Liquid crystals are remarkable materials that combine the optical properties of crystalline solids with the flow properties of liquids, characteristics that come together to enable the displays found in most computer monitors, televisions ...
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Van's Natural Foods, known for its delicious, better-for-you frozen breakfast foods, extends its nutritious new snack line with the introduction of certified gluten-free, multigrain snack chips and PB&J sandwich bars. Earlier this year, ...
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Last week nanotechnology research institute imec of Leuven, Belgium celebrated its 30th anniversary. Founded in 1984 as a non-profit organization, imec has grown to be a multi-disciplinary expertise center in the fields of semiconductor ...
Tags: FinFETs, III-V CMOS, ASML of Veldhoven, TSMC
Intel expects that its workforce will decline by 5 percent as it heads into a year in which revenue is likely to be flat. Intel announced its expectations for a decline in its workforce in the wake of its fourth quarter earnings report. ...
The Target credit and debit card and personal information breach, which last week was revealed to have affected more consumers than originally thought and which may be linked to attacks on other retailers, is expected to prompt U.S. ...
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Demand from China, Japan, and USA will represent about 50% of the total worldwide market share in 2014. Due to the recovery of the European market and the rise of the emerging markets, supply and demand in the PV industry will be able to ...
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Fast-food consumption is often blamed for the epidemic of overweight and obesity among U.S. children. But a new study finds that poor eating the rest of the day is most strongly linked with weight issues. "While reducing fast food is ...
US chip giant Intel said Friday it will trim its workforce by five percent this year as it shifts from personal computers to powering mobile gadgets. Word of the job cuts came a day after Intel reported that its net profit last year sank ...
While many believe that the key to producing the next generation of chips lies in developing better manufacturing techniques for nanomaterials rather than just creating new nanomaterials, there are others who simply can't resist the ...
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Shipments of application processors for smartphone applications to China grew 2.4% sequentially and 20.8% on year in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to data compiled by Digitimes Research. MediaTek saw its AP shipments decline 3.9% ...
Tags: Smartphone, TD-SCDMA
'Smart' Contact Lenses Would Measure Sugar Levels in Diabetics Google is working on smart contact lenses that would measure sugar (glucose) levels in the tears of people with diabetes. If successful, the contacts would offer diabetics a ...
Brian Otis gingerly holds what looks like a typical contact lens on his index finger. Look closer. Sandwiched in this lens are two twinkling glitter-specks loaded with tens of thousands of miniaturized transistors. It's ringed with a ...
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MIT Media Lab alumna and entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir SM '06 wants to help all people worldwide, tech savvy or not, understand and build creatively with electronics. It's the ambitious mission powering her fast-growing startup littleBits, ...
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For fiscal first-quarter 2014 (to end-November 2013), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has reported revenue of $3.4m, down 45% on $6.2m a year ago but level with last quarter. However, LED chip, component and ...
Tags: SemiLEDs, total revenue, LED chip
Snyder's of Hanover, a US-based bakery and snack food company, has added Cinnamon Sugar and Salted Caramel variants to its flavored pretzel pieces range. The Sweet and Salty Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel Pieces is a combination of cinnamon and ...
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