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Details Confirmed for 7th Annual Symposium on the Applications of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)

JPK announces the seventh annual symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) in areas such as biophysical, biochemical and medical research. It will be held on the 8-9th October 2008 in Berlin. The f...

10 Jul 2008

Potential Risks Posed by Nanotechnology

Few domestic policy areas that the new administration must address will have greater long-range consequences than nanotechnology - a new technology that has been compared with the industrial revolution in terms of its im...

9 Jul 2008

Event Focuses on Nanomedical Applications in Diagnostics, Imaging, and Therapeutics

The Nano-Network, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, and Case Western Reserve University today announced the organizations will partner to host a national summit to explore the use of nanoparticles for diagnosti...

9 Jul 2008

Order Further Expands Aviza's Market Penetration in Asia

Aviza Technology, Inc., a supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that it has received a multiple system or...

9 Jul 2008

Altair Nanotechnologies Announces Successful Operation of Two-Megawatt Battery System

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a leading manufacturer of safe, high-performance lithium-titanate battery and energy storage products, announced today the successful completion of a demonstration and validation program for...

From Altair Nanotechnologies 9 Jul 2008

EV Group Receives Multi-Million-Euro Order from STMicroelectronics

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer-bonding and lithography equipment for the advanced semiconductor and packaging, MEMS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and emerging nanotechnology markets, today announced it has rec...

From STMicroelectronics 9 Jul 2008

New Line of Lasers using Quantum Dot Materials for Biomedical Applications

Laser technology has revolutionised the world of medicine in ways never before thought of. More and more often the scalpel is giving way to a new generation of lasers. Now the FAST-DOT project, backed by the EU with EUR ...

9 Jul 2008

New Antimicrobial Coatings with Potential to Prevent Diseases from Spreading on Contaminated Surfaces

A team of researchers in Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has produced new antimicrobial coatings with potential to prevent diseases from spreading on contaminated surfaces - possibly solving a growing problem not only in hospitals but also in schools, offices, airplanes and elsewhere.

9 Jul 2008

Research Provides Insight into Injection Efficiency of Organic-Based Devices

Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce more light.

9 Jul 2008

A Significant Advance in Nanoscale Lithographic Technology

MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and other electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods.

9 Jul 2008

Acquisition Expands Agilent's Growing Portfolio of Particle Analysis Solutions

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced it has acquired Particle Sizing Systems, a privately held company that designs and manufactures instruments that measure the particle size and stability in materials ranging from...

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 9 Jul 2008

Thin-Film Photovoltaics Market will Produce 26 Gigawatts by 2015

According to NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) market will produce the equivalent of 26 gigawatts (GW) by 2015 and will generate well over $20 billion in revenues...

8 Jul 2008

Applied Materials Breaks New Ground for Construction of New Singapore Operations Facility

At a ceremony today, Economic Development Board Chairman Lim Siong Guan, Applied Materials executives, and U.S. Ambassador Patricia Herbold broke ground for the construction of a new Singapore operations facility that will serve as a hub for Applied's business activities throughout Asia.

From Applied Materials Inc. 8 Jul 2008

SUSS MicroTec Successfully Installs Gamma Coating Cluster at Replisaurus Technologies

SUSS MicroTec, supplier of innovative solutions for the 3D, MEMS, Advanced Packaging and Nanotechnology markets, announced today that it has shipped and successfully installed a Gamma coating cluster at Replisaurus Techn...

8 Jul 2008

Scientists Discover New High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage Nano-Material

In cooperation with their US co-workers, CAS researchers recently discovered a new nano-material with high-capacity hydrogen storage. Their work was published in a recent issue of Physics Review Letter.

8 Jul 2008