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Nanometrics Releases Latest NanoCD Suite of Solutions for OCD Metrology

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology equipment, today announced the release of its latest NanoCD Suite of solutions for optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology. The new Na...

11 Mar 2009

New Battery Material Could Allow Quick Charging of Portable Devices

MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries -- for cell phones and other devices -- that could recharge in seconds rather than hours.

11 Mar 2009

Argonne National Laboratory Names New Director

Eric D. Isaacs, a prominent University of Chicago physicist and senior administrator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, has been selected to become the next director of Argonne. The appointment will be effective May 1, 2009.

From Argonne National Laboratory 11 Mar 2009

Eleven Leading European Ion-Beam Facilities Joined Together in the SPIRIT Network

Eleven leading European ion-beam facilities joined together in the SPIRIT* network. The network was officially launched at a kickoff-meeting on March 6, 2009, held at the research center Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) in Dresden/ Germany.

11 Mar 2009

Nanofluids that can Act as Smart Materials to Dissipate Heat Efficiently or Poorly

Department of Physics of the University of Milan shows that nanofluids can act as smart materials that can be switched on and off to dissipate heat efficiently or poorly. Heating and cooling are of cardinal importance to...

11 Mar 2009

Events to Draw Hundreds of Leading Scientists and Researchers to CNSE's Albany NanoTech

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany announced today that it will host three prestigious global nanotechnology conferences this year that will bring hundreds of ...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 11 Mar 2009

Discovery 'Proof of Principle' of the Existence of 'Spin Battery'

Researchers at the University of Miami and at the Universities of Tokyo and Tohoku, Japan, have been able to prove the existence of a "spin battery," a battery that is "charged" by applying a large magnetic field to nano-magnets in a device called a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ).

11 Mar 2009

Tools Enable Superior Verification Efficiency for MEMs-based Silicon Timing Solutions

Berkeley Design Automation Inc., today announced that SiTime Corporation, a leading provider of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) based silicon timing solutions has adopted the company's Analog FastSPICE(TM) unified verification platform including the AFS Nano SPICE simulator for verifying its advanced timing circuits.

10 Mar 2009

Thin Battery Technologies Expect toReach $250 Million in 2014

As much as ten times thinner than incumbent coin cell batteries and often constructed from flexible materials, thin battery technologies are introducing disruptive new design options for conventional energy storage applications.

10 Mar 2009

Qcept Technologies' NVD Inspection Solution Being Evaluated by Leading Memory IC Manufacturer for Sub-40-nm Applications

Qcept Technologies Inc. announced today that its ChemetriQ(R) non-visual defect (NVD) inspection solution is being evaluated by one of the world's leading memory manufacturers for use in its most advanced pilot-produ...

10 Mar 2009