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Taiwan team engineers E. coli to produce n-butanol from glycerol

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Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce n-butanol from crude glycerol—a byproduct of the production of biodiesel. Overall, the team concluded, the technology platform may be useful for the economic viability of glycerol-related industries.

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U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing C o. economy, there’s a potential problem: Where will the industry find the qualified workforce needed to run these plants and design the chips they’ll make? Engineering schools in the United States are now racing to produce that talent. Exciting as this is for the U.S. Peter Adams The U.S.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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But it was true what semiconductor engineers in South Korea whispered about his former students: They were everywhere. Starting in the mid-1980s, as chip manufacturing in the country accelerated, engineers who had studied under Kim at. Since then, he has been revered in the South Korean media as the industry’s “godfather.”

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India Injects $15 Billion Into Semiconductors

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India’s is the latest in a string of efforts to boost domestic chip manufacturing in the hope of making nations and regions more independent in what’s seen as a strategically critical industry. “On There could not have been a better time for India to make its entry into the semiconductor manufacturing industry.”

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. In 1983 he helped found the university’s Microfabrication Research Facility, known as Microfab.

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Novel molecular orbital interaction stabilizes cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries

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An international team led by scientists from the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials at the University of Wollongong in Australia has verified that the introduction of novel molecular orbital interactions can improve the structural stability of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Resources. Liang, E.

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TSMC R&D Chief: There’s Light at the End of the Chip Shortage

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Yuh-Jier Mii started on the ground floor of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The world’s largest contract chip manufacturer credits Mii with helping it maintain technology leadership in the foundry segment of the global semiconductor industry. Like most budding engineers, he liked to tear things apart to see how they worked. “By

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