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Company Positioned to Support Defense-Related Semiconductor Manufacturing and Development Programs

International Micro Industries, Inc. (IMI) is now ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) registered for its Cherry Hill, New Jersey manufacturing facility. ITAR regulates the manufacture, export, and transfer o...

23 Aug 2009

New Environmentally-Friendly Rocket Propellant Comprised of Aluminum Nanoparticles and Water Ice

NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and water ice, called ALICE.

23 Aug 2009

Using New Iowa State Supercomputer for Materials and Nanotechnology Research

Srinivas Aluru recently stepped between the two rows of six tall metal racks, opened up the silver doors and showed off the 3,200 computer processor cores that power Cystorm, Iowa State University's second supercomputer.

22 Aug 2009

Technic Introduces Semiplate Cu Designed for Semiconductor Plating Applications

Technic Inc., an international leader in advanced electroplating process technology, has announced the release of Technic's Semiplate Cu. Designed for Semiconductor plating applications where single sided copper elec...

22 Aug 2009

New Solid Catalyst for Direct Low-Temperature Oxidation of Methane to Methanol

As a possible energy source for fuel cells or a substitute for gasoline, methanol is increasingly drawing attention beyond its importance as a feedstock for chemical industry. It can be stored much more efficiently and cheaply than hydrogen and could be distributed by way of the existing network of fuelling stations.

22 Aug 2009

Carbon Nanotube Sensor Revealing Nitric Oxide's Role in Living Cells

A new carbon nanotube sensor developed at MIT is the first sensor that can reversibly detect nitric oxide. Monitoring nitric oxide levels in living cells, in real time, could help researchers figure out its role in cancer and other diseases.

21 Aug 2009

Technology Review Magazine Recognizes Y-Carbon's Co-Founder with Prestigious TR35 Award

Y-Carbon, Inc. today announced that its founder and Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Ranjan Dash has been recognized by Technology Review magazine as one of the world's top innovators under the age of 35 for his contrib...

21 Aug 2009

Achievement Helps in Molecular Fight Against Disease

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time captured elusive nanoscale movements of ribosomes at work, shedding light on how these cellular factories take in genetic instructions and amino acids to churn out proteins.

21 Aug 2009

New Way of Creating Reproduction Black Hole in the Lab on a Much-Tinier Scale

Despite their popularity in the science fiction genre, there is much to be learned about black holes, the mysterious regions in space once thought to be absent of light. In a paper published in the August 20 issue of Phy...

21 Aug 2009

Argonne Nanoscientist Joins Select List of World's Youngest Top Innovators

Elena Shevchenko, nanoscientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, has joined a select list of the world's youngest top innovators chosen by Technology Review magazine for her work at Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials.

From Argonne National Laboratory 21 Aug 2009

34 Exhibitors Showcases High-Tech Innovations at IVAM Product Market

Experts of the medical technology industry show new developments, ranging from plastic and ceramic components to surfaces and material analysis, as well as sensor technology and implants at the IVAM Product Market "High-tech for Medical Devices".

21 Aug 2009

Health, Safety and Environmental Data on Nanomaterials

Many U.S. Government organizations have reported data needs concerning occupational exposure, mammalian toxicology and environmental effects of nanoscale materials. Many of these nanoscale materials, however, do not have their own CAS numbers, or have CAS numbers that may be associated with the non-nanoscale chemical.

21 Aug 2009