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Celgard Receives $2.3 Million Contract from United States Advanced Battery Consortium

Celgard, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) , and a leading global supplier of material for lithium-ion batteries, has received a $2.3 million contract from the United States Advanc...

3 Dec 2008

Oxford Nanopore Announces Participation in READNA Project

Oxford Nanopore Technologies ("Oxford Nanopore") today announced its participation in the Revolutionary Approaches and Devices for Nucleic Acid analysis project (READNA). The newly-launched READNA consortium in...

From Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd 3 Dec 2008

Aerosol Jet Printed Solar Cells Achieved Efficiencies of over 20 Percent

The world-renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) has continued progress in producing high-efficiency solar cells using Aerosol Jet printing equipment developed by Optomec. ISE's most recent resu...

From Optomec 3 Dec 2008

Nanometrics Announces the Launch of its Caliper InSight

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq:NANO), a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology equipment, today announced the launch of its Caliper InSight, a turnkey, image-based overlay metrology solution for advance...

3 Dec 2008

Sigma-Aldrich Signs Agreement to Distribute SWeNT's Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) and SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), a leading producer of single-wall carbon nanotubes, announced today that they have signed an agreement under which Sigma-Aldrich will distribute S...

From Sigma Aldrich 3 Dec 2008

Researchers Developed Technique for Mass Production of Metal-Complex-Type Organic Nanotubes

Masaki Kogiso, the Organic Nanotube Team, the Nanotube Research Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has developed a new technique for the mass production of unique metal-complex-type organic nanotubes.

3 Dec 2008

ADA Technologies Receives Grant for Nanotechnology Imaging and Sensing Platforms

ADA Technologies, Inc. (ADA) received a $149,121 grant from the National Cancer Institute* for research and development of nanotechnology imaging and sensing platforms for improved detection and diagnosis of cancer. ...

From ADA Technologies 3 Dec 2008

Nanotechnology Students Pitch in to Help Feed the Hungry at Thanksgiving

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's ("CNSE") Nano Graduate Student Organization ("NanoGSO") helped to alleviate food shortages in the Capital Region by sponsoring a Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York.

3 Dec 2008

The Tech Awards Issues Global Call for Nominations for 2009

The Tech Awards, presented by Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT), and a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation today announced that nominations are open for The Tech Awards 2009. The deadline for nominations...

3 Dec 2008

Cooperation Agreement Covers Information Exchange on Nanotechnology Between Russia and Finland

The memorandum was signed on the 3rd of December within the first day of the Nanotechnology International Forum. The document was signed by Anatoly Chubais, Director General of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO), and Mikko Alkio, State Secretary of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.

3 Dec 2008

Director to Explore Unresolved Synthetic Biology Ethical Questions

Synthetic biology promises to enable cheap, lifesaving new drugs to treat the 350-500 million people who suffer from malaria, and to create innovative biofuels that can help solve the world's energy problems. But...

3 Dec 2008

Project Aimed at Creating New Generation Lighting Systems Based on GaN Semiconductor Chips

The establishing documents have been signed by Anatoly Chubais, Director General of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO), Mikhail Prokhorov, President of "ONEXIM Group" Ltd. and Sergey Maksin, Director General of the Ural Optical and Mechanical Plant (UOMP).

3 Dec 2008