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Terahertz Research Promises New Applications in Solid State Physics and Medical Imaging

Terahertz research is in the focus the "German-Russian Centre for terahertz research and technology, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that has been recently established at the p...

18 Dec 2009

Documentation of ZVI File Format from Carl Zeiss is Licensed Online

Users of the AxioVision microscope software from Carl Zeiss receive fast and easy access to the documentation of the ZVI image format which has been specially developed for microscopy. The licensing required for integrat...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 18 Dec 2009

New Grant Supports Solar Research

University of Queensland researchers have been awarded $945,000 funding from the Australian Solar Institute. Professors Paul Meredith and Paul Burn of the UQ Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics have received...

18 Dec 2009

Showa Denko Licenses Universal Display's UniversalPHOLED Technology

Showa Denko K.K. (TSE: 4004), one of Japan's leading producers of chemicals and industrial materials with individualized products for the sound growth of international society, and Universal Display Corporation (NASD...

18 Dec 2009

Nanostart Takes Significant Ownership Position in BioMers

Nanostart AG has taken a significant ownership position in BioMers Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based medical technology company with a branch office in the U.S. The company is developing innovative new solutions for various bio...

From Coreo AG 17 Dec 2009

Two Sandia Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows

Sandia researchers Dave Haaland and David Myers have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Haaland...

From Sandia National Laboratories 17 Dec 2009

Angstron Materials Awarded Multi-Million Contract to Mass-Produce Nano Graphene Platelets

Angstron Materials Inc., a world leader in the production of nano graphene platelets (NGPs), has been awarded 1.494 million to develop processes for mass-producing chemically modified ("functionalized") NGPs for a nearly limitless number of applications in the aerospace, energy, defense, automotive and telecommunications markets.

17 Dec 2009

Funding Will Enhance Liquidia's PRINT Manufacturing Process

Liquidia Technologies, a privately-held nanotechnology company that develops and manufactures precisely engineered particles for improved delivery of biological and small molecule therapeutics, today announced it will re...

17 Dec 2009

Berkeley Lab Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

Five Berkeley Lab scientists have been named to the 2009 class of "Fellow" by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). An honor bestowed by their peers, a AAAS Fellow is defined as a AAAS...

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 17 Dec 2009

PNNL Scientists Develop New Carbon Support that Greatly Increases Durability of PEM Fuel Cells

A new carbon support that greatly increases the durability of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells has been developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Princeton University. This new material significantly improves the stability of the fuel cell catalyst and will potentially lower the cost of these fuel cells.

17 Dec 2009

Wisconsin State Assembly Members Seek Nanotechnology Registry

Three members of the Wisconsin State Legislature have requested a Legislative Council study to be conducted on the feasibility of creating a nanotechnology registry and the development of subsequent legislation, to monit...

17 Dec 2009

SIMES Director Wins Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award

Zhi-Xun Shen, director of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, or SIMES, a joint institute of the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, has been awarded the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award by the U.S. Department of Energy.

17 Dec 2009