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Expanding the Development and Use of Solar Energy in California

The University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with UC Davis will use a two-year, $700,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to expand the development and use of solar energy in the state. The new Ca...

15 Apr 2009

Researchers Found A Way to Unzip Carbon Nanotubes to Make Flat Nanoribbons

Scientists at Rice University have found a simple way to create basic elements for aircraft, flat-screen TVs, electronics and other products that incorporate sheets of tough, electrically conductive material. And the...

15 Apr 2009

Leading MEMS Manufacturer Achieves 10 Consecutive Profitable Quarters

Tronics, a leading global integrated manufacturer of custom MEMS, today announced that 2008 revenue totaled 11 million Euros ($16.3 million), representing a 5 percent increase (13 percent USD) compared to 2007. Net profi...

15 Apr 2009

Asymtek Receives Two Prestigious Awards during APEX 2009

Asymtek, a Nordson company and leader in dispensing, coating and jetting technologies, announces it has received two prestigious awards during APEX 2009. For the sixth consecutive year, Asymtek has won the Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Award, receiving the highest customer service ratings in the dispensing category for electronics assembly equipment suppliers.

15 Apr 2009

Major Impact Envisioned for Pharmaceutical, Food and Agriculture Industries

Scientists studying how marine bacteria move have discovered that a sharp variation in water current segregates right-handed bacteria from their left-handed brethren, impelling the microbes in opposite directions.

15 Apr 2009

Improving the Speed and Sensitivity of Scanning Tunnelling Luminescence Spectroscopy

Andor Technology plc (Andor), a world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, has applied Electron Multiplying (EM) technology for the first time to dramatically improve both the speed and sensitivity of Scanning Tunnelling Luminescent spectroscopy (STL) by replacing the standard CCD camera, used to detect photons, with one of its Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) cameras.

15 Apr 2009

Collaborative Research Activities to Advance Copper Plating Process Technologies for 3D Interconnects

SEMATECH, a global consortium of chip-makers, and global metallization technology provider, Atotech today announced that Atotech has become a member of SEMATECH’s 3D Interconnect Program located at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany.

15 Apr 2009

Latest Advances in Application of Nanotechnology in Food and Drink Applications

A one-day conference that will help keep you up-to-date with the latest advances in the application of micro- and nanotechnology in food and drink applications. The day will cover a range of topics including applications...

15 Apr 2009

Informatics the Foundation of Research into Biomedicine and Nanomedicine

In the future, explained Peter Ghazal, Chair of Edinburgh University's Department of Molecular Genetics and Biomedicine, biological sensors, the product of the integration of biology and electronics will be used to d...

15 Apr 2009

Chinese Academy of Sciences Opens Large-Scale Scientific Facilities to Enterprises

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched a website on April 10 to help enterprises use its large-scale scientific facilities for free.

From Chinese Academy of Sciences 15 Apr 2009

Partnership to Enhance National Security and Advance Research Opportunities in Life Sciences and Physics

Indiana University and Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center recognized the success of an ongoing partnership to enhance national security and advance research opportunities in life sciences, physics and other fields during a ceremony Monday (April 13) at IU's Cyclotron Facility.

15 Apr 2009

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Files Investigational New Drug for ApoB SNALP

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX:TKM) announced today it has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application seeking approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a Phase 1 human...

15 Apr 2009

Air Products Lands Another Thin-Film PV Win in Asia

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has signed a gas supply contract to provide bulk and specialty gases to CHINT Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. (CHINT Solar) at its new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) facility in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, China.

14 Apr 2009

Webinar Discusses the Use of Nanotechnology in Industry

It has been estimated that nanotechnology use in industry will be conservatively be worth $30 billion by 2015, and will be used by every single manufacturing sector. So what is it exactly and how might it impact upon ...

14 Apr 2009

CRAIC Technologies Introduces QDI 2010 Film Microspectrophotometer Designed to Measure Thickness of Thin Films

CRAIC Technologies, the leading manufacturer of UV-visible-NIR microscopes and microspectrometers, is pleased to announce the QDI 2010 Film™ microspectrophotometer. The QDI 2010 Film™ instrument is designed to measure the thickness of thin films of sub-micron sampling areas rapidly and non-destructively.

14 Apr 2009