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Study Helps Overcome a Long-Standing Challenge in Nanotechnology

College football fans cheer when marching bands spell out the home team's name in gigantic letters on the field at halftime. Now scientists in Utah are reporting the ultimate in one-upmanship: Development of a new technology for writing the school name in letters so small that 500 would fit across the diameter of a human hair (or hundreds of thousands would fit inside the diameter of a human hair).

16 Sep 2009

CVD Equipment Appoints New Member to its Board of Directors

CVD Equipment Corporation (Nasdaq:CVV) today announced that Kelly S. Walters has been appointed to its Board of Directors. With the addition of Mr. Walters, the board has been expanded to six directors.

From CVD Equipment Corporation 16 Sep 2009

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Renewable Biomaterials

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "The Nanoscience and Technology of Renewable Biomate...

From Research and Markets 16 Sep 2009

Carl Zeiss Introduces ACCTeePro Integrated Software for Surface Finish, Form and Geometry

Carl Zeiss IMT will be introducing the next generation of TiMS software, the ACCTeePro integrated software for surface finish, form and geometry, at the 2009 Quality Expo held in Chicago on September 22 -24th.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 16 Sep 2009

Delivery of First Optical System from Carl Zeiss Joins List of Positive News About EUV Lithography

Carl Zeiss, the world's leading manufacturer of optical systems for chip fabrication, has now delivered a complete optical system for production-ready Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL), a new technology for microchip fabrication.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 16 Sep 2009

UMC Completes Carbon Footprint Verification for Integrated Circuit Wafers

UMC (NYSE: UMC; TSE: 2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has completed the foundry industry's first reported carbon footprint verification for integrated circuit wafers produced at ...

From UMC 16 Sep 2009

Researcher for First Time Made Graphene Visible on Gallium Arsenide

PTB has for the first time made graphene visible on gallium arsenide - A successful combination of two unique electronic materials.

16 Sep 2009

Albumin Nanoparticles Can be Used to Carry Radioactive Isotopes to Site of a Cancerous Tumour

Tiny particles of albumin, a protein found in the blood, can be used to carry radioactive isotopes to the site of a cancerous tumour in the body and so avoid many of the side-effects of conventional radiotherapy. Virg...

16 Sep 2009

New Way to Interpret Images Generated by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

A doctoral student at the research center Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) suggests interpreting the images generated by Kelvin probe force microscopy in a new way. She recently published her insights in the journal "Physical Review B".

16 Sep 2009

MIT Team Finds Way to Combine Materials for Semiconductor Manufacture

For decades, researchers have been trying to combine semiconductor materials that have different and potentially complementary characteristics into a single microchip. Now, an MIT team has finally succeeded in this effort, an advance that could point to a way of overcoming fundamental barriers of size and speed facing today's silicon chips.

15 Sep 2009

Wall Street Journal Selects Novelx mySEM as Runner-Up for Technology Innovation Awards

Novelx, Inc. was just selected as the runner-up for a Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award in the Materials and Other Base Technologies category.

15 Sep 2009

Optomec Showcases Aerosol Jet Printing System at European Conference

Optomec announced today that they will showcase their patented Aerosol Jet Printing System for higher efficiency solar cells at the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) in Hamburg, Germany on September 21st- 24th.

From Optomec 15 Sep 2009

Fluidigm Appoints Química Valaner as Exclusive Distributor

Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Química Valaner S.A de C.V as exclusive distributor for Fluidigm's industry-leading instrumentation and chips in Mexico. Fl...

From Standard BioTools 15 Sep 2009

Applied Materials Wins 2009 Green Power Leadership Award EPA

Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that it has received a 2009 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The annual awards recognize the country’s leading green power purchasers for their commitment and contribution to helping advance the development of the nation’s voluntary green power market.

From Applied Materials Inc. 15 Sep 2009

New NSF Grant Supports Development of Sustainable and Nanomaterials

A new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support 30 graduate students working in the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) on the development of materials to advance sustainable living.

15 Sep 2009