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Program Will Test EnerDel's High-Performance Solutions Under the Most Extreme Conditions

Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel, Inc. announced today that it will be working with the United States Army to develop a next-generation battery system for the hybrid version of the iconic High Mobility Multip...

5 Nov 2009

Scientists Observe Movements of Aggressive Cells "Live" Under the Microscope

In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cells of the immune system infiltrate the brain tissue, where they cause immense damage. For many years, it was an enigma as to how these cells can escape from the bloodstream.

5 Nov 2009

Metal Nanoparticles Damage DNA in Cells on the Other Side of Cellular Barrier

Scientists have shown in the laboratory that metal nanoparticles damaged the DNA in cells on the other side of a cellular barrier. The research, by the University of Bristol, is published online this week in Nature Nanotechnology.

5 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Firms Win Business Innovation Awards

Three top British nanotechnology firms whose innovations make solar cells more efficient, help in the fight against heart disease, and improve the production of fine chemical compounds won Business Innovation Awards toda...

5 Nov 2009

First Conclusive Link Between Size, Activity and Electronic Properties of Catalysts

The study is a step toward the goal of designing cheaper, more efficient catalysts to increase energy production, reduce Earth-warming gases and manufacture a wide variety of goods from medicines to gasoline.

5 Nov 2009

Researchers to Develop Fast and Inexpensive Test for Oral Cancer using Lab-on-a-Chip

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers in Rice University's new BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) a $2 million Grand Opportunity (GO) grant to develop a fast, inexpensive test for oral cancer that a dentist could perform simply by using a brush to collect a small sample of cells from a patient's mouth.

5 Nov 2009

IBM Senior Vp and Research Chief Wins 2009 Noyce Award

Dr. John E. Kelly III, senior vice president and director of Research at IBM, has been named 2009 winner of the semiconductor industry's highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award.

5 Nov 2009

ELI Gears Up for Laser Beam Infrastructure Launch

Can an intense laser rip photons into electron-positron pairs? Seeking to shed light on this burning question is the ELI ('Extreme light infrastructure') project, which received EUR 6 million in funding under the...

5 Nov 2009

PTB Closes the Metrology Gap

Terahertz radiation still lies in a metrological no man's land - a metrology gap. The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) can now close this gap.

5 Nov 2009

Cambrios Technologies Raises $14.5 Million in Series D Financing Round

Cambrios Technologies Corporation, an electronic materials company commercializing ClearOhm™ coating material for producing transparent conductive films, announced today that the company has received investments to...

5 Nov 2009

Ultrasensitive Inertial MEMS Accelerometers Benefit Applications Such as Bridge, Infrastructure and Seismic Monitoring

HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced new inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers that are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently available.

5 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Making Photovoltaics Possible

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "Nanotech: Making Photovoltaics Possible" report to their offering. Photovoltaic...

From Research and Markets 5 Nov 2009

Full Complement of High-Value MEMS and 3D IC Process Applications Now Available for Demonstration on the ProNova ICP Source

Tegal Corporation, (Nasdaq:TGAL) an innovator of specialized production solutions for the fabrication of advanced MEMS, power ICs and optoelectronic devices, today announced that its full process portfolio for silicon DR...

From Collabrx, Inc. 5 Nov 2009

Spectacles Give Researchers an Even Better Insight into Matter

An electron microscope with glasses that correct the spherical aberration of the lens in order to achieve even higher resolution is currently being assembled at the Electron Microscopy Centre (EMEZ).

5 Nov 2009

Infineon Technologies and TSMC Extends Partnership to 65 nm eFlash Process Technology

Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that they are extending their development and production partnership to a 65nanome...

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 5 Nov 2009