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Southampton Nanofabrication Centre Officially Opens in September

Wednesday 9 September will be a day of celebration in the School, when the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre is officially opened by Professor Ian Diamond, Chair of Research Councils UK (RCUK).

14 Jul 2009

Using Nanotechnology to Overcome Ovarian Cancer

In a feat of trickery, Dartmouth Medical School immunologists have devised a Trojan horse to help overcome ovarian cancer, unleashing a surprise killer in the surroundings of a hard-to-treat tumor.

14 Jul 2009

Florida University Receives $26 Million to Speed the Transformation of Scientific Discoveries into Medical Advances for Patients

The University of Florida will receive nearly $26 million over five years to speed the transformation of scientific discoveries into medical advances for patients. In winning the competitive National Institutes of He...

14 Jul 2009

Project Aimed at Setting up National Production of 90-nm Topology Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits

RUSNANO Supervisory Council approved the Corporation's participation in the project aimed at setting up national production of 90-nm topology very large scale integrated circuits (VLSI). In the range of products manu...

14 Jul 2009

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According to 2nd Lt. Christopher A. Vaiana of the Directorate's Nonmetallic Materials Division, AFRL/RX provided guidance and funding to develop a special "conductive ink" that can be used to make printed organic photovoltaic solar cell panels on very thin, flexible surfaces using ink-jet printing.

14 Jul 2009

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Powering Air Force UAVs in the Future

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are expected to power Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the future because they are an optimum energy harvesting source that may lead to longer flight times without refueling...

14 Jul 2009

IMEC Extends its EUV Lithography Research Program

IMEC today announced that it is extending its EUV (extreme ultra-violet) lithography research program with a parallel dedicated EUV mask cleaning research program. The program will build on a new collaboration between IM...

From IMEC 14 Jul 2009

IMEC Launches New Program Focusing on Development of GaN Technology

IMEC today announces the launch of a new industrial affiliation program (IIAP) that will focus on the development of GaN technology for both power conversion and solid state lighting applications.

From IMEC 14 Jul 2009

IMEC Establishes New Partnerships with Solar Cell Material and Equipment Suppliers

IMEC today announced that it has established new partnerships with solar cell material and equipment suppliers. These companies, including MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., Leybold Optics Dresden GmbH, Roth + Rau AG, and Mallinckrodt Baker B.V., have concluded joint-development agreements with IMEC in the frame of IMEC's newly launched wafer-based silicon photovoltaics industrial affiliation program (IIAP).

From IMEC 14 Jul 2009

Brookhaven and Stanford Physicists Named Recipients of 2009 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Prize

J.C. Seamus Davis and John Tranquada, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, along with Aharon Kapitulnik of Stanford University, have been named the recipients of the 2009 Heik...

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 14 Jul 2009

IMEC Achieved Promising Results in the Race to Scale CMOS to 22nm and Below

IMEC has achieved promising results in the race to scale CMOS to 22nm and below. The breakthroughs from its transistor scaling programs include a successful integration of the laser-anneal technique in a high-K/metal-gate first process and a step forward towards fabricating aggressively scaled germanium-pFET transistors.

From IMEC 14 Jul 2009

mPhase Technologies Releases Video on Liquid Electrolyte Activation

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:XDSL), is focused on developing and commercializing a new battery technology based on a well-patented phenomenon known as electrowetting, today released a video demonstrating that a liqui...

From MyPebble 14 Jul 2009

Nanometrics Announces Delivery of Unifire Metrology System

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO), a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-performance process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing of semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs, today announced the delivery of a Unifire™ metrology system equipped with the Advanced Film Capability (AFC) option.

14 Jul 2009

ESI Bolster its Technology Offerings for 3D IC Packaging and Memory Repair Product Applications

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:ESIO), a leading provider of world-class photonic systems for microengineering, today announced that it has bolstered its technology offerings for both its 3D IC packaging and ...

From Electro Scientific Industries (ESI) 14 Jul 2009

American Nano Silicon Tech Signs Cooperative R+D Agreement with University

American Nano Silicon Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: ANNO) ("American Nano" or "the Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of Micro-Nano Silicon, announced today that the Company has entered in...

14 Jul 2009