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Brigham Young University Chooses NanoSight LM-10 for Nanotechnology Research

The Department of Chemistry + Biochemistry at Brigham Young University (BYU) has chosen the NanoSight LM-10 system to support their research into the synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles, principally metal oxides.

26 Jan 2010

Stagecoach Signs Supply Agreement for Envirox Fuel Additive Developed Using Nanotechnology

Stagecoach Group, a leading international public transport group, with extensive operations in the UK, United States and Canada, has reduced its CO2 emissions from its bus fleet in the UK by more than 100,000 tonnes over...

26 Jan 2010

U.S. Department of Agriculture Purchases Fluidigm Microfluidic-Based EP1 System

Fluidigm Corporation has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has purchased a Fluidigm microfluidic-based EP1™ System to help develop and validate focused 96- and 384-SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) panels for testing America's dairy and beef cattle.

From Standard BioTools 26 Jan 2010

Systems Biologist Named Recipient of Berlin Science Award

Systems biologist Professor Nikolaus Rajewsky of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch in Germany has been named recipient of the Science Award of the Governing Mayor of Berlin in recognit...

26 Jan 2010

Researchers to Build Up Body Parts Using Nanocellulose and Body's Own Cells

As the first group in the world, researchers from Chalmers will build up body parts using nanocellulose and the body's own cells. Funding will be from the European network for nanomedicine, EuroNanoMed.

26 Jan 2010

NEC Adopts Cadence EDI System for Leading-Edge 40-nm ASIC Designs

Cadence Design Systems and NEC Electronics Corporation, today announced that NEC Electronics has adopted Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) System and succeeded in more than ten complex ASIC designs targeting its CB40L (40 nanometer low power) process technology with several designs successfully taped out already.

From Cadence Design Systems 26 Jan 2010

Agilent Technologies Acquires Varian

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) and Varian, Inc. (NasdaqGS:VARI) today announced that they have been granted conditional antitrust clearance from the European Commission for Agilent’s proposed acquisition of Va...

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 25 Jan 2010

HDMI PHY IP Available in More than 10 Processes from 90-nm to 40-nm

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the availability of high-quality DesignWare® High-Definition Multimedia Inter...

From Synopsys, Inc. 25 Jan 2010

The New H-Class is Designed to Replace HPLC Systems and Accelerate UPLC Adoption among HPLC Users

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today introduced the new Waters® ACQUITY UPLC® H-Class System incorporating the proven, robust and reliable performance of ACQUITY UltraPerformance LC® (UPLC) with the operation...

25 Jan 2010

First Global Study: Gold Wire vs. Copper Wire

World Gold Council (WGC) has welcomed the results of a survey, conducted by SEMI, the global semiconductor industry association, which shows the semiconductor industry has serious reservations about the reliability and yield of copper bonding wire.

25 Jan 2010

Researchers Explain the Shape of Membrane Vesicles Containing Two Different Fluids

Little or nothing happens in cells without the involvement of the minute membrane vesicles: for example, vesicles act as recycling centres for cell waste, as detoxification stations and as a vehicle for substance transpo...

25 Jan 2010

InvenSense Opens New Test and Calibration Facility to Expand Capacity

InvenSense, Inc., the number one supplier of MEMS gyroscopes for motion processing solutions in consumer electronics, today announced its new automated high-volume test and calibration facility in Hsinchu, Taiwan is in full operation.

25 Jan 2010

First Rewire of Genetic Switches Could be Vital Tool for Development of New Drugs

Researchers in Manchester have successfully carried out the first rewire of genetic switches, creating what could be a vital tool for the development of new drugs and even future gene therapies. A team of scientists f...

25 Jan 2010

A Huge Boost in the Understanding of How Hydrogen Material Could Be Harnessed

Physicists have long wondered whether hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, could be transformed into a metal and possibly even a superconductor-the elusive state in which electrons can flow without resist...

25 Jan 2010

Survey Indicates Industry Focuses on Improving Device Efficiencies as Dominant Development Priority

A recent survey of solar cell/photovoltaic device researchers and manufacturers working in government, university-based, and corporate labs and manufacturing facilities indicates distinct differences in testing methods and priorities among respondents from Asia, North America, and Europe.

25 Jan 2010