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Ultra-Thin Glass Fiber Enables Controlled Coupling of Light and Matter

Physicists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed a quantum interface which connects light particles and atoms. The interface is based on an ultra-thin glass fiber and is suitable for the transmission of quantum information.

20 May 2010

NanoLogix Advances its Marketing Strategy

NanoLogix, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NNLX) announces advancements to its go-to-market strategy, including the exploration of its BNP/BNF technologies by the University of Texas - Texas Medical Center. To facilitate its entry ...

From NanoLogix 20 May 2010

Chemists Receive Patents for Fuel-Cell Catalysts

The newly patented catalysts, as well as a method for making a particular type of catalyst with a thin layer of platinum, could greatly reduce the cost and increase the use of fuel cells in electric vehicles. The catalysts and the technique are available for licensing.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 20 May 2010

Nils Brinkmann Awarded for New Solar Cell Research

Silicon carbide (4H-SiC) is the ideal semiconductor material for power electronics. For instance, efficient power converters for electric vehicles or photovoltaic systems can be produced - as well as electronics that wo...

20 May 2010

NanoWizard AFM Revealling Nanostructure and Mechanics of Mummified Collagen from 5300-Year-Old Tyrolean Iceman

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work of the Stark research group at LMU-Munich in cooperation with the EURAC Bolzano where a NanoWizard® AFM system has been used to reveal the nanostructure and mechanics of mummified type I collagen from the 5300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman.

From Bruker BioAFM 20 May 2010

Light-Control Glass using Nanotechnology

Hisashi Tanaka and Tohru Kawamoto of Molecular Nanophysics Group, Nanotechnology Research Institute, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, in collaboration with Yamagata University, have succeeded in producing gel electrolytes for use in a light-control glass device using nanoparticles of Prussian blue-type complexes.

20 May 2010

AIXTRON Receives Order for Eight 2600G3 IC MOCVD Tools from Visual Photonics Epitaxy

AIXTRON AG announced today an order for eight 2600G3 IC MOCVD tools from Visual Photonics Epitaxy Co. Ltd. (VPEC), Taiwan. In the fourth quarter 2009 VPEC placed its order for multiple additional epitaxial growth reactor...

From AIXTRON SE 20 May 2010

Nano Renewable Energy Summit to be Held from May 24 - 25, 2010

The NanoBusiness Alliance, the world’s leading nanotechnology trade association, and the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance today announced that the 3rd annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit will open its doors next week at ...

20 May 2010

Palomar to Showcase Wafer Scale Optical Sub-Assemblies at MEPTEC Symposium

Palomar Technologies announced today that it will exhibit at the MicroElectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council (MEPTEC) Symposium held in San Jose, May 20, 2010.

20 May 2010

Unidym, Guardian Collaborate to Introduce Coated Glass Products in Touch Panel Industry

Unidym, a majority owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research, announced today that it has entered an agreement with global glass manufacturer Guardian Industries to develop and commercialize carbon coated glass products for touch screen devices and other applications.

20 May 2010

Researchers Use NMR to Study Shape-Shifting Movement of Drug Molecules

A new study by a team of researchers led by Jeffrey Peng, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, is using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), to move drug design into groundbreak...

20 May 2010

Boston University Team Develops New Nanopore DNA Sequencing Method

Sequencing DNA could get a lot faster and cheaper – and thus closer to routine use in clinical diagnostics – thanks to a new method developed by a research team based at Boston University. The team has dem...

20 May 2010

Agilent Divests Three Varian Product Lines to Bruker

Bruker Corporation today announced the closing of its acquisition of three former Varian Inc. product lines from Agilent Technologies, Inc.

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 20 May 2010

New Wireless Sensor Evaluation Kit Includes ST’s Solid-State Thin Film Battery

STMicroelectronics, the world's number one supplier of semiconductors for power and power management applications, and Micropelt GmbH, a young German company specializing in novel thin film thermoelectric devices, have announced a jointly-developed autonomous wireless sensor evaluation kit.

20 May 2010

New Market Analysis on Global Coatings for Medical Devices

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Coatings for Medical Devices industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p0197154/Global-Coatings-for-Medical-Devices-industry.h...

20 May 2010