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UT Southwestern Whole Brain Microscopy Facility Acquires Latest Serial Two-Photon Laser Imaging

UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Texas Institute for Brain Injury and Repair (TIBIR) has acquired a pair of TissueCyte 1000 microscopes, the latest generation in serial two-photon laser imaging, as a centerpiece of its new Whole Brain Microscopy Facility.

20 Apr 2015

Kulicke & Soffa Joins A*STAR IME’s High-Density Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging Consortium

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. today announced they are joining A*STAR’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME)’s High-Density Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging (FOWLP) consortium, together with other major industry players.

20 Apr 2015

imec Awards Ovivo Contract to Provide Ultrapure Water Plant for New Nanoelectronics R&D Facility

Ovivo Inc. was awarded a contract to provide state of the art Ultrapure Water (UPW) plant for the new clean room facilities of the world-leading semiconductor research institute imec in Leuven, Belgium. The system is scheduled for delivery end 2015.

20 Apr 2015

Researchers Discover Previously Unknown Structure of ZIF-8 Metal-Organic Framework Compound

It is beyond imagination that one gram of a substance could have a surface area nearly as large as a soccer field. This, however, is true for compounds known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In the near future, MOFs are expected to be used for absorption and reliable storage of large volumes of gases (like hydrogen or carbon dioxide) or for separate gas mixtures.

20 Apr 2015

Scientists Simultaneously Observe Structure, Correlated Function of Specific Proteins Critical in DNA repair

By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have for the first time simultaneously observed the structure and the correlated function of specific proteins critical in the repair of DNA, providing definitive answers to some highly debated questions, and opening up new avenues of inquiry and exciting new possibilities for biological engineering.

20 Apr 2015

X-Ray Nano-Tomography Helps Observe Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst Behavior

A unique collaboration between catalyst researchers from Albemarle Corporation, Utrecht University and Stanford University has led to an innovative new method for observing fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst behavior at the nanoscale.

20 Apr 2015

Researchers Develop Concept of Protein Adaptor Based Nano-Object Assembly

The Freiburg researchers Dr. Andreas Schreiber and Dr. Matthias Huber, the head of their research group Dr. Stefan Schiller, and their colleagues at the University of Constance have developed the concept of protein adaptor based nano-object assembly (PABNOA).

20 Apr 2015

Researchers Use Mos2 Nano 'Sandwich' for Improved Rechargeable Batteries

A mechanical engineering research team from Kansas State University has discovered the solution for better cellphones and other rechargeable electronic gadgets by forming tiny nanosheet ‘sandwiches’.

20 Apr 2015

Combining Nano-Photonics with Ultracold Atoms Could Help Create New States of Matter

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ), the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and ICFO have suggested that combining the advantages of ultracold atoms and nano-photonics could help simulate quantum many-body systems and also create new states of matter.

20 Apr 2015

Suntech and TCNT Develop Low-Cost Carbon Nanotube Photovoltaic Module Frame

Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd. (Suntech) announced today that in partnership with Taiwan Carbon Nanotube Technology Corporation (TCNT), it has successfully developed the world's first low-cost and highly reliable carbon nanotube photovoltaic module frame. Suntech and TCNT have partnered together, merging Suntech's high-quality and high-efficient photovoltaic modules with TCNT's high-strength carbon nanotubes to deliver a new high-end, cost-saving technology to the solar industry.

17 Apr 2015

FlexEnable Joins the Graphene Flagship

FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible electronics, has announced its participation in the Graphene Flagship, the EU's biggest ever initiative in the field of graphene and related materials.

17 Apr 2015

April 2015 Marks 50th Anniversary of Moore's Law

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Moore's Law, an observation that every couple of years, computer chip manufacturers manage to squeeze twice as many transistors onto a computer chip. Moore’s Law embodies the exponential increase in raw computing power that unleashed a blizzard of tech innovations.

17 Apr 2015

New Market Reports on Global MEMS Accelerometer and MEMS Gyroscope Industries

ReportsnReports.com announces 2 new reports Global MEMS Accelerometer Industry Report 2015 and Global MEMS Gyroscope Industry Report 2015 added to its Semiconductor & Electronics category.

17 Apr 2015

NanoXplore Commences Production of Graphene Oxide in Industrial Quantities

Group NanoXplore Inc., a Montreal-based company specialising in the production and application of graphene and its derivative materials, announced today that it is producing Graphene Oxide in industrial quantities. The Graphene Oxide is being produced in the same 3 metric tonne per year facility used to manufacture NanoXplore's standard graphene grades and derivative products such as a unique graphite-graphene composite suitable for anodes in Li-ion batteries.

17 Apr 2015

Cascade Microtech Introduces MPEM Module for Testing Copper Interconnects with Nanoscale Geometries

Cascade Microtech, Inc. is introducing a new Multipurpose Electromigration (MPEM) module featuring an intuitive, full-featured test suite for predicting the lifetime and reliability of copper interconnects in modern integrated circuits. Cascade Microtech's new MPEM module offers researchers a broadly capable tool with multiple electromigration (EM) test applications in one convenient, low-cost, high-performance system.

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UT Southwestern Whole Brain Microscopy Facility Acquires Latest Serial Two-Photon Laser Imaging

Kulicke & Soffa Joins A*STAR IME’s High-Density Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging Consortium

imec Awards Ovivo Contract to Provide Ultrapure Water Plant for New Nanoelectronics R&D Facility

Researchers Discover Previously Unknown Structure of ZIF-8 Metal-Organic Framework Compound

Scientists Simultaneously Observe Structure, Correlated Function of Specific Proteins Critical in DNA repair

X-Ray Nano-Tomography Helps Observe Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst Behavior

Researchers Develop Concept of Protein Adaptor Based Nano-Object Assembly

Researchers Use Mos2 Nano 'Sandwich' for Improved Rechargeable Batteries

Combining Nano-Photonics with Ultracold Atoms Could Help Create New States of Matter

Suntech and TCNT Develop Low-Cost Carbon Nanotube Photovoltaic Module Frame

FlexEnable Joins the Graphene Flagship

April 2015 Marks 50th Anniversary of Moore's Law

New Market Reports on Global MEMS Accelerometer and MEMS Gyroscope Industries

NanoXplore Commences Production of Graphene Oxide in Industrial Quantities

Cascade Microtech Introduces MPEM Module for Testing Copper Interconnects with Nanoscale Geometries

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