Archive: 12/16/2004
Rapid progress reported in emerging field of molecular electronics
The emerging field of molecular electronics -- using nanoscale molecules as key components in computers and other electronic devices -- is in excellent health and has a bright future, conclude UCLA, Caltech and University ...
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Science Magazine Names Mars Discovery Breakthrough of the Year
Science magazine has chosen the discoveries of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission as Breakthrough of the Year in its Dec. 17 edition, published today. The principal scientific investigator for the mi ...
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STMicroelectronics Wins the Race to Deliver First 65-nm CMOS Design Platform
ST completes design of full-complexity 65-nm System-on-Chip technology demonstrator Geneva, December 16, 2004 - STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) today announced the important milestone of delivering a 65-nm (0.065-micron) CMOS de ...
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Shots fired at Bayonne range prove smart gun technology works
Sixty people crowded last week into a small room at the Bayonne police firing range to witness smart gun technology. Donald B. Sebastian, senior vice president of research and development at New Jersey Institute of Technology ...
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Research at Penn State McKeesport focuses on human-Web interaction
No one can argue that the Internet, Web browsers and search engines have all made a significant impact on how people function both at work and at home. Whether composing an academic paper or shopping for holiday gifts, the ...
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Major Climate Change Occurred 5,200 Years Ago: Evidence Suggests That History Could Repeat Itself
Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson worries that he may have found clues that show history repeating itself, and if he is right, the result could have important implications to modern society. Thompson has spent his career trekking t ...
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Philips and TPV Technology to create world's leading display partnership
Royal Philips Electronics and TPV Technology Limited have signed a Letter of Intent to create the most competitive partnership in PC monitor and entry level Flat TV segments. Per the agreement, TPV will take over the responsibility ...
Dec 16, 2004 |
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Saturn System driven by ice
Ice particles are key players in the ever-changing panorama at Saturn, according to a new study led by a University of Colorado at Boulder professor using an instrument on the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft now at the ringed pl ...
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A new twist on an old nebula
One of the nearest and brightest planetary nebulae has a surprisingly complex 3-D structure In a process comparable to that of an artist who turns a two-dimensional canvas into a three-dimensional work of art, astronom ...
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UAlbany College of Nanoscience Awards First Ph.D. Degrees in Nanoscale Science
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany - State University of New York, the first college devoted to the study of nanoscale scientific concepts, today announced that it has awarded ...
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Freescale's ZigBee Enabled Platform Achieves Industry-Leading 378 Meter Range
Setting an industry record, Freescale Semiconductor’s ZigBee enabled platform scored high marks in L.S. Research’s evaluation tests by achieving over 378 meters (1240 feet) of range without the aid of external power amplifiers ...
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Intel Hires HP Design Team For Intel Itanium Architecture
Intel Corporation today reached an agreement with HP to hire HP's Intel Itanium processor design team based in Ft. Collins, Colo. The deal strengthens Intel's investment in the Itanium architecture and bolsters the development ...
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Scientists at Infineon Technologies Build the World's Smallest Non-Volatile Flash Memory Cell
In a research breakthrough that has broken records in the semiconductor industry, scientists at Infineon Technologies AG have built the world’s smallest non-volatile flash memory cell. The new memory cell is measuring a me ...
Dec 16, 2004 |
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AMD Orders Applied Materials Systems to Equip 300mm Fab
Applied Materials, Inc. received orders from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) for 300mm equipment to manufacture its future advanced 65nm-generation 64-bit microprocessors. The orders cover a broad range of process technologies, ...
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Fish-shaped robot for underwater research
The project of underwater bionic robotic fish co-developed by the Institute of Robot under Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) and the Institute of Automation under Chinese Academy of Sciences ...
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