German engineering firm Siemens has issued a fix for the software vulnerabilities in its programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that were exploited by Stuxnet. The computer worm was discovered in 2010 when it caused malfunctions at ...
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Government-sponsored cybercriminals are using hacking techniques to steal commercial secrets from businesses,KPMG has warned. Confidential information,including product designs and bid documents,are at risk from states seeking to win ...
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Global Solar Energy Inc of Tucson,AZ,USA,which makes flexible copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)thin-film photovoltaic cells and modules,has announced an expansion into Japan's growing solar market,establishing local partnerships and ...
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(Reuters) - Railroad shipments of lumber are gaining momentum, signaling a construction upturn that should drive up shipping volume of consumer products from appliances to furniture. This mounting demand for construction and household goods ...
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Scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, announced that they have observed a particle that might turn out to be the long-sought Higgs boson, or "God particle," thought to be part of the explanation for why matter ...
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192-laser shot at National Ignition Facility hits 2mm target with 1.8MJ,500TW–a new high NIF target Scientists at the National Ignition Facility(NIF),home to the world's highest-energy laser system,say that they are ...
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Toshiba said Thursday it will reorganize its TV business in Japan, merging product designers with those for computers and tablets in attempt to create "fusion products" and simplify its product lines. The company said it will also move ...
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Toshiba is to expand its foreign R&D facilities by 750 people by the end of March 2014. Their main role will be in software development for social infrastructure and product development for emerging economies,and to support Toshiba's ...
Advanced Photonix gets first industrial THz order 11 Jul 2012 Receives first orders from its value-added reseller,Thermo Fisher Scientific,for its'T-Gauge'industrial terahertz gauging system. Advanced Photonix develops diverse silicon ...
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Yokohama launch:Dr.Peter Leibinger,Vice Chairman of Trumpf at the opening. Laser giant Trumpf has opened an Asian production location for disk lasers at Trumpf Japan in Yokohama.Dr.Peter Leibinger,Vice Chairman of the Managing ...
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Kromek,a platform technology company based in the UK,has launched Food Inspector,a radiation detector specifically developed for the food industry,which can determine if the food is safe for consumption. The detector has been launched in ...
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Optical module and component maker Opnext Inc of Fremont,CA,USA and SURFnet,the National Research and Education Network(NREN)in The Netherlands,have announced a successful 100Gbps coherent field trial between the National Supercomputing ...
Nuclear fusion research at the University of Washington has lead to a source of extreme ultra-violet(EUV)for lithography. EUV lithography at 13.5nm is one of the techniques proposed to continue'Moore's Law'below 10nm,replacing 193nm light ...
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The widespread adoption of retrofit LED lamps will create global energy savings worth$100bn over the next five years,according to the report'Opportunities for Power Components in LED Lighting'from IMS Research.Although the use of LED lamps ...
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IDG News Service-CERN scientists announced on Wednesday that they observed a particle that strongly resembles the long-sought after Higgs boson,the final missing ingredient in the standard model of particle Physics. The scientists ...
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