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NanoIntegris Announces Sale of Metallic and Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

NanoIntegris, an Illinois-based nanomaterials startup company, announced today that it has begun selling samples of its metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), which the company has labeled I...

From NanoIntegris Technologies, Inc. 28 Oct 2008

Guiding Femtosecond Pulses in a Flexible Manner

Researchers of the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short-Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have developed a novel optical fiber that enables transmission of ultrashort light pulses with an unprecedented low degree of distortions.

28 Oct 2008

Measuring Tiny Amounts of Mass with Atomic Precision

A group of researchers led by Adrian Bachtold of the CIN2 laboratory in Spain has developed an ultrasensitive mass sensor, which can measure tiny amounts of mass with atomic precision, and with an unprecedented resolution to date.

28 Oct 2008

SUSS MicroTec and STS Announce Seminar Series on Innovative Process Solutions for 3D Integration

SUSS MicroTec and Surface Technology Systems, two leading providers of process and test solutions for the semiconductor industry are hosting an advanced technology roadshow in five major cities in Asia from October 29 to...

From SUSS MicroTec AG 28 Oct 2008

Miniature Gas Sensor for Detecting Explosives Vapours and Chemical Agents

New European consortium, led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is developing a miniature gas sensor to detect greenhouse gases. The sensor will also be able to detect explosives vapours and chemical agents suc...

28 Oct 2008

Researchers Identify Completely New Cell Division Machinery

A novel cell division mechanism has been discovered in a microorganism that thrives in hot acid. The finding may also result in insights into key processes in human cells, and in a better understanding of the main evolutionary lineages of life on Earth.

28 Oct 2008

High-k Dielectric Films and Metal Gates Are Positioned to Grow 25 Percent by 2012

The continued miniaturization of integrated circuits is creating a new, rapidly growing nanoelectronic chemicals market. These include dielectric and copper plating materials that have exact performance requirements as t...

28 Oct 2008

IGNIS Innovation Expands its Presence in Japan

IGNIS Innovation Inc., a world leader in the design and development of thin film transistor circuits and driver algorithms for Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diodes (AMOLED), announced today that it is expanding it...

28 Oct 2008

The Largest Photovoltaic Manufacturing Facility to be Established in Dubai

Solar Technologies FZE, a Dubai Technopark-based global company, has announced the establishing of the Middle East's largest photo-voltaic (PV) manufacturing facility in Dubai. The announcement was made by Mr. Sultan...

28 Oct 2008

WTA2 Kits Offer Rapid, Robust Amplification of Partially Degraded RNA

Sigma-Aldrich today announced the launch of its TransPlex(R) Whole Transcriptome Amplification (WTA2) technology. TransPlex technology is believed to be the fastest, most sensitive and robust method available for amplifying total RNA from a variety of sample tissue sources such as animals, plants, and microorganisms.

28 Oct 2008

Using Nanotechnology to Investigate How Barnacles Colonize a Surface

The fouling or growth of sea organisms, such as barnacles, on ships' hulls causes damage costing many billions of euros annually. In order to prevent this fouling, In Yee Phang of the University of Twente used nanotechnology to investigate how barnacles colonize a surface.

28 Oct 2008