Team discovers quantum halfway house between magnet and semiconductor

www.nanowerk.com | Aug 21, 2008

(Nanowerk News) The semiconductor silicon and the ferromagnet iron are the basis for much of mankind's technology, used in everything from computers to electric motors.

http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6849.php

PRODUCT RECALLS

www.sfgate.com | Jul 27, 2008

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced these recalls recently: - Dowling Magnets of Sonoma is recalling 91,500 Classic Horseshoe magnets. The plastic coating on the magnets contains excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal...<a

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/27/BUIL11V2CF.DTL&feed=rss.business

Recalls (AP)

biz.yahoo.com | Jul 24, 2008

--About 987,000 Dirt Devil vacuum power brush attachment tools, manufactured in China by TTI Floor Care North America, because plastic pieces can break and be ejected from the vacuum. The company has received 140 reports of incidents, including 12 reports of injuries.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080724/recalls.html?.v=2

Recalls

www.iht.com | Jul 24, 2008

_About 987,000 Dirt Devil vacuum power brush attachment tools, manufactured in China by TTI Floor Care North America, because plastic pieces can break and be ejected from the vacuum. The company has received 140 reports of incidents, including 12 reports of injuries.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/24/america/Recalls.php

Pacific Science Supplies Recalls Magnets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

www.cpsc.gov

The paint on the magnets can contain excess levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08345.html

Children's Product Safety

Redcat Racing Co. (602)454-6445 (can call collect); Web site www.redcatracing.

http://www.idph.state.il.us/webapp/SRSApp/servlet/SRS.listProductByCategory?nCategoryID=1

Literature Library - Eriez.com - Manufacturer of Magnetic, Vibratory and Metal Detection Solutions

www.eriez.com

If you haven’t already registered elsewhere on the site, the first time you click on the name of a product, you will need to complete a registration screen. After that, no further identification is necessary.

http://www.eriez.com/LiteratureLibrary/

Theorists weigh up new route to neutrino mass - physicsworld.com

When it comes to weighing elementary particles, a set of scales is not much use. The mass of the electron, for instance, is about 10-30 kg and can only be determined by relying on its mathematical relationship with other properties that can be measured in experiments.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/32861;jsessionid=0B46AD8DA3BF3B164D978580149EB429