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K-12 Science Competition Helps Promote STEM Education

The Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision Awards Program, one of the world’s largest K –12 science and technology competitions, is now accepting entries for its 2009 competition. For the...

11 Sep 2008

Sustainable Wood-Based Composite Materials using Nanotechnology

The European Commission has decided to invest 6.5 million Euro into a large scale project dealing with the development of sustainable wood-based composite materials for a wide range of applications. The SustainComp proje...

11 Sep 2008

Berkeley Researchers Produced Stunning Images of Individual Carbon Atoms in Graphene

Hailed as the world's most powerful transmission electron microscope, TEAM 0.5 is living up to expectations. Using TEAM 0.5 (TEAM stands for Transmission Electron Aberration-corrected Microscope), researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have produced stunning images of individual carbon atoms in graphene, the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon that is highly prized by the electronics industry.

11 Sep 2008

Computer Simulations Showing Evidence of Biological Evolution at Work on the Molecular Level

A Florida State University researcher who uses high-powered computers to map the workings of proteins has uncovered a mechanism that gives scientists a better understanding of how evolution occurs at the molecular level.

11 Sep 2008

IBM Research Unveils Storage Innovations

As part of IBM's largest launch ever of new storage hardware, software and services -- the building blocks for the world’s strongest information infrastructure portfolio - the company today outlined next-genera...

11 Sep 2008

NVIDIA Founder Donates $30 Million for Innovative Engineering Center at Stanford

The Stanford School of Engineering today announced that Jen-Hsun Huang, the founder and chief executive officer of leading visual computing company NVIDIA and a Stanford electrical engineering alumnus, will donate $30 mi...

11 Sep 2008

Underground Collider Comes to Life in Europe

Dozens of MIT physicists are waiting anxiously to sift through data from the world's biggest physics experiment, which officially started today when scientists sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the 17-mile Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland.

11 Sep 2008

Global Market for Quantum Dots to Reach $700 Million by 2013

Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Quantum Dots: Technical Status and Market Prospects". Quantum...

11 Sep 2008

The March Towards Creating a Synthetic Gecko-Like Adhesive, One Sticky Step at a Time

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are continuing their march toward creating a synthetic, gecko-like adhesive, one sticky step at a time. Their latest milestone is the first adhesive that cleans itse...

10 Sep 2008

A Breakthrough for the Fusion Community

Fusion for Energy (F4E) with the support of the European Commission, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and ITER Organisation have successfully tested a prototype superconductor for the ITER Poloidal Field coils made of N...

10 Sep 2008

SEMATECH Names Director and Associate Director of its Lithography Division

SEMATECH today announced that recognized technologists Dr. Bryan J. Rice and Dr. Stefan Wurm have been named Director and Associate Director of its Lithography Division. They will be responsible for assuring that SEMATEC...

From SEMATECH 10 Sep 2008

First Beam of Protons Zooming Around World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator

An international collaboration of scientists today sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the world's most powerful particle accelerator-the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)-located at ...

10 Sep 2008

Nansulate EPX to Replace NansulateHigh Heat for Balance of Shipment

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, today announced that the Company's Turkish Distributor, Kolorgen, Ltd., is filling the balance of the order for the Denizli Basma ve Boya Sanayii a.s. (DEBA) textile plant with the Company's revolutionary new patented product, EPX-4.

10 Sep 2008

Molecular Imprints to Deliver Opening Address on Lithography Trends at DISKCON USA

Molecular Imprints, Inc., the market and technology leader for nanopatterning systems and solutions, announces that Paul Hofemann, the company's vice president of marketing and business development for hard disk driv...

10 Sep 2008

Global Leader in Custom MEMS Components Acquires MedTech Development

Tronics Microsystems SA, a global leader in custom MEMS components and microsystems for demanding applications, announced that it has acquired all the assets of MedTech Development LLC, a full-service design and developm...

10 Sep 2008