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2-Year Plan to Focus on Leading-Edge Nanotechnology

Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini today announced the company would spend $7 billion over the next two years to build advanced manufacturing facilities in the United States. The investment funds deployment of Intel&#...

10 Feb 2009

Strength Through Diversity - Fraunhofer Researchers Show Innovative Developments at nano tech 2009

Tiny light-emitting diodes with optical microsystems that can produce all the colors of the rainbow, a new method for producing printed circuit boards - Fraunhofer researchers are showing innovative developments at the nano tech 2009 exhibition in Japan.

10 Feb 2009

Size and Mobility of Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe by weight, and without it, there would be no life on Earth. Depending on its crystal structure--how its atoms bond together--carbon can form several different substances, ranging from sooty coal to glittering diamonds to slippery-smooth graphite.

10 Feb 2009

Researchers Demonstrate Breakthrough in Optical Nanoscopy

A collaborative effort between researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Stanford University has demonstrated a breakthrough in optical nanoscopy, the science of imaging and sensing of nanoscale objects. ...

10 Feb 2009

Nanocarbon Modeling May Be the Next Step Toward Emulating Human Brain Function

Nanocarbon modeling may be the next step toward emulating human brain function. That's the focus of USC electrical engineering professor Alice Parker's "synthetic cortex" study funded by the National Science Foundation.

10 Feb 2009

Major Advances in NAND Flash Memory with 3-Bit-Per-Cell 32nm Generation and with 4-Bit-Per-Cell 43nm Technology

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced breakthroughs in multi-bit-per-cell technology for NAND flash memories that will bring advances in chip densities and cost savings to next generation devices.

10 Feb 2009

Nano Pet Products Expands Bed and Apparel Lines

Nano Pet Products, LLC, a Wilton, Connecticut-based company dedicated to bringing cleaner and healthier pet products to pet owners worldwide through nanotechnology, is expanding its successful Dog Gone Smart(TM) line of ...

10 Feb 2009

Applied NanoWorks Develops FlexB Flame Retardant

Applied NanoWorks (ANW), an inorganic materials development company, has announced FlexB™, a boron-based, non-halogenated flame retardant (FR) additive for nylon, epoxies and water-based coatings. Material testing has achieved UL-94 V-0 ratings with FlexB loading levels as low as 3%.

10 Feb 2009

Combination of X3 and 32 Nanometer Represents Breakthroughs in Size and Density

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) and Toshiba Corporation today announced the co-development of multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory using 32-nanometer (nm) process technology to produce a 32-gigabit (Gb) 3-bits-per-cell (X3) memory chip.

10 Feb 2009

Report Examines the Fundamentals of RNAi's Technologies, Markets and Companies

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "RNAi - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering. RNA interference (RNAi) or gene silencing involves the ...

From Research and Markets 10 Feb 2009

Veeco Receives Multiple Orders for Molecular Beam Epitaxy Systems

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that it received five Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) systems orders during the fourth quarter of 2008, and over the past 12 months has seen an increase in orders for its multiple growth module cluster tool systems.

From Veeco 10 Feb 2009

Flexible Solar Cells - New and Exciting Way of Producing Energy

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Flexible Solar Cells" to their offering. With the decline in the world's natural resources, the need for new ...

10 Feb 2009

Legend's MSIM SPICE Circuit Simulator Certified for TSMC's Advanced Nanometer Circuit Designs

Legend Design Technology, Inc. today announced that its MSIM® circuit simulator has been qualified through TSMC's 40 nanometer (nm) SPICE Tool Qualification Program. The program provides designers the ability to ...

From TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 10 Feb 2009

XLR 600iX Delivers Improved On-Wafer Performance to Chipmakers

Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq:CYMI), the market's leading developer of light sources used to pattern advanced semiconductor chips, announced today that its advanced XLR 600i-originally introduced as a 90 watt (W) light source-...

From Cymer, Inc. 10 Feb 2009

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Signs New Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Institutions

The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., today announced the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding with four Indian institutions. The MOU establishes collaboration in the areas of superconducting acceleration science and technology and in research and development of superconducting materials.

10 Feb 2009