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PDF Solutions Employs Magma Quartz DRC System to Verify CV Test Chips

Magma Design Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), today announced that PDF Solutions is using Magma's Quartz DRC Physical Verification system in connection with development of Characterization Vehicle test chips for the 45-, 40-, 32- and 28-nanometer (nm) processes of leading foundries.

26 Feb 2010

Electrons Free of Atoms Interact More Strongly With Each Other

From the study of an unusual two-dimensional electron system that is generated on the surface of low-temperature liquid helium, a RIKEN-led international research team has revealed that electrons free of atoms interact m...

26 Feb 2010

Innovative Breakthrough in Quantum Physics Enables Development of New Materials

Princeton engineers have made a breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics, paving the way for the development of new materials that could make electronic devices smaller and cars more energy efficie...

26 Feb 2010

Manhattan Scientifics Now Owns Rights to Nanomedicine Technology of Nuclear Physicist Flynn

Manhattan Scientifics Inc. (OTCBB: MHTX), a nanomedicine technology transfer and commercialization pioneer, today announced completion of its agreement to acquire all commercial rights to the body of work of nuclear phys...

26 Feb 2010

Brewer's New Coating Offers Photoresist Compatibility, Tuned Optical Properties

Brewer Science, the leading supplier of advanced lithography materials, is pleased to launch ARC®29L coating, a state-of-the-art ArF immersion bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) that provides broad photoresist compatibility and tuned optical properties for use as a top layer in a dual-layer BARC stack or as a single layer BARC on SiON.

From Brewer Science Inc. - Specialty Materials 26 Feb 2010

Brewer Science Unveils DBARC for KrF Photolithographer

Brewer Science, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced lithography materials, has released ARC® DS-K101P developer-soluble bottom anti-reflective coating (DBARC). This DBARC product has been formulated to meet the nee...

From Brewer Science Inc. - Specialty Materials 26 Feb 2010

Researchers Demonstrate Slow Light Effect in Semiconductor-Based Nano-Structures

European experts in nanotechnology, optoelectronics and quantum physics have advanced the generation, detection and manipulation of single photons in semiconductors. Their discoveries bring practical single-photon and qu...

26 Feb 2010

Newly Built Wear-Resistant Nano-Sized Carbon Tip for Microscopy Applications

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research-Zürich have fabricated an ultra sharp, diamond-like carbon tip possessing such high strength that it is 3,000 times more wear-resistant at the nanoscale than silicon

26 Feb 2010

Nanoscale Microscopy Help Researchers to Study Failing Heart Muscle Cells

Researchers have been able to see how heart failure affects the surface of an individual heart muscle cell in minute detail, using a new nanoscale scanning technique developed at Imperial College London. The findings may...

26 Feb 2010

New Nanotechnology Solutions for Cancer Treatment

Huixin He, associate professor, nanoscale chemistry at Rutgers University, Newark, and Tamara Minko, professor at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, have developed a nanotechnology approach that potentially cou...

26 Feb 2010

Palladium Catalysts Containing Unique Molecular Ligands Couple Aromatic Rings Together in Surprising Ways

Sometimes, molecules need help making the right connections. When multiple ways exist to join organic fragments together, metal catalysts can direct the assembly process so that only certain structures form. Now, Shu...

25 Feb 2010

NREL Verifies First Thin Film Module to Reach Record Efficiency on Flexible Substrate

Global Solar Energy today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development, confirmed 13.2 percent aperture area efficiency for a module made by Global Solar Energy applying its production-line thin film solar material.

25 Feb 2010

Physicists Create Atomic Circuit that May Help Quantum Computing Become a Reality

Exerting delicate control over a pair of atoms within a mere seven-millionths-of-a-second window of opportunity, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison created an atomic circuit that may help quantum computing...

25 Feb 2010

New Graphene 'Nanomesh' Could Change the Future of Electronics

Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of a carbon lattice with a honeycomb structure, has great potential for use in radios, computers, phones and other electronic devices. But applications have been stymied because the semi-...

25 Feb 2010

Integration of New Viscotek Product Pages Within Malvern Website

The integration of new Viscotek product pages within the Malvern Panalytical website highlights how gel permeation chromatography/size exclusion chromatography (GPC/SEC) technology enhances the company's ability to deliver insightful, information-rich material characterization solutions for the broadest range of industries.

From Malvern Panalytical 25 Feb 2010