News tagged with mass production

Intel, Micron introduce world's first 128Gb NAND device and mass production of 64Gb 20nm NAND

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc., today announced a new benchmark in NAND flash technology - the world's first 20 nanometer (nm), 128 gigabit (Gb), multilevel-cell (MLC) device. The companies ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Oerlikon Solar works to pull down PV costs in 2014

(PhysOrg.com) -- Switzerland-based Oerlikon Solar, kingpins in thin film silicon solar module equipment, has announced that it has reached a milestone in reducing the cost of production for its thin-film silicon ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 25 | with audio podcast report

French team invents tough, reheatable plastic (w/ video)

A common feature of sailboards, aircraft and electronic circuits is that they all contain resins used for their lightness, strength and resistance. However, once cured, these resins can no longer be reshaped. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Archaeologists find blade production earlier than originally thought

Archaeology has long associated advanced blade production with the Upper Palaeolithic period, about 30,000-40,000 years ago, linked with the emergence of Homo Sapiens and cultural features such as cave art. ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Toshiba launches image recognition processors for automotive applications

Toshiba Corporation today announced it will launch the Visconti2 (TMPV7500) series of image recognition processors for automotive applications. Toshiba will start sample shipments of this series in November ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New 'genome mining' technique streamlines discovery from nature

A newly developed method for microscopically extracting, or "mining," information from genomes could represent a significant boost in the search for new therapeutic drugs and improve science's understanding ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toshiba announces chip to boost TransferJet

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba earlier this week announced a wireless chip that can help carry TransferJet forward to wider use. The newly developed chip, "TC35420," is designed to support the TransferJet near-field wireless transmission ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Reducing costs of electric vehicle batteries

Costs of manufacture of batteries and power trains of electric vehicles can be halved by 2018, if the gaps in the innovation chain can be closed. For reaching this objective, KIT scientists develop concrete, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Detecting molecules on skin

NPL is developing a state-of-the-art technique called 'ambient surface mass spectrometry' that can quickly detect small molecules on the surface of the skin and could benefit the $250 billion a year personal ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Foods rich in protein, dairy products help dieters preserve muscle and lose belly fat: study

New research suggests a higher-protein, lower-carbohydrate energy-restricted diet has a major positive impact on body composition, trimming belly fat and increasing lean muscle, particularly when the proteins come from dairy ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Using imprint processing to mass-produce tiny antennas could improve wireless electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to mass-produce antennas so small that they approach the fundamental minimum size limit for their bandwidth, or data ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Next generation FeliCa contactless IC chip to be launched

Sony Corporation announces today the launch of the next generation FeliCa IC chip with enhanced security adopting the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption. The new IC chip will support AES as well ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Thomas Edison also invented the concrete house, researcher says

Afficionados of modern poured-concrete design were in for a rude awakening last month when they heard NJIT Assistant Professor Matt Burgermaster's presentation at the 64th annual meeting of the Society of ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Graphene: New electronics material closer to commercial reality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a method for creating single-crystal arrays of a material called graphene, an advance that opens up the possibility of a replacement for silicon in high-performance ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

From gene to protein: Gene expression quantification offers new insights

How do genes control us? This fundamental question of life still remains elusive despite decades of research. Genes are blueprints for proteins, but it is the proteins that actually carry out vital functions in the body for ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast