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Multi-Year $60 Million Strategic Alliance Also Calls for Virage Logic to Serve as NXP's Trusted IP Partner

Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced it has completed the acquisition of NXP's horizontal advanced CMOS intellectual property (IP) rights and ce...

17 Nov 2009

Start-Up Prints Electroluminescent Computer Animations on Flexible Surfaces

The nanoelectronics research center IMEC, Hasselt University and the Belgian screen printing company Artist Screen announce the start of their spin-off Lumoza NV. The new company develops and commercializes large area screen printed electronics for the advertising and packaging industry.

17 Nov 2009

Single Molecule Spectroscopy Reveals How Genetic Materials is Unwrapped

The genetic material found in cells is not in its free state, but is bound to large protein complexes and tightly wrapped. To activate genes that could well play a role in carcinogenesis, the genetic material first needs...

17 Nov 2009

New Microscope System Brings Whole New Level of Accessibility to Confocal Microscopy

The new Olympus FluoView FV10i confocal laser scanning microscope system brings a whole new level of accessibility to confocal microscopy. It is designed to remove all of the complex steps involved in setting-up and using confocal microscopes, ensuring that users can concentrate on the images and data without any prior expertise.

17 Nov 2009

Discovery Marks Important Step Forward in Identification of Competitive Catalytic Mechanisms

Catalysis is a process that is widely used in industry to synthesize molecules or materials. However, determining catalytic mechanisms is a major challenge for modern chemistry. Researchers at the Laboratoire de Chimie d...

17 Nov 2009

Report Analyzes Global Market for Nanoelectronics

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "Nanoelectronics - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering. T...

From Research and Markets 17 Nov 2009

Innovative Test Requires Only One Step and a Microscopically Small Amount of Sample

IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use and can test for many diseases, including one of world's leading cause of death, cardiovascular disease.

16 Nov 2009

"Polymers in Photovoltaics" Bringing Together Module Manufacturers and Polymer Experts

The solar power market has been growing rapidly in the past decade, driven by the need to find alternative energy sources. Photovoltaic technology has the potential to turn barren desert into high value power plants, roo...

16 Nov 2009

ACS Releases Inventories of What Stood Out in 2009 and Holds Promise for the Year Ahead

A first-of-its kind inhalable measles vaccine for developing countries, where the disease remains a scourge. A "nanogenerator" that could recharge iPods and other electronic devices with a shake. And for Fido a...

From American Chemical Society 16 Nov 2009

Coventor Introduces MEMS+ Product Design Platform

Coventor, Inc., the leading developer of MEMS design-automation software, announces the release of the MEMS+ product design platform that now includes tight integration to leading IC design software in a common environment.

From Lam Research Corporation 16 Nov 2009

New Funding to Develop Zinc-Oxide Nano-Wire Based UV Light Detectors

Dr. John Tanner, President and founder of Tanner Research, Inc. announced today that the Army Research Office awarded an SBIR Phase I contract for $100,000 in new funding to develop zinc-oxide nano-wire based ultra-viole...

16 Nov 2009

System Ideal for Multidimensional Live Cell Observations

The detection and documentation of low light fluorescence signals in live cell experiments is a particular challenge for digital cameras. To meet this demand, Leica Microsystems adds the new Leica DFC345 FX to its portfo...

16 Nov 2009

The Dedicated BABB Objective Lens for Neuroscience and Developmental Biology

Leica Microsystems expands its wide range of objective lenses for confocal microscopy by the new objective Leica HCX APO L20x/0.95 IMM for deep imaging.

16 Nov 2009

Scientists Developed Simple, Cheap, Accurate Test to Find Undetected Landmines

Scientists have developed a simple, cheap, accurate test to find undetected landmines. Students from the University of Edinburgh have created a custom-made bacteria that glows green when it comes into contact with che...

16 Nov 2009

Business Innovation Award for Breakthrough Nanotechnology

Professor Alexander Seifalian, (UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine) and his research team have received a Business Innovation Award. The award, which was won within the Life Sciences and Healthcare ca...

16 Nov 2009