When Independent Television, formerly Pax TV, switched to its third name Ion Television at the beginning of 2007, it was stepping up its fight with a small San Pedro-based Internet media company.

Utilizing Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) for in-line metrology is a newly emerging method of process control that requires contamination-free measurements, enabling SIMS on product wafers.

At the height of a thunderstorm, the tips of cell towers, telephone poles, and other tall, electrically conductive structures can spontaneously emit a flash of blue light. This electric glow, known as ...