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IMEC Announces Collaboration with Replisaurus on 3D Integration Research

S.E.T. Smart Equipment Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Replisaurus Technologies and a leading supplier of high accuracy die-to-die (D2D), die-to-wafer (D2W) bonding and nanoimprint lithography solutions, announc...

From IMEC 13 Jan 2009

Stanford University Launches $100 Million Research Institute to Focusing on Energy Issues

Recognizing that energy is at the heart of many of the world's tribulations - economic, environmental and political - Stanford is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus intently on energy issues, President John Hennessy announced today. The $100 million in new funds will enable the hiring of additional faculty and support new graduate students, in addition to the more than $30 million in yearly funding now spent on energy research.

12 Jan 2009

Investigators Seek Better Understanding of Fine Particulate Matter Found in Houston Region's Emissions

Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the University of Houston is hot on their trails. Investigator Shan...

12 Jan 2009

RainDance Technologies to Present "Biology in Pico-Liter Droplets"

Darren R. Link, Ph.D., of RainDance Technologies, Inc., will present "Biology in Pico-Liter Droplets," a discussion of the commercialization of the use of picoliter droplets in microfluidic channels for applica...

From Bio-Rad Laboratories India Pvt. Ltd. 12 Jan 2009

Grabbing and Removing Living Cells from Hard-to-Reach Places

In experiments that pave the way for tiny mobile surgical tools activated by heat or chemicals, Johns Hopkins researchers have invented dust-particle-size devices that can be used to grab and remove living cells from har...

12 Jan 2009

Vistec Announces Collaboration Focusing on Design-for-E-Beam Solutions for 45 and 32-nm Nodes

E-beam supplier Vistec, along with semiconductor research group CEA/Leti, and emerging design and software company D2S, today announced a collaboration focused on refining and validating advanced design-for-e-beam (DFEB)...

From Vistec Electron Beam 12 Jan 2009

DOE Approves Construction of State-of-the-Art National Synchrotron Light Source II

To advance its science mission that focuses on critical national challenges, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the construction start of the state-of-the-art National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

12 Jan 2009

Seminar Discusses Recent Developments in Nanowire Sensors

Nanoscale electronic devices have the potential to achieve exquisite sensitivity as sensors for the direct detection of molecular interactions, thereby decreasing diagnostics costs and enabling previously impossible sens...

12 Jan 2009

University of Michigan and GM Open Advanced Battery Research Lab

Engineers at the University of Michigan have formalized an important relationship with General Motors to accelerate the design and testing of advanced batteries for electric vehicles.

12 Jan 2009

Members of Intel Logic Technology Development Group Named 2008 Recipients of SEMI Award for North America

SEMI today announced the recipients of the 2008 SEMI Award for North America and the association's highest honor for technical contribution to the semiconductor industry -- the Lifetime Achievement Award. The industry honors will be presented during a reception at the Industry Strategy Symposium in Half Moon Bay, California on Tuesday, January 13, 2009.

12 Jan 2009

Aspen Aerogels and Samsung Signs Cooperative Sales Agreement

Aspen Aerogels Inc. and Samsung America Inc. have signed a cooperative sales agreement under which Samsung will market and sell Aspen Aerogels' thermal insulation products to the concentrated solar thermal industry in the U.S. and Europe. Samsung also will market Aspen products to other energy related areas as well as petrochemical applications in selected geographies.

12 Jan 2009