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New Study Shows Public Faces Widening Info Gap on Nanotechnology

As the global nanotechnology industry continues to produce cutting-edge consumer products, the scientific community is leaving a key part of the U.S. public behind when sharing knowledge of this new field of science, according to a new study by Arizona State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

11 Jan 2010

Study Reinforces Value of Stem Cells in Repairing Bone Structure

A study published this week reinforces the potential value of stem cells in repairing major injuries involving the loss of bone structure.

11 Jan 2010

University of Maryland Awarded $10.3 Million to Build Advanced Quantum Science Lab

The University of Maryland has been awarded $10.3 million in stimulus funds by the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to build an advanced quantum science lab. The gr...

11 Jan 2010

Studies Provide Insight into Formation of Quasi-Crystalline Phase in Atomic Systems

Nanoparticles have a strong tendency to form periodic structures. Mixing and matching of two different types of nanoparticles allows the formation of binary nanoparticle superlattices isostructural to ionic or intermetallic compounds.

From Argonne National Laboratory 11 Jan 2010

Argonne Scientists Discover Microscopic Mechanism Behind Superinsulation

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered the microscopic mechanism behind the phenomenon of superinsulation, the ability of certain materials to completely block the flow of electric current at low temperatures.

From Argonne National Laboratory 11 Jan 2010

Rudolph Technologies Receives Multiple Orders for NSX and WaferScanner Inspection Systems

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC), a worldwide leader in process characterization solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, announced today that it has received multiple orders for its NSX® and ...

From Onto Innovation 11 Jan 2010

Big Step Towards A More Sustainable Communications Future

The world took a big step closer today to a green and more sustainable communications future with the launch of Green TouchTM, a global consortium organized by Bell Labs whose goal is to create the technologies needed to...

11 Jan 2010

OSRAM, Philips and AIXTRON Project Partners in BMBF's OLED Initiative

The companies BASF, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, Philips and AIXTRON today (January 11, 2010) confirmed that they had received commitment for funding of the new joint "TOPAS 2012," the second phase of the OLED 2015 initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

From AIXTRON SE 11 Jan 2010

Tessera Technologies Ships More Than One Million Single-Element VGA Lenses

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRA) today announced that it has shipped more than one million OptiML™ single-element VGA lenses via its Product Launch Services. The company introduced these services in Septemb...

11 Jan 2010

Quantum Entanglement Achieved in Solid-State Circuitry

For the first time, physicists have convincingly demonstrated that physically separated particles in solid-state devices can be quantum-mechanically entangled. The achievement is analogous to the quantum entanglement of light, except that it involves particles in circuitry instead of photons in optical systems.

11 Jan 2010

Order Brings the Number of Integrated Metrology Etch Customers to Four

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI) provider of leading edge stand-alone metrology and the market leader of integrated metrology solutions to the semiconductor process control market, today announced that a ma...

From Nova Measuring Instruments 11 Jan 2010

ETH Zurich Funds 24 New Spin-Offs

Despite the difficult economic climate, many researchers from ETH Zurich founded a company last year. The university recorded no fewer than 24 new spin-offs in 2009 - the most ever in a single year. Four of them are involved in the "cleantech" industry and deal in environmentally friendly technology.

11 Jan 2010

IMEC To Take Part in Green Touch Initiative

Today, imec announces that it will take part in the Green Touch Initiative, a new consortium initiated by Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent. The Green Touch Initiative is committed to inventing the technologies that will be at the heart of the next generation of sustainable networks.

From IMEC 11 Jan 2010

UQ's Quantum Computers Make Light Work of Harvard's Chemistry

UQ physicists and Harvard chemists have teamed up to build a quantum computer that could have profound implications for wider science. Professor Andrew White and colleagues from UQ's School of Mathematics and Phy...

10 Jan 2010

Platypus Technologies Awarded $2.2 Million Federal Contract

Platypus Technologies announces that it has been awarded a $2.2 Million federal contract with the Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center in Maryland (http://www.ecbc.army.mil). This 1-year funded project expands on the ...

10 Jan 2010