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Chip to Measure Wind on Mars

A team of researchers at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) has designed the first chip manufactured completely in Spain that will be used to measure the wind on Mars. This chip is the key piece of the anemometer on a weather monitoring station run by Spanish scientists for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, whose launch is planned for fall 2009.

3 Oct 2008

New Software from Carl Zeiss Revolutionizes Cellular Studies

Cellular studies are revolutionized with the launch of new software from Carl Zeiss that automatically extracts biologically relevant data from micrographs by combining high-resolution fluorescence imaging and complex image analysis.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 3 Oct 2008

Solar Thin Films Gains Technology Expertise and New Order Pipeline

Solar Thin Films, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of manufacturing equipment for the production of "thin-film" amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules, has, through Kraft Elektronikai Zrt ("Kra...

3 Oct 2008

Report Examines Technology, Markets and Prospects of Microneedles in Medicine

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Microneedles in Medicine - Technology, Markets and Prospects" report to their offering. Advances in the processing of materials on a micro-scale have ...

From Research and Markets 3 Oct 2008

Leading Nanoelectronics Research Institute to Collaborate on Green LED Manufacturing Technology

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute, and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. (TNSC), a total solution provider in the compound semiconductor field, today announce that they have signed an agree...

3 Oct 2008

Mapping of Electron Distribution in Hypervalent Atom Advances our Understanding of Rare Carbon Compounds

Carbon atoms are the building blocks for millions of organic molecules, yet this variety is built on the simple rule that carbon almost always shares a total of four chemical bonds with its neighbors. Now, an international team of chemists has mapped a highly unusual compound containing a carbon atom that hooks up to six atoms at once.

3 Oct 2008

Leading Nanotechnology and Stem Cell Development Company Announced Major Research Breakthrough

Minerva Biotechnologies, a leading nanotechnology, cancer and stem cell development company today announced a major breakthrough in stem cell research. Minerva and collaborators at the University of California at Santa B...

3 Oct 2008

Ecliptek Announces Expansion of EMO Family of MEMS Oscillator Products

Ecliptek Corporation announces the expansion of their EMO(TM) family of MEMS oscillator products to include a new MEMS spread spectrum low EMI output surface mount oscillator, the EMS series. The EMS series oscillator...

3 Oct 2008

Commissioner Welcomes Result of European Technology Platforms Evaluation

European Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has welcomed the results of a recent evaluation of the 34 European Technology Platforms (ETPs). At a meeting of industrial leaders of European Technology Platforms on 30 September, Commissioner Potocnik praised the ETPs, calling them 'unique and exceptional', and welcomed the results of the survey as overwhelmingly positive.

3 Oct 2008