The LEGO: Batman movie helped drive sales for Gotham’s hero, propelling LEGO Minifigures to the number one best-selling superhero toy to July 1st this year. The Caped Crusader has trounced his rivals across the DC and Marvel ...
Arizona State University (ASU) in the USA claims the first demonstration of 1kV-class aluminium nitride (AlN) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) [Houqiang Fu et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 5 July 2017]. AlN has a wide bandgap of 6.2eV. ...
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Researchers in Russia claim “the first demonstration of an injection quantum well microdisk laser fabricated of III-V materials monolithically grown on silicon (001) substrate” [N. V. Kryzhanovskaya et al, Optics Express, vol. ...
Tags: silicon photonics, Lasers
China has targeted installing 86.5GW PV capacity during 2017-2020 under the 13th Five-Year National Development Plan, including 54.5GW for ground-mounted PV projects and 32GW, or 8GW a year, for PV projects under the "Top Runner Program," ...
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New figures have revealed that UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons for recycling from kerbside has reached 66%. The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE ) UK said it was a 16-fold increase on 2006 levels ...
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BMW is offering two new versions of its high-performance SUV flagships, the X5 M Black Fire edition and X6 M Black Fire edition. Black is powerful, black is exciting, and black is exclusive: the same can be said of the new Black Fire ...
The new range will release alongside the highly anticipated film, Transformers: The Last Knight. Hasbro has revealed a range of new Transformers set to release alongside the new film Transformers: The Last Knight. The range includes the ...
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McFarlane will produce figures based on the classic films, in time for a new The Dark Crystal series on Netflix. McFarlane Toys has announced plans for a new line of figures based on classic films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. The ...
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Researchers in South Korea and the USA claim record 2190cm2/V-s effective mobility for indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum well (QW) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) on 300mm-diameter (100) silicon ...
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What does refresh rate mean, and how does it affect gaming? We explain 144Hz monitors and beyond, and why more hertz isn't always better (but usually is). For years, the refresh rate has been the go-to number for gamers when buying a ...
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Around half of all high-end VR headsets sold in 2016 were PSVRs according to the latest estimates. The sales numbers make rosy reading for Sony, whose PSVR headset had sold nearly a million units the last time data was publicly revealed. ...
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BMW has introduced the MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 in a plug-in hybrid drive, with an option to drive in purely electric mode. Characteristic MINI driving fun is now available in fascinating, sustainable form. The MINI Cooper S E ...
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Microsoft has confirmed there are now 500 million active Windows 10 machines. Microsoft announced the landmark figure, just before the Build 2017 developer’s conference kicked off in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday. The company ...
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Apple has been the world’s most valuable company for a while now, but the iPhone maker’s worth has just soared past an incredible new milestone. The stock market value of Apple has finally crossed $800 billion, marking the ...
Jakks Pacific has detailed its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31th, 2017, citing a decline in net sales. The toy giant revealed that net sales were $94.5 million compared to $95.8 million reported in the comparable ...
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