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A123 to Supply Nano-Based Lithium Ion Battery Systems to Navistar

A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate™ lithium ion batteries and systems, today announced a production agreement with Navistar, Inc., a proven leader in worldwide commercial transportation, to supply lithium ion battery systems for electric vehicles (EVs) for the Navistar-Modec EV Alliance, LLC, a joint venture between Navistar and Modec Limited of the U.K.

From Wanxiang A123 Systems Corp 8 Jun 2010

Discover the Many Facets of MINATEC in Four Days and Twenty Events

MINATEC Crossroads'10, France's leading micro and nanotechnology event, is expected to bring in more than 800 visitors. The conference, to be held from June 21 to 24 in Grenoble, will offer a full program of some...

8 Jun 2010

Solexant Secures $41.5 Million Financing to Develop Nanocrystal Ultrathin-Film Solar Cell

Solexant Corp., developer of third-generation ultrathin-film PV technology, today announced the $41.5M first close of a Series C financing round following the successful completion of a 2MW pilot line operating at the company’s headquarters.

8 Jun 2010

Fraunhofer POLO Announces Roll-to-Roll Pilot Production of Transparent Barrier Films

Fraunhofer POLO announces roll-to-roll pilot production of transparent barrier films for encapsulation of flexible electronics and solar cells. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Polymer Surfaces Alliance POLO (Fraunhofe...

8 Jun 2010

Making Diagnostics Quick and Mobile

Biametrics is a spin-off from the University of Tübingen that focuses on the commercialisation of innovative developments in the field of label-free bioanalyses. The company's platform detects interactions between biomolecules using reflectometric interference spectroscopy (RIfS) and can be integrated into small mobile analytical devices.

8 Jun 2010

AIXTRON Receives New Order from Existing Customer in China

AIXTRON AG announced today a new order from an existing customer in China. The order is for two CRIUS production deposition systems in a 31x2 inch configuration. LED manufacturer Xi An ZoomView placed the order in the fo...

From AIXTRON SE 8 Jun 2010

Detecting "Carbon Black and Soot" in the Environment Using Electron Microscopy

San Air Technologies Laboratory announced today that it now has the ability to detect "carbon black and soot" in the environment and confirm its presence using electron microscopy that magnifies objects by a fa...

7 Jun 2010

EUROPRACTICE Offers Boon to Nanotechnology Researchers

The EUROPRACTICE integrated circuit (IC) service has brought the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) into its fold, furthering the close collaboration between this prominent semiconductor foundry and the Be...

7 Jun 2010

Altair Nanotechnologies Awarded $100,000 from Department of Energy

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) (NASDAQ: ALTI), a leading provider of energy storage systems for clean, efficient power and energy management, today announced it received a grant award of $100,000 from the Department of Energy under the Small Business Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.

From Altair Nanotechnologies 7 Jun 2010

New Study Validates Classic Tomographic Descriptions of Quantum States

Scientists at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) have proven the validity of tomographic representation of quantum states.

7 Jun 2010

TSMC Stretches Open Innovation Platform to Focus on Nano-Scale AMS/RF Design

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today extended its Open Innovation Platform™ with another focus on system-level design, analog/mixed-signal (AMS)/RF design and two-dimensiona...

7 Jun 2010

Qualcomm Announces Investment in Wafer-Based Optical Products Manufacturer

Anteryon, the world leader in wafer-based, miniature optical module production for mobile phone cameras and laser projection, and Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced w...

7 Jun 2010

EU Research Grants Increased for Proposals Including FP7 Nano-Materials-Production

The EU research & development programme started off in 2007 with a yearly budget of € 6 billion. From 2010 this budget will drastically increase to over € 10 billion per year until 2013. The SusChem-info-day for...

7 Jun 2010

Nanotech Age Likely to Start Between 2025 and 2050: TheNanoAge.com

Officially launched on the 29th of December, 2009, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the visionary lecture that began an entire field of research and development, "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom," TheNanoAge.com attempts to explain the basics of nanotechnology

7 Jun 2010

AB SCIEX's Liquid Chromatography-Based Technology Selected for FIFA Anti-Doping Test

The anti-doping policies at the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ are being enhanced through the use of a state-of-the-art mass spectrometry-based solution from AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies.

7 Jun 2010