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U.S.-India HTCG Summit Highlights Opportunities in Nanotechnology Sector

The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) today convened leading executives from U.S. and Indian industry, joined by top government officials, for the 7th Meeting of the U.S.-India High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG).

16 Mar 2010

Seiko Instruments Succeeded in Developing High Precision Silicon Based MEMS Resonator

Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) has succeeded in developing a high precision siliconbased MEMS resonator. In addition, SII, in collaboration with the Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has also succeeded in the development of a new wafer level packaging technology for vacuum sealing MEMS devices.

16 Mar 2010

Self-Assembling Computer Chips

In a paper that appeared Monday in Nature Nanotechnology, MIT researchers have taken an important step toward making that approach practical.

16 Mar 2010

UAlbany NanoCollege Showcases Innovative Brain Research Through 'Nano in the Mall' Program

The role of nanotechnology in improving the diagnosis and treatment of brain-related illnesses was the focus of a "Nano in the Mall" program presented by CNSE at Crossgates Mall in Albany on March 15 in conjunction with international Brain Awareness Week.

15 Mar 2010

mPhase to Participate in Nanobusiness Alliance Roundtable

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL), the global leader in the development of nanotech-based reserve battery technology, today announced that its executives will attend the Ninth Annual NanoBusiness Alliance Washingto...

From MyPebble 15 Mar 2010

Essen Instruments Forms Strategic Alliance with OriGene Technologies

Essen Instruments Inc. and OriGene Technologies, Inc. today announced a strategic alliance to co-develop ion channel cell lines. Essen, based in Ann Arbor Michigan, is a leading provider of life science products and serv...

15 Mar 2010

SVTC Technologies Forms Partnership with Advantec

SVTC Technologies, the leading commercialization service provider for new, emerging silicon-based technologies in areas such as CMOS, MEMS, photovoltaics and other related nanotechnologies, has formed a partnership with Advantec Co. Ltd. to supply SVTC test wafers and analytical services to Greater Asia.

15 Mar 2010

Researchers Investigate Superconductors on the Nanoscale

Superconductors, materials in which current flows without resistance, have tantalizing applications. But even the highest-temperature superconductors require extreme cooling before the effect kicks in, so researchers wan...

15 Mar 2010

Tabula Launches ABAX Family of 3-D Programmable Logic Devices

Tabula, Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company that has developed the Spacetime 3-D architecture, today launched the ABAX family of 3-D Programmable Logic Devices (3PLD). Based on the revolutionary Space...

15 Mar 2010

Researchers Get Up-Close Look at Pierce's Disease

Like a band of detectives surveying the movement of a criminal, researchers using photographic technology have caught at least one culprit in the act.

15 Mar 2010

New Junctionless Transistors have Potential to Revolutionize IC Manufacturing and Extend Moore's Law

Prof. Roger W. Whatmore, CEO of Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, is in Silicon Valley this week, participating in a Trade and Investment Mission led by Ireland's Prime Minister, Brian Cowen.

15 Mar 2010

Using Quantum Mechanics to Identify Quantum Properties in Larger and More Complex Objects

A German-Spanish collaboration plans to use quantum mechanics (the study of small, inanimate objects such as single atoms) to identify quantum properties in larger and more complex objects made up of tens of millions of ...

15 Mar 2010

BEST Announces AIXUV Acquisition

Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST) today announced that its subsidiary has acquired the assets of AIXUV GmbH in Aachen, Germany, a company specializing in XUV/EUV systems and key components.

15 Mar 2010

Next-Generation Battery Spinoff Awarded Two Technology Transfer Contracts from NASA

Contour Energy Systems (Formerly CFX Battery), commercializing next-generation battery systems, is coming out of stealth mode to unveil its breakthrough advancements in new fluorine-based battery chemistries, nanomateria...

15 Mar 2010

Nanobotmodels Company Offer Vision of Future DNA and Cell-Repair Techniques

Developments in nanotechnology and nanorobotics are opening up the prospects for nanomedicine and regenerative medicine where informatics and DNA computing can become the catalysts enabling health care applications at sub-molecular or atomic scales.

15 Mar 2010