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Chemists Develop New Liquid Crystals with Electric Dipole

Chemists at Vanderbilt University have created a new class of liquid crystals with unique electrical properties that could improve the performance of digital displays used on everything from digital watches to flat panel televisions.

6 Oct 2010

FutureCarbon to Make Appearance at JEC Asia Show in Singapore

FutureCarbon, the leading producer of carbon super-composites based in Germany, is making an appearance at this year's JEC Asia show from October 12 through 14 in Singapore. FutureCarbon intends to demonstrate an increasing focus on SEA markets.

5 Oct 2010

New Compositions to Debut at Rice's Buckyball Discovery Gala

Rice University composer Anthony Brandt has compressed an entire evening at the symphony into a six-minute opus -- a "nanosymphony" -- as part of Rice University's Year of Nano celebration. The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra will premiere the piece Sunday at Rice's Buckyball Discovery Gala.

5 Oct 2010

Findings Lead to Creation of More Efficient Solar Cells

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the U.K. has found that the low rate of energy conversion in all-polymer solar-cell technology is caused by the structure of the solar cells themselves. They...

5 Oct 2010

Nanoparticles Deliver Combination of Chemotherapy Drugs Directly to Prostate-Cancer Cells.

In recent years, studies have shown that for many types of cancer, combination drug therapy is more effective than single drugs. However, it is usually difficult to get the right amount of each drug to the tumor.

5 Oct 2010

LGC Standards Launches New Range of Reference Nanomaterials

LGC Standards, Europe's leading supplier of reference materials, has launched a range of reference nanomaterials to aid research and testing into the applications and impacts of nanotechnology, which is widely regard...

5 Oct 2010

Paleontologists Find Colors of Extinct Penguin's Feathers Using Nanoscale Structures

Paleontologists have unearthed the first extinct penguin with preserved evidence of scales and feathers. The 36-million-year-old fossil from Peru shows the new giant penguin's feathers were reddish brown and grey,...

5 Oct 2010

School of Electronics and Computer Science Enrolls Over 650 Students

Over 650 students enrolled in the School of Electronics and Computer Science today, on a wide range of programmes critical to the development of future technological capabilities in research and industry. Around 300 s...

5 Oct 2010

2010 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Andre Geim And Konstantin Novoselov from University Of Manchester for Work on Graphene

The Swedish Nobel Committee has today awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2010 to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from the University of Manchester, UK, for "two-dimensional material graphene".

5 Oct 2010

Agar Scientific Announces Availability of 1070 NanoClean System from Fischione Instruments

Agar Scientific, a leading supplier of microscopy accessories and consumables, announces the new 1070 NanoClean system from Fischione Instruments.

From Fischione Instruments 5 Oct 2010

New Pigment and Dye Based Inks Available on InkTec’s Online Store

InkTec America Corp. adds pigment and dye based ink and media products for large format printers to its online shopping mall. The newly added pigment and dye based inks are water based and crafted for Epson Piezo head...

5 Oct 2010

ChipMOS Expands Wafer Gold Bumping Production Capacity in Taiwan

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD. (Nasdaq: IMOS) today announced the expansion of its wafer gold bumping capabilities in Taiwan into 12-inch, high performance gold bumping production. In anticipation of the expected...

5 Oct 2010

Pixtronix Successfully Develops PerfectLight MEMS Display Technology

Pixtronix, Inc., an innovator in the development and licensing of low power multimedia display technologies, today announced the successful joint development with Hitachi Displays, Ltd. of its PerfectLight low power MEMS display technology for mobile multimedia applications.

5 Oct 2010

MesoCoat Wins Multiple DOE Awards to Develop Nanocomposite Coatings for Energy Applications

Abakan Inc. is pleased to announce that MesoCoat, Inc., one of its portfolio companies, has won multiple American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) and Phase II SBIR awards from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and demonstrate its breakthrough CermaClad™ fusion claddings and PComP nanocomposite cermet coatings for energy applications.

5 Oct 2010

AIXTRON Receives Order for Black Magic Plasma Enhanced CVD System from Nanotechnology Center

AIXTRON AG , a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today announced an order from ETH Zurich for a Black Magic Plasma Enhanced CVD system to be installed at the Nanotechnology Center in...

From AIXTRON SE 5 Oct 2010