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Sun Chemical to Showcase Wide Product Portfolio for Printed Electronics at LOPEC 2018
Jan 23, 2018Sun Chemical will showcase the latest offerings from its wide portfolio of solutions for printed electronics, displays, electroluminescent lighting, smart sensors, packaging, printed circuit boards and electronics manufacturing at LOPEC ...
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CNR-IMM Italy Using Sentech Peald System for New High-K Materials on Wide-Bandgap Devices
Oct 12, 2016SENTECH Instruments GmbH of Berlin, Germany says that the Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (CNR-IMM) in Catania – which is part of the Physics and Matter Technologies Department (DSFTM) of the National Research Council ...
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LayTec Adds Nanoscale SPC for Quaternary Films to Epinet 2016 Analysis Software
Jul 27, 2016In its newsletters in April 2016 and June 2015 in-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany reported on x-ray diffraction (XRD)-gauged nk database improvements for InGaAsP (indium gallium arsenide phosphide) and InGaAlAs ...
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EPA's Actions to Improve Its Integrated Risk Information System Program
May 6, 2014Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) actions to improve its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program, which provides information on the health effects of environmental contaminants, were applauded in a report by ...
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Canadian Truckers Might See More Boat Tails and Other Rear-Drag Aerodynamic Technologies
Apr 10, 2014Canadian truckers might soon see more boat tails and other rear-drag aerodynamic technologies on the Canadian market as ATDynamics, a supplier of semi-trailer aerodynamics technology is expanding its sales efforts in Canada. The company ...
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Science Allow for New or Revised Tools to Aid in Selection and Management of Beef Cattle
Feb 8, 2014Science, or rather advancements in science, allow for new or revised tools to aid in selection and management of beef cattle. It's not hard to think of examples; artificial insemination protocol and the accompanying products (CIDRs, MGA, ...
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27-Dimensional Quantum State Called Quantum Tomography
Jan 20, 2014Until recently measuring a 27-dimensional quantum state would have been a time-consuming, multistage process using a technique called quantum tomography, which is similar to creating a 3D image from many 2D ones. Researchers at the ...
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NIST-4, Begins Operation Later This Year
Jan 15, 2014After two years of difficult and meticulous work examining, refurbishing, and testing the aging workhorse watt balance called NIST-3, PML researchers have used the instrument to obtain their latest measured value of the Planck constant ...
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More Than 500 People Were Sickened by Seven Strains of Salmonella Heidelberg
Jan 14, 2014In 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that more than 500 people were sickened by seven strains of Salmonella Heidelberg linked to chicken. However, salmonellosis caused by Salmonella Heidelberg is only ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Health, Medicine
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Research Suggests That Putting More Women in Decision-Making Roles on The Teams
Jan 8, 2014More women are choosing science careers, yet women are notoriously underrepresented in senior academic positions—often because they abandon their careers due to pessimism about advancement. New research suggests that putting more ...
Tags: science career, women, senior academic position, academic faculty
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Gemini Planet Imager's First Light Image of Beta Pictoris B
Jan 8, 2014Gemini Planet Imager's first light image of Beta Pictoris b, a planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The star, Beta Pictoris, is blocked in this image by a mask so its light doesn't interfere with the light of the planet. In addition to ...
Tags: Gemini Planet Imager, image faint planets, exoplanet camera
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Full-Length Trailer Tails May Finally Get The Green Light in Canada
Dec 23, 2013Full-length trailer tails may finally get the green light in Canada. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says a change to Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 223 (CMVSS 223) could pave the way for the fuel-saving devices, which extend ...
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AbsoluT Is a Quantum Leap Compared to The Former Calibration Methods
Dec 23, 2013It is even more important if you measure temperature at different points on the same wafer, on different wafers or in different reactors simultaneously or if you compare the temperature of different runs. Dr. Tony SpringThorpe of the ...
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LayTec AG Reported Fast and Easy Temperature Calibration
Dec 19, 2013In-situ metrology system maker LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany says that Dr Tony SpringThorpe of the National Research Council of Canada recently reported fast and easy temperature calibration of all three heating zones of his showerhead ...
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Barbier Has Twice Rejected Arguments by BP
Nov 21, 2013A group of scientists and experts requested by Congress to assess the total damage caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 have said the government's current methods of putting a price tag on the most sweeping ...
Tags: US, government, whitewashed, economic damage, BP, oil, spill