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Three NIST Scientists Wins PECASE Award

Three scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have won Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the nation's highest honor recognizing extraordinary achievements of young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers.

15 Jul 2009

SVTC Technologies Renews and Expands Partnership with Roth + Rau

Responding to emerging opportunities in the U.S. solar market as well as economic stimulus funding, SVTC Technologies and Roth + Rau have renewed and expanded their partnership and are establishing a 30 megawatt (MW) wor...

15 Jul 2009

EMC3D Consortium Extends Goals and Program to July 2011

Members of the international EMC3D semiconductor equipment and materials consortium today announced they will extend the life of the joint agreement to July 2011 from an original closing date of October 2009.

15 Jul 2009

Electrovaya to Participate in Number of Battery and Technology Conferences

Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL) will be participating and presenting at a number of conferences and trade shows over the next few weeks. They include: 1. Infocast's Storage Week conference, in La Jolla, California from...

15 Jul 2009

New Grants Seek to Power the Future of Global Electronics with Nanoelectronics

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, today teamed with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce funding of $2 million in new supplemental grants for nanoelectronics research.

15 Jul 2009

New Study on Worldwide Nanotechnology Mid Infrared IR Sensor Markets

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced announce a new study on Worldwide nanotechnology mid infrared IR sensor markets. Worldwide mid IR sensors are pois...

From Research and Markets 15 Jul 2009

Cabot Epic D100 CMP Receives SI Magazine's "Editors' Choice Best Products" Award For 2009

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (Nasdaq:CCMP), the world's leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing slurries and growing CMP pad supplier to the semiconductor industry, announced today...

From Cabot Corporation 15 Jul 2009

In Tune Enables Researchers to Perform Novel Fluorescence Measurements for the First Time

The explosion in the number of new fluorescent dyes has opened up exciting new opportunities for life science researchers. However, each requires the microscope system to be equipped with an appropriate excitation laser, a limitation that has greatly restricted their adoption.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 15 Jul 2009

TSMC Announced Collaboration with NetLogic Microsystems

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL), a leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TWSE:2330) (NYSE:TSM) (T...

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 15 Jul 2009

Kopin Uses LayTec EpiTT System for Temperature and Reflectance Monitoring of HBT epi Wafer Production

LayTec is proud to report that its EpiTT system is successfully applied at Kopin Corporation (MA, US) on AIXTRON 2600/IC system for temperature and reflectance monitoring of Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) epi wafer production.

From LayTec GmbH 15 Jul 2009

Complex, Large-Scale Design is Fully Implemented in Five Weeks

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global design innovation, announced today that Hitachi has fully implemented a chip design in excess of 50 million gates in just five weeks using the Cadence&reg...

15 Jul 2009

Researchers Develop Thin-film Electroluminescent Device Using Inorganic Oxides

Hiroshi Takashima and coworkers of the Superconducting Devices Group of the Nanoelectronics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed red electroluminescent (EL) devices using thin-films of chemically stable perovskite oxides.

15 Jul 2009

SAFC Hitech Announces Details of New Materials Roadmap for MOCVD And ALD Processes on Silicon Semiconductor Substrates

SAFC Hitech, a business segment within SAFC , a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, today announced details of its new materials roadmap for Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) and Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)...

15 Jul 2009

ACS Announces Second NanoTube Video Contest

In our last video contest "What is Nano?", you showed us that nano is a way of making things smaller, lighter and more efficient, making it possible to build better machines, solar cells, materials and radios. But another question remains: how exactly is "nano" going to impact both us and the world? We want you to think big about nano and show us how nano will address the challenges we face today.

From American Chemical Society 14 Jul 2009

Nanoscience and Microsystems Graduate Program Awarded Grant

U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman has announced that the UNM Nanoscience and Microsystems (NSMS) Graduate Program has been awarded the highly competitive grant to provide fellowships for Graduate Assistance in Areas of National...

14 Jul 2009