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University Selects Cascade Microtech Summit 11000 Series Probe Station for RF Measurement

Cascade Microtech (NASDAQ: CSCD) today announced that Peking University has selected the award-winning Summit™ 11000 Series probe station for their Institute of Microelectronics RF Measurement Lab. The system was selected based on its ability to provide the precision and versatility needed for the advanced semiconductor processes and aggressively scaled devices in development at Peking University.

From FormFactor 6 Jan 2009

Nanotechnology Expert to Give Inaugural Lecture at MSU

Trevor Douglas, one of two recently named Letters and Science Distinguished Professors at Montana State University, will give his inaugural lecture at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, in the Procrastinator Theater in MSU's ...

6 Jan 2009

New Report for Safer Manufacturing and Handling of Nanomaterials

The field of nanotechnologies is advancing rapidly and is expected to impact virtually every facet of global industry and society. International standardization contributes to realizing the potential of this technology for the betterment and sustainability of the world through economic development, improving the quality of life, and for improving and protecting public health and the environment.

6 Jan 2009

Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Begins Awarding Contracts as Part of $310 Million Upgrade

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has awarded three contracts as part of a $310 million upgrade project that will provide an international community of physicists wi...

6 Jan 2009

Ions Stopped, Reaccelerated in Charge Breeder for CARIBU

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have successfully stopped and then reaccelerated a stable ion through a newly constructed charge-breeder, bringing the CAlifornium Rare ...

6 Jan 2009

Argonne Scientist Named AAAS Fellow for Contributions in Materials Science and Nanotechnology

Orlando Auciello of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

From Argonne National Laboratory 6 Jan 2009

Amtech Receives Multi-Million Solar Orders from Two New Customers

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 6 Jan 2009

Nanotechnology-Based Coating Reduces OEM Surface Scratching by Over 50 Percent

Nanotechnology can be described as the science of molecular engineering, and is currently changing the way many industries think of surface coatings. Imagine a scratch-free automotive finish, a barnacle-free boat hull, a self-cleaning aircraft or a wheel without brake-dust.

From Nanovere Technologies 6 Jan 2009

Deal Paves Way For Use of ALD Ultra High-K Insulators

ASM International N.V. (Nasdaq: ASMI; Euronext Exchange in Amsterdam: ASM) and SAFC Hitech(TM), a business segment within SAFC(R), a member of the Sigma-Aldrich(R) Group (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced that they have ent...

6 Jan 2009

NCKU Professors Develop Cutting-Edge Rapid Prototyping Device

A prototype of a cutting-edge "three-dimensional printer", a Rapid Prototyping (RP) device, has been successfully developed by the group led by the Distinguished Professor Sen-Yung Lee of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) under the funding from the Technology Development Program for Academia (TDPA).

5 Jan 2009

Ensysce Biosciences Inc. Appoints New President and CEO

Ensysce Biosciences Inc. announced today the appointment of Dr. Lynn Kirkpatrick as President and CEO. Dr. Kirkpatrick has an extensive background in targeted small molecule cancer drug development, and has brought three...

5 Jan 2009

South Bend’s Legacy of Innovation Sparks Ignition Park

It has been a place where the City of South Bend has mounted Indiana’s most aggressive environmental restoration effort to remove decaying buildings of its rust-belt past, where the legacy of Studebaker Corp. haunt...

5 Jan 2009

University of Surrey Awarded Major Grant as Part of 'Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business'

The Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey has been awarded a major research grant by the energy giant E.ON based in Germany as part of their 'Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business'.

5 Jan 2009

Breakthrough in Nanowire Growth Control

Scientists in Sweden have discovered new ways to control the growth and structure of nanowires at the single-atom level. Their findings, which provide major insights into materials physics, have come out of the NODE (' Nanowire-based one-dimensional electronics') project, funded with approximately EUR 9.5 million under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).

5 Jan 2009

Conference to Explore New Synergies Between Established Disciplines such as Nanotechnology

The European Future Emerging Technologies (FET 09) conference is being organised by the Future and emerging technologies research scheme of the European Commission, the Czech Technical University and the Academy of Scien...

5 Jan 2009