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Rice and Tsinghua Researchers to Speak at Nanomaterials Symposium

Members of the Rice community are welcome to attend sessions at the 2010 Rice-Tsinghua Nanomaterials Symposium Aug. 31-Sept. 1. The symposium is the first event to result from a collaborative agreement signed last yea...

31 Aug 2010

New Thermophile Study at Molecular Level

A unique experiment at Rice University that forces bacteria into a head-to-head competition for evolutionary dominance has yielded new insights about the way Darwinian selection plays out at the molecular level.

31 Aug 2010

Nano-Enabled Advanced Coating Developer Receives Term Sheets for Additional Funds

Ecology Coatings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ECOC), a leader in the discovery and development of nanotechnology-enabled, ultraviolet-curable advanced coatings, today announced that it has received conditional term sheets ...

31 Aug 2010

New Sterling’s Derma Mist Fights Skin Disorders Using Nano Silver Particles

An effective remedy for almost all types of skin disorders occurring today, Sterling’s Derma Mist Colloidal Silver comes in the form of a dispersion containing pico and nano silver particles that are suspended in w...

31 Aug 2010

USPTO Issues Patent Allowance for Amphoteric Liposomal Formulations

Marina Biotech, Inc., a leading RNAi-based drug discovery and development company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for patent application U.S. 11/745,003 broadly covering amphoteric liposomal formulations, including the Company's proprietary SMARTICLES® technology, for delivery of siRNAs and other compounds with therapeutic application.

31 Aug 2010

Study Shows That Aixtron Leads in the Multi-Wafer MOCVD Market

IMS Research’s Quarterly GaN LED Supply Report released last week determined that over 300 MOCVD systems were installed in Q2’10 to serve the rapidly growing high brightness (HB) LED market.

From AIXTRON SE 31 Aug 2010

Younger Dryas Boundary Sediments Contain No Nanodiamonds, Find Researchers

About 12,900 years ago, a sudden cold snap interrupted the gradual warming that had followed the last Ice Age. The cold lasted for the 1,300-year interval known as the Younger Dryas (YD) before the climate began to warm again.

31 Aug 2010

Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes Reaches Nearly $247 Million

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d5c9c7/the_global_market) has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes to 2015: A Realistic Assessment 2nd Edition" ...

31 Aug 2010

Nanotherapeutics Files Investigational New Drug Application for NanoDTPA Capsule

Nanotherapeutics, Inc., announced that it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for NanoDTPA™ an orally administered capsule that is a less invasive treatment alternative to the FDA approved injectable Zn-DTPA (diethylenetriamine pentacetic acid).

From Nanotherapeutics Inc. 31 Aug 2010

UC San Diego NanoEngineers Design Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries

NanoEngineers at the University of California, San Diego are designing new types of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries that could be used in a variety of NASA space exploration projects – and in a wide range of transportation and consumer applications.

31 Aug 2010

Vendum Batteries Plans to Expand Operations in China

Vendum Batteries (OTCBB: VNDB), a US-based battery technology development company, is pleased to announce it is looking at expanding its operations to coincide with an anticipated surge in business demand. Reports tha...

31 Aug 2010

Record Shipment of STATS ChipPAC’s Embedded Wafer-Level Ball Grid Array Units

STATS ChipPAC Ltd. ("STATS ChipPAC" or the "Company"), a leading semiconductor test and advanced packaging service provider, today announced it has achieved a major industry milestone in the volume ramp of embedded Wafer-Level Ball Grid Array (eWLB) technology with more than 35 million units shipped.

31 Aug 2010

KLA-Tencor Unveils New Wafer Edge Inspection and Metrology Tool

Today KLA-Tencor Corporation™, the world's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related industries, announced the latest addition to its industry-leading VisEdge family of products: the VisEdge CV300R-EP edge metrology and inspection tool.

31 Aug 2010

RPI Appoints Cyberinfrastructure Expert To Lead the Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations

James Myers, who currently serves as associate director for cyberenvironments at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, has been selected by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to...

30 Aug 2010

SEMATECH Completes 300 mm 3D IC Pilot Line Operating at CNSE Albany

In another step toward driving the maturity of 3D IC integration, SEMATECH's 3D Interconnect program announced today the completion of its 300 mm 3D IC pilot line, operating at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex.

30 Aug 2010