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Detector Units Assembled for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Experiment

On Dec. 6, working nearly a mile underground in the cleanest space in South Dakota, Ryan Martin of Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Science Division (NSD) assembled the first of 70 detector units for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR experiment. Each unit consists of a polished slice of pure germanium crystal the size of a hockey puck, attached to an electronics board on a wafer-thin disk of fused silica.

20 Dec 2012

GSA Names CSR as Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company

CSR plc, today announced that it has been named “Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company” by the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA). The GSA is a non-profit semiconductor organisation, founded in 1994, to be the voice of the global semiconductor industry.

20 Dec 2012

USPTO Allows Rubicon Patent for Ultra-Flat, High-Throughput Wafer Lapping Process

Rubicon Technology, Inc., a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, semiconductor, and optical industries, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed Rubicon’s patent application entitled, “Ultra-Flat, High-Throughput Wafer Lapping Process.”

20 Dec 2012

Houston BBVA Compass Stadium Utilizes LEXAN THERMOCLICK Polycarbonate Sheets

When Houston's new BBVA Compass Stadium opened this year, Houston Dynamo fans were welcomed with a brilliant display of the soccer team's distinctive orange brand featured on enclosed entrances with a vibrant shade of LEXAN™ THERMOCLICK™ sheet from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business. This new, state-of-the-art, open-air stadium is the first U.S. stadium to utilize polycarbonate (PC) LEXANTHERMOCLICKsheet productfor its enclosed entrance façade. Enhanced design freedom and a brilliant orangecolorprovided bySABIC’s50-mm

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 20 Dec 2012

Metcar Introduces Silver Impregnated, Carbon-Graphite Material for Electrical Applications

Metallized Carbon Corporation, a global leader in the manufacture of oil-free, self-lubricating, carbon-graphite materials for severe service lubrication applications, announces that it produces Silver Metcar, a silver impregnated, carbon-graphite material useful for electrical applications that require low resistance, low voltage drop, and low electrical noise.

From Metcar (Metallized Carbon Corporation) 20 Dec 2012

Micatu Relocates Business Operations to Ceramics Corridor Innovation Center

Micatu, Inc. provider of next generation optical based sensors, measurement and biomedical instruments, announced today the relocation of its business operations to the Ceramics Corridor Innovation Center (CCIC). The new facility, located at 109 Canada Road, Painted Post, New York, 14870, will accommodate the companyʼs staff expansion to meet the companyʼs recent growth within the Oncology medical instrumentation markets.

20 Dec 2012

Multitest Paper to Focus on Issues in 3D IC Assembly at European 3D TSV Summit

Multitest, a designer and manufacturer of final test handlers, contactors and load boards used by integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) and final test subcontractors worldwide, is proud to present a paper during the European 3D TSV Summit (Grenoble - Jan 22-23, 2013).

20 Dec 2012

Novel Charge Detector for Ion Chromatography Awarded U.S. Patent

The University of Texas at Arlington and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced that they have been granted a United States patent (#8,293,099) for a novel charge detector for ion chromatography that they developed together. The invention has been commercialized as the Thermo Scientific Dionex QD detector, which was introduced in March 2012 at the Pittcon Conference and Expo.

20 Dec 2012

New Generation Infrared Camera For The Canadian Forces Developed By ABB

With a new contract, ABB will develop an advanced helmet-mounted camera system, leveraging SWIR technology for enhanced military operational effectiveness.

From ABB Measurement and Analytics Analytical Products 19 Dec 2012

Brooks Receives IECEx Certification for SolidSense II Pressure Transducers

Brooks Instrument, a world-leading provider of advanced flow, pressure, vacuum and level solutions, has received International Electrotechnical Commission (IECEx) certification for its SolidSense II pressure transducers.

19 Dec 2012

CCI Thermal Technologies Inc. Announce The Acquisition Of The Assets Of Fastrax® Industries Inc

CCI Thermal Technologies Inc., a leader in advanced heating and filtration solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the assets of Fastrax® Industries Inc., located in Denver, Colorado. Fastrax® is the...

19 Dec 2012

Springer and National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) to Collaborate on New Book Series on NIMS Monographs

Springer and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan will partner to publish a new book series NIMS Monographs. The series will publish titles on major and advanced research themes of the research i...

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 19 Dec 2012

Sandia Launches Sustainability Innovation Foundry

Sandia National Laboratories has launched a Sustainability Innovation Foundry that combines labs-wide resource conservation with efforts to turn research in fields related to sustainability into business opportunities.

From Sandia National Laboratories 19 Dec 2012

ARBURG Reduces Energy Consumption with IBM Infrastructure

IBM today announced that ARBURG GmbH + Co KG, a leading manufacturer of injection molding machines used to make plastic products, reduced its energy consumption for servers by 80 percent and for storage by 25 percent with its new IBM infrastructure.

From Arburg GmbH 19 Dec 2012

Legacy Electronics Becomes CMTL-Approved Memory Supplier for Intel NUC

Design engineers and system integrators working with Intel’s Desktop Boards Next Unit of Computing (NUC) family, previewed in June of this year, should know that Legacy Electronics is the first memory supplier to be INTEL® Advanced Tested through CMTL for this platform. Using an Intel® Core™ i3 processor on a 4-by-4-inch motherboard, the NUC is surprisingly small in size and an ideal engine for digital signage, kiosks, home theater systems and intelligent devices for small spaces.

19 Dec 2012