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Delivering Spin-Polarized Electrons Virtually on Demand

Many hopes are pinned on spintronics. In the future it could replace electronics, which in the race to produce increasingly rapid computer components, must at sometime reach its limits. Different from electronics, where ...

21 Jan 2009

Final Acceptance Test Certification Awarded for Applied Materials' SunFab Thin Film Line

Moser Baer, the global technology company, today announced that its photovoltaic subsidiary is ready for production of thin film photovoltaic modules at its manufacturing plant in Greater Noida. This follows final acceptance test (FAT) certification of Moser Baer Photovoltaic's SunFab™ Thin Film Line supplied by Applied Materials, Inc., the California-based nanomanufacturing technology solutions provider.

From Applied Materials Inc. 21 Jan 2009

RHK Releases New Software for SPM Nanotechnology Research

RHK announces the release of XPMPro™ 2.0 software. XPMPro provides real-time data acquisition, analysis, and image processing for SPM nanotechnology research. Everyday, in university and government labs around the ...

21 Jan 2009

Electric Current Through Atoms and Molecules

The smallest mechanical switch plus an electronic switch of a type never seen before. That's how physicist Marius Trouwborst from the University of Groningen sums up the results of his PhD research on electric current through atoms and molecules. 'The ultimate aim of nanotechnology is to use molecules for electronics', he says. 'That aim has now come a step closer.'

21 Jan 2009

Green Earth Technologies Reaches 1,000,000 Milestone

Green Earth Technologies is pleased to announced that they have now shipped over one million units of "G"-Branded products which are all biodegradable, renewable, recyclable and environmentally safe. GET produc...

21 Jan 2009

Pioneering Battery Expert Joins EnerDel as CTO

One of the auto industry's leading experts on advanced hybrid and electric vehicle power systems has joined U.S. lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel as the company's new Chief Technology Officer.

20 Jan 2009

Unique Solution to Provide Fast and Efficient Impurity Analysis of Solid Metals

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has developed a unique solution to provide fast and efficient impurity analysis of solid metals, including steels, platinum group metals, gold and other...

20 Jan 2009

Strict Editorial Policy Guarantees Quality of SciTopics

Elsevier today announced the launch of SciTopics, a free online expert-generated knowledge sharing service for the research community to quickly offer scientific, technical and medical knowledge on a variety of subjects....

20 Jan 2009

Optics Balzers Produces Advanced Patterned Coating Solutions for OEM Applications

As a manufacturer of components with a longstanding reputation for advanced optical coatings, Optics Balzers AG continues to supply customers with high quality coated optical components in many markets including; Sensors + Imaging, Automotive, Biophotonics, and Advanced Lighting.

20 Jan 2009

Another MEMS PVD Win for Tegal, the Leader in Stress Controlled Metal Film Deposition for MEMS Fabrication

Tegal Corporation (Nasdaq:TGAL), a leading designer and manufacturer of plasma etch and deposition systems used in the production of MEMS, power semiconductor, and optoelectronic devices, announced today that the Company...

From Collabrx, Inc. 20 Jan 2009

PI Introduces Novel Ceramic Linear Motor Actuators with Sub-Nanometer Resolution

Piezo systems specialist PI will introduce the novel N-380 / N-381 NEXACT® ceramic linear motor actuators at this year's Photonics West conference in San Jose, CA. The new actuator is based on the Piezo Walk principle and replaces classical lead screw actuators combining high forces and long travel ranges with sub-nanometer resolution in a small package.

20 Jan 2009

Industrial Nanotech Accelerates Global Expansion with New Distributors

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that it continues to rapidly expand its distribution network throughout the world with new distributors and representatives in Egypt, Puerto Rico, Canada, Pakistan, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and Wake Island.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 20 Jan 2009

Nanotechnology Facility Receives 5-Year Renewal Grant from NSF

Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) has received another five years of funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The facility, which is the flagship of Cornell's cutting-edge nanotechnology research, is one of 14 such research facilities across the country that make up the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN).

20 Jan 2009

University of Helsinki and ASM International Renewed Long-Term Research Agreement on ALD

Department of Chemistry at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and ASM Microchemistry Ltd. have renewed their long-term research agreement. ASM Microchemistry Ltd. is a subsidiary of the semiconductor processing tool su...

From ASM International 20 Jan 2009

Breakthrough for Smart NanoBattery Production

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB:XDSL.OB - News) today announced that a recent breakthrough that will allow the company to produce their Smart NanoBattery with a much greater cost efficiency has successfully passed rigo...

20 Jan 2009