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Nanotechnologists Develop New Sensor to Detect Anthrax Spores

Nanotechnologists at University of Twente’s MESA+ research institute have developed a sensor that can detect anthrax spores.

19 Jul 2010

STMicroelectronics to Exhibit MEMS Solutions at Embedded Systems Conference

STMicroelectronics, one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers, is using the Embedded Systems Conference in Bangalore from July 21-23, 2010, to showcase its leading-edge embedded systems technologies aimed at India’s fast growing consumer and industrial segments.

From STMicroelectronics 19 Jul 2010

Boston Micromachines Honored for Development of MEMS-Based Instrument

Boston Micromachines Corporation, a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products for adaptive optics systems, announced today that a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Univer...

From Boston Micromachines Corp. 19 Jul 2010

Genetic Immunity Releases Phase II Study Result of DermaVir Nanomedicine

Genetic Immunity, a US/Hungarian biopharmaceutical company developing nanomedicine-based immunotherapies for HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases, is releasing Phase II data on the Company's novel DermaVir therapeutic vaccine for HIV/AIDS during the XVIII International AIDS Conference this week in Vienna, Austria.

19 Jul 2010

Goodrich to Produce Nano-Enhanced Composites Along with UDRI

Goodrich Corporation will work with the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) to produce an innovative nanomaterial with metal-like conductive properties into a rugged composite structure, in sizes suitable for large-scale commercial aerospace applications.

19 Jul 2010

New Optical Solution from Nova Enables Development of Advanced 22nm Technology

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI) provider of leading edge stand-alone metrology and the market leader of integrated metrology solutions to the semiconductor process control market, today introduced its...

From Nova Measuring Instruments 17 Jul 2010

AMEC Discloses Milestones That Favors Rising Momentum in Asian Market

Today in San Francisco, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc., (AMEC) revealed a series of milestones that document its rising market momentum across Asia. Since its debut at SEMICON Japan 2007, the company has ...

17 Jul 2010

Vishay Expands its Optoelectronics Product Family

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. has broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of the new AEC-Q101-qualified VEMD25x0X01 high-speed silicon PIN photodiodes and VEMT25x0X01 NPN planar phototransistors.

17 Jul 2010

New Lab on a Chip Device Developed to Diagnose HIV Infection

UC Davis biomedical engineer Prof. Alexander Revzin has developed a "lab on a chip" device for HIV testing.

17 Jul 2010

Chemists Discover New Dynamic on Crystal Growth

Chemists from New York University and Russia's St. Petersburg State University have created crystals that can twist and untwist, pointing to a much more varied process of crystal growth than previously thought. Their...

17 Jul 2010

Using Nanotechnology, Tecnalia Develops New Green Cement

The Tecnalia Construction Unit, within the framework of its commitment to sustainability, has developed a new generation of environmentally-friendly cements that enable cutting direct CO2 emissions to the atmosphere...

17 Jul 2010

Nanophotonics Device Market to Reach $58 Billion in 2014

Nanotechnology, optoelectronics, and photonics are expected to make a significant impact on the way we see the world today. Nanophotonics is the combination of these three technologies. The nanophotonics components ...

17 Jul 2010

Nanotechnology Making Generators More Efficient

Siemens is searching for insulators that will make generators more efficient. The electrical energy in generators is generated in copper bars insulated against high electrical voltages with thick layers of plastic. New materials would enable a thinner design for these insulators, freeing up space for thicker bars in which ultimately more energy could be generated.

16 Jul 2010

Domtar and FPInnovations Forms New Joint Venture Nanotechnology Company

Domtar Corporation (NYSE/TSX: UFS) and FPInnovations today announced that they have formed a new joint venture company to build the world's first one metric ton per day commercial-scale nanocrystalline cellulose demo...

16 Jul 2010

Researchers Using Special Carbon Nanoparticles to Optimize Materials

Russian researchers with Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) are using special carbon nanoparticles to optimize materials. They are adding fullerenes -- soccer ball-shaped molecules comprising 60 carbon atoms -- to aluminum to obtain a new material that is roughly three times harder than conventional composites, yet weights much less.

16 Jul 2010