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Solar Cell Manufacturing Capacity Expected to Grow 56 Percent in 2009

DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting and part of the NPD Group, is expanding its business to include solar market research. DisplaySearch has been tracking the solar industry sinc...

11 Aug 2009

Nanometrics Wins 2009 R+D 100 Award

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq:NANO), a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing of semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs as well as adva...

11 Aug 2009

Synthesis of Uniform, Unilamellar Vesicles by Means of Microfluidics

A team led by Shoji Takeuchi at the University of Tokyo (Japan) has now developed a simple, highly efficient method for the production of vesicles. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, it is based on microfluidic T junctions.

11 Aug 2009

Company Wins R+D 100 Award for Nanocrystal Solar Cell

The editors of R+D Magazine have named Solexant Corp., developer of third-generation ultrathin-film PV technology, a winner of its 47th Annual R+D 100 Awards for the most technologically significant products introduced i...

11 Aug 2009

Companies Hit Manufacturing Milestone Taking Advantage of 34nm NAND Process to Deliver 32-Gigabit Density

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE:MU) today announced the development of a new 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND technology, leveraging their award-winning 34-nanometer (nm) NAND process.

11 Aug 2009

Clear Insulating Roof Nanotechnology Coating Increases Lifespan of Shingle Roofs

Industrial Nanotech, provided a follow up to their earlier product announcement for Nansulate Crystal, a clear protective roof coating for sloped roofs which provides thermal insulation, as well as resistance to UV and mold and mildew.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 11 Aug 2009

Research Opens Door to Extremely Sensitive Chemical Sensors that can be Produced in a Cost-Effective Way

An international team of researchers from the Netherlands, Russia and Austria discovered that monolayer coverage and channel length set the mobility in self-assembled monolayer field-effect transistors (SAMFETs). This opens the door to extremely sensitive chemical sensors that can be produced in a cost-effective way.

11 Aug 2009

Scientists Develop Liquid-Crystalline Particles Only Micrometers Across

To move your arm or leg, certain muscles need to change shape, to either lengthen or contract. Now scientists have made liquid-crystalline particles that can change shape in a similar way, but which are only micrometers ...

11 Aug 2009

New Method for Electrically Measuring Quantum State of a Semiconductor Artificial Molecule

Under a targeted basic research program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Hiroshi Imamura of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Nobuhiko Yokoshi of JST have d...

11 Aug 2009

Carbon Design Innovations Awarded NIH SBIR Grant to Develop CNT AFM Probes

Carbon Design Innovations, Inc. (C|D|I) today announced that it has grant in the amount of $390,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.

From Carbon Design Innovations 11 Aug 2009

Research Project Aims to Investigate Regulatory Challenges Posed by Nanotechnology

Regulating Nanotechnologies in the EU and US is a collaborative research project involving researchers from LSE, Chatham House|, Environmental Law Institute| and The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies| at the Woodrow W...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 10 Aug 2009

Report Provides Snapshot of Nanotechnology Masters Education

When developing a new course of study there is always a great deal of soul-searching about what should, or should not, be contained in the course. This is especially so in an area of technology that is truly multi-discip...

10 Aug 2009

MSGI to Commercialize Tchnologies Developed by NASA in the Fields of Nanotechnology and Alternative Energy

MSGI Security Solutions Inc. (OTCBB: MSGI), a leading international provider of proprietary solutions to commercial and government organizations, today reported that it has executed a Space Act Agreement with The Nationa...

10 Aug 2009

Showcasing New York's Global Nanotechnology Leadership and Growing Societal Impact of Nanoscale Innovations

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany and CDTA are partnering to publicize the global leadership of the UAlbany NanoCollege and New York State in nanotechnology.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 10 Aug 2009

Unknown Workings of Signaling Protein Unfold Through Atomic-Force Spectroscopy

It's well known that the protein calmodulin specifically targets and steers the activities of hundreds of other proteins - mostly kinases - in our cells, thus playing a role in physiologically important processes ranging from gene transcription to nerve growth and muscle contraction But just how it distinguishes between target proteins is not well understood.

10 Aug 2009

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Solar Cell Manufacturing Capacity Expected to Grow 56 Percent in 2009

Nanometrics Wins 2009 R+D 100 Award

Synthesis of Uniform, Unilamellar Vesicles by Means of Microfluidics

Company Wins R+D 100 Award for Nanocrystal Solar Cell

Companies Hit Manufacturing Milestone Taking Advantage of 34nm NAND Process to Deliver 32-Gigabit Density

Clear Insulating Roof Nanotechnology Coating Increases Lifespan of Shingle Roofs

Research Opens Door to Extremely Sensitive Chemical Sensors that can be Produced in a Cost-Effective Way

Scientists Develop Liquid-Crystalline Particles Only Micrometers Across

New Method for Electrically Measuring Quantum State of a Semiconductor Artificial Molecule

Carbon Design Innovations Awarded NIH SBIR Grant to Develop CNT AFM Probes

Research Project Aims to Investigate Regulatory Challenges Posed by Nanotechnology

Report Provides Snapshot of Nanotechnology Masters Education

MSGI to Commercialize Tchnologies Developed by NASA in the Fields of Nanotechnology and Alternative Energy

Showcasing New York's Global Nanotechnology Leadership and Growing Societal Impact of Nanoscale Innovations

Unknown Workings of Signaling Protein Unfold Through Atomic-Force Spectroscopy

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