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AB SCIEX, CDC Partner to Facilitate Use of Liquid Chromatography for Hormone Testing

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation to facilitate the use of mass spectrometry technologies in clinical laboratories for hormone testing.

28 Jul 2010

Air Products Unveils New Etching Gas for MEMS Market

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced the addition of xenon difluoride (XeF2) to its portfolio of electronic materials. XeF2 is used as an etching gas, primarily in the Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) market. ...

28 Jul 2010

E-Dot Chosen to Represent Strasbaugh in Taiwan

Strasbaugh (OTC Bulletin Board: STRB), a leading provider of equipment and tools for advanced chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), prime wafer polishing, and grinding equipment for device and wafer manufacturing, ann...

28 Jul 2010

Foveon Adopts Synopsys' Custom Solution for New Direct Image Sensor

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Foveon Inc., a world innovator in the design and development of image sensor...

28 Jul 2010

Berkeley's AFS Platform Chosen by SiliconFile for Nanometer SPICE Accuracy

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified circuit verification platform (AFS Platform), today announced that SiliconFile Technologies Inc., a leading fabless provider of CMOS image...

28 Jul 2010

Researchers Create Macroscale Molds Using Arrays of Insect Corneas

Rows of tiny raised blowfly corneas may be the key to easy manufacturing of biomimetic surfaces, surfaces that mimic the properties of biological tissues, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

28 Jul 2010

Controlling Nanoscale Paths Help to Create Cheaper Electronics

Imagine building cheaper electronics on a variety of substrates -- materials like plastic, paper, or fabric. Researchers at Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University have made a discovery that opens this door, allow...

28 Jul 2010

Five Companies Receive Grant to Commercialize Nanomaterials for Energy Applications

The Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center recently announced that it has provided $450,000 in funding to five companies located throughout the state of Pennsylvania in its seventh round of awards. This r...

28 Jul 2010

UW Researchers Develop New Nanoparticle to Solve Medical Imaging Problem

Spotting a single cancerous cell that has broken free from a tumor and is traveling through the bloodstream to colonize a new organ might seem like finding a needle in a haystack. But a new imaging technique from the University of Washington is a first step toward making this possible.

28 Jul 2010

Engineers Use Nanotechnology to Develop Coatings for Nuclear Reactors

Researchers have discovered mechanisms critical to interactions between hot plasma and surfaces facing the plasma inside a thermonuclear fusion reactor, part of work aimed at developing coatings capable of withstanding the grueling conditions inside the reactors.

28 Jul 2010

New Laser-Activated Carbon Nanoparticle System for Intracellular Drug Delivery

Using chemical "nanoblasts" that punch tiny holes in the protective membranes of cells, researchers have demonstrated a new technique for getting therapeutic small molecules, proteins and DNA directly into living cells.

28 Jul 2010

Virage Logic Introduces New ARC Dual-Core Processor for HD Audio SoCs

Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced the new ARC Sound AS221BD dual-core processor for High Definition (HD) Audio System-on-Chips (SoCs) targeting B...

28 Jul 2010

NanoActive Formulation Boosts Oral Bioavailability of Drugs, Shows In Vivo Data

NanGenex Inc., the proprietary NanoActive™ continuous flow technology platform company, has completed the first round in vivo testing of NanoActive™ nanoformulations of block-buster drugs. Low water solub...

From Tavanta Therapeutics 28 Jul 2010

New SiANA Analog IP Portfolio Ideal for TSMC’s 40, 65, and 90-nm Process Nodes

Virage Logic Corporation, the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced the expansion of its broad semiconductor IP product portfolio with the introduction of SiANA, a new offering of silicon-proven analog IP components essential for building multimedia consumer electronics devices.

27 Jul 2010

AIXTRON Secures New MOCVD System Order from Meijo University

AIXTRON AG today announced a new order for one Close Coupled Showerhead GaN based LED MOCVD system from Meijo University, in Nagoya, an established AIXTRON customer in Japan. The order was received earlier this year and the system will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2010 in a 3x2-inch wafer configuration.

From AIXTRON SE 27 Jul 2010