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Global Market for Nanotubes to 2015

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Nanotubes to 2015: A realistic assessment" report to their of...

From Research and Markets 8 Dec 2009

New Era in Cardiac Health Diagnostics with Silicon-Based Integrated System

Researchers at A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics (or IME) have developed a rapid and sensitive integrated system to test for specific cardiac biomarkers in blood.

7 Dec 2009

Report Examines World MEMS Equipment and Materials Market

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "MEMS equipment and materials market" report to their offering. Discover key tre...

From Research and Markets 7 Dec 2009

IMEC Presents New GaN-on-Si Architecture for Enhancement Mode Power Switching Devices

At this week's International Electron Devices Meeting, the nanoelectronics research center IMEC presents an innovative, simple and robust GaN-on-Si double heterostructure FET (field effect transistor) architecture fo...

From IMEC 7 Dec 2009

EBRD to Become Co-Investor in Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Projects

A solemn ceremony of signing the Memorandum of Understanding between RUSNANO and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development took place today. The document was signed by Anatoly Chubais, RUSNANO CEO, and Alain Pilloux, Director for Russia, Advanced Transition Countries and Specialised Industries.

7 Dec 2009

Abstract Submissions Now Open for Premier Photovoltaics Event

Abstract submissions are now open for the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic (PV) Specialists Conference, the industry's most renowned meeting of leading PV scientists and engineers from around the world. Authors interested in p...

7 Dec 2009

Air Products Awarded "Supplier Excellence Award" by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced today that it has been awarded the "Supplier Excellence Award" by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), the largest semiconductor foundry in the world. Th...

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 7 Dec 2009

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Introduces Carbon Nanotube Inks

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), a leading manufacturer of single-wall and specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNT), introduces CNT Inks based on V2VTM Ink Technology developed by alliance partner, Chasm Technologies, Inc.

7 Dec 2009

NanoBio CEO to Present Nanoemulsion-Based Adjuvant Platform Studies During World Influenza Congress

NanoBio Corporation announced today that its CEO and Founder, James R. Baker, Jr., M.D., will present new data from studies of its nanoemulsion-based adjuvant platform during the World Influenza Congress, taking place fr...

From BlueWillow Biologics 7 Dec 2009

Fluidigm Introduces Access Array Integrated Fluidic Chip for 454 FLX Amplicon Tagging

Fluidigm Corporation today announced the release of its 48.48 Access Array™ integrated fluidic chip (IFC) for 454 FLX™ users active in Amplicon Tagging. This Access Array IFC automatically generates emPCR-rea...

From Standard BioTools 7 Dec 2009

Solid-State Physicist Wins DTG Young Investigator Award for Work on Bismuth Telluride

At its annual meeting in Freiburg, the German Thermoelectric Society (DTG) handed over its DTG Young Investigator Award 2009. Solid-state physicist Dr. Nicola Peranio from Tübingen was awarded for his work on bismuth telluride.

7 Dec 2009

Result an Important Step Toward Airport Scanners that Can Identify Explosives

MIT researchers have developed a new way to tune the frequency of lasers that operate in the terahertz spectrum. The result is an important step toward airport scanners that could tell whether a vial in a closed suitcase contains aspirin, methamphetamines or an explosive.

7 Dec 2009

Scientist Demonstrates World's Smallest Semiconductor Laser

Air Force Office of Scientific Research and National Science Foundation-funded professor, Dr. Xiang Zhang has demonstrated at the University of California, Berkeley the world's smallest semiconductor laser, which may have applications to the Air Force in communications, computing and bio-hazard detection.

7 Dec 2009

Imaging Technique Step Closer to Fulfilling Promise as Window on Nanometer-Scale Structures in Biological Samples

An ultra-high-resolution imaging technique using X-ray diffraction is a step closer to fulfilling its promise as a window on nanometer-scale structures in biological samples. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report progress in applying an approach to "lensless" X-ray microscopy that they introduced one year ago.

7 Dec 2009

Rice Lab Makes Solid Material Transparent to Terahertz Waves

Very often in science, the unexpected discovery turns out to be the most significant. Rice University Professor Junichiro Kono and his team weren't looking for a breakthrough in the transmission of terahertz signals,...

7 Dec 2009