Oxford Instruments launches sample automation for benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance

Published: December 15, 2018

Oxford Instruments, Oxfordshire, U.K., announces the launch of MQ-Auto, a sample automation system for the MQC+ range of benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance analyzers.

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Zeiss and Arivis expand partnership with virtual reality and cloud platform imaging

Published: December 12, 2018

Zeiss AG, Jena, Germany, and Arivis, Munich, announce the expansion of their partnership in materials research through development of improved high-resolution multidimensional image data and data sharing in microscope imaging systems.

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Olympus high-sensitivity imaging microscope provides three times more brightness

Published: December 12, 2018

Olympus Corp., Tokyo, announces the development of a new high-sensitivity model of the SpinSR10 super resolution imaging system that offers three times the brightness of the standard model.

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Astronics sells semiconductor testing business to Advantest for $185 million

Published: December 12, 2018

Astronics Corp., East Aurora, N.Y., announces an agreement to sell the intellectual property and certain assets associated with its semiconductor test business to Advantest Corp., Tokyo, for $185 million in cash.

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Goodfellow to offer Victrex mineral-filled semicrystalline and amorphous PEEK film

Published: December 06, 2018

Goodfellow, Coraopolis, Pa., announces a major expansion of its range of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) materials to include 12 different forms: film, sheet, fiber, monofilament, powder, granule, tube, rod, mesh, bolt, nut, and washer.

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Applied Materials META Center to develop advanced semiconductor materials/processes

Published: November 27, 2018

Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., announces plans for the Materials Engineering Technology Accelerator (META) Center, a major expansion of the company’s R&D capabilities aimed at creating new ways for Applied and its customers to drive innovation as classic Moore’s Law scaling becomes more challenging.

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Women in Engineering Profile: Virginia Osterman

Published: November 26, 2018

This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Virginia M. Osterman, senior scientist at Solar Atmospheres Inc. in Souderton, Pa.

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Third quarter silicon wafer shipments set new record of 3,255 million square inches

Published: November 18, 2018

The SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG), Milpitas, Calif., reports that worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the third quarter 2018, surpassing record second quarter 2018 area shipments to set another all-time high.

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Swiss Federal Labs join heat-sensitive materials with reactive foil nanolayers

Published: November 16, 2018

Researchers at Swiss Federal Laboratories (EMPA) announce that they have developed a joining process in which reactive nano-multilayers join a wide variety of heat-sensitive components without any loss in quality.

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Artemis acquires Superior Technical Ceramics for its range of advanced ceramics

Published: November 15, 2018

Superior Technical Ceramics (STC), St. Albans, Vt., has been acquired by Artemis Capital Partners for its diverse range of advanced ceramics for technical applications such as those that must function in high heat, corrosive environments, thermal management challenges, mechanical wear problems, electrical insulation requirements, and high temperature/pressure conditions.

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