5/21/12
A new manufacturing technology is expected to greatly reduce the cost of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the future. For the first time ever, researchers at the Siemens subsidiary Osram Opto Semiconductors were able to successfully produce gallium nitride LED chips on a silicon substrate instead ...
5/16/12
Watch live and join the conversation on Twitter @AspenInstitute and @gcri_ny (#mfgUSGermany) this Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. (EST), when leading representatives from government, industry, and academia discuss manufacturing as an engine of growth and job creation in the U.S. and ...
5/14/12
Husum / Hanover, 11 May 2012. Innovative companies from the wind-energy sector can apply for the Windallianz Award starting immediately. This technology prize will be offered by Messe Husum and the Deutsche Messe for the first time. It is directed at national and international companies that ...
5/11/12
The semiconductor industry is faced with the challenge of supplying ever faster and more powerful chips. The Next-Generation Lithography with EUV radiation will help meeting that challenge. Fraunhofer researchers have developed key components. Flat computers, powerful cell phones and tablets – ...
5/10/12
Topics from Ultrafast Data Transfer to Climate Engineering to Novel Materials / All Programmes Interdisciplinary What is the role of phosphorus resources for trees and forests – and what do they mean for the nutrition and balance of a forest ecosystem? How can ultrafast wireless transmission ...
5/8/12
DFG to Establish Seven New Research Units / Over 16 Million Euros in Total for the First Funding Period The establishment of six new Research Units and one Clinical Research Unit has been decided by the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). ...
5/4/12
In cooperation with various project partners, Siemens researchers have developed a new recipe for plastic made primarily of renewable resources and CO2. The new material is an alternative to standard polystyrene-based acrylonitrite-butadiene-styrene (ABS) polymer. The new polymer is much ...
5/4/12
Power utilities and operators of industrial facilities are lowering their production costs for ultra-pure water with a new water-treatment module from Siemens. The ultra-pure water in question contains virtually no ions, very limited qualities of salts or minerals, in other words. It is often ...
5/2/12
If errors creep in during the assembly of components, costly post-processing is often the consequence. Automatic testing is difficult, especially where individual products are concerned. Now there is a new testing system that is flexible and economical, even for smaller production runs. ...
4/23/12
Low cost solar cells suitable for rooftop panels could reach a record-breaking 40% efficiency following an early stage breakthrough by a University of Sydney researcher and his German partners. With Australian Solar Institute support, Professor Tim Schmidt from the University's School of ...
