Cancer Death Rates Continue To Decline Oct 5, 2005
KCRA.com - Health - Report: Cancer Deaths Keep Edging Lower. Report: Cancer Deaths Keep Edging Lower. (KCRA 3, CA)
Club House Rules Oct 5, 2005
Nearly three out of four Americans shop at warehouse club stores. Most of us could use some help when it comes to navigating the "do's and don'ts" of buying in bulk. (KCRA 3, CA)
Nia Offers Fresh Alternative To Standard Workout Oct 5, 2005
POSTED: 12:55 pm PDT October 4, 2005. You could call it fusion fitness. (KCRA 3, CA)
Nobel for laser measurement Oct 5, 2005
Nobel given for laser measurement ... Three scientists have been awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physics for laser measurement and quantum optics ... The laser-based spectroscopy they have pioneered allows the colour of light from atoms and molecules to be determined with exceptional precision. (BBC News -- Science)
Harvard physicist, 80, earns Nobel Oct 5, 2005
Four decades after his research launched a whole new branch of physics, Harvard University professor Roy J. Glauber was named a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize yesterday for insights into the strange behavior of light that laid the groundwork for high precision instruments from lasers to global positioning systems ... I could scarcely believe him," said Glauber. His doubt quickly evaporated though, as the phone began to ring with the calls of well-wishers. Eventually, he said, he had to take the... (Boston Globe)
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices Oct 5, 2005
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: ) will replace Keane Inc. (NYSE: ) in the Sap 400, Keane will replace GameStop (NYSE: GME.B) in the S SmallCap 600, and Laserscope (NASD: LSCP) will replace Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp. (NASD: ELBO) in the SlCap 600 after the close of trading on Friday, October 7 ... Laserscope specializes in surgical, dermatologic and therapeutic laser systems and related surgical instrumentation, as well as disposable supplies and accessories ... Laserscope Health Care Health Care... (PR Newswire)
Lumenis Announces Sale of 1000th Selecta(R) SLT Laser Worldwide Oct 5, 2005
Acceptance and Mainstream Use of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT) Increases as Global Need Grows. YOKNEAM, Israel, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lumenis Ltd. (LUME.PK), a global developer, manufacturer and seller of laser and light-based devices for medical, aesthetic, ophthalmic, dental and veterinary applications, announced the sale of the one-thousandth Selecta SLT Laser for selective photo therapy of glaucoma ... The use of SLT has increased rapidly, since Lumens' family of Selecta... (Yahoo Finance -- Medical Equipment & Supplies)
RACERS, START YOUR SOFTWARE: Oct 5, 2005
A Volkswagen sport utility vehicle outfitted with cameras, laser guidance systems, an inertial system that functions like an inner ear to keep the vehicle oriented, and six computers, Stanley zipped through the course in less than 11 minutes, barely slowing for rental cars parked in its path. "That is a world record," Tether said. (LA Times, CA)
Of guts and glory Oct 5, 2005
Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. The Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough was one thing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Picking Our Battles Oct 5, 2005
The Dartmouth Online. Tuesday, October 4, 2005. (The Dartmouth Online, NH)
3 to share the Nobel in physics Oct 5, 2005
This year's Nobel Prize in physics recognizes a scientist who worked out a theory of quantum optics - describing the behavior of light using quantum mechanics - and two scientists who used that knowledge to develop a powerful laser technique for identifying atoms and molecules ... "It occurred to me around the early '60s that that was not going to be true in the long run," Glauber said Tuesday at a news conference, "and one had better develop the quantum theory to the fullest extent... (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Company news Oct 5, 2005
Full Circle Image is a remanufacturer and distributor of laser and inkjet cartridges and printer ribbons. FastenTech Inc., Minneapolis, announced the expiration of its previously announced cash offer to repurchase up to $11. (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune -- Business)
