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New Toolkit from SUSS MicroTec Enables Large Area Nanoimprint Lithography

SUSS MicroTec, a supplier of innovative solutions for the 3D, MEMS, Advanced Packaging and Nanotechnology markets, announced today that the capabilities of its manual mask aligners are now enhanced with a new nanoimprint...

From SUSS MicroTec AG 7 Oct 2008

Postdoctoral Researcher Wins Outstanding Young Researcher Award from American Vacuum Society

César Clavero, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Applied Science, has been named the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the American Vacuum Society.

7 Oct 2008

Entrepix Engages Semi Scenic UK as Distributor for Ireland and the United Kingdom

Entrepix, Inc., a leading provider of equipment and services to the mainstream, "More than Moore" and novel device manufacturers, announced that it will use Semi Scenic as its local representative offering sale...

7 Oct 2008

NEC Expands Capacity on New Eight-Inch Line at Wafer Fab in California

NEC Electronics America, Inc. announced today that it will expand production using a 0.15-micron process on its new eight-inch wafer line in Roseville, California. The eight-inch line, now in mass production, was establi...

7 Oct 2008

200 Metals and Materials in Powdered Form for Researchers and Design Engineers

Goodfellow Cambridge Ltd. offers more than 200 metals and materials in powdered form for use by researchers and design engineers. Particle sizes range from 0.08 microns (palladium) to 850 microns (iridium). In addition to pure metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, and compounds, a number of custom-made alloys are available in powdered form. Various techniques can be employed for the manufacture of these materials, the composition of which can be specified to individual requirements.

7 Oct 2008

Fluorescent Proteins Making it Possible to Track Nerve Cell Communication

Thought processes made visible: An international team of scientists headed by Mazahir Hasan of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg has succeeded in optically detecting individual action potentials in the brains of living animals.

7 Oct 2008

Epeius Biotechnologies Publishes Paper Describing Advances in Medical Gene Delivery

Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation today announced the publication of another landmark paper describing recent technological advances in medical gene delivery. The latest scientific paper, entitled "Targeting metast...

7 Oct 2008

Mechanical Interactions Between Cells Play Important Role in Biology

What does a mixture of two different kinds of cells have in common with a mixture of oil and water? The same basic force causes both mixtures to separate into two distinct regions.

7 Oct 2008

ThalesNano Forms Collaborations with Leading Universities

ThalesNano, Inc. today announced that it has signed agreements with a number of academic organizations including the Scripps Research Institute, the University of California, San Francisco, Boston University, Temple Univ...

From ThalesNano Nanotechnology Inc, 7 Oct 2008

Amtech Achieves $100 Million in Orders for Solar and Semiconductor Products

Amtech Systems, Inc., a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that it has booked over $100 milli...

From Amtech Systems 7 Oct 2008

CFX Battery Recognized for Novel Primary Carbon Fluoride Battery

Based on its recent analysis of the battery market, Frost + Sullivan recognizes CFX Battery, Inc. with the 2008 North American Frost + Sullivan Award for Emerging Company of the Year for its novel primary carbon fluoride...

7 Oct 2008

Leading Supplier for MEMS Market Receives Multiple Orders for EVG Systems

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced that three European universities -- Southampton University, University...

7 Oct 2008

EntreTech Forum Presents: Who is Funding These Deals and Why

The EntreTech Forum's October 21st panel focuses on the Forum's core theme: Given the wealth of research and technology generated by our nation's leading universities, how does this academic strength translat...

7 Oct 2008

NSF Establishes Five New Engineering Research Centers

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the establishment of five new NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) for the development of interdisciplinary research and education programs in partnership with industry. The NSF ERCs share the goal of advancing knowledge, technology, and innovations that address significant societal problems and provide the workforce and technical foundation for economic competitiveness. NSF will invest approximately $92.5 million in the centers over the next five years.

7 Oct 2008

Complete Genomics Announces Partnership to Conduct First Human Genome Population Study

Complete Genomics, Inc., a newly-launched, third-generation human genome sequencing company, and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) today announced their partnership to conduct population-wide human genome studies. ...

7 Oct 2008