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STMicroelectronics Appoints Carmelo Papa as Chairman of European Platform on Smart Systems

STMicroelectronics today announced that Carmelo Papa, Executive Vice President and General Manager of ST's Industrial and Multisegment Sector, has been appointed Chairman of EPoSS (European Platform on Smart Systems) at the EPoSS General Assembly and Annual Forum, which was held last week on October 7-8, 2010, at the Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon, Portugal.

From STMicroelectronics 12 Oct 2010

Nano Gel Battery Products Supplier Receives New Order from APC

China Ritar Power Corporation (Nasdaq: CRTP), a leading supplier of innovative nano gel battery products and solutions, today announced that the company was awarded a new contract to supply VRLA batteries to American Pow...

12 Oct 2010

Applied Nanotech’s Key Advancements to be Featured at International Events

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:APNT) announced that it will showcase some of its key nanotechnology advancements in metallic inks and pastes, carbon nanotube enhanced epoxy composites, thermal management material...

From Nano Magic, LLC. 12 Oct 2010

Agilent Technologies Launches New Microarray Platform for Cytogenetic Research

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced the SurePrint G3 Human CGH+SNP microarray platform, an innovative system for simultaneous analysis of chromosomal copy number changes and copy-neutral aberrations.

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 12 Oct 2010

Raman Amplification Helps to Replace Complex Laser Set-Ups with Smaller Ones

More brilliant X-rays, more cost-effective methods for developing new energy sources and advanced manufacturing processes are just some of the benefits which may come from a novel technology, proven at the theoretical le...

12 Oct 2010

Study on Physical Virology Opens Door for Development of Artificial Nanocontainers

Wouter Roos and Gijs Wuite, respectively FOM researcher and FOM workgroup leader at VU University Amsterdam, discuss recent developments in the area of 'physical virology' in the journal Nature Physics. This n...

12 Oct 2010

AIXTRON Receives Order from Formosa Epitaxy for AIX G5 HT MOCVD Reactor

AIXTRON AG today announced that in the second quarter of 2010, Formosa Epitaxy Inc. (FOREPI), placed an order for a 56x2-inch AIX G5 HT MOCVD reactor which will be used for ultra-high brightness (UHB) GaN-based LEDs. Pla...

From AIXTRON SE 12 Oct 2010

Simulations Show Simple Coatings Incapable of Fully Covering Spherical Nanoparticle

It may seem obvious that dunking relatively spherical objects in a sauce — blueberries in melted chocolate, say — will result in an array of completely encapsulated berries.

From Sandia National Laboratories 11 Oct 2010

How Safe Are Nanomaterials

Whether and to what extent the millionths of millimetre small particles can be dangerous is a controversial issue. The new scientific project "NanoGEM - Nanostructured Materials – Health, Exposure and Material...

11 Oct 2010

PANalytical Opens New Office with Demonstration Laboratory in 2011

PANalytical Inc. is pleased to announce the January 1, 2011 opening of a new office with demonstration laboratory and meeting space near Houston, TX. Located just 10 minutes from George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the Kingwood, TX facility is focused on serving the needs of the many petrochemical companies situated in the Gulf Coast region.

11 Oct 2010

First Stage Integration of Crocus’ MRAM Technology into TowerJazz’s 130nm CMOS Process

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and Crocus Technology, a premier developer of Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM), today announced the successful completion of the first stage of integration of Crocus’ Thermally Assisted Switching (TAS)-based MRAM technology into TowerJazz’s 0.13-micron CMOS process.

11 Oct 2010

SoloPower to Exhibit Flexible PV Module Products

SoloPower, a California-based manufacturer of flexible, thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, will display its line of high-power, lightweight, flexible photovoltaic module products in the SoloPower booth (# 5522 in Kentia Hall) at Solar Power International, October 12 – 14, 2010 in Los Angeles.

11 Oct 2010

New Study on Multicore Processors for Flexible Networking Systems

Advances in multicore processors – with development of 65nm and 40/45nm silicon technology enabling the integration of significantly more memory, high-performance cores, and enhanced network interfaces – are ...

11 Oct 2010

New Multi-Ion Measurement Solution from CleanGrow Features Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensor

This week at Horti Fair in The Netherlands, the horticulture industry's premier tradeshow, CleanGrow will introduce its breakthrough multi-ion measurement solution capable of analyzing up to six ions simultaneously. ...

11 Oct 2010

European Researchers Develop New Molecular Diagnostic Technology for Cervical Cancer

Current cervical cancer screening is time consuming and expensive, but now new breakthrough technology developed by European researchers should allow large-range screening by non-medical personnel with almost immediate results and at a much lower cost.

11 Oct 2010