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New Approach Making Synthesis of Hydrogen Fuel Storage Materials Less Complicated

An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day make the synthesis of hydrogen fuel storage materials less complicated and improve the thermodynamics and reversibility of the system.

2 Feb 2010

ADA to Utilize Firm's Nanotechnology Expertise to Develop UAV Wing Skins

ADA Technologies, Inc. received a $100,000 contract from the United States Air Force to conduct early stage research on a new method of creating a wing skin for use on morphing unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Much like...

2 Feb 2010

Cartilage Regeneration Using Nanotope's Lead Compound

Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR) today announced publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of a study using Nanotope's lead compound for cartilage regeneration.

2 Feb 2010

Nanowires for a New Chip Architecture

Nowadays, a myriad of silicon transistors are responsible to pass on the information on a microchip. The transistors are arranged in a planar array, i.e. lying flat next to each other, and have shrunk down already to a size of only about 50 nanometers (1 nanometer = 1 millionth part of 1 millimeter).

2 Feb 2010

Method for Treating Surface of Nanoparticles Greatly Improves Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

Scientists at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles which greatly improves the efficiency of organic solar cells.

2 Feb 2010

SHHIC Enters into Commercial Production Using SMIC's 0.162um Embedded EEPROM Process

Shanghai Huahong Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SHHIC"), a leading smart card IC supplier in China, today announced that its design of a high-end contactless smart card IC has success...

2 Feb 2010

First System Permitting Real-Time Kinetic Analysis of Molecular Interactions Directly on Cell Surfaces

Attana AB introduces the Attana Cell 200 - the first system to permit real-time kinetic analysis of molecular interactions directly on cell surfaces, bringing drug development a step closer to the body. As the first c...

2 Feb 2010

Observing Chemical Exchange Processes in Ultracold Sample of Cesium Atoms and Feshbach Molecules

Considerable progresses made in controlling quantum gases open up a new avenue to study chemical processes. Rudolf Grimm's research team has now succeeded in directly observing chemical exchange processes in an ultracold sample of cesium atoms and Feshbach molecules. They report on their findings in the journal Physical Review Letters.

2 Feb 2010

Humans Could One Day Walk on Walls with New Palm-Size Adhesive Device

Could humans one day walk on walls, like Spider-Man? A palm-sized device invented at Cornell that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond just might make it possible. The rapid adhesion mechanism could lead to ...

2 Feb 2010

AIXTRON Receives Order from Formosa Epitaxy for Multiple MOCVD Reactors

AIXTRON AG announced today that in the third quarter of 2009 Formosa Epitaxy Inc. 'FOREPI', based in Lung-Tan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, placed an order for multiple MOCVD reactors which will be used for the production of ultra-high brightness (UHB) InGaN-based blue LEDs.

From AIXTRON SE 2 Feb 2010

Physik Instrumente Introduces New N-216 NEXLINE High-Load Piezo Linear Motors

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. introduces the new N-216 NEXLINE®® high-load piezo linear motors. These ultra-precision nanopositioning actuators provide travel ranges to 20 mm and push / pull forces to 600 N (130 lb).

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 1 Feb 2010

Intel and Micron Technology Announces World's First 25-nm NAND Technology

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the world's first 25-nanometer (nm) NAND technology, which provides a more cost-effective path for increasing storage capacity, as well as the new high-performance class of solid-state drives (SSDs).

1 Feb 2010

Nanotechnology News

New Approach Making Synthesis of Hydrogen Fuel Storage Materials Less Complicated

ADA to Utilize Firm's Nanotechnology Expertise to Develop UAV Wing Skins

Cartilage Regeneration Using Nanotope's Lead Compound

Nanowires for a New Chip Architecture

Method for Treating Surface of Nanoparticles Greatly Improves Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells

SHHIC Enters into Commercial Production Using SMIC's 0.162um Embedded EEPROM Process

First System Permitting Real-Time Kinetic Analysis of Molecular Interactions Directly on Cell Surfaces

Observing Chemical Exchange Processes in Ultracold Sample of Cesium Atoms and Feshbach Molecules

Humans Could One Day Walk on Walls with New Palm-Size Adhesive Device

AIXTRON Receives Order from Formosa Epitaxy for Multiple MOCVD Reactors

Physik Instrumente Introduces New N-216 NEXLINE High-Load Piezo Linear Motors

Intel and Micron Technology Announces World's First 25-nm NAND Technology

Virage Logic's 45-nm and 28nm Compilers Automatically Generate PowerPro MG Views

Unidym to Create Joint Venture Partnership with Korean Company

Holst Centre and IMEC Presented with 2009 European Frost + Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation

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