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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

With the Phenom Desktop SEM, Struers expands its portfolio, providing comprehensive solutions for sample preparation and advanced scanning electron microscopy.

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

ADA Receives Air Force Contract to Develop Nano-Based Li-Ion Batteries

ADA Technologies, Inc. received a $100,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force for Phase I research into the development of advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for military space satellite applications.

From ADA Technologies 24 Jun 2010

University Orders AIXTRON MOCVD System for Nanotechnology Project

AIXTRON AG today announced a new order for one CRIUS deposition system from the University of Duisburg-Essen. The order was placed in the fourth quarter of 2009 and the system will be delivered in the second quarter of 2...

From AIXTRON SE 24 Jun 2010

IBM Announces New Collaboration to Develop Advanced 28nm Chips

IBM, Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., GLOBALFOUNDRIES and STMicroelectronics said today that the four companies are collaborating to synchronize semiconductor manufacturing facilities for the production of advanced chips based on 28nm process jointly developed by IBM Technology Alliance.

From STMicroelectronics 24 Jun 2010

Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Used in Suncreens are Toxic to Colon Cells

Scientists are reporting that particle size affects the toxicity of zinc oxide, a material widely used in sunscreens.

24 Jun 2010

Silicon-Based Quantum Computer, a Breakthrough for Modern Electronics

The remarkable ability of an electron to exist in two places at once has been controlled in the most common electronic material – silicon - for the first time.

24 Jun 2010