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New Memory Storage Medium that Can Pack Thousands of Times More Data

When it comes to data storage, density and durability have always moved in opposite directions - the greater the density the shorter the durability. For example, information carved in stone is not dense but can last thousands of years, whereas today's silicon memory chips can hold their information for only a few decades.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 4 Jun 2009

Keeping the Fragile States of Quantum Bits Stable for as Long as Possible

As early as 2007 the physicist Prof. Dr. Götz S. Uhrig, chair holder of Theoretical Physics I at TU Dortmund, devised a method to keep the fragile states of quantum bits stable for as long as possible. The method is...

4 Jun 2009

SEMATECH to Host Workshop on 3D Interconnect Metrology

To gain a better understanding of how new and existing wafer metrology technologies can be used, modified, or enhanced to measure and improve 3D interconnect processes, SEMATECH will host a workshop dedicated to 3D Inter...

4 Jun 2009

SUSS MicroTec Launches New Illumination System Designed for All Generations of Mask Aligners

SUSS MicroTec, a leading supplier of equipment solutions for 3D Integration, MEMS, Advanced Packaging and Nanotechnology markets, launches with the MO Exposure Optics a new illumination system designed for all generation...

From SUSS MicroTec AG 4 Jun 2009

NIST Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Entanglement

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated entanglement-a phenomenon peculiar to the atomic-scale quantum world-in a mechanical system similar to those in the macroscopic ev...

3 Jun 2009

Bringing CMOS Photonics to Mainstream Markets

Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, today announced its collaboration with Freescale Semiconductor as its foundry source to achieve production of the world's first commercial Silicon CMOS Photonics semiconductor manufacturing process.

From Cisco Systems, Inc. 3 Jun 2009

SCHOTT Solar Enters into a 3 Year Research Partnership with IMEC

SCHOTT Solar, a leading photovoltaics manufacturer, entered into a 3 year research partnership with IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research center. SCHOTT Solar joins IMEC's newly launched sil...

From IMEC 3 Jun 2009

Nanostructures in Metal Moving Liquid Uphill

In nature, trees pull vast amounts of water from their roots up to their leaves hundreds of feet above the ground through capillary action, but now scientists at the University of Rochester have created a simple slab of metal that lifts liquid using the same principle-but does so at a speed that would make nature envious.

2 Jun 2009

Revolutionary Ultrasonic Nanotechnology Helping Scientists Diagnose Serious Illnesses

Revolutionary ultrasonic nanotechnology that could allow scientists to see inside a patient's individual cells to help diagnose serious illnesses is being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham. ...

2 Jun 2009

Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Chooses Carl Zeiss to Supply Suite of Advanced Microscopes

The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) of North Carolina A+T State University (NC A+T) and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) has chosen Carl Zeiss SMT to be the supplier of a state-of-the-art suite of advanced charged-particle-beam microscopes.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 2 Jun 2009