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Vishay Introduces Thin Film Technology-Based Precision MELF Resistor Sample Kits

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is now offering laboratory sample kits that put popular values for its precision MELF resistors at designers' fingertips to simplify prototyping and speed time to market for a wide range of electronic systems.

13 Dec 2012

RTCs Enable Solar Industry to Assess Large-Scale Photovoltaic Energy Systems

Sandia National Laboratories is advancing viable, low-carbon power through collaborating on five U.S. Regional Test Centers (RTCs) where industry can assess the performance, reliability and bankability of large-scale photovoltaic energy systems.

From Sandia National Laboratories 13 Dec 2012

Researchers Synthesize Rare Substance with Anti-Cancer Effects in Chinese Medicinal Herb

In science's equivalent of ascending Mt. Everest, researchers are reporting success in one of the most difficult challenges in synthetic chemistry — a field in which scientists reproduce natural and other substances from jars of chemicals in a lab. The feat, reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, involved synthesis of a rare substance with promising in vitro anti-cancer effects found naturally in tiny amounts in a Chinese medicinal herb.

13 Dec 2012

Owens Design Introduces 450mm Version of Atlas Metrology Automation Platform

Owens Design Inc., a leading design and manufacturing service provider to the semiconductor, data storage and solar capital equipment markets, today expanded its Atlas metrology automation platform offering with the introduction of a 450mm version. Designed to address the semiconductor industry's emerging need for 450mm evaluation platforms, Owens Design's new offering provides semiconductor OEMs with a customizable 450mm metrology automation solution that will significantly reduce their development costs and time to market.

13 Dec 2012

Rudolph Introduces 2X Reduction Stepper Total Lithography System for Advanced Packaging

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (“Rudolph” or the “Company”), a leading provider of process characterization equipment and software for wafer fabs and advanced packaging facilities, announced today that it has entered the back-end advanced packaging lithography market with the new JetStep™ Lithography System, a disruptive innovation featuring a 2X reduction stepper.

From Onto Innovation 13 Dec 2012

Dantec Trebles Sales of Composite Hoses in the Marine Sector

Merseyside based composite hose manufacturer Dantec is reporting a trebling of sales in the marine sector over the last 12 months.

13 Dec 2012

Polyurethane Polymer Foam Slows Blood Loss in Victims of Internal Hemorrhaging

The Department of Defense’s medical system aspires to a standard known as the “Golden Hour” that dictates that troops wounded on the battlefield are moved to advanced-level treatment facilities within the first 60 minutes of being wounded.

13 Dec 2012

DEStech Publishes Fourth Volume of Advances in Composite Materials

DEStech Publications, Inc. announces the publication of Volume 4: Failure in Composites, edited by Dr. Anthony Waas and Dr. Bhavani Sankar. Dr. Michael Hyer is the managing editor.

From DEStech Publications 13 Dec 2012

Tezzaron Enhances 3D Memory Production with Patented Ziptronix DBI Technologies

Ziptronix, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with Tezzaron Semiconductor for the use of patents regarding Ziptronix’s direct bonding technologies, ZiBond™ and DBI®.

13 Dec 2012

Prestigious Academic Research Prize Presented By Morgan Ceramics CEO

The 2012 Brook Prize honors Dr. Bai Cui for his exceptional PhD work on MAX ceramics, highlighting his contributions to materials science and engineering.

From Morgan Advanced Materials 12 Dec 2012

Review Article Describes The Polymer MPC's Medical And Biological Potential

In their recently published review article in the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Yasuhiko Iwasaki at Kansai University and Kazuhiko Ishihara at the University of Tokyo describe how developments in synthesi...

12 Dec 2012

New Lubrication Technology Series From Dow Corning

For more than 60 years, global customers have trusted the Molykote® brand from Dow Corning for performance and expertise to solve or prevent virtually any lubrication problem and to save energy. Now, subscribers t...

From Dow Corning 12 Dec 2012

Automotive Composite Material From TenCate

TenCate Advanced Composites has been successful in qualifying to supply carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite material for a leading global automotive customer. Now that the customer-specific development phase ...

From Toray Advanced Composites 12 Dec 2012

GM Presents Supplier Quality Excellence Award to Global Automotive Systems

Global Automotive Systems (GAS) has announced that its Metal Systems of Canada operations, located in Dundalk, Ontario, has been recognized by General Motors (GM) for exceptional quality performance. During a ceremony at the facility, GM presented the esteemed Supplier Quality Excellence Award to employees.

12 Dec 2012

Suntron Joins Collaborative, Open-Environment EDGE Innovation Network

Suntron Corporation announced today it has joined the EDGE® Innovation Network, a collaborative, open-environment initiative enabling industry and academia, with government input, to work together to enhance the delivery cycle of new technologies and innovative capabilities to warfighters and first responders.

12 Dec 2012