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Federal SBIR Grant to Support Y-Carbon's Nanotechnology Research

Y-Carbon, Inc., a nanotechnology start-up company, announced today the award of research funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense (Navy). This funding, which comes from the Federal SBIR grant program, will support Y-Carbon's nanotechnology research which seeks to develop advanced supercapacitors.

2 Sep 2009

Two Leading Universities Announce New Agreement

Two leading universities of the world, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore and Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany announced a new agreement on Monday, 31 Aug 09, that will enable both i...

2 Sep 2009

Researchers Decipher Well-Known Cell Phenomenon

A research team led by Lucas Pelkmans at ETH Zürich has managed to decipher a well-known phenomenon that had, until now, remained unexplained: why cells of the same type can react differently and what the reason for this is.

2 Sep 2009

IMEC Showcases Prototype ECG Necklace

IMEC, a world-leading independent research center in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, and its research affiliate Holst Centre today present a prototype of an electrocardiogram or ECG necklace at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine + Biology Conference (EMBC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA).

From IMEC 2 Sep 2009

IMEC Presents Clinical Validation of Wireless Sleep Staging System

Today, at IEEE EMB Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), IMEC, a world-leading independent research center in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, and its research affiliate Holst Centre present the clinical validation of a wireless sleep staging system.

From IMEC 2 Sep 2009

Founder and President of NaugaNeedles Receives Locan and National Honors

"This year is one of the most exciting years of my life." That probably is an understatement by University of Louisville postdoctoral student Mehdi Yazdanpanah, for whom 2009 has brought two significant awards that are positioning his nanomaterials research and related company - NaugaNeedles LLC - for growth.

1 Sep 2009

Research and Markets Announces Availability of "Advances in Ceramic Materials" Report

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "Advances in Ceramic Materials" report to their offering. Special topic volume w...

From Research and Markets 1 Sep 2009

Precision Dicing Tool for Solar, LED, and Optics Applications

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today the introduction of its Optium® ADS-800TM Series Advanced Dicing System, delivering high productivity dicing solutions for a broad range of demanding applications, including high brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LEDs), solar cells, optics, and microelectronics.

From Veeco 1 Sep 2009

SouthWest NanoTechnologies CEO Discusses Progress in Commercialization of Carbon Nanotubes, Inks and Coatings

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc., a privately-held specialty chemical company that manufactures high quality single-wall and specialty multiwall carbon nanotubes for a range of products, announces their CEO Dave Arthur wi...

1 Sep 2009

University to Host Dedication Ceremonies for its New Nanotechnology Center

The 46,679-square-foot center has two synergistic components: a mixed-use technology business incubator and an academic facility. The incubator is designed to house several start-up companies, and the academic facility has been programmed to house Northwest's new nanotechnology baccalaureate degree program, which began courses this fall.

1 Sep 2009

Researchers to Develop Smart Materials based on Biological Studies of Fish

After engineers and scientists at Virginia Tech, Harvard, and Drexel finish studying the locomotion of fish in water, Michael Phelps may find he still has a few new ways to increase his own world record-breaking Olympic times.

1 Sep 2009

Companies Discuss Latest Technology Trends at Organic Semiconductor Conference

Over the past 12 months there has been progress towards the commercialisation of OLED lighting technology. All the major lighting companies such as Philips Lighting, Osram, GE, Panasonic and Thorn Lighting are actively d...

1 Sep 2009

Automated Measurement System for Nano and Micro Fibers

Lambda Photometrics, one of the UK's leading distributors of Lasers, Optics, Fibre Optics, Electronic Instrumentation, Surface Metrology and Machine Vision products, introduce the Fibermetric System powered by the Phenom desktop SEM; a powerful, easy to use automated measurement system for nano and micro fibers.

1 Sep 2009

Controlling Single Electrons in a Bunch using Laser Pulses

Predatory fish are well aware of the problem: In a swarm of small fish it is hard to isolate prey. A similar situation can be found in the microcosm of atoms and molecules, whose behavior is influenced by "swarms&qu...

1 Sep 2009

Studying the Roughness of Surfaces Can Reveal Wealth of Useful Information

Philosophers often say that to find the truth one must look below the surface. But for scientists and engineers in a broad range of fields, the surfaces of objects can reveal a wealth of useful information, from the func...

1 Sep 2009