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Samsung's Semiconductor Research + Development Center Begins Advanced Logic Process Development

Samsung Electronics today announced that its new Semiconductor Research + Development Center has started advanced logic process development, an important part of Samsung's drive in the foundry business.

4 Nov 2009

Abraxis Health Announces the Dedication of its New Manufacturing Facility

Abraxis Health, a fully-integrated personalized healthcare division of Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), today announced the dedication of its new manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The state of the art bi...

4 Nov 2009

Starpharma Signs Collaboration Agreement with US-Based Agricultural Chemicals Company

Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX:SPL, OTCQX:SPHRY) today announced the signing of a research and collaboration agreement between its wholly owned US subsidiary, DNT Inc, and a prominent, US-based agricultural chemicals c...

From Starpharma Holdings Ltd 4 Nov 2009

Carbon Nanotubes: Asbestos Look, Asbestos Risks?

Concerns have been raised in the scientific literature that carbon nanotubes (CNT) might behave similar like asbestos fibres when inhaled into the lungs, implying that they might be causing mesothelioma cancer as well.

4 Nov 2009

Paper Provides Summary of Potential Opportunities and Risks of Nanotechnology

In October, the German Federal Agency for the Environment (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) stated its position on the handling of nanomaterials as well as nanoproducts potentially fraught with risk and published a study entitled &...

4 Nov 2009

Tackling the Challenge of Photovoltaic Systems Reliability

The increasing demand for clean energy, renewable energy and energy independence has generated a rapid expansion in the photovoltaic (PV) industry over the past five years. Although crystalline silicon PV technology has ...

4 Nov 2009

G24i Signs Formal Agreement to Accelerate Industrial Development of Dye-Sensitive Solar Cells

Just three weeks after G24 Innovations (G24i) successfully launched the world's first commercial application of Dye-Sensitive Solar Cells (DSSC), the global pioneer of DSSC announced that it has signed a formal agree...

4 Nov 2009

Scientists Develop Nano-Size Capsule that Boosts Body's Uptake of Curcumin

Scientists are reporting development of a nano-size capsule that boosts the body's uptake of curcumin, an ingredient in yellow curry now being evaluated in clinical trials for treatment of several diseases. Their study is in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

4 Nov 2009

Book provides Overview of Fundamental Principles of Nanoscience

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd.'s new report "Science At The Nanoscale: An Introductory...

From Research and Markets 4 Nov 2009

Comprehensive Overview of Important Issues Concerning Modern Nanometer MOSFETs

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd.'s new report "Nanometer CMOS" to their offering. ...

From Research and Markets 4 Nov 2009

Lab Results Show SafetyTies Nearly 100 Percent Resistant to Swine Flu

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), H1N1 - better known as the swine flu - was widespread in 48 states as of Oct. 18-24. The CDC's website offers guidelines, from cough etiquette to keeping sick worke...

4 Nov 2009

Project Aims to Develop Nanoelectronics Technologies for Electrical and Hybrid Cars

Electric vehicles are the future and researchers are working on developing such cars to fuel technology and protect the environment. Rising to meet this challenge head on is the E3CAR ('Energy efficient electrical car') project, funded in part by the EU and ENIAC (the European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council).

4 Nov 2009

New Way to Model the Formation of Glasses

Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common window glass. Glasses form through the process of vitrifi...

4 Nov 2009

Man/Machine Interface Essential Link in Groundbreaking Prosthetic Hand

In one sense, our hands define our humanity. Our opposable thumbs and our hands' unique structure allow us to write, paint, and play the piano. Those who lose their hands as a result of accident, conflict or disease often feel they've lost more than mere utility.

4 Nov 2009

Physicists Create Quantum Gas Microscope for Observing Single Atoms at Low Temperatures

Physicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, behaving in bizarre ways. The...

4 Nov 2009