News tagged with manufacturing
Sugarcane research aims to harvest green energy
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists based at UQ are working towards one of sustainable energy’s holy grails - harvesting the untapped potential of sugar cane.
FDA: Dough's E. coli strain differs from illness
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday the strain of E. coli found in a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant does not match the strain that has been linked to a 30-state ...
Alice.com grasps the woes of buying toilet paper
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- If shopping for household essentials like toilet paper and soap isn't your favorite activity, a new Web site might eliminate the task - while saving you cash.
GE to open advanced tech center in Michigan
Jun 26, 2009 |
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General Electric announced plans Friday to open an "advanced manufacturing technology and software center" in Michigan that could create more than 1,100 job in the coming years.
Planning factories the right way
May 20, 2009 |
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The new factory hall has just been completed when the owner realizes that several things have gone wrong. The doors should be on the other side and production will need more space. A new planning guideline will prevent such ...
AMD Planning 16-Core Server Chip For 2011 Release
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD is in the process of designing a server chip with up to 16-cores. Code named Interlagos, the server chip will contain between 12 and 16 cores and will be available in 2011.
IBM Alliance Announces Availability of Advanced 28-Nanometer, Low-Power Semiconductor Technology
Apr 20, 2009 |
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IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Infineon Technologies, Samsung Electronics, and STMicroelectronics have defined and are jointly developing a 28-nanometer, high-k metal gate (HKMG), low-power bulk ...
'Collapse' in semiconductor demand hits ASML
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML on Wednesday announced net losses for the first quarter after a collapse in sales, but said it saw signs of improving market conditions.
New method could lead to narrower chip patterns
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have found a novel method for etching extremely narrow lines on a microchip, using a material that can be switched from transparent to opaque, and vice versa, just by exposing it to certain ...
Report finds contaminants in baby products
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Protecting J.J., the 4-month-old son of Shawna Bader-Blau, is time-consuming, what with checking labels, reading safety information, buying chemical-free baby wipes and finding phthalate-free baby bottles.
Manufacturing inefficiency: Study sees 'alarming' use of energy, materials in newer manufacturing processes
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Modern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of 20 major manufacturing processes.
Engineers crack ceramics production obstacle
Mar 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of Leicester have invented a new technique in the manufacture of ceramics that has the potential to save the industry time and costs while reducing wastage.
A fabric with green sheen: Fast-growing bamboo offers more eco-friendly cloth
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Anne Kai, of Lacey, Wash., owns a small, hand-dyed fabric business with an environmental slant.
Intel to produce 32nm chips
Dec 10, 2008 |
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Intel Corp., the world's biggest computer chip-maker, said Wednesday that it has developed a manufacturing process that shrinks the circuitry in a chip to just 32 nanometers.
New tool for 'right first time' drug manufacture
Sep 22, 2008 |
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A technology which provides high quality images of the crystallisation process marks the next step towards a 'right first time' approach to drug manufacture, according to engineers at the University of Leeds.
