In 1962, an underground fire started in the coal-mining town of Centralia, Pa. Fifty-three years later, that fire still burns.
This town has been on fire for 50 years
Could black phosphorus be the next silicon?
New material could make it possible to pack more transistors on a chip, research suggests.
Micro-reactor produces silver nanoparticles at room temperature for printed circuits
Engineers at Oregon State University, Corvallis, report that they have invented a way to fabricate silver nanoparticles that are produced at room temperature for printed electronics.
SPP Technologies to acquire Orbotech’s SPTS Technologies Thermal Products business
Orbotech Ltd., Israel, announces that SPTS Technologies Group (SPTS), U.K., an Orbotech company and supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions, has sold its Thermal Products business to SPP Technologies Co. (SPT), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Precision Products Co.
Nordson March plasma treatment systems designed for packaging applications
Nordson March, Concord, Calif., announces its new Sphere Series plasma treatment systems for wafer-level and 3D packaging applications.