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Expanding Clean Energy Sector In NY State Will Take Center Stage at Fourth Annual New Energy Symposium

The expanding clean energy sector in New York State - including research supporting renewable energy technologies and the resulting business and economic development opportunities and impact - will take center stage at t...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 1 Jul 2009

Suss Microtec Announces New Structure for Sales in Asia Based in Singapore

SUSS MicroTec, one of the world's leading suppliers of process and test solutions for microstructuring applications in semiconductor and related markets, today announced a new structure for sales in Asia based in Singapore.

From SUSS MicroTec AG 1 Jul 2009

Obducat To Take Part In An Exhibition For Solar Cell Technology

For the first time Obducat will take part in an exhibition for solar cell technology. Obducat exhibits at Intersolar North America, presenting among other things its new lithography system Sindre 400. The efficiency of s...

From Obducat AB 1 Jul 2009

Brookhaven National Laboratory Signs New Agreement with Syracuse University

The tiny, nanoscale materials - quantum dots - Mathew Maye and his research team create in his Syracuse University chemistry laboratory could potentially make an important contribution to the nation's ongoing quest to become energy independent.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 1 Jul 2009

New FE-SEM Combines High Resolution and Analysis for the First Time

Today Carl Zeiss announces a series of launches covering a range of product and application innovations. The start of this series is marked by the next-generation analytical field emission scanning electron microscope - the MERLIN™.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 1 Jul 2009

European Project CORONA Looks Back On A Promising First Year

One year has passed since the kick-off of the European project CORONA, which aims at accelerating the businesses of European companies by enabling faster product engineering. Nine partners from all along the value chain in micro- and nanotechnologies (MNT) are working towards this goal during the three-year run-time of the project.

1 Jul 2009

Peregrine and MagnaChip Completes Final Qualification on UltraCMOS Technology Transfer

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation, a leading supplier of high-performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, and MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., a leading Asia-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixe...

1 Jul 2009

New Technique Enables Faster Characterization Of Metal Nanoparticles

Using an Andor Technology Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) camera in combination with an imaging spectrograph and a sheath flow cuvette, researchers at the La Jolla Bioengineering Institute in California, have been able ...

1 Jul 2009

New Design Tool for Materials with a Memory

Shape memory alloys can "remember" a condition. If they are deformed, a temperature change can be enough to bring them back to their original shape. A simulation calculates the characteristics of these materials.

1 Jul 2009

Researchers Develop New Cutting-Edge Battery

For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process.

1 Jul 2009

Former CEO of Roche Molecular Diagnostics Joins Shrink Nanotechnologies

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., a platform nanotechnology company developing technologies for a number of diverse fields ranging from medical diagnostics to solar cell concentrators, announced that Heiner Dreismann, Ph.D....

1 Jul 2009

Grant To Study How Molecules Penetrate The Natural Barrier Of A Cell Membrane

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded chemist Dr Alexander Kros from University of Leiden a Starting Independent Researcher Grant of 1.4 million euro. He will be using the grant to study how molecules penetrate the natural barrier of a cell membrane.

30 Jun 2009

Keithley Instruments Sponsores The Premier Issue Of Project TEST

Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: KEI), a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems from DC to RF (radio frequency). , has sponsored the premier issue of Project TEST, in cooperation with Electroni...

From Tektronix 30 Jun 2009

New Statistical Analysis Technique Could Lead To More Precise And Reliable Measurement of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures

A new statistical analysis technique that identifies and removes systematic bias, noise and equipment-based artifacts from experimental data could lead to more precise and reliable measurement of nanomaterials and nanostructures likely to have future industrial applications.

30 Jun 2009

Merck Launches "Printed Organic Switches And Chips" Project

Merck KGaA announced today that it has launched the "Printed Organic Switches and Chips" project (Polytos) together with its partners in the excellence cluster known as the "Forum Organic Electronics"...

30 Jun 2009