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Imec and Infineon Cooperate on 79 GHz CMOS Radar Sensor Chips for the Automotive Industry

Compact, low power, cost-efficient radar chip solution to advance highly automated driving The world-leading nanoelectronics research center imec and semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTC...

From IMEC 24 May 2016

Imec and Holst Centre Present Multi-Standard Low-Power Wide-Area Radio Chip

New Low-Power Radio Chip for Long-Range Connectivity in sensor networks and Future Cellular IoT Applications

From IMEC 24 May 2016

3D-Micromac Shows Highly Productive microCELL™ Laser Systems at SNEC 2016

Innovative laser system solutions enable a step up to higher levels of cell efficiency and improved module performance classes.

From 3D-Micromac AG 24 May 2016

5D Hyperspectral Mapping with Microscopic Spatial Resolution

CRAIC Technologies introduces 5D Hyperspectral Mapping™ (5DM™) software. This gives a user the ability to map the UV-visible-NIR absorbance, reflectance or fluorescence spectral response, point-by-point, with microscopic spatial resolution.

From CRAIC Technologies 24 May 2016

Physicists Find New Way of Designing Artificial Spin Ices with Controllable Magnetic Ordered States

The first rewriteable synthetic magnetic charge ice has been developed by physicists from the University of Notre Dame and their collaborators. The study, explained today in a paper published in Science, suggests huge potential for technological applications right from reprogrammable magnonics and information encoding to spintronics.

23 May 2016

TA Instruments Announces a Unique Online Practical Training Series

TA Instruments is pleased to announce the first in a series of all new online practical scientific training courses. The first course premieres June 1st, 2016. The inaugural course, A Practical Approach to Thermal Analy...

From TA Instruments 23 May 2016

EPSRC to Fund New Projects Aiming to Improve Complex Formulation Processes

New research projects that aim to improve the complex formulation processes used to manufacture products such as toothpastes, inhalers, films that coat solar cells and pharmaceuticals are to receive significant funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

23 May 2016

Quick and Easy – Order Michell RH Products Online

Michell’s new web shop – www.michellonline.com/eu – is now open for business, giving customers in Europe a quick and simple way to order and pay securely for a comprehensive range of relative humidity transmitters.

From Michell Instruments Ltd 23 May 2016

MIT Researchers Propose New Approach that Could Resolve Strength-Ductility Tradeoff in Metal Alloys

Since the beginning of Bronze Age, 7,000 years ago, the development of novel metallic alloys was mostly a trial-and-error method. Usually, a single metal component was always believed to be the dominant factor, with other constituents merely making up a part of the recipe.

23 May 2016

SIFSIX MOFs are Better Alternatives to Conventional Plastic Manufacturing

Plastic manufacturing is a process that consumes significant amounts of energy. Research conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has discovered a way to decrease the energy demand in one major step of manufacturing plastic by making use of a group of materials, which can filter impurities more effectively compared to traditional manufacturing process.

23 May 2016

Sandia’s Research on Thin Films Could Influence Nuclear Research and Development

Paul Vianco of Sandia National Laboratories believes his research on thin films can boost the U.S. industry by influencing R&D based on nuclear weapons.

23 May 2016

Clariant to Develop Catalysts to Enable Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins Technology

One of the world’s top chemical companies, Clariant has signed an agreement with Gevo to devise a new catalyst for Gevo’s ETO technology. Gevo’s advanced ETO technology utilizes ethanol as a feedstock, producing custom-made combinations of isobutylene, propylene, and hydrogen that are useful standalone molecules, or as feedstocks to produce commodity plastics, diesel fuel, and similar products that would serve as reliable substitutes for their fossil-based equivalent products.

20 May 2016

NMI Awards Mark World Metrology Day

The National Measurement Institute has marked World Metrology Day by recognising the outstanding achievements in metrology of two Australian researchers. NMI CEO Dr Peter Fisk said the 2016 recipients of the institute...

20 May 2016

Automotive Lighting Industry Growth is Driven by the Introduction of Disruptive Technologies and Consumer Behavior Changes

Car is not a simple mode of transportation anymore. In addition to security and autonomous driving features, car manufacturers are considering more and more functionalities to propose vehicles as custom and fashion item.

20 May 2016

Sabic Invests in Innovative Chemistry and Inaugurates State-of-the-Art Research Centre in Geleen, The Netherlands.

On 19 May 2016 SABIC inaugurated a new research facility at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen. The official opening was done by the Governor of the Limburg Province Theo Bovens and Peter Borman, Director Regional Technology Affairs Europe at SABIC.

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 20 May 2016