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Niobium-Based Superconducting Devices Could Lead to Smaller, More Efficient Linear Colliders “How much energy you can put into a particle per meter corresponds directly to how big the machine is,” says Steven Sibener, the Carl William Eisendrath Professor in Chemistry and the James Franck Institute at UChicago. This means that future accelerators must either grow to inconceivable sizes, at great costs, or they must somehow pump far more energy into each particle per meter of acceleration than modern technology will allow. Full Story |
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Near-Field Microscope that can Measure Optical Properties with a Spatial Resolution Scientists of the research group of Prof. Dr. Alfred Meixner and Dr. Dai Zhang from the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Tübingen have developed a near-field microscope that can measure the optical properties of e. g. semiconductor thin films with a spatial resolution and sensitivity long thought unachievable due to fundamental physical laws (diffraction limit). Full Story |
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Hiden Introduce Mass Spectrometer for Analysis of Fast Transient Gas Events Hiden Analytical introduce their Transient MS system specifically designed for the analysis of fast transient gas events at pressures near atmosphere. The compact benchtop system is founded on the Hiden HPR-20 QIC series gas analysers and features a purpose-designed fast response capillary inlet and the HAL/3F PIC mass spectrometer with pulse ion counting detector.
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Alcoa Calls on Businesses to Develop Sustainable Strategies Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and a diverse group representing 29 leading global companies across 14 industries today called on businesses around the world to develop strategies that would enable a global population of some 9 billion people to live well within the resources of the planet by 2050. Full Story |
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Control Gear Makes Excimer Lamps Easier to Integrate into Production Systems The DBD 300/110-240 DIM electronic control gear with its patented pulsed mode to operate VUV emitting Xeradex excimer lamps has been designed for the 30W to 300W performance range. Among the control gear’s innovations is the option of continuously variable regulation of its output from 10 to 100 percent, analogue control and read out. This makes it easier to integrate and adapt OSRAM’s Xeradex lamps in production systems – such as the surface treatment of semiconductor materials or in display or solar cell production. Full Story |
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Siemens Wins Contract to Supply Equipment to Upgrade Italian Steel Rolling Mill Feralpi Siderurgica SpA, based in Lonato (BS), Italy, has placed an order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies for a new intermediate mill for its rebar rolling mill No. 1. The plant will be able to roll billets with a larger cross-section when the modernization project has been completed in the fall of 2010. This will also increase its production capacity and widen its range of products. Full Story |
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BASF Maintain Commitment to R+D Spending In 2010, BASF again intends to maintain its research budget at the previous years’ high level, with an overall target of €1.38 billion. This was confirmed by Dr. Andreas Kreimeyer, Member of the Board of Executive Directors and Research Executive Director, at the company’s Research Press Conference today, January 28, 2010, in Ludwigshafen. Full Story |
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There is Still a Strong Demand for Old Style CRT TVs Many people may assume that conventional television sets and computer monitors — the kind that use picture tubes (technically known as cathode ray tubes, or CRTs) rather than flat panel screens — have virtually disappeared from the market, like buggy whips and 8-track cassette tapes. But a new MIT study reports that demand for these devices is still greater than the supply of old discarded CRTs, whose glass is recycled to make new ones. Full Story |
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Noliac Exhibit at Key Research Event Noliac’s distributor Ralf Stamm exhibited at the DESY/HASYLAB Users’ Meeting, benefiting from connecting with the European project participants as well as the scientific user community. An eye-catching booth attracted many visitors. Full Story |
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World's Most Accurate Atomic Clock Built from an Aluminum Atom Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world's most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom. Full Story |
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Third Generation Artificial Retina Could Restore Site to Millions Scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are now developing the electronics for a third-generation artificial retina as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project to produce an "epiretinal prosthesis" that could restore vision to millions of people around the world suffering from eye diseases. Full Story |
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DuPont Open Solar Energy Research Lab in Geneva DuPont opened the Meyrin Photovoltaic (PV) Application Laboratory at the European Technical Center in Meyrin, Switzerland, this week to meet the needs of the fast-growing solar energy market. This lab expands capabilities at the leading European R&D hub for DuPont teams developing next-generation products. Full Story |
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LayTec Develop the Ultimate Temperature Calibration Tool LayTec has now developed the ultimate temperature calibration tool for its EpiTT, EpiTwinTT and EpiCurve®TT tools: the AbsoluT. The new instrument is designed for on-site use in AIXTRON Planetary® and CRIUS reactors. It performs temperature calibration inside the MOCVD chamber through the original viewport without any sophisticated alignment and with unrivaled accuracy. Full Story |
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Michelman Scientists Use Malvern Rheometer to Develop Market Leading Coatings Scientists at Michelman, Inc., a global supplier of water-based surface modifiers, polymers and coatings, are using a rotational rheometer from Malvern Instruments to tailor products for the exacting demands of the company’s diverse customer base. Through detailed characterization of the rheological response of a formulation, the team can develop cost-effective coating solutions which behave in a well-defined way during storage, application and drying. Full Story |
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Linkam Microscope Heating Stage to Feature in BBC Documentary Linkam users, Kathy Groves and her team at Leatherhead Food Research have been filming with the BBC as part of a documentary to be aired in March. The documentary discusses the role of diet in evolution. Along with many recent TV documentaries, it is comparing the diets of previous generations with the modern day's human diet. Full Story |
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Plastic Paint Tin Alternative Wins Award for LINPAC LINPAC Viscount, the division of LINPAC Group serving the Asia Pacific region, has received the ‘Dulux Australia Supplier Excellence Award’ in the much sought-after DuluxGroup Supplier of the Year Awards 2009. The win follows the division’s introduction of its tinplate-replacement plastic Nupail paint container – incorporating innovative Paint Skinning Adhesion Technology. Full Story |
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Nanosight Launch New Nanoparticle Characterisation System NanoSight, manufacturers of unique nanoparticle characterisation technology, announces the release of the NS500 system. The NS500 incorporates new hardware and software to deliver NanoSight’s growing capability in particle-by-particle characterisation in an automated package. Full Story |
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Vertical Nanowires Could be Used to Step from Micro to Nanoelectronics Currently, researchers are working hard to find new approaches to overcome the physical limits on downscaling and integration of microchips. One such concept is to fabricate a completely new transistor architecture in three-dimensions. In this concept, instead of arranging them flat on the substrate the silicon transistors are turned by 90 degrees so that they stick out of the chip substrate like tiny columns. In this way, numerous vertical transistors could be built on the area normally occupied by only one planar transistor. This would finally be the step from micro to nanoelectronics. Full Story |
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VDMA to Focus on Photovoltaics Production Equipment VDMA's Photovoltaic Equipment Forum has appointed a steering committee consisting of well-known industry representatives at the beginning of this year. The steering committee will focus on further concentrating the interests of VDMA members involved in photovoltaics production equipment. Full Story |
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OSRAM Creates New Web Site Dedicated to LED Lighting The new LED Light Site from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is the leading information source on all things LED. On the online platform, customers can find news, technical information, support and tools in connection with LED lighting solutions in the fields of architectural, shop, outdoor and indoor lighting. Full Story |
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New High Load Piezo Linear Motors on Ceramic Runners for Nanopositioners from PI PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. introduces the new N-216 NEXLINE®® high-load piezo linear motors. These ultra-precision nanopositioning actuators provide travel ranges to 20 mm and push / pull forces to 600 N (130 lb). The operating principle is based on coordinated motion of a number of highly preloaded linear and shear piezo elements acting on a ceramic runner. Full Story |
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