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Kodak, MacDermid to Provide High-Quality Film Solutions for Printed Electronics Applications

Kodak today announced that it has entered into a new partnership with specialty films manufacturer MacDermid Autotype to meet the growing needs of the printed electronics marketplace.

29 May 2010

Partnership Will Aid Understanding of Complex Materials

An intimate understanding of complex materials that lie at the heart of pharmaceuticals or even nuclear weapons can occur more quickly and efficiently thanks to an agreement between Los Alamos and Argonne national laboratories.

28 May 2010

NanoScope Services Launches 'LiveFIB' Web Based Consultancy Capability

NanoScope Services Ltd. An innovative European provider of outsourced microscopy and ion beam 'nano-surgery' services, announced today the release of its novel 'LiveFIB'TM web based consultancy capability. Customers may view their samples during modification and analysis at the nanometer level, live, over a web-based video conferencing facility.

28 May 2010

The Centre for Nanoscale Science Selects DC24000 for Work on Nanoparticles in Biomedical Applications

The Centre for Nanoscale Science at the University of Liverpool has selected the DC24000 from CPS Instruments Europe to support their work in nano particle characterisation in biomedical applications.

From CPS Instruments Europe 28 May 2010

eSilicon Acquires Silicon Design Solutions

eSilicon Corporation, the largest independent semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Silicon Design Solutions (SDS), a privately held supplier of niche semiconductor memory intellectual property (IP) cores.

28 May 2010

MEMSIC and Crossbow Technology Sign Asset Purchase Agreement

MEMSIC, Inc, (NASDAQ GM: MEMS), a leading MEMS solution provider announced today the signing of an Asset Purchase Agreement with Crossbow Technology to acquire selected Crossbow Technology product lines. The purchase includes the non-military portion of Crossbow’s Inertial Systems business lines and the Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) “Mote” and eKo business lines.

28 May 2010

"Tattoo" of Nanoparticles Designed to Detect Glucose

People with type I diabetes must prick their fingers several times a day to test their blood sugar level. Though the pain is minor, the chore interferes with daily life.

28 May 2010

Elpida Develops 65nm XS Version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM for DRAM Market

Elpida Memory, Inc. (TOKYO:6665), Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that it had completed development of a 65nm XS extra-shrink version 1-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM that is as cost-competitive as 50nm process memory devices.

28 May 2010

Tiny Magnetite Nanoparticles Can Prove Useful in Real-World Applications

While attempting to solve one mystery about iron oxide-based nanoparticles, a research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) stumbled upon another one. But once its implications are understood, their discovery* may give nanotechnologists a new and useful tool.

28 May 2010

New Technique Creates Nanoshell Structures That Can Trap and Store Light

Scientists from four U.S. universities have created a way to use Rice University's light-activated nanoshells as building blocks for 2-D and 3-D structures that could find use in chemical sensors, nanolasers and bizarre light-absorbing metamaterials.

28 May 2010

Applied Nanotech to Showcase Key Advancements at Nanotech China

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: APNT) announced that it will showcase some of its key nanotechnology advancements at Nanotech China, which is being held in Shanghai, China from May 27 -29, 2010 at the Shang...

From Nano Magic, LLC. 28 May 2010

Carl Zeiss Launches Hard- and Software Package for Nanoscopic Analysis of Large-Area Specimens

Today, Carl Zeiss launches ATLAS™, a powerful hard- and software package, which, in combination with any scanning electron microscope from Carl Zeiss, enables quick and efficient imaging of large-area specimens with nanometer resolution.

28 May 2010

Cymer Opens New Silicon Valley Office in California

Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI), the world's leading supplier of light sources used by chipmakers to create advanced semiconductor chips, today announced the opening of a Silicon Valley office, located in Santa Clara, Ca...

28 May 2010

The Search for Improved Carbon Sponges Picks Up Speed

Jeffrey Long's lab will soon host a round-the-clock, robotically choreographed hunt for carbon-hungry materials. The Berkeley Lab chemist leads a diverse team of scientists whose goal is to quickly discover materials that can efficiently strip carbon dioxide from a power plant's exhaust, before it leaves the smokestack and contributes to climate change.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 28 May 2010

Semiconducting Sandwich Filling Retains its Mystery

Oxides of transition metals such as titanium are of interest for applications, such as hydrogen gas sensors or as catalysts, and have intriguing fundamental physical properties. In particular, the origin of an intermedia...

27 May 2010