Valmet has received a contract from Stora Enso to provide Valmet IQ Process and Quality Vision system (PQV) for the Sunila Mill in Kotka, Finland. Under the contract, Valmet will supply Stora Enso Sunila Mill with a PQV system featuring a ...
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The next entry in Crystal Dynamics’ Lara Croft trilogy is currently known as Shadow of the Tomb Raider. That is, according to a sneaky photo of a presentation a developer was caught looking at on the subway earlier this week. ...
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Toyota has introduced a new Lexus compact crossover concept vehicle, the UX Concept, at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. Designed by ED2, Lexus' design centre in the South of France, the UX Concept represents a new step in the company's design ...
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Nearly 60 percent of the real estate agents polled said they are seeing more smart home features in listing descriptions than they did two to five years ago. Everyone is talking about the connected home. Smart home technology is becoming ...
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Imec and Ghent University in Belgium have used aspect ratio trapping (ART) techniques to produce indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) on 300mm-diameter silicon in a ridge format that could be used in future laser ...
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Subaru of America reveals the pricing for the 2017 Crosstrek line and the models will arrive at retailers in November, this year. The versatile, fun-to-drive Crosstrek combines bold five-door design, a highly capable chassis and in-demand ...
BENTONVILLE, AR., Sept. 1, 2016 – From the smallest to the tallest, Walmart polled hundreds of kids to find out just what they will be including in their letters to Santa this year. Today, Walmart unveiled its annual top toy list, ...
Researchers in China have developed indium gallium nitride (InGaN) photovoltaic devices that increase in efficiency with temperature up to 423K [Zhaoying Chen et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol109, p062104, 2016]. "The positive efficiency ...
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Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has announced plans to cease all production activities at its plant in Penang, ...
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Researchers in Russia have developed an indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum well laser diode on (001) germanium-on-silicon 'virtual substrate' without offcut angle [V. Ya. Aleshkin et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol109, p061111, 2016]. ...
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A team of researchers at the USA's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates has developed a new solar photovoltaic 'step cell' that combines two ...
Disney's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is predicted to be a big driver for toy sales this Christmas period. Star Wars, Doc McStufins and Barbie have all topped the list of US retail giant Walmart’s top toy picks for Christmas 2016. ...
At the 18th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-18) in Nagoya, Japan (7-12 August), analytical and imaging instrument maker Nanophoton Corp of Osaka, Japan has introduced the RAMANdrive wafer analyzer for a wide ...
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in the USA has developed a monolithic white light-emitting diode (LED) with blue light produced by electrical pumping, and green/'red' by optical pumping from the blue source [S. J. Kowsz et al, ...
Tokyo-based equipment maker Disco Corp has developed the KABRA (Key Amorphous-Black Repetitive Absorption) laser ingot slicing method. Implementing the process is said to enable high-speed production of silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, ...
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