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ACerS-NIST Phase Equilibria Diagrams CD-ROM Database Includes 817 New Entries

The American Ceramic Society and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have just released ACerS-NIST Phase Equilibria Diagrams CD-ROM Database (Version 3.2). The new version contains more than 21,000 evaluated phase diagrams of ceramic systems such as oxides, salts, carbides, nitrides, boride, compound semiconductors and chalco-genides, and features over 1,000 new diagrams.

10 Dec 2008

University of Delaware Launches Fuel Cell Center

The University of Delaware has established the Center for Fuel Cell Research (CFCR) to improve the understanding of fuel cells and address critical issues and barriers to commercialization.

10 Dec 2008

Nanotechnology - Key Driving Force in India's Future

The Department of IT, BT and Science + Technology, Govt. of Karnataka and JNCASR (Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research) and MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications today announced that the stage is set for the 2nd Bangalore Nano 2008 event to be held at the Grand Ashok Hotel, Bangalore.

10 Dec 2008

PI Receives U.S. Patent for its Development of Innovative Multilayer Ceramic Actuators

PI's exclusive PICMA® piezo-ceramic actuators are based on the novel stress reduction and encapsulation technologies which increase lifetime by several orders of magnitude both in static and dynamic applications, addressing key lifetime mechanisms common to other piezoelectric actuators.

10 Dec 2008

Thin Films Research Receives Award from U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded Shashank Priya, associate professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, a $100,000, three-year renewable grant to conduct...

10 Dec 2008

New Report Finds Serious Weaknesses in Government's Plan for Research on Potential Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

A new report from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government's plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are increasingly being used...

10 Dec 2008

Long-Awaited Report Gives Obama Administration Direction for Change in Regards to Nanotechnology

A National Research Council (NRC) committee today issued a highly critical report describing serious shortfalls in the Bush administration's strategy to better understand the environment, health and safety (EHS) risk...

10 Dec 2008

President of Materials Australia Announces New Recognition for Materials Professionals

Professor David StJohn President of Materials Australia today announced the introduction of the Certified Materials Professional CMP membership status for professionals working in the field of materials science and engineering in Australia.

10 Dec 2008

Nano-Encapsulated Drug Delivery Vehicle Having Big Impact on Cancer Cells

Researchers at Penn State University are reporting for the first time that nanoparticles 1/5,000 the diameter of a human hair encapsulating an experimental anticancer agent, kill human melanoma and drug-resistant breast ...

10 Dec 2008

Labcyte Awarded U.S. Patent for Transferring Liquids Within Sealed Containers

Labcyte Inc. announces the issuance of U.S. Patent 7,405,072, which uses the unique advantages of moving liquids with sound to transfer fluids within a sealed container, free from any physical contact. This process can b...

10 Dec 2008

Company’s Proprietary Single-Junction III-V Structures Have the Potential to Achieve Higher Efficiency

Kopin® Corp. (NASDAQ: KOPN) today announced that it has been selected for award of a $600,000 NASA contract to produce nanostructured solar cells comprised of indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) materials. The goal of t...

10 Dec 2008

Visualizing Objects in Living Organisms using Novel Fluorescence Imaging Techniques

Fluorescent molecules - i.e. substances which can be stimulated to emit light - are extremely valuable tools in biological research and medical diagnosis. Fluorescence can be used for instance to analyze the regulation a...

10 Dec 2008

Image Contest Recognizes Continuing Contributions of SPMs to Advances in Nanotechnology

To recognize the continuing contributions that Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPMs) have made to advances in Nanotechnology, the second edition of the International Scanning Probe Microscope Image Prize (SPMAGE' 09) is announced to identify remarkable SPM images.

10 Dec 2008

Tronics MEMS Providing Services for Custom MEMS Components for the North American Market

Tronics Microsystems SA, a global leader in custom MEMS components and microsystems for demanding applications, announced today the formation of Tronics MEMS, Inc., a U.S. company that will focus on providing prototyping...

10 Dec 2008

Intel Completes Next Generation 32 Nanometer Process Development Phase

Intel Corporation has completed the development phase of its next-generation manufacturing process that further shrinks chip circuitry to 32 nanometers (a billionth of a meter). The company is on track for production rea...

10 Dec 2008

Nanotechnology News

ACerS-NIST Phase Equilibria Diagrams CD-ROM Database Includes 817 New Entries

University of Delaware Launches Fuel Cell Center

Nanotechnology - Key Driving Force in India's Future

PI Receives U.S. Patent for its Development of Innovative Multilayer Ceramic Actuators

Thin Films Research Receives Award from U.S. Air Force

New Report Finds Serious Weaknesses in Government's Plan for Research on Potential Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

Long-Awaited Report Gives Obama Administration Direction for Change in Regards to Nanotechnology

President of Materials Australia Announces New Recognition for Materials Professionals

Nano-Encapsulated Drug Delivery Vehicle Having Big Impact on Cancer Cells

Labcyte Awarded U.S. Patent for Transferring Liquids Within Sealed Containers

Company’s Proprietary Single-Junction III-V Structures Have the Potential to Achieve Higher Efficiency

Visualizing Objects in Living Organisms using Novel Fluorescence Imaging Techniques

Image Contest Recognizes Continuing Contributions of SPMs to Advances in Nanotechnology

Tronics MEMS Providing Services for Custom MEMS Components for the North American Market

Intel Completes Next Generation 32 Nanometer Process Development Phase

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