At the 2017 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Kyoto, Japan (5-8 June), nanoelectronics and photovoltaics research centre Imec of Leuven, Belgium unveiled new process improvements for next-generation devices. For the first time it ...
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At the 2017 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Kyoto, Japan (5-8 June), nanoelectronics and photovoltaics research centre Imec of Leuven, Belgium reported record values below 10-9Ω.cm2 for PMOS source/drain contact ...
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Researchers at the RMIT University in Melbourne and the Beijing Institute of Technology are claiming that they have created the worlds thinnest hologram. This nano-hologram is 1000 times thinner than a human hair and provides us with hope ...
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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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Arla Foods has opened a new innovation centre in Aarhus, Denmark where researchers are expected to create novel packaging technologies for the dairy industry. The innovation center features a dairy pilot plant, several laboratories, a ...
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Italian intellectual property firm Bio-on has developed bioplastic material aimed at creating new sustainable and biodegradable food packaging materials in the future. Developed with a budget of €4m, the bioplastic will be featuring ...
With LED lighting popularity rapidly climbing worldwide, the Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) continues to be held in conjunction with LED Taiwan at the same venue this year, serving as a one-stop sourcing platform for buyers ...
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AquiSense Technologies LLC of Erlanger, KY, USA (which designs and manufactures water, air and surface disinfection systems based on UV-C LEDs) has entered into a collaboration agreement for the sensors of International Light Technologies ...
A network of smart hand pumps across the region could provide a way of monitoring groundwater reserves and improve the management and conservation of scarce water resources. Predicting groundwater depth Around 1 million hand pumps ...
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A study by UA researchers revealed that rats with neuropathic pain that were bathed in green LED showed more tolerance for thermal and tactile stimulus. A clinical trial involving people suffering from fibromyalgia is underway. It wasn't ...
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The Tisch University Chemistry and Chemical Biology professor Geoffrey Coates and his team has worked with a group of researchers from the University of Minnesota to develop multiblock polymer, which could boost plastic recycling. ...
The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...
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These days, it seems like gadgets are constantly improving, and now the next big development may be organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs. The technology promises to improve your phones' quality, durability and even foldability. An ...
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German conglomerate BASF opened a new technical application laboratory for its nutrition and health business in Singapore to bolster its research and development footprint in the region. Located at Singapore Polytechnic and named as ...
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Monsanto announced that it has reached a new global licensing agreement with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for the use of the novel CRISPR-Cpf1 genome-editing technology in agriculture. The CRISPR-Cpf1 system represents an ...
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