Delft, The Netherlands / Hsinchu, Taiwan -- Ocotober 13, 2008 -- MAPPER Lithography and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) signed an agreement, according to which MAPPER will ship its ...

you either need very high power or you need to stay in the beam a long time." One such solution that was recently proposed uses electron beams accelerated to near the speed of light to propel ...

Melting ice has revealed an ancient pine forest in the Rocky Mountains in the United States. The trees, which date back almost 6000 years, were found 600 feet (183 metres) above the current tree ...

They're also shrinking. The ocean melts ice shelves from below—a process known as "basal melting." Increased basal melting has led to the thinning and retreat of the ice sheet in some regions ...