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NREL Solar Research Garners Two Prestigious R+D 100 Awards

An etching technique that makes silicon wafers more efficient and a mammoth power generator that sets a new standard for the production of solar energy - both developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Nation...

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory 8 Jul 2010

LLNL Captures Six Awards for Top Industrial Innovations

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers are the recipients of six awards among the top 100 industrial innovations worldwide in 2009.

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 8 Jul 2010

UAlbany Nanotechnology College Partners with American Red Cross

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany, in partnership with the American Red Cross, held its 2nd Annual Blood Drive on July 8 at CNSE's Albany Nanotech Complex. More than 80 people representing CNSE students, faculty, staff and global corporate partners participated in this year's blood drive, which was held in memory of Alivia Lovell, the daughter of CNSE Integration Engineer Dave Lovell.

8 Jul 2010

Argonne Wins Two R+D 100 Awards for Breakthroughs in Protein Crystallography and Nanotechnology Research

Two innovative technologies that enhance the ability to study nanomaterials and large biological proteins have won R+D 100 awards, regarded as the "Oscars of invention," for the U.S. Department of Energy's ...

From Argonne National Laboratory 8 Jul 2010

Nanoscale Metal-Organic Frameworks: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents and Beyond

Developing more sensitive methods of biomedical imaging that are effective with minimal amounts of contrast agents is an important challenge in the early and accurate diagnosis of illnesses.

8 Jul 2010

IFC Application Hotspot from Fluidigm Now Available to Download

The Summer 2010 edition of the popular e-newsletter - IFC Application Hotspot from Fluidigm Corporation is now available free to download from http://www.fluidigm.com/newsletters/2010edition1_v5/2010edition1_v5.html.

From Standard BioTools 8 Jul 2010

The Crystal Structure of Ribose Finally Revealed

D-Ribose is just a small molecule – but an extremely important one for us life forms. It is astounding that the crystal structure of ribose is not included among the over 500,000 structures that have been solved. After all, ribose is a fundamental building block of ribosomes, the “protein factories” of cells. A Nobel Prize was awarded in 2009 for studies of the structure and function of ribosomes.

8 Jul 2010

Bacteriosafe Project Focuses on Creating Nano-Based Medical Dressing

Researchers are using nanotechnology to develop a medical dressing which will detect and treat infection in wounds.

8 Jul 2010

GCL Selects GT Solar’s Crystalline Growth System for New Wafer Plant

GT Solar International, Inc., a global provider of polysilicon production technology, crystalline ingot growth systems and related PV manufacturing services for the solar industry, today announced that it has begun installation of its new DSS450HP™ crystalline growth systems at GCL’s new wafer manufacturing facility.

8 Jul 2010

Pall Introduces New Membrane Technology for Semiconductor Fabrication

Pall Corporation today announced a next-generation, highly asymmetric membrane technology for semiconductor fabrication that advances wet chemical filtration performance to a level of 10 nanometers and reduces energy costs.

8 Jul 2010

Florida County Utilizes Nansulate Insulation to Coat Metal Handrails

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanoscience energy saving solutions, announced today that the Company's patented nanotechnology based Nansulate® thermal insulation and protective coating is being used by a Florida County to coat the metal handrails at municipal facilities to protect its citizens from contact burn injury caused by touching these metal surfaces which have been exposed to the intense summer sun.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 8 Jul 2010

Biopharmaceutical Nanotechnology Scientific Forum to be Held from August 16 to 18, 2010

IQPC presents Biopharmaceutical Nanotechnology Scientific Forum taking place August 16-18 in Philadelphia, PA. This forum will gather leaders from the biotech and pharmaceutical industry to discuss the oppor...

8 Jul 2010

New Study on Healthcare Nanotechnology Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanotechnology in Healthcare: Market outlook for applications, tools and materials, and 40 company profiles. The advent of he...

8 Jul 2010

Synopsys' Silicon-Proven IP Solutions Integrated into Open-Silicon's Chips

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Open-Silicon, a leading system-on-chip (SoC) design and semiconductor manufacturing company, has licensed and integrated 50 high-speed DesignWare® IP products into customers' chips with 100 percent first-pass silicon success.

From Synopsys, Inc. 8 Jul 2010

CVD's FirstNano Division Receives More Orders

CVD Equipment Corporation announced that it received over $6.0 million in new orders during the three (3) months ended June 30, 2010 and approximately $9.3 million in new orders for the six (6) months ended June 30, 2010.

From CVD Equipment Corporation 8 Jul 2010