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Siemens to Sell Joint Venture Company to Fujitsu

Siemens AG and Fujitsu Limited today announced that Fujitsu will acquire Siemens’ 50 percent share in their joint venture Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC). The purchase price will be approximately €450 million....

4 Nov 2008

New Strain Measurement Methods Tests Flexibility of Semiconductors

University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and physicists have developed a method of measuring how strain affects thin films of silicon that could lay the foundation for faster flexible electronics. Silicon is the ind...

4 Nov 2008

Scientists Overcome Major Challenges Facing Solar Energy

No matter which way you look at it, the notion of harvesting energy from the sun to power our homes and businesses is more absorbing than ever.

4 Nov 2008

Surrey Nanosystems Extend Thin Film Deposition Capabilities at NIMP

Surrey NanoSystems will be extending the possibilities of research into thin film deposition following a sputtering tool order from the Low Dimensional Systems Laboratory of Romania's National Institute of Materials ...

4 Nov 2008

Electronics Recyclers Receives New Guide from EPA

Electronics recyclers have a new guide on how to run safe and environmentally protective recycling operations. EPA, as part of a group of recycling stakeholders, developed the “Responsible Recycling (R2) Practices ...

3 Nov 2008

New Nanoscale Torsion Resonator Capable of Measuring Twisting or Torque in Metallic Nanowire

Researchers at Boston University working with collaborators in Germany, France and Korea have developed a nanoscale torsion resonator that measures miniscule amounts of twisting or torque in a metallic nanowire. This dev...

3 Nov 2008

Researchers Developing Improved Method for Producing Titanium Alloy Powder for Artificial Joints

That could mean titanium joints, which can resist corrosion for the lifetime of a patient, could be affordable enough to replace stainless steel joints, which are commonly used today but can corrode after five years. And that could save patients the additional surgeries required to replace failing artificial joints.

2 Nov 2008

Corus Establish Two New State-of-the-Art Production Line in Europe

The first is a £6 million investment in the Corus Panels and Profiles Shotton Panel Line No 1. The second project is a joint collaboration between Corus and Australian company Dyesol. Corus has once again demon...

2 Nov 2008

Rensselaer Board of Trustees Makes Donation for Establishment of New Center for Bio-Energy Research

Thomas R. Baruch, a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees and alumnus of the Class of 1960, has donated a gift that will help to establish a new center at the Institute devoted to bio-energy re...

2 Nov 2008

Researchers Develop The Fluid Transducer Converting Fluidic Energy into Electricity

A large number of technical systems work with air or water. Air compression systems and water pipes are just two examples. Researchers of the Fraunhofer Technology Development Group TEG have now successfully managed to c...

31 Oct 2008

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