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Southampton Nanofabrication Centre Described as "Beautiful Building"

At the opening of the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre yesterday (9 September), Professor Ian Diamond, Chair of Research Councils UK, described it as a "beautiful building", which will place Southampton as part of an excellent UK network better than anywhere in the world.

10 Sep 2009

Scientist from ARUP Laboratories Wins Prestigious NIH Grant

ARUP Laboratories, a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and a leader in innovative laboratory research and development, announced that Tanya Sandrock, PhD, Research + Development scientist, rec...

10 Sep 2009

Researchers Break World Record for the Switching Speed of Nitride-Based Transistors

Our society is insatiable as far as the transfer of data is concerned. Consequently, increasingly faster and cheaper transistors are being developed. In row in recent months, researchers from ETH Zurich have now broken the world record for the switching speed of nitride-based transistors that use silicon as a substrate several times.

10 Sep 2009

PennWell's Electronics Media Group Launches New Portal Website

PennWell's Electronics Media Group is announcing the launch of a new portal website, www.ElectroIQ.com. The new site, focused on electronics and electronics manufacturing, provides a gateway to the content of five...

9 Sep 2009

Micro Bubble Technology Took Effective Control of EcoloCap Solutions

Micro Bubble Technology (OTC-BB: ECOS) ("MBT") took effective control of EcoloCap Solutions Ltd. of Montreal, Quebec on September 8, 2009. Through a 50% ownership of Micro Bubble Technology Korea, MBT develops products and processes based on its Research + Development in the field of Nanotechnology.

9 Sep 2009

Vitex Systems Executes License Agreement with Global Supplier of Specialty Materials

Vitex Systems, Inc., a leading technology developer, licensor and engineering service provider for thin-film encapsulation and moisture barrier films, today announced that it has executed a license agreement with a globa...

9 Sep 2009

Leading PV Material Suppliers Providing Material for Optomec's Aerosol Jet Printing Process

Optomec announced today that leading photovoltaic material suppliers are now providing material for the company's Aerosol Jet® printing process. With the availability of source materials from these companies, Optomec and its partners are now fully prepared to meet mutual customers' increased cell efficiency requirements.

From Optomec 9 Sep 2009

Event to Cover Emerging Models for Pharma and Diagnostic Deals and Exits

Livingston Securities today announced that Scott Livingston presented the opening keynote address at today's NanoBusiness 2009 conference in Chicago, and revealed plans for its 2nd Annual Healthcare, Life Science and...

9 Sep 2009

Defining the Most Critical New Technologies for Next Generation of Free Electron Lasers

The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are collaborating to help define the most critical new technologies for the next generation of free electron lasers (FELs).

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 9 Sep 2009

Eleven Monash Researchers Awarded Future Fellowships

Eleven Monash researchers have been awarded a total of $7,854,900 in the first ever round of Australian Research Council Future Fellowships to further research in their fields. The Australian Government created the ne...

9 Sep 2009

How to Control Your Quantum Pulse

A new way of storing and 'echoing' pulses of light has been discovered by a team from The Australian National University, allowing bursts of laser to work as a flexible optical memory and potentially assist in extending the range of quantum information systems.

9 Sep 2009

Universities Receive $3 Million from NSF for Nanotechnology and Materials Research

Xavier University of Louisiana and New York University have received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to bolster diversity among materials scientists through collaborative research and curriculum d...

9 Sep 2009

Researchers Decode 3D Structure of Cement Hydrate

In the 2,000 or so years since the Roman Empire employed a naturally occurring form of cement to build a vast system of concrete aqueducts and other large edifices, researchers have analyzed the molecular structure of natural materials and created entirely new building materials such as steel, which has a well-documented crystalline structure at the atomic scale.

9 Sep 2009

NIST Publishes New Request for "White Papers"

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a new request for "white papers" that outline or help define potential new funding competitions under the agency's Technology Innovation Program (TIP).

9 Sep 2009

Convention Focuses on Important Issues Surrounding Quality of Food and Drugs

Important issues surrounding the quality of food and drugs-including global supply chain management, the challenges of creating follow-on biologics (in Canada, subsequent entry biologics) and nanotechnology for drug deli...

9 Sep 2009