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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

AIXTRON Receives Order for MOCVD System from CAS

AIXTRON AG, a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, announced today that the Institute of Semiconductors of The Chinese Academy of Sciences, located in Beijing, PR China, has placed an o...

From AIXTRON SE 2 Jun 2009

Research Enables Greater Number of Proteins to be Tested by Simulations and Experiments Simultaneously

A new method to induce protein folding by taking the pressure off of proteins is up to 100 times faster than previous methods, and could help guide more accurate computer simulations for how complex proteins fold.

1 Jun 2009