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MonoSol, Midatech Expand Partnership to Develop Nanoparticle-Based Peptides

MonoSol Rx, the developer of PharmFilm® drug delivery technology, today announced the expansion of its agreement with Midatech Group (Oxford, UK) to develop nanoparticle-based proteins and peptides for therapeutic d...

25 Jun 2010

New Process Using Quantum Dots Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency Up to 66%

Evolution Solar (Pinksheets:EVSO). Researchers from the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis have discovered a process that can be used to increase the conversion efficiency o...

25 Jun 2010

SEMATECH Reports Technical Advances for Semiconductor Technologies

SEMATECH engineers reported on materials and device structures that will define next generation CMOS and non-CMOS technologies at the 2010 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, June 15-18, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Hawaii.

25 Jun 2010

Spectroscopic Analysis on Hydrogen Generation

(Jena) Energy from hydrogen – scientists from all over the world work on this solution to overcome the energy crisis. Amongst other things they try to use the sunlight as driving force for the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen.

25 Jun 2010

Novel DNA Transfer Agents Find Potential Application in Nanomedicine

EUREKA project E! 3371 Gene Transfer Agents has made great advances in the development of novel non-viral carriers able to introduce genetic material into the target cells.

25 Jun 2010

Methode’s Nanoparticles-Based Conductive Ink Adheres Well on Treated Polyesters

Methode Development Company, a business unit of Methode Electronics, Inc., announces that its conductive inkjet printable ink can now print circuits directly onto treated polyesters. The ink, formulated for...

25 Jun 2010

Wyss Institute Team Creates Lung-on-a-Chip Device Using Microfabrication Strategy

Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston have created a device that mimics a living, breathing human lung on a microchip.

25 Jun 2010

Excited Electrons Leave Atom with Time Delay of 20 Attoseconds

When light is absorbed by atoms, the electrons become excited. If the light particles, so-called photons, carry sufficient energy, the electrons can be ejected from the atom.

25 Jun 2010

NanoSteel Executive to Deliver Presentation on Bulk Materials Nanotechnology

The NanoSteel® Company, a leader in nanostructured steel alloy surface technologies, announces that a presentation highlighting how bulk materials nanotechnology can be applied as a surface technology for solving complex challenges in mainstream industries will be delivered by Daniel Branagan Ph.D., NanoSteel's chief technical officer, at the 2010 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials (PowderMet 2010) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 27-30.

25 Jun 2010

Testing the Best-Yet Theory of Nature

The best theory for explaining the subatomic world got its start in 1928 when theorist Paul Dirac combined quantum mechanics with special relativity to explain the behavior of the electron.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 24 Jun 2010

Phenom-World Appoints Struers as Exclusive Distributor for Phenom Desktop SEM in Europe

Phenom-World BV and Struers A/S announce the start of a new partnership making Struers the exclusive distributor for the Phenom Desktop SEM (scanning electron microscope) in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The s...

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Phenom-World BV 24 Jun 2010

Altair Nanotechnologies Signs Long-Term Supply Agreement with Proterra

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) (NASDAQ: ALTI) today announced it has signed a long-term supply agreement with Proterra Inc. to supply advanced lithium-ion battery modules for incorporation into Proterra's...

From Altair Nanotechnologies 24 Jun 2010

New Technologies Boost Microscopy Market Growth in Latin America

The Medical Device practice at MarketsandMarkets is pleased to announce a new report titled Microscopy - Advanced Technologies in Latin America (2010 - 2015). The development of confocal microscopes and new...

24 Jun 2010

Bloo Solar Selects CVD to Develop Thin Film PV Cell Manufacturing Equipment

Bloo Solar, a West Sacramento renewable solar energy company, announced today the selection of CVD Equipment Corporation (CVD) to develop and manufacture the equipment for its unique 3rd generation three dimensional architecture, thin film, solar module.

24 Jun 2010

LFoundry Purchases Atmel’s Wafer Fabrication Facility in France

Atmel® Corporation, a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of Atmel's wafer fabrication operation located in Rousset, France to LFoundry GmbH.

24 Jun 2010