20 June 2012 First 40GHz 2.5W/mm output performance of GaN/Si HEMTs Institute for Electronics,Microelectronics and Nanotechnology(IEMN)in France has demonstrated high-power-density nitride high-electron-mobility transistors(HEMTs)on ...
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The US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium(PVMC)–an industry-led partnership between international semiconductor manufacturers'research consortium SEMATECH of Albany,NY,USA and the College of Nanoscale Science and ...
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Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) refer to restrictions that result from prohibitions, conditions, or specific market requirements that make importation or exportation of products difficult and/or costly. NTBs also include unjustified and/or ...
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LONDON --Though vendors would have you believe that cloud computing is now a mainstream technology, enterprise IT shops resist the public cloud due to cloud security concerns, licensing issues, and rising costs. Customers and analysts ...
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Transformation to a Green Economy through Green Buildings and Resource Efficient Cities:Key Messages from North America is a new report released by the U.S.Green Building Council(USGBC),the United Nations Environment Programme's Regional ...
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Microsoft has become the first major IT supplier to publish its submission to the government's consultation on the use of open standards. The consultation closed on 4 June, with the Cabinet Office IT team under deputy government CIO Liam ...
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South Africa-Eurotruss has appointed Prosound as its exclusive dealer in South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa. "Prosound has over 30 years of experience in the entertainment market and will be a great asset to our Worldwide Dealer ...
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Last year's tsunami tore apart the Miyoshi lumber company here, launching logs into neighboring buildings and sweeping an employee onto a rooftop where he froze to death. Grieving workers spent weeks cleaning up the family-owned import ...
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Department of Commerce backs SolarWorld-led complaint in preliminary determination;Dow Corning and Hemlock label decision'devastating'. Suntech PV cell fabrication An investigation by the US Department of Commerce has found that ...
Suntech Power Holdings,a China-based producer of solar panels,has issued a statement regarding the US Department of Commerce's preliminary decision to impose anti-dumping duties of 31.22%on Suntech's crystalline silicon solar cells imported ...
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Researchers in France and Switzerland have used nitride semiconductor quantum cascade(QC)structures to detect short-wavelength infrared light[S.Sakr et al,Appl.Phys.Lett.,vol100,p181103,2012].The team was based variously at University of ...
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More PV generating capacity was added in 2011 than wind and gas combined,finds new report. Top-ten PV markets in 2011 The European Photovoltaics Industry Association's(EPIA's)latest annual report on the global PV market has found ...
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The EEPB has already been asked by DECC to continue facilitating and coordinating the four Green Deal advisory forums A new not-for-profit organisation, the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Buildings (EEPB), is launching to create a ...
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Plastic plugs are most commonly used in the testing, repairing and general maintenance of pipes, and they are key parts in these procedures. They are sometimes referred to as plastic cap plugs or pipe test plugs. Their purpose is to clear ...
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Solid-state lighting company TerraLUX has closed a series B venture-capital funding round worth USD18.3 million, while quantum-dot developer Pacific Light Technologies has raised USD3.0 million in a series A round. TerraLUX closes ...
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