A million electric cars could be on roads across North America before the end of the decade with the help of research by the United States Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Waterloo.
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The scientific cooperation between chemists, biotechnologists and physicists from various Catalan institutes, headed by Pau Gorostiza, from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), and Ernest Giralt, from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), has led to a breakthrough that will favor the development of light-regulated therapeutic molecules.
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3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to fit the device, yet provide enough stored energy to power them.
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Camtek Ltd., today announced that it has entered into a frame engagement for 10 semiconductor inspection systems with an Asian OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) company. The first systems’ order, in excess of $2 million, will be installed during the second and third quarters, with expectations for additional systems' orders over the next few quarters.
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Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification, today announced that eMemory Technology, a leader in embedded non-volatile memory silicon IP, has selected the company’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) Platform for block-level characterization, and full-circuit verification of its embedded non-volatile memory products for SoCs in wireless, consumer, industrial, and automotive applications.
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In an approach that could challenge silicon as the predominant photovoltaic cell material, University of Wisconsin-Madison materials engineers have developed an inexpensive solar cell that exploits carbon nanotubes to absorb and convert energy from the sun.
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QWave Fund, a new, global venture capital fund focused on physics and material sciences, today announced its first round of investments, which include a total of $7M USD to Estonia-based Clifton, Indiana-based Nano-Meta Technologies, Inc. and North Carolina-based Centice. This round of investments marks the initial delivery on QWave's mission to further the commercialization of the scientific innovation of the future.
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Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading provider of advanced process control metrology and inspection systems, today announced that company management will participate in the 5th Annual CEO Investor Summit, to be held Wednesday, July 10, 2013 in San Francisco, California.
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Micronit has recently expanded its cleanroom facilities both in space and state-of-the-art equipment. This is a result of a growing order portfolio and the introduction of new production techniques. With these additional cleanroom facilities, Micronit can now easily meet the demands and expectations of today and those of the future in the fields of Microfluidics and MEMS.
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nanotechnology Drug Delivery Market in the US 2012-2016" report to their offering.
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Nanounity announces their appointment to distribute the Pemtron range of scanning electron microscopes. The compact Pemtron system has been designed to bridge the gap between tabletop and full size tungsten SEMs.
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GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that Rockchip’s next-generation mobile processors are ramping to production on GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 28nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) process technology.
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Based on its recent analysis of the advanced battery market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes mPhase Technologies, Inc. with the 2013 North America Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award for its pioneering nanobattery technology. The mPhase cell-array battery overcomes the CHALLENGES associated with conventional batteries and provides an efficient, cost-effective energy storage solution.
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Analysis of the Global Dimensional Metrology Market in Electronic Manufacturing" report to their offering.
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X-FAB Silicon Foundries today announced it has enhanced the XP018 process with multiple options to lower chip costs for high-performance analog applications such as audio, sensor interface and 5V-environment power management applications. These options make the XP018 ideal for cost-sensitive consumer applications that require analog integration in 180nm technologies.
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