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KLA-Tencor Acquires Microelectronic Inspection Equipment of Vistec Semiconductor

KLA-Tencor Corporation today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the Microelectronic Inspection Equipment (MIE) business unit of Vistec Semiconductor Systems. The MIE business unit of Vistec is headquarter...

From Vistec Electron Beam 1 Oct 2008

New Platform Enables Rapid Cost-Effective Analysis of Entire Genomes

Applied Biosystems today announced a new genomic analysis platform, the SOLiD(TM) 3 System, that is expected to enable scientists to sequence a human genome for approximately $10,000. Significant cost-reduction and produ...

1 Oct 2008

On-Demand Presentation and Application Note on SELS in Combination with GPC

Viscotek has announced an on-demand presentation (http://www.viscotek.com/gpcsels.aspx) and application note that describes a new light scattering technique that could be very helpful in Gel Permeation Chromatography (GP...

1 Oct 2008

Nanoscale Carbon Materials Researchers Presented with 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics

Dr. Phaedon Avouris of IBM and Professor Tony Heinz of Columbia University were presented with the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics on 27 September 2008 during a day-long forum at Harvard University, attend...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 1 Oct 2008

Ecliptek MEMS Spread Spectrum Oscillators Greatly Reduce Cost and Lead Time

Ecliptek Corporation announces the expansion of their EMO(TM) family of MEMS oscillator products to include a new MEMS spread spectrum low EMI output surface mount oscillator, the EMS series.

1 Oct 2008

STMicroelectronics Introduces First Automotive-Qualified Three-Axis MEMS Accelerometer

STMicroelectronics, a world leader in MEMS, has introduced its first automotive-qualified three-axis MEMS accelerometer. The new device is qualified to AEC-Q100 for automotive applications, fully leveraging its proven 20...

From STMicroelectronics 1 Oct 2008

Scientists at RTI to Develop Next Generation of Thermoelectric Materials

Scientists at RTI are teaming up with several leading universities and a major aerospace company to develop the next generation of thermoelectric materials - revolutionary technologies that can efficiently convert heat d...

1 Oct 2008

SEMATECH Receives Best Paper Award for Work High-K Metal Gates

SEMATECH announced today that it has received the Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM) Best Paper Award for its work on reliability of high-k metal gates. The paper was presented at the International Conference on So...

1 Oct 2008

Silica Micro-Tube Networks using Organogel and Silane-Based Precursor

Liming Tang and colleagues from Tsinghua University in China, have prepared functional silica micro-tube networks (MTN) using an organogel as a template and a silane-based precursor, via a simple procedure.

1 Oct 2008

UQ to Provide First-Class Imaging of Animals, Plants and Materials

UQ's cutting edge technology has expanded with the acquisition of an Australian first animal scanner system, part of a new National Imaging Facility (NIF). Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry ...

1 Oct 2008

Team of German Researchers to Receive Honda Prize 2008

The Honda Foundation, co-founded by Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro Honda, and currently headed by Hiromori Kawashima, is pleased to announce the Honda Prize for the year 2008 will be awarded to a German team of researchers of electron microscopy led by Dr. Maximilian Haider, Dr. Harald Rose, and Dr. Knut Urban.

1 Oct 2008