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Oxford Instruments is Runner Up in New Product of the Year Award at 2009 BEEA

Oxford Instruments NanoScience Ultra Low Temperature engineering team achieved "highly commended" runners up place at the 2009 British Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony held at the Globe Theatre in London on Oct 1st, 2009. The award was made in the New Product of the Year (Mechanical) category for a Cryogen-free integrated dilution refrigerator TritonTM200 with magnet in recognition of the product design enhancements, cost reduction, first time pass rate and market growth achieved since the radical redesign project was implemented in July 2008.

From Oxford Instruments plc 13 Oct 2009

Nova Measuring Instruments Receives $5.5 million of Stand Alone Optical CD Bookings from Leading Foundries

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI) provider of leading edge stand-alone metrology and the market leader of integrated metrology solutions to the semiconductor process control market, today announced that it h...

13 Oct 2009

Multi-Million Contract for Development of World's Most Advanced Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Facility

The international engineering company M+W Zander has been awarded a contract for approximately 550 million Euro from GLOBALFOUNDRIES, the world's first truly global leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing company, t...

13 Oct 2009

Dow Corning Extends SiC Epitaxy Capabilities with Latest Generation AIXTRON Planetary Reactor

Dow Corning and AIXTRON AG today announced that Dow Corning is extending its SiC epitaxy capabilities with the latest generation AIXTRON Planetary Reactor platform AIX 2800G4 WW for 10x100 mm and future 6x150 mm SiC wafe...

From AIXTRON SE 12 Oct 2009

Discovery Offers New Insight into the Growth of Graphene Layers

Researchers analyzing the assembly of graphene (sheets of carbon only one atom thick) on a surface of iridium have found that the sheets grow by first forming tiny carbon domes. The discovery offers new insight into the growth of graphene layers and points the way to possible methods for assembling components of graphene-based computer circuits.

12 Oct 2009

SMARTHAND Rises to the Challenge of Manufacturing Artificial Limbs

Pioneering techniques in the manufacture of artificial limbs continue to emerge in Europe, and the SMARTHAND ('The smart bio-adaptive hand prosthesis') project has risen to the challenge.

9 Oct 2009

Researcher Wins 2009 Donald R. Ulrich Award for Sol-Gel Work

Dr. Rob Kreiter, working at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), has received the 2009 Donald R. Ulrich award for "an outstanding contribution to the field of Sol-Gel science and technology".

9 Oct 2009

UW Leaders Broke Ground on Nation's Largest Molecular Engineering Building

University of Washington leaders today officially broke ground on a molecular engineering building. "It's incredibly exciting to see the building become a reality," said Matthew O'Donnell, Frank + Julie Jungers Dean of the College of Engineering.

9 Oct 2009

Nanotechnology Breakthroughs Essential to Addressing World Issues

Nanotechnology breakthroughs will be essential in developing game-changing solutions to address world issues, such as energy shortages, environmental concerns and greater connectivity, said Alcoa

9 Oct 2009

Novel Technique Creates Nano Butterfly Wings

A team of researchers from the State University of Pennsylvania (USA) and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) have developed a technique to replicate biological structures, such as butterfly wings, on a nano scale. The resulting biomaterial could be used to make optically active structures, such as optical diffusers for solar panels.

8 Oct 2009