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Acquisition Expands Applied's Capability to Address Emerging Wafer Packaging Market

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Semitool, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMTL). This acquisition expands Applied’s capability to address emerging opportunities in the high-growth wafer packaging market and provides complementary systems and technology for advanced semiconductor manufacturing.

From Applied Materials Inc. 21 Dec 2009

Board of Director of Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center Appointed to BFTDA

Governor Edward Rendell has appointed Dr. Robert J. Kumpf to serve on the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority (BFTDA) board of directors for a period coinciding with the remainder of the governor's term. ...

21 Dec 2009

New Paradigm Allowing Scientists to Observe Quantum Behavior in Small Mechanical Systems

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have proposed a new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems. Their ideas, described in the latest ...

21 Dec 2009

Researchers Explores the Promise of Lithium-Air Battery Technology

In excess of seven million barrels of gasoline are consumed by vehicles in the United States every day. As scientists race to find environmentally sound solutions to fuel the world's ever-growing transportation needs, battery researchers are exploring the promise of lithium-air battery technology.

From Argonne National Laboratory 21 Dec 2009

Electronic Nose to Facilitate the Selection of More Aromatic Foods

The use of an electronic smelling system capable of discriminating which tomatoes, melons or other products have a more attractive aroma is a particularly valuable aid for agro-food firms. However, existing electronic no...

21 Dec 2009

MEMC Electronic Materials Acquires Solar Wafer Manufacturer in Taiwan

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE:WFR) , a leading provider of silicon wafers and North America's largest solar energy services provider, has taken an ownership interest in Eversol Corporation, a solar wafer manu...

From GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. 21 Dec 2009

Researchers Develop New Nano Method for Transporting Therapeutic Genes into Cell Nuclei

Just like our roads, there is a lot of traffic within the cells in our bodies, because cell components, messenger molecules, and enzymes must also be brought to the right places in the cell.

21 Dec 2009

How to Make a Perfect Catalyst

Baking the perfect soufflé depends on timing, good ingredients and the right proportions. Exactly the same thing applies to catalysts - the materials that make a chemical reaction work faster or better. Dutch-sponso...

21 Dec 2009

Industrial Nanotech Announces Updates Regarding Saudi Arabia Distributor

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, announced updates regarding Saudi Arabia Distributor, Saudi Environmental Projects, Ltd., the new exclusive distributor for Nansulate® energy saving and asset protection coatings in Saudi Arabia.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 21 Dec 2009

Agreement to Intensify Collaboration in the Field of Fusion Research

Joint professorships / IPP fusion research to enhance TUM's new focus on energy sciences Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) at Garching and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have concluded an agr...

21 Dec 2009

Four PTB Primary Atomic Clocks Will Contribute to UTC

The world's best caesium atomic clocks control Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), an atomic time scale on which the time zones used in everyday life are based. But also in navigation (GPS), astronomy, telecommunicatio...

21 Dec 2009

Engineers Devised Method for Making Future Genome Sequencing Faster and Cheaper

Boston University biomedical engineers have devised a method for making future genome sequencing faster and cheaper by dramatically reducing the amount of DNA required, thus eliminating the expensive, time-consuming and error-prone step of DNA amplification.

20 Dec 2009

Using Synthetic Form of DNA to Control the Assembly of Nanoparticles

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found a new way to use a synthetic form of DNA to control the assembly of nanoparticles - this time resulting in switchable, three-dimensional and small-cluster structures that might be useful, for example, as biosensors, in solar cells, and as new materials for data storage.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 20 Dec 2009

Using Unique Capabilities of Graphene

University of California, Riverside (UCR) Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering Alexander Balandin is leading several projects to explore ways to use the unique capabilities of graphene "quilts" as heat conductors in high-power electronics.

19 Dec 2009

Georgia Tech Professor Selected as Academicians to be Inducted into Chinese Academy of Sciences

Georgia Tech Prof. Zhong Lin Wang is one of six foreign scientists selected as academicians to be inducted into the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) this year.

18 Dec 2009