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Ascent Solar Achieves Full IEC 61646 Certification

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that it has become the first manufacturer of thin-film flexible monolithically integrated CIGS modules to receive full IEC 61646 certification upon completion of environmental testing.

13 Oct 2010

Ablynx Expands Partnership with Merck Serono for Nanobody Development

Ablynx (BRUX: ABLX) and Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced that they have expanded their relationship and entered into a second agreement, to co- discover and co-develop Nanobodie...

13 Oct 2010

Laser Patterning: Below the Surface

Sub-surface laser engraving has been used for many years to burn images, patterns or words inside solid materials, typically glass. When a computer system is used to drive the movements of the laser head, the engraving p...

13 Oct 2010

Biosensors: Morpholino Offers You More

Molecular biologists and geneticists often use DNA microarrays to detect DNA, measure gene expression levels and detect the single-nucleotide polymorphisms that are responsible for various genetic diseases.

13 Oct 2010

Organic Chemistry: Going Green with Copper

Alkenes, also known as olefins, are a class of organic molecules having at least one double bond between adjacent carbon atoms (C=C). Carbon–carbon double bonds are valuable because they can be converted into a wid...

13 Oct 2010

A*STAR Launches Nanotechnology in Manufacturing Initiative

The Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), today launch the Nanotechnology in Manufacturing Initiative (NiMI). Support...

13 Oct 2010

ISMI Relocate HQs and Operations to CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex

Governor David A. Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver joined SEMATECH President and CEO Daniel Armbrust and UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) Senior Vice President and CEO Dr. Alain Kaloyeros today to announce that the International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative, Inc. (ISMI) will relocate its headquarters and operations to CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex beginning in January 2011.

12 Oct 2010

Graphene - Beyond the Nobel Prize

If you had never heard of "graphene" a few days ago, you might know something about it today - if you follow the Nobel Prize announcements. Two physicists at the University of Manchester (UK) were awarded the N...

12 Oct 2010

3D Microscopy Allows Accurate Tracking of Microfluidic Devices

Counting and tracking particle movement in 3D is one of today’s biggest imaging challenges. Using powerful 3D analysis and holographic imaging technology, Resolution Optics’ new DIHM series has successfully tackled these challenges

12 Oct 2010

Berkeley Lab Technology Spawns Successful Start-up Companies

What do a smart window company, a microbial analysis start-up and waste-heat recovery start-up have in common? They’re all located in the San Francisco Bay Area and they’re all based on technology developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 12 Oct 2010

UC Santa Barbara Receives $6.1 Million from NSF to Extend Support for Center for Nanotechnology in Society

UC Santa Barbara will receive almost $6.1 million over five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to extend support for the campus's innovative Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) through 2015. The grant represents an increase of almost 21 percent from the initial funding in 2005.

12 Oct 2010