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Spider Webs May be Strong Enough to Stop Moving Trains

In Spiderman 2, the superhero uses his webbing to bring a runaway train to a standstill moments before it plummets over the end of the track. But could a material with the strength and toughness of spiders' web really stop four crowded subway cars? According to University of Leicester physics students, the answer is yes.

26 Feb 2013

Micron’s Avezzano Semiconductor Fabrication Facility to be Acquired by LFoundry

Micron Technology, Inc. and LFoundry today announced that the companies have entered into agreements for LFoundry to acquire Micron Technology Italia, Srl. and all of its semiconductor fabrication facility assets in Avezzano, Italy.

26 Feb 2013

GeneSiC Debuts High-Temperature Capable Silicon Carbide Junction Transistors

GeneSiC Semiconductor, a pioneer and global supplier of a broad range of Silicon Carbide (SiC) power semiconductors today announces the immediate availability of a family of 1700V and 1200 V SiC Junction Transistors.

26 Feb 2013

US Freedom Bio Fuels Offers Hydrogen Boost Systems and Waste Oil Furnaces

US Freedom Bio Fuels LLC, an industry leader of biodiesel processing systems since 2008, announced today that they have expanded their product line to include hydrogen boost systems and waste oil furnaces.

26 Feb 2013

Touch Panel Transparent Conductive Film Market Anticipated to Reach $4.8 Billion by 2019

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Touch Panel Transparent Conductive Film: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, Nanotechnology, 2013 to 2019" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 26 Feb 2013

New Technique to Analyse PCBM Material Used in Polymer Photovoltaic Cells

Engineers and scientists from the University of Sheffield have pioneered a new technique to analyse PCBM, a material used in polymer photovoltaic cells, obtaining details of the structure of the material which will be vital to improving the cell's efficiency. The findings are published in Applied Physics Letters.

26 Feb 2013

Leica Announce New HD Microscope Cameras

Easy to use, fast live images, brilliant results – microscope users achieve all of this and more with the new Leica MC120 HD and MC170 HD cameras. Leica Microsystems gets right to the heart of today's requirements for innovative image management and expands its extensive high-definition product range for industry and research.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 26 Feb 2013

Woodhead Publishing Release Handbook Of Solid-State Lasers

Solid-state lasers which offer multiple desirable qualities, including enhanced reliability, robustness, efficiency and wavelength diversity, are absolutely indispensable for many applications. The Handbook of solid-stat...

25 Feb 2013

NASA's Administrator Tours National Center for Advanced Manufacturing Rapid Prototyping Facility

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden toured Friday a cutting-edge facility at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center where high-tech manufacturing is creating parts for a next-generation rocket that will launch astronauts to the most distant destinations ever.

25 Feb 2013

Asahi Glass to Set up Chemical Strengthening Facility for Smart Phone Specialty Glass

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (hereinafter AGC) will newly set up a chemical strengthening facility for Dragontrail (TM), specialty glass used as cover glass for smart phones and tablet PCs, at its Kansai Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

25 Feb 2013

Global Lithium-Ion Battery Market Forecast to Double by 2016

The global lithium-ion battery market was worth $11.7 billion in 2012 and is expected to double by 2016, according to Frost & Sullivan. This will happen despite the recent issues experienced by Boeing, and despite Airbus' decision to abandon these batteries. In fact, these incidents may affect the demand only in the short-term.

25 Feb 2013

Innovative Products to Improve Performance of Diesel Engines

Many people today have made the decision to purchase a vehicle with a Duramax or Cummins diesel engine. These engines are well-known for their high performance capabilities and advanced features, and vehicle buyers know they will enjoy a powerful driving experience with these engines.

25 Feb 2013

Verification Intellectual Property TSC Member Receives Accellera Technical Excellence Award

Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera) announced today that Janick Bergeron, a member of the Verification Intellectual Property (VIP) Technical Subcommittee (TSC), is the recipient of the second annual Accellera Technical Excellence Award.

25 Feb 2013

Soitec, Sumitomo Electric Enter Technology Agreement for Manufacture of Engineered GaN Substrates

Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., a leading worldwide provider of compound semiconductor materials, have signed a licensing and technology-transfer agreement under which Sumitomo Electric will use Soitec's proprietary Smart Cut™ technology to manufacture engineered gallium nitride (GaN) substrates.

25 Feb 2013

Toshiba Presents Low-Power Technology for Embedded SRAM at ISSCC 2013

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the development of an innovative low-power technology for embedded SRAM for application in smart phones and other mobile products.

25 Feb 2013