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Construction of 100MW Factories Underway and Set to be Complete by Spring of 2010

In a ceremony today in Wuhan, China, Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGM: ESLR), a manufacturer of String Ribbon™ solar power products with its proprietary, low-cost silicon wafer technology, and its contract manufacturing partner, Jiawei Solarchina Co., celebrated the groundbreaking for their new 100 megawatt manufacturing plants.

31 Aug 2009

Nanometrics Founder Resigns from Board of Directors

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq:NANO), a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing and packaging of semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs, today announced that Vincent Coates, company founder and vice-chairman of the board, has resigned from the Board of Directors.

31 Aug 2009

Leading-Edge Manufacturer Cites Strength of Cadence Solutions and Services Targeting 45 Nanometers and Below

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic design innovation, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing company, today announced that the two companies have en...

From Cadence Design Systems 31 Aug 2009

Collaboration Will Demonstrate New EUV Materials at Resist Materials and Development Center at CNSE's Albany NanoTech

SEMATECH, a global consortium of chipmakers, and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., one of the world's largest suppliers of semiconductor materials, announced today that Shin-Etsu has joined SEMATECH's Resist Materials and Development Center (RMDC) at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex.

31 Aug 2009

Infectious Disease Research Institute and NanoPass Reaches Agreement

The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) and NanoPass Technologies Ltd. (NanoPass) today announced they have entered into an agreement whereby IDRI licenses NanoPass' proprietary MicronJet microneedle technol...

From NanoPass Technologies 31 Aug 2009

Ames Lab Senior Chemist Wins 2010 Arthur W. Adamson Award

Pat Thiel, senior chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has been named the winner of the 2010 Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry.

From American Chemical Society 31 Aug 2009

New Report on Human Enhancement

The Human Enhancement Ethics Group today released a new report funded by the US National Science Foundation, addressing such topics as: definitions, possible scenarios, freedom + autonomy, fairness + equity, societal dis...

31 Aug 2009

Nanotechnology Panel Addressing Standards for Nanomedicine

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Nanotechnology Standards Panel (NSP) will hold a panel addressing standards for nanomedicine during its upcoming meeting on September 9, 2009, in Chicago.

30 Aug 2009

New Molecular Sensor Revealing the Amount of Zinc in Cells

Scientists have developed a new molecular sensor that can reveal the amount of zinc in cells, which could tell us more about a number of diseases, including type 2 diabetes. The research, published today in Nature Method...

30 Aug 2009

A New Milestone in Laser Physics

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have reached a new milestone in laser physics by creating the world's smallest semiconductor laser, capable of generating visible light in a space smaller than a single protein molecule.

30 Aug 2009

Organic Photovoltaic Industry's Leading Experts Unite in One Spectacular Educational Program

This October, the Organic Photovoltaic industry's leading experts unite in one spectacular educational program--offered exclusively at the 1st annual Organic Photovoltaics Summit USA. Bringing together over 25 wo...

29 Aug 2009

BioAlliance Pharma to Present Nanoparticle Technology and Advantages in Therapeutic Applications

BioAlliance Pharma SA (Euronext Paris - BIO), a company dedicated to the treatment and supportive care of cancer and AIDS patients, today announced that it will present its nanoparticle technology and the latter's ad...

28 Aug 2009

MEMSIC Announces New Game and Application Solution for Mobile Phone Market

MEMSIC, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEMS), a leading MEMS solution provider and supplier of motion sensors to the mobile phone industry, combining proprietary MEMS technology with advanced mixed signal processing and system solutions, today announced a new game and application solution for the mobile phone market.

From MEMSIC Inc. 28 Aug 2009

Theoretical and Experimental Study of Transport and Retention of Nanoparticles

Two University of Delaware faculty members have been awarded $330,000 from the National Science Foundation to conduct a theoretical and experimental study of the transport and retention of nanoparticles through subsurface porous media.

28 Aug 2009

Nanoparticles Simultaneously Track as Many as 10 Different Optical Tags in Living Animal

Using nanoparticles designed specifically to produce a bright Raman spectroscopic signal, a team of investigators at the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (Stanford University Center...

28 Aug 2009