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Three-Year Study to Assess Potential Effects of Nanoparticles in Specific Water Environments

A team of Canadian scientists and engineers, led by the University of Alberta and the National Research Council of Canada, will collaborate on a $3.39 million, three-year study to assess the potential effects of nanopart...

6 Jul 2009

Talks Focuses on Advanced Processes, Materials and Manufacturing for Nanoelectronics Devices

Recognized academic and technical experts in nanoelectronics from the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany have been selected to deliver presentations at SEMICON Wes...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 6 Jul 2009

Nanotechnology Researcher Awarded Prestigious 1851 Fellowship

The London Centre for Nanotechnology researches spintronics and quantum computing: two of the most promising ways to scale computers down to ever smaller sizes. Microelectronics should already be renamed nanoelectronics since computer chips are now built on nanoscopic scales.

6 Jul 2009

New Way to Produce High Capacity Hydrogen Storage Material

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have created a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material.

6 Jul 2009

Dragonfly Lets System Designers Pick-a-Frequency in the Lab or Field

Discera, a recognized leader in MEMS oscillator technology, announced the world's first truly portable handheld programmer for oscillator frequencies. Used in conjunction with Discera's programmable DSC8002 MEMS ...

6 Jul 2009

IMEC Introduces New Programming Style

IMEC introduces a new programming style for C code called CleanC that substantially increases the parallelization and optimization potential for multiprocessor targets. The CleanC adherence analysis plug-ins are freely a...

From IMEC 6 Jul 2009

Nano Coordinate Measuring Instrument for Three-Dimensional Objects

From the motion sensor to the computer chip - in many products of daily life components are used whose functioning is based on smallest structures of the size of thousandths - or even millionths - of millimetres.

6 Jul 2009

IMEC Develop Battery-Free Wireless 2-Channel EEG System

In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC has developed a battery-free wireless 2-channel EEG* system powered by a hybrid power supply using body heat and ambient light.

From IMEC 6 Jul 2009

Renesas Technology Enters into a Strategic Research Collaboration with IMEC

Renesas Technology Corp., one of the world's leading semiconductor system solutions providers for mobile, automotive and PC/AV (Audio Visual) markets, has entered into a strategic research collaboration with IMEC, Eu...

From IMEC 6 Jul 2009

Providing Reference Metrology at CNSE's World-Class Albany NanoTech Complex

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), a leading supplier of advanced three-dimensional AFM metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, announced today that its InSight™ 3D Atomic Force Microscope has been accepted by SEMATECH.

From Veeco 6 Jul 2009

Strasbaugh Announces Introduction of STB P300 CMP System at Semicon West

Strasbaugh (OTC Bulletin Board: STRB) announced today that its new STB P300 CMP system will be introduced at Semicon West in San Francisco, July 14-17, 2009. The P300 is the semiconductor industry's first CMP syst...

6 Jul 2009

Hitachi Introduces New Techniques in SEM, STEM, TEM and FIB

New techniques in SEM, STEM, TEM and FIB will be introduced by Hitachi High-Technologies at EMAG 2009.

6 Jul 2009

TSMC and CEA-Leti Signs Agreement on Maskless Lithography for IC Manufacturing

TSMC (TWSE: 2330; NYSE: TSM) and CEA-Leti, the leading French semiconductor research institute, signed an agreement today in which TSMC will join the new industrial program IMAGINE, led by CEA-Leti, on maskless lithograp...

From CEA-Leti 6 Jul 2009

Physicist Seeking Answers to a Persistent Problem Throughout Human History

A UQ physicist is seeking answers to a persistent problem throughout human history: how do I compute things? None, however, have had the same impact as what we today know as simply the computer, the harbinger of the digital age.

5 Jul 2009

OKI to Develop New LED-Related Businesses

OKI Electric Industry (TOKYO:6703) and OKI Data Corp., which markets under the OKI Printing Solutions brand today announced that the OKI Group will increase its LED (light-emitting diode) production for print heads used ...

5 Jul 2009