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• Interview | 01 January 2010

  Pushing the limits

  John Warlaumont, vice president of advanced technologies at SEMATECH, a consortium of the world's chip manufacturers, talks to Nadya Anscombe about the future of optical lithography.

  • Nadya Anscombe

• Profile | 01 January 2010

  Direct laser writing

  Start-up company Nanoscribe has developed table-top systems that can write intricate 3D structures not possible through other lithographic technologies. Nadya Anscombe finds out how the company was founded and what its plans are for the future.

  • Nadya Anscombe

• News & Views | 01 January 2010

  X-ray race

  The development of new light sources and focusing techniques suggests that ultrafast X-ray microscopy is poised to impact numerous fields of science.

  • David Pile

• Business News | 01 January 2010

  Lithography roadmap on track