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USGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification to Argonne’s Microscopy Facility

An environmental gold star has been awarded to a facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory that studies nature’s smallest creations.

From Argonne National Laboratory 6 Jan 2011

ISMI, Oxford Instruments Join for Coating 450 mm Silicon Wafers with PECVD SiO2 Films

In collaboration with ISMI, the technology and applications teams at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology have coated 450mm silicon wafers with PECVD SiO2 – a world first. The wafers were processed using the recen...

6 Jan 2011

New Embedded Platforms from ADLINK Feature Intel's 32 nm Process Technology

ADLINK Technology, Inc. today announces new embedded products based on the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family with 32nm process technology.

6 Jan 2011

NSG’s New Nano-Deposition Calibration Standards Fit into Any Spectrophotometer

After the initial release of the nano-deposition standards in early December 2010, NSG has been seeing tremendous feedback regarding the accuracy and reliability of these UV/VIS calibration standards.

6 Jan 2011

Researchers Reveal Graphene’s Electrical and Mechanical Properties

Cornell University researchers have unveiled striking, atomic-resolution details of what graphene "quilts" look like at the boundaries between patches, and have uncovered key insights into graphene's electr...

6 Jan 2011

Rostock Chemists Develop New Biosensor to Detect Genetic Traces in Corn Flour

Chemists at the University of Rostock have developed a new biosensor that can far more easily deduct genetic traces in corn flour.

6 Jan 2011

Nanotechnology Researches Foster More International Collaborations: Study

Despite their focus on national economic competitiveness, the nanotechnology research initiatives now funded by more than 60 countries have become increasingly collaborative, with nearly a quarter of all papers being co-written by researchers across borders.

From Center for Nanotechnology in Society 6 Jan 2011

Silicon Solar Solutions Wins NSF Grant to Develop Thin-Film Solar Cell Technology

Silicon Solar Solutions is awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant effective January 4th, 2010.

5 Jan 2011

MonoSol, Midatech Announce Positive Study Results of Nano-Based Oral Insulin Formulation

MonoSol Rx, the developer of PharmFilm® drug delivery technology, and Midatech Group Ltd, a global leader and centre of excellence for the design, development, synthesis and manufacture of nanomedicines, today announced positive results from a pre-clinical study of insulin PharmFilm, the first-ever oral insulin film formulation to transbuccally deliver an active therapeutic dose of insulin in a diet-induced diabetic primate model.

5 Jan 2011