The Manchester Furniture Show organisers announce that Italian leather giants, Spagnesi, will be exhibiting for the first time in the Central Hall at the Show in July. UK Agent Paul Duggan says, "I have been involved with the Manchester ...
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TDK Corporation presents a new series of soft-termination MLCCs that are specially designed to withstand flex cracking caused by bending stresses to the PCB. The new series of commercial grade MLCCs with soft terminations is available in ...
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Anvil Semiconductors Ltd of Coventry, UK has been awarded a grant by the UK's Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to evaluate the feasibility of using its unique stress relief technology to enable the production of low-cost, high-brightness ...
Researchers in Switzerland and Norway have used strain to alter the light-emitting properties of gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowires [G. Signorello et al, Nature Communications, vol5, p3655, published online 10 Apr 2014]. The researchers from ...
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The walls of your office can affect the way your employees work and feel. Studies show that depending on age, gender, location, and culture, different colors have different impulses associated with them. When designing your office, choose ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has commenced testing of a new super-hydrophobic and oleophobic paint technology, the Ultra-Ever Dry, which would enable the car to automatically clean itself. The new paint technology, which is said to ...
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Adequate levels of rhizobia organisms can help to increase nitrogen fixation; satellite imagery and mapping capabilities help growers identify yield-limiting factors; and developments in drought stress tolerance. Adequate Rhizobia ...
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TDK Corporation presents a new series of soft-termination MLCCs that are specially designed to withstand flex cracking caused by bending stresses to the PCB. The new series of commercial grade MLCCs with soft terminations is available in ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Altera and TSMC announced the two companies have worked together to bring TSMC's patented, fine-pitch copper bump-based packaging technology to Altera's 20 nm Arria 10 FPGAs and SoCs. Altera is the first company to adopt this technology ...
GaN-on-Si technology has emerged naturally as an alternative to GaN-on-sapphire — the mainstream technology for LED applications. But today, despite potential cost benefits, the mass adoption of GaN-on-Si technology for LED ...
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Gaither Tool says the patented tilting action of the Winntec Smart Tire Cart relieves stress for the user. Gaither Tool Co. Inc. says the Winntec Smart Tire Cart (P/N G471147HD) holds 15-inch and higher rim diameter passenger tires up to ...
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Some rain fell in the parched Plains over the weekend, but it fell short of earlier expectations, while planters finally started rolling in earnest in the Midwest. However, more rain in that region this week -- though needed -- could keep ...
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By midafternoon, many office workers find themselves in a mental and physical slump. Whether it's from lack of sleep, stress, or poor nutrition, the feeling of lethargy can put a serious damper on productivity and output.? If you find ...
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IBM Research's Thomas J. Watson Research Center and Northwestern University have developed a technique to grow hexagonal- and cubic-phase gallium nitride (h-/c-GaN) on standard (100) silicon (Si) [Can Bayram et al, Adv. Funct. Mater., ...
Kyle Price, a PhD Candidate with the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, and researchers from Arkema Coating Resins , a business unit of Arkema, have earned the prestigious American ...
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