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STMicroelectronics Introduces World's First High-Performance 3-Axis MEMS Gyroscope

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), the leading supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) for consumer and portable applications, today introduced a high performance single-package analog gyroscope that accurately ...

From STMicroelectronics 11 Nov 2009

IND Allows Sol-Gel to Initiate Phase II Studies with DER45-EV Gel in Rosacea Patients

Sol-Gel Technologies announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged receipt of Sol-Gel's Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for DER45-EV Gel for the topical treatment of ros...

11 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Professor Receives Prestigious Award from European Research Council

Prof. Luisa De Cola from the Department of Interface Physics at Münster University has received an especially prestigious award from the European Research Council (ERC) - the highly distinguished "Advanced Researcher Grant" for 2009.

11 Nov 2009

Y-Carbon Chosen as 2009 Company to Watch by Enterprise Awards of the Eastern Technology Council

The award is sponsored by the University City Science Center and will be presented at 2009 Enterprise Awards. "Companies to Watch" were chosen from nominations around the Greater Philadelphia region. Y-Carbon will be recognized on December 3 at the Eastern Technology Council's black-tie gala, which will be held at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue.

11 Nov 2009

Global Market for Nanotechnology Estimated to Surpass EUR 1 Trillion by 2015

The global market for nanotechnology is estimated to surpass EUR 1 trillion by 2015. Germany is one of the top four locations for nanotechnology worldwide. Within the framework of the conference series "Commercializ...

11 Nov 2009

AIXTRON Installs AIX 200/4 RF-S MOCVD System at Tokuyama R+D Center

AIXTRON AG is pleased to announce that a further AIX 200/4 RF-S MOCVD system has been installed and successfully started operation at Tokuyama R&D center in Tsukuba, Japan. The reactor has already been shipped in th...

From AIXTRON SE 11 Nov 2009

Partnership Supports Scientists When Carrying out Medical and Nanotechnology Research

The Swiss-Japanese partnership supports scientists in both countries when carrying out medical research. ETH researcher Takashi Ishikawa's project demonstrates the benefits of this. Researchers can now apply again with new projects.

11 Nov 2009

Experiments with Tiny Diamond Cutting Tool Reveal How Different Materials Respond to Micro-Machining

Xin Ding at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) of A*STAR and co-workers* have improved our understanding of some of the main technical challenges in micro-machining through experiments with a micrometer-sized diamond cutting tool.

10 Nov 2009

High-Resolution Patterns for Miniaturizing Devices can be Achieved Using Modified Fabrication Materials

Zong and co-workers mixed metallic nanoparticles into commercially available resists to make them semimetallic; this enabled the resists to be patterned at a much higher resolution than achieved previously.

10 Nov 2009

Nitrogen Atom-Directed Ortho-Lithiation Aids Preparation of Anti-HIV Drug

Nitrogen heterocycles-chemical compounds formed from a ring of carbon atoms into which nitrogen atoms have been incorporated-are one of the most important classes of organic molecules, and are ubiquitous in both natural and man-made molecules.

10 Nov 2009

Sigma Aldrich to Host Keynote Webcast on Molecular Self-Assembly

Sigma-Aldrich (NASDAQ: SIAL) announced it will host a technical webcast that examines Molecular Self-Assembly (MSA) technology for nanoscale patterning and for biochip arrays useful in high throughput medical diagnosis. ...

From Sigma Aldrich 10 Nov 2009

Spin-Off to Develop New Analytical Devices Based on Mass Spectroscopic Method

The latest spin-off of Helmholtz Zentrum München is Photonion GmbH. The start-up company was founded as a joint venture with two mid-sized companies, Airsense Analytics GmbH, Schwerin and Tofwerk AG, Thun, Switzerland. Ascenion GmbH also holds equity in the company.

10 Nov 2009

Conference Dedicated to Recent Achievements and Development in the Field of Printed Electronics

Electronics and electrics are becoming ubiquitous, the devices appearing on and in higher and higher volume products including e-labels and e-packaging. This calls for different forms of battery, capacitor and other ener...

10 Nov 2009

The First Material Technology to Enhance the Safety of Lithium-Ion Batteries

ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech research and development institutions, introduces STOBA (self-terminated oligomers with hyper-branched architecture), the first material technology to enhance the safety of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.

10 Nov 2009

Engineers Determine Why Transistors Made of Organic Crystals Don't Perform Well

Electronic devices can't work well unless all of the transistors, or switches, within them allow electrical current to flow easily when they are turned on. A team of engineers has determined why some transistors made of organic crystals don't perform well, yielding ideas about how to make them work better.

10 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology News

STMicroelectronics Introduces World's First High-Performance 3-Axis MEMS Gyroscope

IND Allows Sol-Gel to Initiate Phase II Studies with DER45-EV Gel in Rosacea Patients

Nanotechnology Professor Receives Prestigious Award from European Research Council

Y-Carbon Chosen as 2009 Company to Watch by Enterprise Awards of the Eastern Technology Council

Global Market for Nanotechnology Estimated to Surpass EUR 1 Trillion by 2015

AIXTRON Installs AIX 200/4 RF-S MOCVD System at Tokuyama R+D Center

Partnership Supports Scientists When Carrying out Medical and Nanotechnology Research

Experiments with Tiny Diamond Cutting Tool Reveal How Different Materials Respond to Micro-Machining

High-Resolution Patterns for Miniaturizing Devices can be Achieved Using Modified Fabrication Materials

Nitrogen Atom-Directed Ortho-Lithiation Aids Preparation of Anti-HIV Drug

Sigma Aldrich to Host Keynote Webcast on Molecular Self-Assembly

Spin-Off to Develop New Analytical Devices Based on Mass Spectroscopic Method

Conference Dedicated to Recent Achievements and Development in the Field of Printed Electronics

The First Material Technology to Enhance the Safety of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Engineers Determine Why Transistors Made of Organic Crystals Don't Perform Well

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