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UNSW Claims 25 Percent Solar Cell Efficiency Title

UNSW's ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has again asserted its leadership in solar cell technology by reporting the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent effiency.

24 Oct 2008

ORNL Nanomanufacturing Technologies Wins $8.4 Million in Funding from DOE

Eight Oak Ridge National Laboratory nanomanufacturing technologies have won $8.4 million in funding from the Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program. The awards, which will bring $6.8 million to the...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 24 Oct 2008

Scientists Store and Retrieve Data Inside an Atom

Another step towards quantum computing - the Holy Grail of data processing and storage - was achieved when an international team of scientists that included researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) were able to successfully store and retrieve information using the nucleus of an atom.

24 Oct 2008

Nanoemulsions and Polypeptides Enable Novel Nano Delivery Mechanisms

As part of its strategic plan, NanoPacific Holdings, Inc. (NPH) has executed two additional licenses with UCLA for nanoemulsons (including double nanoemulsions) and polypeptides. These nano technologies are highly adapta...

24 Oct 2008

New TaqMan PreAmp Pools Allow Scientists to Conduct Gene Expression Analysis on Limited Sample

Applied Biosystems Inc. today announced that it has expanded its portfolio of research tools that enable scientists to conduct gene expression analysis with limited sample materials. The new TaqMan® PreAmp Pools are ...

23 Oct 2008

WaferGen to Present at BIO Investor Forum

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, today announced that Alnoor Shivji, WaferGen's president and chief executiv...

From WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. 23 Oct 2008

NanoVibronix Created Platform that Changes the Way Pain is Managed

NanoVibronix, a medical device company, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510K clearance to market PainShield(TM) MD, a diathermy device used to treat pain. PainShield is the first hands-free, patch-based diathermy device, thus allowing for an entirely new dimension in ultrasound treatment of pain and soft tissue healing.

23 Oct 2008

Deeper Insight into Planets Could Extend Our Comprehension of Fusion Energy

Research that has provided a deeper understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in the world’s quest for cleaner energy. An international team of scientists, led by the Universit...

23 Oct 2008

0.11 Micron CMOS Image Sensor Process Technology Successfully Developed by SMIC

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced that it has successfully developed a 0.11 micron CMOS image sensor (CIS) process technology....

From Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) 23 Oct 2008

Market for Optical Coatings Projected to Reach $7.4 Billion by 2012

Thanks to continuous innovations, optical coatings industry is driving new markets and business opportunities with its progressive transformation. The coatings are utilized in various sectors including environmental, che...

From Global Industry Analysts 23 Oct 2008

Global Market for Lithium Batteries Expected to Register Robust Growth

Penetration of battery technologies in developing countries, together with the spiraling popularity of consumer electronic devices, mobile communication equipment, medical applications and personal computers/laptops are ...

From Global Industry Analysts 23 Oct 2008

Market for Microscopes is Set for Significant Growth

Technology integration, marking the convergence of information technology and digital imaging, is expected to change standard laboratories into advanced research centers. Current innovations in the microscopy industry ar...

From Global Industry Analysts 23 Oct 2008

World Leading Independent MEMS Foundry Named One of Alberta's Top 40 Employers for 2009

Micralyne Inc., a world leading independent MEMS Foundry, has been named one of "Alberta’s Top 40 Employers" for 2009 by Mediacorp Canada, for the third year in a row.

23 Oct 2008

Agreement Combines OPM's OXPEKK and NaturalNano's Pleximer Technology

NaturalNano, and Oxford Performance Materials, today announced that the companies have signed an exclusive joint development and supply agreement. Within the scope of the agreement, OPM and NaturalNano will work to devel...

23 Oct 2008

China's First Zinc Oxide Nanorod Field-Effect Transistor

Recently, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod field-effect transistor (FET), the first of its kind as a nano device in China, was successfully fabricated by scientists with the CAS Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IME).

23 Oct 2008