Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), a state-of-the-art semiconductor foundry in China, has reported that its subsidiary SMIC Beijing has inked a cooperation framework document with the Beijing municipal government to establish a joint venture to start SMIC Beijing's second phase expansion project.
By G.P. Thomas
16 May 2012
Senesco Technologies will deliver an oral presentation titled ‘SNS01-T, an eIF5A-Based Gene Therapy Nanoparticle Designed for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma, has Anti-Tumoral Activity in Lymphoma’ at the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
16 May 2012
Zachary Melrose, who is pursuing a doctoral mechanical engineering degree at the University of Delaware (UD), has received a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship to sponsor his doctoral research on developing multipurpose structural composites by selectively integrating nanomaterials to composites.
By Will Soutter
16 May 2012
HyperSolar has reported that the company’s latest advancements will enable its nanotechnology process to produce renewable and zero-carbon hydrogen fuel from almost any type of water source.
By Will Soutter
16 May 2012
According to a research study by the University of Gothenburg, carbon nanotubes and graphene could advance the electronics utilized in mobile phones and computers.
By Will Soutter
16 May 2012
Companies cannot protect workers from nanoparticle exposure unless first they can determine there is a potential problem. To date, the size and cost of existing nanoparticle size
measurement instrumentation has been an impediment to routine industrial measurements. The new NanoScan SMPS Nanoparticle Sizer from TSI Inc. is a small, portable instrument developed to provide an affordable method to measure the size distribution of nanoparticle emissions in the workplace and in research settings.
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the multi-faceted research projects of Dr Jochen Guck who runs simultaneous research at the Universities of Dresden and Cambridge.
TowerJazz has introduced a 180 nm power management analog/mixed-signal reference design flow called Reference Flow 2.0 that features Cadence Design Systems’ key technology.
By G.P. Thomas
15 May 2012
A team of researchers from the Iowa State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has determined a novel nanoscale atomic structure in metallic glasses using advanced computational tools and a powerful scanning transmission electron microscope.
By Will Soutter
15 May 2012
Research and Markets has included a research report titled ‘Global MEMS Microphone Market 2011-2015’ to its offering.
Silicon anode used in batteries gets destroyed within a few cycles due to the electrolyte attack and the strain of contraction and expansion.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 May 2012
Research and Markets has included a new market research report titled ‘Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Electronics Applications 2012-2022’ from IDTechEx to its database.
BT Imaging, a provider of luminescence-based inspection and quality control systems for use in the photovoltaic production industry, has unveiled a suite of production tools that allows photovoltaic wafer manufacturers to communicate and work efficiently with cell manufacturers to achieve the optimal cell efficiency.
By Will Soutter
14 May 2012
Nanotrons announced the availability of an automated coating system called the spray assisted layer-by-layer assembly system (SPALAS) that employs a layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly process to fabricate nano-enabled optical coatings.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
14 May 2012
New approach is a promising first step toward the development of tiny devices that harvest electrical energy from everyday tasks