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ZMD Well-Positioned in the Tough Market Environment of Semiconductor Industry

ZMD AG sees itself as well-positioned in the tough market environment of the semiconductor industry and is maintaining a high level of investments despite expected decreases in turnover. Due to its successful business mo...

14 May 2009

Oxford Instruments Announces Winner of 2009 Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize

We are delighted to announce that Dr John Morton from the department of Materials at Oxford University is the 2009 recipient of the Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize.

14 May 2009

Sion Power Corporation Announces Joint Development Agreement with BASF

Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, Ariz., USA, and BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, today announced a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to accelerate the commercialization of Sion Power's proprietary lithium-sulfur (Li-S...

From BASF 14 May 2009

Scientists Resolve Structure of Chlorophyll in Chlorosomes of Green Bacteria

An international team of scientists, including researchers from two Dutch universities, Leiden and Groningen, has resolved the structure of chlorophyll in chlorosomes of green bacteria. Chlorosomes are the light-harvesting antennae of these bacteria. They are elongated small pockets which can accommodate up to 250,000 chlorophyll molecules.

14 May 2009

New Materials from Dupont Protect Solar Cells

DuPont today announced the commercialization of two new families of photovoltaic encapsulant sheets that are expected to improve durability and efficiency of photovoltaic modules. The new DuPont™ PV5300 Series and ...

14 May 2009

Online Voting Begins for 'People's Choice' Award

The online gallery for Princeton University's third Art of Science competition will go live Thursday, May 14, at noon EDT. An online site that allows members of the public to choose their favorite 2009 Art of Science image will go live at the same time.

14 May 2009

CheapTubes Examines Differences Between Graphene Nano Platelets and Single Layer Graphene Oxide

CheapTubes.com recently exhibited at NSTI May 5th + 6th 2009 in Houston TX. During that show, we were often asked questions regarding the differences between our Single Layered Graphene Oxide and Graphene Nano Platelets which typically have lower costs.

From Cheap Tubes Inc. 14 May 2009

Research VP to Fund Nine New Innovative Collaborations Including Nanotechnology

In February 2009, the Office of the Vice President of Research at UTSA announced it would offer approximately $242,000 through its Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program (CRSGP) and its Tenure-track Research Award Com...

14 May 2009

New Method of Obtaining Marine Microbe Samples has Yielded an Unexpected Boon

An ingenious new method of obtaining marine microbe samples while preserving the microbes' natural gene expression has yielded an unexpected boon: the presence of many varieties of small RNAs -- snippets of RNA that act as switches to regulate gene expression in these single-celled creatures.

14 May 2009

Bimetallic Fuel Cell Catalyst 2x to 5x More Effective than Commercial Catalysts

Material scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a technique for a bimetallic fuel cell catalyst that is efficient, robust and two to five times more effective than commercial catalysts. The novel...

14 May 2009

Researchers Directly Measured the Unusual Energy Spectrum of Graphene

Applying innovative measurement techniques, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have directly measured the unusual energy spectrum of graphen...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 14 May 2009

Oxford Instruments Introduces CrystalFlex Multi-Wafer Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy Reactor

Oxford Instruments excited to announce the launch of CrystalFlex. This multi-wafer Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) reactor provides superb epitaxial growth control, and offers a cost effective route for the production of high quality, crack free epitaxial GaN, AlGaN and AlN single crystal materials.

14 May 2009

Green Sulphur Bacteria Might Prove Useful in Development of a New Generation of Solar Cells

A new discovery concerning the properties of green sulphur bacteria might prove useful in the development of a new generation of solar cells. Chlorosomes, nature's largest and most efficient light-harvesting antennae...

14 May 2009

Nanogen Executes Asset Purchase Agreement with The Elitech Group

Nanogen, Inc. (Pink Sheets: NGEN), developer of molecular and rapid diagnostic products, today announced that it has executed an asset purchase agreement with The Elitech Group ("Elitech"), a privately held diagnostics company, to acquire substantially all of the assets of Nanogen.

From Nanogen 14 May 2009

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology Reveals the Earliest Stages in Biomineralisation

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) for the first time have shown the earliest stages in biomineralisation, the process that leads to the formation of bones, teeth and sea shells. They used the world...

14 May 2009

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ZMD Well-Positioned in the Tough Market Environment of Semiconductor Industry

Oxford Instruments Announces Winner of 2009 Nicholas Kurti European Science Prize

Sion Power Corporation Announces Joint Development Agreement with BASF

Scientists Resolve Structure of Chlorophyll in Chlorosomes of Green Bacteria

New Materials from Dupont Protect Solar Cells

Online Voting Begins for 'People's Choice' Award

CheapTubes Examines Differences Between Graphene Nano Platelets and Single Layer Graphene Oxide

Research VP to Fund Nine New Innovative Collaborations Including Nanotechnology

New Method of Obtaining Marine Microbe Samples has Yielded an Unexpected Boon

Bimetallic Fuel Cell Catalyst 2x to 5x More Effective than Commercial Catalysts

Researchers Directly Measured the Unusual Energy Spectrum of Graphene

Oxford Instruments Introduces CrystalFlex Multi-Wafer Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy Reactor

Green Sulphur Bacteria Might Prove Useful in Development of a New Generation of Solar Cells

Nanogen Executes Asset Purchase Agreement with The Elitech Group

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology Reveals the Earliest Stages in Biomineralisation

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