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Solvay Joins Holst Centre Research Program on Systems-in-Foil

The international chemical and pharmaceutical group Solvay today signs an agreement to become part of the research network of Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by IMEC (Belgium) and TNO (The Netherlands).

24 Oct 2008

Water-Soluble Organic Electronic Materials that Spontaneously Assemble Themselves into Wires

From pacemakers constructed of materials that so closely mimic human tissues that a patient's body can't discern the difference to devices that bypass injured spinal cords to restore movement to paralyzed limbs, the possibilities presented by organic electronics read like something from a science fiction novel.

24 Oct 2008

Scientists Store and Retrieve Data Inside an Atom

Another step towards quantum computing - the Holy Grail of data processing and storage - was achieved when an international team of scientists that included researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) were able to successfully store and retrieve information using the nucleus of an atom.

24 Oct 2008

0.11 Micron CMOS Image Sensor Process Technology Successfully Developed by SMIC

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced that it has successfully developed a 0.11 micron CMOS image sensor (CIS) process technology....

From Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) 23 Oct 2008

Global Market for Lithium Batteries Expected to Register Robust Growth

Penetration of battery technologies in developing countries, together with the spiraling popularity of consumer electronic devices, mobile communication equipment, medical applications and personal computers/laptops are ...

From Global Industry Analysts 23 Oct 2008

Market for Microscopes is Set for Significant Growth

Technology integration, marking the convergence of information technology and digital imaging, is expected to change standard laboratories into advanced research centers. Current innovations in the microscopy industry ar...

From Global Industry Analysts 23 Oct 2008

China's First Zinc Oxide Nanorod Field-Effect Transistor

Recently, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod field-effect transistor (FET), the first of its kind as a nano device in China, was successfully fabricated by scientists with the CAS Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IME).

23 Oct 2008

Thin-Film Thermoelectric Coolers Get Smaller and More Powerful with Technology Advances

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, the leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry, today announced the availability of the OptoCooler HV series, a new class of RoHS-compliant high vo...

23 Oct 2008

Presentation to Address 600 Percent Increase in Tool Production at 300mm Fab

Leaders of the chip making industry have assembled in Austin, Texas this week to examine, in part, equipment productivity at the ISMI Symposium On Manufacturing Effectiveness, including details presented by Dennis J. Bonciolini -- the CTO of CyberOptics Semiconductor -- of a 300mm fab's implementation of wireless machine-vision devices to teach robot wafer-transfer coordinates and improve tool production time 600 percent.

23 Oct 2008

GE Makes its Sixth Investment in Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturer

GE is recharging the electrification of transportation by making its sixth equity investment in lithium-ion battery manufacturer A123Systems. GE invested $30 million in A123's $102 million Series E financing, making ...

23 Oct 2008