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Novel Nanoscale Technologies Enable Development of New Solar Energy Harvesting Solutions

Under the RCUK Programme, Nanoscience through Engineering to Application, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Technology Strategy Board are investing in four industry-led collaborative ...

24 Feb 2011

Successful Installation of PV-480 Coating System for Thin-Film Solar Production

Ultrasonic Systems, Inc. announces the installation of a PV-480 coating system at a US-based CdTe solar panel manufacturer.

24 Feb 2011

New Report on Quantum Dot Technologies

Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Quantum Dots: Technologies and Global Markets". Among the man...

24 Feb 2011

NanoString Announces First Fixed-Panel Assay Product

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held life sciences company marketing a complete solution for detecting and counting large sets of target molecules in biological samples, today announced the first fixed-panel assay product to be developed on its Copy Number Variation (CNV) detection platform – the nCounter® Human Karyotype Panel.

From Nanostring Technologies 24 Feb 2011

New Nanomedicine to Improve Survival After Massive Human Blood Loss

In an advance that could improve battlefield and trauma care, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have used tiny particles called nanoparticles to improve survival after life-threatening blood loss.

24 Feb 2011

Nanometrics Supplies Next Generation 3D Metrology System for 3D Wafer Inspection

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO), a leading provider of advanced process control metrology systems, today announced that a leading manufacturer of advanced logic devices has taken delivery of its next generation U...

23 Feb 2011

New Way to Fabricate Metal Nanoparticles in Catalysts

Tiny metal nanoparticles are used as catalysts in many reactions, from refining chemicals to producing polymers and biofuels. How well these nanoparticles perform as catalysts for these reactions depend on which of their crystal faces are exposed.

23 Feb 2011

New Method to Create Electrodes for Use in Microfluidic Devices

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a faster, easier way to create microelectrodes, for use in microfluidic devices, by using liquid metal. Microfluidic devices manipulate small amounts of...

From North Carolina State University 23 Feb 2011

Shimadzu Collaborates with Phenomenex for LC and GC Systems

Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, and Shimadzu Scientific Instruments today announced a marketing collaboration for LC and GC systems.

23 Feb 2011

DCG Systems Secures IARPA Funding to Develop Logic Analysis and Fault Isolation Tools

DCG Systems, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded multiple development contracts funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA).

23 Feb 2011

Scientists Discover That Super-Thin Membranes Play Vital Role in Living Beings

Plant photosynthesis depends on membranes, and human beings would be unable to hear without the membrane we call the eardrum. Could yet another membrane help rescue us from a climatic catastrophe?

23 Feb 2011

NEC Demonstrates Low Power Programmable Cell Array Using NanoBridge

NEC Corporation announced today the successful demonstration of a low power programmable cell array using a rewritable and nonvolatile solid-electrolyte switch, "NanoBridge(R)," integrated into a 90nm CMOS.

23 Feb 2011

eBeam's Advancements in Maskless Lithography to be Presented at SPIE Symposium

The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of a new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam (DFEB), today announced that several of its members will present the latest breakthroughs in DFEB mask and direct write technology at the Annual SPIE Advanced Lithography Symposium 2011.

From Vistec Electron Beam 23 Feb 2011

Synopsys Now Offers New DesignWare Data Converter IP for SMIC's 65 nm Process

Synopsys, Inc. a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the immediate availability of the silicon-proven DesignWare(TM) Data Converter IP for SMIC's popular 65-nanometer (nm) Low Leakage (LL) process technology, enabling designers to improve their chips' power efficiency and ease their integration efforts.

From Synopsys, Inc. 23 Feb 2011

New Research Report on Global Nanobiotechnology Market

Given the current pace of nanotechnology infusion in medical sciences, giant strides will be taken, in the upcoming years, in the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurological diseases, diabetes, orthopedic ...

From Global Industry Analysts 23 Feb 2011