Making hydrocarbon production from shales a profitable venture requires a process for driving down overall costs. It is clear from experience in these tight, widely varying resource plays that ...

As design rules shrink, semiconductor manufacturing becomes more complex which leads to a huge increase in the defects which could cause a non-yielding die. Process control and inline defect analysis ...

It goes without saying that regulatory compliance is of critical importance for businesses operating in financial markets. A firm’s failure to meet their regulatory obligations can have significant ...

FDA’s 21 CFR Part 820 — Quality System Regulation (QSR) has not been updated since it was first released in 1996 . . . until now. Are you ready? Part of a panel at the conference discussing the ...

One key to becoming a good process engineer or effective operator is understanding heat transfer. The 10 most common heat-transfer malfunctions are: • Internal bypassing. • Vapor binding. • Flux ...

Scientists have developed a new method of determining gene function in a breakthrough that could have major implications for our understanding of the processes of life. Scientists at the University of ...