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Oxford Instruments Installs and Commissions PlasmaPro NGP80 RIE Etch System in the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN)

Oxford Instruments, a leader in plasma etch and deposition equipment and processes, has recently installed and commissioned a PlasmaPro NGP80 RIE etch system in the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) for use in their research.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 25 Apr 2013

Lake Shore Launches Alpha THz Materials Characterization to High Interest from Industry

Lake Shore unveiled its terahertz or THz-based materials characterization system to the American Physical Society (APS) at its 2013 March Meeting.

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 25 Apr 2013

Solar3D Seeks Patent Protection for 3-Dimensional Solar Cell in China

Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced that the company has filed a patent application to protect its next generation solar cell design and methods of fabrication in China.

19 Apr 2013

Students Print Prototype Designs on Cornell’s New 3-D Printers

Identify a consumer need, design a solution under a certain price, and sell it online. Those were the basic guidelines this semester for engineering students in Mechanical Synthesis 2250, an introduction to product design.

18 Apr 2013

Novel Thermoelectric Device Achieves Free Cooling Using Energy from Heat to be Dissipated

Researchers at the UPNA/NUP-Public University of Navarre have produced a prototype of a self-cooling thermoelectric device that achieves “free” cooling of over 30ºC in devices that give off heat. It is a piece of equipment that acts as a traditional cooler but which consumes no electricity because it obtains the energy it needs to function from the very heat that has to be dissipated.

12 Apr 2013

Dynamic Surface Material Technology Enables Instant Changes in Colour, Design and Pattern

In a blink, a beautiful block of green-veined marble is transformed into a rich shade of gold. At the touch of a button, a spectacular restaurant transitions from its winter theme to spring. The walls of a corporate office brighten to lift the spirits and productivity of employees near the end of the workday. And as caterers prepare for the arrival of guests, a family kitchen becomes the backdrop for a high-class cocktail party.

10 Apr 2013

New Report Assesses Opportunities and Challenges in 3D Printing

3D printing, touted as an enabling platform for applications ranging from personalized medicine to personal drones, will grow to an $8.4 billion market in 2025 – up from $777 million in 2012. However, consumer applications will have limited upside, according to Lux Research, while industrial uses generate the most value.

10 Apr 2013

UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering to Hold Research Expo on April 18

Advances in tattoo sensors for health monitoring, on-chip optical networking, low-cost cancer diagnostics, video games designed to teach computer programming, new materials for protecting soldiers from blasts, and energy-efficient high-wire robots. These are just a few of the 200+ projects from Jacobs School of Engineering graduate students that will be on display at Research Expo on April 18 at the University of California, San Diego.

9 Apr 2013

New Functionality in Siemens’ Syncrofit Software Helps Optimize Design of Fastened Airframe Parts

The latest release of Siemens’ Syncrofit™ software introduces new fastener layout and part sizing functionality which helps airframe engineers reduce the time to generate fastener patterns, perform initial part sizing, validate designs and adapt to subsequent design changes by as much as 40 percent.

5 Apr 2013

Spectro Inc. Awarded U.S. Patent for an Innovative Flip-top Sample Head for Infra-Red Spectrometers for Fluid Analysis

Spectro Inc., a global supplier of oil and fuel analysis instruments to industry and the military, has been awarded a U.S. patent for an innovative flip- top sample head for infrared spectrometers used in fluids analysis.

From AMETEK Spectro Scientific 4 Apr 2013

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