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CombiMatrix Receives Four Year Contract from NASA to Design and Test Microfluidic System

CombiMatrix Corporation (Nasdaq:CBMX) announced today that it has received a four year contract for $858,298 from NASA's Ames Research Center to design and test a microfluidic system that incorporates CombiMatrix's semiconductor microarray as part of an integrated genetic analysis platform that can be deployed in satellites.

From Invitae Corporation 12 Mar 2009

CSD Epitaxy Announces Recent Delivery of EpiPro Production System to GlobiTech Corporation

CSD Epitaxy, Inc. (CSD Epitaxy), a global provider of epitaxial processing equipment, announced the recent delivery of the first EpiPro(tm) 5000-IG production system to GlobiTech Corporation, a leading global supplier of...

12 Mar 2009

Nicast to Present Results of the AVflo Clinical Trial

Nicast, developer of medical devices made of electrospun nanofabric, announced today that it will exhibit the AVflo™ vascular access graft for hemodialysis, its flagship product which received CE certification in O...

12 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology Research is One Step Toward Making Solar Cells More Efficient

The transition to environmentally benign energy sources is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century. Solar power, which uses sunlight to generate electricity, is one promising source. It has many benefi...

12 Mar 2009

Ethical Challenges of Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is penetrating many areas of our daily lives at incredible speed, opening up new horizons of expectation and hope. At the same time, it is raising questions which affect our individual self-conception and that of our society.

12 Mar 2009

New Applications for Carbon Nanomaterials in Hydrogen Storage

An international research team, involving Professor Rajeev Ahuja at Uppsala University and researchers in the USA, set out to understand the mechanism behind the catalytic effects of carbon nanomaterials. Experimental an...

12 Mar 2009

Company Utilizing Power of Nanotechnology to Deliver Environmentally Friendly Products Gets API Certification

Green Earth Technologies (PinkSheets: GETG) announced today that they have been granted the "Donut," an API Service Symbol for the SAE 5W-30 weight of their green motor oil, G-OIL(TM). G-OIL ultimate biodegrada...

12 Mar 2009

Scientists Develop for First Time Nano Treatment that Transports 'Tumour Busting' Genes Selectively to Cancer Cells

Cancer Research UK scientists have for the first time developed a treatment that transports 'tumour busting' genes selectively to cancer cells, according to a study published online in Cancer Research.

12 Mar 2009

PolyOne Announces Agreement to Develop Carbon-Nanotube Thermoplastic Composites

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, and Zyvex Performance Materials, a recognized worldwide leader in carbon nanotube-enhanced applications, today...

12 Mar 2009

Amtech Systems Receives $3 Million in Follow-On Solar Orders

Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its solar subsi...

From Amtech Systems 11 Mar 2009

Green Earth Nano Science Signs Licensing Agreement with UK Company

Green Earth Nano Science, Inc., (GENS) - Canadian environmental solutions developer and manufacturer of GENS NANO + SolarStucco - self-sanitizing and self-cleaning photocatalyst coatings and proprietary air + surface pur...

From Green Earth Nano Science Inc. 11 Mar 2009

Developing an Efficient Pathway for Safe and Effective Nanoengineered Medical Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today unveiled a new collaboration initiative with the Houston-based Alliance for NanoHealth (ANH) and its eight member institutions to help speed development of safe and effective medical products in the emerging field of nanotechnology.

11 Mar 2009

Advances in Polymer Processing: From Macro- to Nano- Scales

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new report "Advances in Polymer Processing: From Macro- to Nano- Scales" to their offering. Processing techniques are critica...

11 Mar 2009

Apache and NXP Collaborate to Address 45nm Power Integrity Challenges for Advanced Digital Processor Design

Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in power and noise integrity for chip, package, and system convergence, today announced the collaboration with NXP Semiconductors on advanced power solutions for the PNX85500 design - the industry's first digital TV processor manufactured on the 45nm technology.

11 Mar 2009

Nanometrics Releases Latest NanoCD Suite of Solutions for OCD Metrology

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology equipment, today announced the release of its latest NanoCD Suite of solutions for optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology. The new Na...

11 Mar 2009