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Camtek to Acquire Semiconductor Engineering Laboratories

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CAMT), today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of SELA- Semiconductor Engineering Laboratories Ltd. ("SELA"). SELA is engaged in the deve...

25 Sep 2009

Scientists Create Porous Coordination Polymer

A porous coordination polymer (PCP) that strongly adsorbs methanol, a model guest molecule, has been prepared by Masakazu Higuchi from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima and co-workers from the University of Kyoto, the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute and Osaka Prefecture University.

25 Sep 2009

Kilopass and SMIC Announces Embedded OTP Partnership

Kilopass Technology Inc., the leading provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI and SEHK:...

From Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) 25 Sep 2009

AFOSR Funding for Nanotechnology Research

Dr. Jiwoong Park of Cornell University, who receives funding for basic research from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), is investigating carbon nanostructures that may some day be used in electronic, thermal, mechanical and sensing devices for the Air Force.

25 Sep 2009

First Probe Stations Installed to be Used to Promote Global Research and Science Achievement

Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCD) today announced King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's selection of multiple probe stations to support measurements in the area of materials analysis, nano-technol...

25 Sep 2009

Oxford Instruments Voted Business Superbrand for First Time

The UK's Business Superbrand programme has announced the country's strongest B2B brands. The top 500 names are selected through an independent selection process which assesses a brand's strength in the UK mar...

25 Sep 2009

New Green Laser Supports Cost Sensitive, High-Throughput Micromachining

The new MATRIX™ 532-8-100 from Coherent is a Q-switched, diode pumped, solid state laser designed to deliver the best cost to performance ratio for demanding micromachining tasks in solar, semiconductor and medical device manufacturing.

25 Sep 2009

Sandia Receives "Trusted Foundry" Accreditation from DoD

Sandia National Laboratories' silicon fabrication facility in Albuquerque, N.M., has been accredited by the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide "trusted foundry" services for both unclassified and classified integrated circuits. The foundry accreditation represents an increase in scope to Sandia's already-existing accreditation for design services.

From Sandia National Laboratories 24 Sep 2009

Boston Scientific Founder to Advise Leading Nanotechnology Firm

Nanobiosym® today announced that John Abele, Cofounder and former Co-Chairman of the multibillion-dollar global medical device company, Boston Scientific, has joined the Nanobiosym Global Advisory Board.

From Nanobiosym 24 Sep 2009

New Sensor Made with Carbon Nanotubes Enable Rapid Detection of TNT and Poison in Water

A sensitive new Stanford-developed disposable chip detects low concentrations of the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) and a close chemical cousin of the dreaded toxic nerve agent sarin in water samples. The research appears online this week in the journal ACS Nano.

24 Sep 2009

QuantaSol Engages in Collaborative Research with University of Houston

QuantaSol Ltd, an independent designer and manufacturer of strain-balanced quantum-well solar cells has exclusively licensed advanced materials growth technology from the University of Houston to make its manufacturing p...

24 Sep 2009

Intel Introduces First 45nm-Manufactured Consumer Electronics SoC

Intel Corporation today unveiled the Intel® Atom™ processor CE4100, the newest System-on-Chip (SoC) in a family of media processors designed to bring Internet content and services to digital TVs, DVD players and advanced set-top boxes.

24 Sep 2009

Battlefield Pain Treatment Moves a Step Closer using Nanotechnology

University of Michigan scientists have developed a combination drug that promises a safer, more precise way for medics and fellow soldiers in battle situations to give a fallen soldier both morphine and a drug that limit...

24 Sep 2009

Nanomedicine Research Group Receives $5 Million Grant from NSERC

A nanomedicine research group led by a University of Toronto chemist has received a $5-million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), giving them the green light to develop fa...

24 Sep 2009

Berkeley Scientists Confirm the Production of Superheavy Element 114

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been able to confirm the production of the superheavy element 114, ten years after a group in Russia, at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, first claimed to have made it.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 24 Sep 2009