laboratory
ORNL Installs 1.64 Petaflop Cray XT Supercomputer
MRI-Safe Pacemaker Sold in Hong Kong
3DCS Tolerance Analysis Employed in ITER Assembly
Haiyan Wang Receives PECASE
Oxford Instruments Wins Best Technology Award
Correction

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Superconductor Week No. 2303 E-mail
Monday March 23, 2009

AMSC HTS Propulsion Motor Tested At Full Power
    AMSC Envisions Additional Marine Applications
    Alstom AC Induction Motor is Navy's Baseline
    AMSC, Northrup Grumman Continue Partnership
    HTS Motor a Template For Future Projects
DOE Awards nGimat $750,000 to Develop Insulation for Nb3Sn Wire
    Multiple Performance Characteristics for Wind and React Insulation
    Manufacturability Also Important
    Coating Includes Nano-Ceramic Particles
    Nb3Sn Wire Source Not Decided
    Insulation Might Work with Other Wires
    nGimat Sees Broad Market Potential
    nGimat Believes Improved Insulation Key to Expansion of Nb3Sn Market
    About nGimat
AMSC and DOE to Collaborate on 10MW Superconductor Wind Turbines
    Elimination of Gearbox Major Advantage
    AMSC Partership with TECO-Westinghouse Continues
    Power Rating of Generators Limited
Southwire HTS Cable Operation Marks Anniversary
    Praxair Cryocoolers Demonstrated
    Southwire Touts Strengths of Triax Design
MITA Opposes Obama on Use of Radiology Budget Managers

Stony Brook U Makes New Boron Compound Under Pressure
    Insights to MgB2 Limited
    Applications for Boron Boride Possible
VTT Technical Center Inaugurates ITER Divertor Test Platform
    $9 Million Project Lasted 4 Years
FZK Julich Buys Bull Supercomputer for ITER

Insert: Superconductivity Patents

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Superconductor Week No. 2302 E-mail
Wednesday March 04, 2009

U.S. Stimulus Bill Directs Billions toward Science Programs
    $11 Billion for Smart Grid
    Fusion R&D Among Energy Projects
    NIST to Receive $360 Million
    Timeline Set, Allocations Uncertain
    DOE to Expedite Funding
    Rolling DOE Application Process
Zenergy Delivers HTS Fault Current Limiter
    13.8kV, BSCCO-Based FCL
    FCL Adaptable to 2G HTS Wire
    Zenergy Encouraged by DOE Spending
    Fitzgerald: Collaboration Key
Oxford Instruments to Close Sites, Cut Jobs

    Jock Lennox Appointed Non-Executive Director
Jefferson Lab Begins Awarding Contracts for $310M Upgrade
    RF Contracts in Next Two Years
    Future Contracts Include LTS Magnets
MISL Plans MEG Manufacturing
New Safeguards to Delay LHC Restart Until September 2009
    Enhanced Safeguards Developed
University of York Develops More Sensitive MRI, Licensed to Bruker
AMSC Reports Widened Q3 Loss
    AMSC Says Growth Markets Still Strong

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