SwRI acquires powerful field emission scanning electron microscope

Published: May 11, 2022

Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, is now home to a field emission scanning electron microscope, a powerful materials characterization tool that will aid in the research and development of a wide range of materials systems, including thin films and nanomaterials.

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Zeiss Intact 1360-X inspects tires in 55 seconds

Published: May 11, 2022

Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions, Germany, released the fastest single machine in the world for inspecting tires thanks to the use of an innovative sensor technology that includes ten high-resolution probes working simultaneously.

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New CCD cameras extend Teledyne’s spectroscopy portfolio into system integrator and OEM markets

Published: April 20, 2022

Teledyne Princeton Instruments, a Teledyne Technologies company, Trenton, N.J., released LANSIS—a new spectroscopy detector designed specifically for original equipment manufacturers and system integrators.

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Quantum innovation advances low-cost alternative solar technology

Published: April 20, 2022

A team of researchers from the University of Toronto, Canada, has leveraged quantum mechanics to optimize the active layer within an inverted perovskite solar cell—a technology that could one day result in mass-market solar cells that cost a fraction of those currently on the market.

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New transistor could cut 5% from world’s digital energy budget

Published: April 20, 2022

Physicists at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln recently teamed up to craft the first magneto-electric transistor, a new spin on the transistor that could help feed the world's ever-growing appetite for digital memory while slicing up to 5% of the energy from its power-hungry diet.

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Intel marks grand opening of $3B factory expansion in Oregon

Published: April 20, 2022

Intel celebrated the grand opening of the latest expansion of D1X, its leading-edge factory in Hillsboro, Ore.

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First crystallographic structures determined using Rigaku’s recently launched electron diffractometer

Published: April 20, 2022

Rigaku, Japan, recently launched the world’s first turnkey electron diffractometer in the form of the XtaLAB Synergy-ED, and researchers at the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham have published the first crystal structures determined by the XtaLAB Synergy-ED in the-high profile journal Nature Communications.

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Olympus’ 72DL PLUS thickness gauge measures multiple ultra-thin layers at high speed

Published: April 20, 2022

The new 72DL PLUS ultrasonic thickness gauge from Olympus, Waltham, Ma., delivers precision thickness measurements at high speed in a portable, easy-to-use device.

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New method could remove dust on solar installations in water-limited regions

Published: March 16, 2022

A research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has engineered an approach that enables solar panels or the mirrors of solar thermal plants to be cleaned automatically in a waterless and no-contact system that could considerably decrease the prevalence of dust.

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Imec pioneers ultra-wideband transmitter chip that pushes data rates up to 1.66 Gb/s with milliwatt power

Published: March 16, 2022

Imec, Belgium, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, presented a new impulse-radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) transmitter chip that could redefine the future of UWB technology.

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