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Two MIT Faculty Members Among Popular Science's 'Brilliant 10'

Popular Science magazine has named MIT faculty members Rebecca Saxe and Francesco Stellacci to its annual "Brilliant 10" list of the country's top young scientists to watch. The list appears in the November...

15 Oct 2008

neuMirRx Issued Patent for Novel Drug Formulation Technology

neuMirRx Corp today welcomed the issuance of U.S. patent 7,345,093, entitled "Methods for Enhancing Solubility of Compounds" which covers novel formulation methods to enhance the solubility of hydrophobic compo...

15 Oct 2008

Researchers Gain Access to Sigma-Aldrich's Leading MISSION shRNA Libraries

The RNAi Partnership Program provides new members with access to cutting-edge products in Sigma-Aldrich's functional genomics portfolio, including shRNA libraries developed by TRC targeting more than 15,000 human genes and 15,000 mouse genes.

From Sigma Aldrich 15 Oct 2008

New Amplifier Could Boost the Speed and Precision of Quantum Computers

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder, have made the first tunable "noiseless" amplifier. By significantly reducing the uncertainty in delicate measurements of microwave signals, the new amplifier could boost the speed and precision of quantum computing and communications systems.

15 Oct 2008

First Non-Profit Organization to Focus on Nanotechnology

The Nanotechnology Research Foundation (NRF) was recently established as the first non-profit organization specifically focused on supporting the acceleration of nanotechnology awareness, education, recognition, funding,...

15 Oct 2008

Collaboration Will Work to Identify Supply Chain Issues and Develop Industry Standards

SEMI PV Group, the global industry association serving the PV/solar manufacturing supply chain, and SolarTech, an initiative of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a consortium of leaders in the solar industry, committe...

15 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Central to Developing and Using New Electronics and Energy Technologies

The future of how the world communicates, and how we power our lives, will likely come from the same source. According to the latest NanoFrontiers newsletter and Trips to the Nanofrontier podcast, nanotechnolgoy will be central to developing and using new electronics and energy technologies.

15 Oct 2008

Enable IPC's CTO Discusses Nanoporous Insulating Materials for Ultracapacitor at ECS

Enable IPC Corp., a leading company for turning technologies into products and successfully bringing them to market, today announced that Kevin Leonard, CTO of the company’s SolRayo LLC subsidiary, will be one of t...

From Enable IPC 15 Oct 2008

SEMATECH Engineers Report Resist and Mask Progress

SEMATECH engineers and the industry at large have made significant advances in moving forward the infrastructure that will prepare extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) for cost-effective manufacturing, according to pap...

From SEMATECH 15 Oct 2008

Veeco Instruments Establishes Endowed Chair at UC Santa Barbara

The Veeco Chair will support the work of an eminent scholar in the College of Engineering or the Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences who develops or uses scanning probe microscopy to advance nanoscale characterization in their field. Veeco will also donate a scanning probe microscope system to support the chairholder's work.

From Veeco 15 Oct 2008

Jellyfish Research Unearthed Possible Key for Halting Onset and Progression of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Decades of research into the chemistry behind the colorful luminescent glow of jellyfish have resulted in several major advances in the field of biotechnology and recently earned three research scientists a 2008 Nobel Pr...

15 Oct 2008

University of Utah Announces Establishment of Nano Institute of Utah

Officials at the University of Utah announced today the establishment of the Nano Institute of Utah, representing a significant and decisive step in the state's quest to bring together the university's and the st...

15 Oct 2008

Houston Technology Center's ETC Installs New Leadership

The Houston Technology Center's (HTC) Emerging Technology Council (ETC), which has been helping technology entrepreneurs connect to resources that enable success and growth since 2006, has a new leadership team heade...

15 Oct 2008

Electrovaya Partners with Tata Motors and Miljo to Launch Battery Production in Norway

Electrovaya today announced it is partnering with Tata Motors and Miljo Grenland/Innovasjon to manufacture batteries and electric cars in Norway, beginning 2009, using Electrovaya's proprietary and award winning Lithium Ion SuperPolymer® battery technology.

15 Oct 2008

Smart Fabrics and Intelligent Textiles

Smart fabrics and intelligent textiles - material that incorporates cunning molecules or clever electronics - is thriving and European research efforts are tackling some of the sector's toughest challenges. Clothes t...

15 Oct 2008