| Top Scientist and Prolific Inventor is Strategic Hire for UB
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The renowned inventor of the tiny batteries that have helped make implantable cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators and other medical devices a life-saving reality for millions of patients has accepted a faculty position in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Esther S. Takeuchi, Ph.D., is leaving her post as chief scientist at Greatbatch, Inc., after 22 years and will begin her new position as a professor in the UB departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering on Sept. 1. Takeuchi often is cited as the woman awarded the most patents in the U.S. -- 134 at last count, most of them related to her pioneering development of sophisticated power sources for implantable devices, now a booming multibillion-dollar business.
Blunt warning to Turkey from Rehn
European Union hopeful Turkey must fulfil its commitment to open its ports and airports to traffic from EU member Cyprus or face repercussions from the EU, the bloc's Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said yesterday. Cyprus has threatened to veto Turkey's accession if it does not abide by the EU directive and the row could derail the large Muslim country's entry negotiations. "We have kept our word and opened up accession negotiations. Now we expect Turkey to keep its word by implementing the protocol," he told reporters. Turkey, which launched negotiations to join the wealthy 25-nation bloc last year, must extend a customs union agreement to the EU's newcomers, including the divided island of Cyprus. Cyprus is represented in the EU by the Greek Cypriot government alone.
Rivers bent on quick recovery
"I'm looking at it like in late July I'd be wishing I had these 2½ weeks back," the Chargers quarterback said yesterday, about 24 hours after undergoing surgery to replace the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. In the procedure performed by Chargers team physician David Chao, Rivers had the patella tendon in his right knee removed and then attached in place of his ACL. Rivers said he should be walking by the end of the week. His rehabilitation is expected to take six months, but he and others in the organization have expressed optimism it can be quicker. "That's the latter end of it," Rivers said. "I'm going to be ready for training camp. I'm not going to do anything miraculous. But I'm going to get after it, and I like to think I'm a fast healer." Because his wife is expecting their fourth child, Rivers had anticipated waiting until the second week of February to have surgery.
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